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noun
- A sharp, pointed staff or implement.
- (diving, gymnastics) A position with the knees straight and a tight bend at the hips with the torso folded over the legs, usually part of a jack-knife.
- A large haycock (“conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack”).
- (chiefly US) Clipping of turnpike.
- (military, historical) A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.
- Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.
- (derogatory, ethnic slur, slang) A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.
- (chiefly Northern England) Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.
- medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet
- a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
- any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere
- highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
- a sharp point (as on the end of a spear)
verb
- (ambitransitive, diving, gymnastics) To assume a pike position.
- (intransitive, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Often followed by on or out: to quit or back out of a promise.
- (transitive) To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike.
- (intransitive) To equip with a turnpike.
- (intransitive, gambling) To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money.
noun
- a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
- a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
- the leaf of a conifer
- a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
- (programming) A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)
- A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
- (entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.
- A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph.
- A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.
- Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
- (informal) A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
- (gymnastics) A move in which the performer begins with two hands and one leg on the floor, then kicks the other leg into a full split.
- (informal, usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
- A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
verb
noun
- A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
- a ceremonial or emblematic staff
- A circumference; a circle; a ring.
- (horology) The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.
- (architecture) The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof.
- (figuratively) An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen.
- An edge or border.
- (UK, historical) The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.
- (architecture) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
- An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.
- (UK, Western Australia, New Zealand) The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road.
- the limit beyond which something happens or changes
- a grass border along a road
- a region marking a boundary
verb
noun
- A staff or walking stick.
- (poetry, rare) The initial consonant, consonant cluster, or vowel of a word which rhymes with another word with the same consonant or vowel in stave-rhyme.
- (poetry) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
- One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc.
- One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
- A sign, symbol or sigil, including rune or rune-like characters, used in Icelandic magic.
- (music) The set of five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
- (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
- a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
verb
- (transitive, usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.
- To suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask.
- (transitive) To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
- (transitive, with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff.
- To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron.
- (transitive, usually with 'off') To delay by force or craft; to drive away.
- furnish with staves
- burst or force (a hole) into something
noun
- a ceremonial or emblematic staff
- A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
- a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
- a thin supple twig or rod
- a rod used by a magician or water diviner
- A stick or rod used by a magician (a magic wand), conjurer or diviner (divining rod).
- (UK, soccer, figurative, informal) A player's foot used especially skillfully in football.
- A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.
- A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.
- (by extension) An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand.
verb
noun
- (weaponry, rare) A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind.
- (UK slang, usually in the plural) A latrine: a rudimentary or military facility for urination and defecation.
- (numismatics, historical) The gold-backed monetary unit of Latvia from August 1922 until April 1941, when it was replaced by the Soviet ruble; it was typically pegged at about 25 to the British pound.
- (architecture) A monumental pillar, particularly the Buddhist columns erected in East India.
- A coin or bill of either currency.
- (slang, usually in the plural) A latissimus dorsi muscle.
- (numismatics, historical) The floating fiat monetary unit of Latvia from 1992 until January 2014, when it was replaced by the euro.
- (geography, informal) Clipping of latitude.
- a broad flat muscle on either side of the back
noun
- A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
- A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
- (plumbing) A drain rod, being a set of segmented rods with interlocking connectors designed to remain attached even under rotation in use.
- A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.
- (fishing) A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.
- (ufology) A rod-shaped object that appears in photographs or videos traveling at high speed, not seen by the person recording the event, often associated with extraterrestrial entities.
- (rail transport) A coupling rod or connecting rod, which links the driving wheels of a steam locomotive, and some diesel shunters and early electric locomotives.
- (mathematics) A Cuisenaire rod.
- (slang) A pistol; a gun.
- (biology) Any of a number of long, slender microorganisms.
- (slang) A hot rod, an automobile or other passenger motor vehicle modified to run faster and often with exterior cosmetic alterations, especially one based originally on a pre-1940s model or (currently) denoting any older vehicle thus modified.
- (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a driveshaft.
- (anatomy) A rod cell: a rod-shaped cell in the eye that is sensitive to light.
- A stick used to measure distance, by using its established length or task-specific temporary marks along its length, or by dint of specific graduated marks.
- (chemistry) A stirring rod: a glass rod, typically about 6 inches to 1 foot long and ¹⁄₈ to ¹⁄₄ inch in diameter that can be used to stir liquids in flasks or beakers.
- An implement resembling and/or supplanting a rod (particularly a cane) that is used for corporal punishment, and metonymically called the rod, regardless of its actual shape and composition.
- An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+¹⁄₂ yards.
- a gangster's pistol
- any rod-shaped bacterium
- a long thin implement made of metal or wood
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light
- a square rod of land
verb
adj
- Sharp-cornered; pointed.
- (organic chemistry) Composed of three or more rings attached to a single carbon atom (the rings not all being in the same plane).
- Relating or pertaining to an angle, or angles.
- Ungraceful; lacking grace.
- (figuratively) Sharp and stiff in character.
- Lean, lank.
- Measured by an angle.
- Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner.
- measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle
- having angles or an angular shape
noun
noun
- A guard or guide on machinery.
- (by extension) The place whence such a middleman operates.
- A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
- Skill in oral debate.
- (informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
- (cricket) The boundary.
- (programming) A memory barrier.
- (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
- a barrier that serves to enclose an area
- a dealer in stolen property
verb
- (intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence.
- (transitive) To defend or guard.
- (transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
- (intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.
- (transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
- (intransitive, sports) To engage in the sport of fencing.
- have an argument about something
- enclose with a fence
- receive stolen goods
- fight with fencing swords
- surround with a wall in order to fortify
noun
- (computing, colloquial) A pointing stick.
- (euphemistic or vulgar slang) The clitoris.
- (Internet slang) Alternative spelling of noob.
- A small knob or lump.
- The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
- (theater) A passage of Shakespearean blank verse.
- a small lump or protuberance
- a small piece
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
verb
noun
- The handle of a tool or weapon.
- (Northern England, Scotland) Alternative spelling of heft (“piece of pastureland which farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) have become accustomed to; flock or group of farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) which have become accustomed to a particular piece of pastureland”).
- the handle of a weapon or tool
verb
- (ambitransitive, Northern England, Scotland) Alternative spelling of heft (“(transitive) to accustom (a flock or group of farm animals, chiefly cattle or sheep) to a piece of pastureland; to establish or settle (someone) in an occupation or place of residence; to establish or plant (something) firmly in a place; (intransitive, reflexive) of a thing: to establish or settle itself in a place”)
- (transitive) To grip by the handle.
- (transitive) To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon).
noun
- A sharp point or pointed end.
- (architecture) A point made by the intersection of two curved lines or curved structures, a common motif in Gothic architecture.
- (astrology) A boundary between zodiacal signs and houses.
- (dentistry) Any of the pointed parts of a canine tooth or molar.
- A point of transition.
- (geometry) A point of a curve where the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point.
- (anatomy) A flap of a valve of a heart or blood vessel.
- (figuratively) An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events.
- point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)
- small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth
- a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
verb
adj
noun
- A sharp or tapering point.
- Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
- The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
- A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
- (geometry) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
- A spiral.
- (mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
- One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
- (architecture) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
- a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
verb
noun
- personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
- a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
- the body of teachers and administrators at a school
- a rod carried as a symbol
- (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
- building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
- (music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
- A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
- (military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
- A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
- A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
- (engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
- (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
- (surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
- (uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ
- (plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.
- Misspelling of staph.
verb
verb
- sharpen with a hone
- make perfect or complete
- (UK, US, Southern US, dialect, intransitive) To grumble.
- (transitive) To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
- (UK, US, Southern US, dialect) To pine, lament, or long.
- To make more acute, intense, or effective.
- (transitive) To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
- (transitive) To refine (a skill especially) by learning.
noun
- a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc.
- a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
- A kind of swelling in the cheek.
- A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
- A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
intj
noun
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions
- A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
- (metallurgy) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
- (military) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
- (fishing) A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
- (pyrotechnics) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
- A piece in the game of shogi that can move directly forward any number of squares.
- A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
- (medicine) A lancet.
- (military) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
verb
- move quickly, as if by cutting one's way
- open by piercing with a lancet
- pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight
- Pierce with or as if with a lance.
- To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
- (informal) to steal or swipe
- Move suddenly and quickly
- To open with a lancet; to pierce.
- (medicine) Prick or cut open with a sharp instrument.
- To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.
noun
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- obscene terms for penis
- the main (mid) section of a long bone
- a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
- the hollow spine of a feather
- a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
- a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
- (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
- A ventilation or heating conduit.
- The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
- (meteorology) A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.
- (architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
- (literary) A beam or ray of light.
- The main axis of a feather.
- One of the poles between which a draught animal is harnessed to a vehicle.
- (anatomy) The main cylindrical part of the penis.
- A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator.
- (weaving) A component of a loom which holds the heddles and is raised by treadles to create the shed.
- The chamber of a blast furnace.
- (lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
- A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine.
- (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A rotating machine element used to transmit power; a driveshaft
- (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
verb
noun
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
- A long, thin strip from a vegetable.
- A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
- A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
- (now chiefly historical) A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
- (ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
- (wrestling) In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
- The feather of a horse.
- (botany) The sprout of a plant, stalk
- The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
verb
- thrust up like a spear
- pierce with a spear
- (transitive) To pierce with a spear.
- (gridiron football) To tackle an opponent by ramming into them with one's helmet.
- (transitive, by extension) To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object; to make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.
- (intransitive) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
adj
noun
noun
- an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
- (informal) A dismissal or rejection.
- A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
- An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
- (finance) A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.
- (slang, music) A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
- (figurative) A drastic reduction or cutback.
verb
noun
- (computing, humorous) A pointing stick.
- (anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
- The nipple (definition 1) and the areola together.
- Any small physical protrusion, such as the lumps on the F and J keys on computer keyboards.
- (now chiefly historical) A perforated segment that fits into part of the breech of a muzzle-loading gun, on which the percussion cap is fixed.
- A mechanical device through which liquids or gases can be passed in a regulated manner.
- An artificial nipple (definition 1) used for bottle-feeding infants.
- (plumbing, chiefly US) A short tube threaded at both ends, used as a connector.
- Any small physical protrusion on an automotive, a machine part or any other part that fits into a groove on another part.
- (cycling) An internally threaded piece which holds a bicycle spoke in place on the rim.
- a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier
- the small projection of a mammary gland
verb
noun
- A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
- A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
- (Ireland, UK, slang, sometimes derogatory) Alternative letter-case form of Prod (“protestant”).
- A poke.
- (programming, slang, uncountable) Clipping of production (“the live environment”).
- A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
- (demoscene, slang, countable) A production; a created work.
- a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
verb
noun
- A part of a device that is intended to impart a striking action.
- A hammerstone or similar tool used for smashing, or chipping.
- (medicine) A physician who provides light blow to a body part as a diagnostic technique.
- (medicine) A small hammer-like tool that a physician uses to provide a light blow to a body part.
- (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
noun
- a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
- a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
- the best people or things in a group
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
- a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- the act of choosing or selecting
- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
- A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- (American football) An interception.
- (art, painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- (Australia) Pasture; feed, for animals.
- (baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder.
- (music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- (baseball) A pickoff.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- (lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- (nautical, slang) An anchor.
- A choice; ability to choose.
- That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- (basketball) A screen.
- (weaving) The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
verb
- remove in small bits
- look for and gather
- select carefully from a group
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- provoke
- pay for something
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- harass with constant criticism
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- pilfer or rob
- hit lightly with a picking motion
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- (music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- (ambitransitive) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
- (cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- (American football, informal) To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- (basketball) To screen.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To steal; to pilfer.
- (transitive) To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
noun
- A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
- (algebraic geometry) An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.
- (figurative) Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).
- (animation) The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
- A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
- (zoology) A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
- Of a rope, the stickiness when in contact with another rope as in a knot.
- (botany) A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
- A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
- something resembling the tooth of an animal
- a means of enforcement
- toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell
- one of a number of uniform projections on a gear
- hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
verb
noun
- a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- something long and thin resembling a blade of grass
- flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
- a cut of beef from the shoulder blade
- a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)
- especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
- the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge
- a dashing young man
- the part of the skate that slides on the ice
- Ellipsis of razor blade.
- (sailing) The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel.
- Thin plate, foil.
- (mathematics) An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)
- (climbing) Synonym of knifeblade.
- (ultimate frisbee) A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.
- (athletics, informal) An artificial foot used by amputee athletes, shaped like an upside-down question mark.
- A bulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular to the forward motion of the vehicle.
- The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
- (archaeology) A piece of prepared, sharp-edged stone, often flint, at least twice as long as it is wide; a long flake of ground-edge stone or knapped vitreous stone.
- (architecture, in the plural) The principal rafters of a roof.
- (uncountable, music) The quality of singing with a pure, resonant sound; especially of a countertenor.
- The part of a key that is inserted into the lock.
- (botany) The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole).
- A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).
- (slang, chiefly US) A homosexual, usually male.
- (computing) Ellipsis of blade server.
- (metonymic) A sword or knife.
- (photography) One of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera.
- (slang, chiefly US) An area of a city which is commonly known for prostitution.
- (biology) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.
- The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.
- A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
- (chiefly phonetics, phonology) The part of the tongue just behind the tip, used to make laminal consonants.
- The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
verb
noun
- a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- identification mark on skin, made by burning
- a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
- a recognizable kind
- a name given to a product or service
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy
- A mark of infamy; stigma.
- A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A torch used for signaling.
- A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
- (by extension) Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style or manner.
- The public image or reputation and recognized, typical style of an individual or group.
- The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.
- A branding iron.
- Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.
verb
- burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
- to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
- mark or expose as infamous
- mark with a brand or trademark
- (transitive) To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
- (transitive) To stigmatize, label (someone).
- (transitive) To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
- (transitive) To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
- (intransitive) To be very hot, to burn.
- (transitive, marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.
noun
- a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod
- an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
- Projectiles.
- A piece used for striking sparks from flint or ferrocerium.
- (countable, uncountable) An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
- (figurative) Extreme hardness or resilience.
- (sewing, dialectal) A sewing needle; a knitting needle; a sharp metal stylus.
- (printing) An engraving plate.
- (uncountable, colors) The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.
- Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers.
- (sewing) Pieces used to strengthen, support, or expand an item of clothing.
- (music, guitar) A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar.
- (sewing) A fringe of beads or decoration of this metal.
- Armor.
- (dialectal) A flat iron.
- A honing steel, a tool used to sharpen or hone metal blades.
verb
- cover, plate, or edge with steel
- get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
- To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against.
- (dialectal) To press with a flat iron.
- To electroplate an item (particularly an engraving plate) with a layer of iron.
- To sharpen with a honing steel.
- To steelify; to turn iron into steel.
- To edge, cover, or point with steel.
- (literary or poetic) To give (something) the appearance of steel.
adj
noun
- a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- (weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
- A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination.
- A card of this suit.
- (countable) A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.
- (figurative) Violence; military might.
verb
noun
- a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
- edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
- any long thin projection that is transient
- Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.
- A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing.
- A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing or stabbing but too short to be called a sword; a dagger.
verb
- use a knife on
- (transitive) To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate; compare cut.
- (transitive) To cut with a knife.
- (transitive) To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.
- (transitive) To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.
- (intransitive) To cut through as if with a knife.
adj
noun
noun
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- (video games, board games) A unit of various numerical parameters used in a game, e.g. health, experience, stamina, mana.
- (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
- (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
- (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- Ellipsis of percentage point.
- A peninsula or promontory.
- (by extension) An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
- (UK) An electric power socket.
- (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- Ellipsis of point man.
- (archaeology) A spearhead or similar object hafted to a handle.
- (lacrosse, ice hockey, countable, uncountable) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
- (heraldry) One of the "corners" of the escutcheon: the base (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter, point dexter base, point sinister, point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured. (Compare terrace, point champaine, enté en point.)
- (typography) A unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
- The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
- (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- (cricket, countable, uncountable) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
- (mathematics, sciences) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition; a count
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
- A tine or snag of an antler.
- (heraldry, by extension) An ordinary similar to a pile (but sometimes shorter), extending upward from the base. (Often termed a point pointed.)
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
- (by extension) A note; a tune.
- (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
- (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
- (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
- (automotive, chiefly in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- Any projecting extremity of an object.
- (rail transport, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- (baseball, countable, uncountable) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
- Lace worked by the needle.
- The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- The sharp tip of an object.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- a wall socket
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- an instant of time
- sharp end
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
- a geometric element that has position but no extension
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- a V shape
- an outstanding characteristic
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- a very small circular shape
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- the object of an activity
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- the gun muzzle's direction
verb
- To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
- (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
- (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
- (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- (ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
- (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
- (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
- (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
- (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
- (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- mark with diacritics
- be positionable in a specified manner
- sail close to the wind
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- direct into a position for use
- repair the joints of bricks
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- give a point to
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- be oriented
intj
adj
- having a sharp cutting edge or point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- excellent
- painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
- intense or sharp
- Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
- (British) Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive.
- (chiefly Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
- Fierce, intense, vehement.
- Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
- Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
- Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
noun
verb
noun
- One in the position of controlling or directing; a controller, a director, a guide.
- (Northern England (Cumberland, Westmorland)) A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain, especially one associated with a storm.
- (nautical) The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.
- (nautical) The use of a helm (sense 1); also, the amount of space through which a helm is turned.
- (countable) A stalk of corn, or (uncountable) stalks of corn collectively (that is, straw), especially when bundled together or laid out straight to be used for thatching roofs.
- (nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to steer the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.
- (uncountable) Alternative form of haulm (“the stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching”).
- (heraldry) Synonym of helmet (“the feature above a shield on a coat of arms”).
- Something used to control or steer; also (obsolete), a handle of a tool or weapon; a haft, a helve.
- (Northern England) A shelter for cattle or other farm animals; a hemmel, a shed.
- A position of control or leadership.
- steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered
- (figurative) a position of leadership
verb
- (transitive) To lay out (stalks of corn, or straw) straight to be used for thatching roofs; to yelm.
- (figuratively) To direct or lead (a project, etc.); to manage (an organization).
- (nautical) To control the helm (noun sense 1) of (a marine vessel); to be in charge of steering (a vessel).
- be at or take the helm of
adv
adj
- (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
- Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
- (chess) Tactical; risky.
- (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
- Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
- Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
- (music) Higher in pitch than required.
- Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
- Observant; alert; acute.
- Quick and alert.
- (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.
- (colloquial) Intelligent.
- Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
- Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
- (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
- Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
- Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
- Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
- (music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
- Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
- Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
- keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
- (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- dangerously steep
- having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
- having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- quick and forceful
- harsh
- ending in a sharp point
- very sudden and in great amount or degree
noun
- (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.
- (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
- (psychiatry, healthcare) A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
- (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
- (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
- Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”).
- (music) A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
- (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
- (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
- A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
- Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
- A dishonest person; a cheater.
- A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
- a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
- a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
verb
noun
- The ability of someone to aim straight; one’s faculty for being able to hit a physical target.
- Initialism of America Online AIM; AOL Instant Messenger.
- The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
- The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, such as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
- Intention or goal.
- the action of directing something at an object
- the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
- the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
- an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
verb
- (intransitive) To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it
- (transitive) To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object
- (transitive) To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group
- (intransitive) To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive
- have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- propose or intend
- direct (a remark) toward an intended goal
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
noun
- a long staff with one end being hook shaped
- a circular segment of a curve
- someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
- A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
- A bishop's standard staff of office.
- A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
- A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.
- A pothook.
- An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
- A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
- A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
- (music) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
verb
adj
noun
- A sentry, watch, or guard.
- (computer science) A unique value recognised by a computer program for processing in a special way, or marking the end of a set of data.
- (attributive, medicine, epidemiology) A sign of a health risk (e.g. a disease, an adverse effect).
- A sentinel crab.
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
verb
noun
- A sharp, pointed staff or implement.
- (diving, gymnastics) A position with the knees straight and a tight bend at the hips with the torso folded over the legs, usually part of a jack-knife.
- A large haycock (“conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack”).
- (chiefly US) Clipping of turnpike.
- (military, historical) A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.
- Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.
- (derogatory, ethnic slur, slang) A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.
- (chiefly Northern England) Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.
- medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet
- a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
- any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere
- highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
- a sharp point (as on the end of a spear)
verb
- (ambitransitive, diving, gymnastics) To assume a pike position.
- (intransitive, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Often followed by on or out: to quit or back out of a promise.
- (transitive) To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike.
- (intransitive) To equip with a turnpike.
- (intransitive, gambling) To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money.
noun
- a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
- a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
- the leaf of a conifer
- a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
- (programming) A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)
- A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
- (entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.
- A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph.
- A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.
- Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
- (informal) A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
- (gymnastics) A move in which the performer begins with two hands and one leg on the floor, then kicks the other leg into a full split.
- (informal, usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
- A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
verb
noun
- A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
- a ceremonial or emblematic staff
- A circumference; a circle; a ring.
- (horology) The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.
- (architecture) The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof.
- (figuratively) An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen.
- An edge or border.
- (UK, historical) The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.
- (architecture) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
- An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.
- (UK, Western Australia, New Zealand) The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road.
- the limit beyond which something happens or changes
- a grass border along a road
- a region marking a boundary
verb
noun
- A staff or walking stick.
- (poetry, rare) The initial consonant, consonant cluster, or vowel of a word which rhymes with another word with the same consonant or vowel in stave-rhyme.
- (poetry) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
- One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc.
- One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
- A sign, symbol or sigil, including rune or rune-like characters, used in Icelandic magic.
- (music) The set of five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
- (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
- a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
verb
- (transitive, usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.
- To suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask.
- (transitive) To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
- (transitive, with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff.
- To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron.
- (transitive, usually with 'off') To delay by force or craft; to drive away.
- furnish with staves
- burst or force (a hole) into something
noun
- a ceremonial or emblematic staff
- A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
- a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
- a thin supple twig or rod
- a rod used by a magician or water diviner
- A stick or rod used by a magician (a magic wand), conjurer or diviner (divining rod).
- (UK, soccer, figurative, informal) A player's foot used especially skillfully in football.
- A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.
- A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.
- (by extension) An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand.
verb
noun
- (weaponry, rare) A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind.
- (UK slang, usually in the plural) A latrine: a rudimentary or military facility for urination and defecation.
- (numismatics, historical) The gold-backed monetary unit of Latvia from August 1922 until April 1941, when it was replaced by the Soviet ruble; it was typically pegged at about 25 to the British pound.
- (architecture) A monumental pillar, particularly the Buddhist columns erected in East India.
- A coin or bill of either currency.
- (slang, usually in the plural) A latissimus dorsi muscle.
- (numismatics, historical) The floating fiat monetary unit of Latvia from 1992 until January 2014, when it was replaced by the euro.
- (geography, informal) Clipping of latitude.
- a broad flat muscle on either side of the back
noun
- A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
- A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
- (plumbing) A drain rod, being a set of segmented rods with interlocking connectors designed to remain attached even under rotation in use.
- A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.
- (fishing) A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.
- (ufology) A rod-shaped object that appears in photographs or videos traveling at high speed, not seen by the person recording the event, often associated with extraterrestrial entities.
- (rail transport) A coupling rod or connecting rod, which links the driving wheels of a steam locomotive, and some diesel shunters and early electric locomotives.
- (mathematics) A Cuisenaire rod.
- (slang) A pistol; a gun.
- (biology) Any of a number of long, slender microorganisms.
- (slang) A hot rod, an automobile or other passenger motor vehicle modified to run faster and often with exterior cosmetic alterations, especially one based originally on a pre-1940s model or (currently) denoting any older vehicle thus modified.
- (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a driveshaft.
- (anatomy) A rod cell: a rod-shaped cell in the eye that is sensitive to light.
- A stick used to measure distance, by using its established length or task-specific temporary marks along its length, or by dint of specific graduated marks.
- (chemistry) A stirring rod: a glass rod, typically about 6 inches to 1 foot long and ¹⁄₈ to ¹⁄₄ inch in diameter that can be used to stir liquids in flasks or beakers.
- An implement resembling and/or supplanting a rod (particularly a cane) that is used for corporal punishment, and metonymically called the rod, regardless of its actual shape and composition.
- An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+¹⁄₂ yards.
- a gangster's pistol
- any rod-shaped bacterium
- a long thin implement made of metal or wood
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light
- a square rod of land
verb
noun
- A guard or guide on machinery.
- (by extension) The place whence such a middleman operates.
- A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
- Skill in oral debate.
- (informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
- (cricket) The boundary.
- (programming) A memory barrier.
- (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
- a barrier that serves to enclose an area
- a dealer in stolen property
verb
- (intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence.
- (transitive) To defend or guard.
- (transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
- (intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.
- (transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
- (intransitive, sports) To engage in the sport of fencing.
- have an argument about something
- enclose with a fence
- receive stolen goods
- fight with fencing swords
- surround with a wall in order to fortify
noun
- (computing, colloquial) A pointing stick.
- (euphemistic or vulgar slang) The clitoris.
- (Internet slang) Alternative spelling of noob.
- A small knob or lump.
- The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
- (theater) A passage of Shakespearean blank verse.
- a small lump or protuberance
- a small piece
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
verb
noun
- The handle of a tool or weapon.
- (Northern England, Scotland) Alternative spelling of heft (“piece of pastureland which farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) have become accustomed to; flock or group of farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) which have become accustomed to a particular piece of pastureland”).
- the handle of a weapon or tool
verb
- (ambitransitive, Northern England, Scotland) Alternative spelling of heft (“(transitive) to accustom (a flock or group of farm animals, chiefly cattle or sheep) to a piece of pastureland; to establish or settle (someone) in an occupation or place of residence; to establish or plant (something) firmly in a place; (intransitive, reflexive) of a thing: to establish or settle itself in a place”)
- (transitive) To grip by the handle.
- (transitive) To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon).
noun
- A sharp point or pointed end.
- (architecture) A point made by the intersection of two curved lines or curved structures, a common motif in Gothic architecture.
- (astrology) A boundary between zodiacal signs and houses.
- (dentistry) Any of the pointed parts of a canine tooth or molar.
- A point of transition.
- (geometry) A point of a curve where the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point.
- (anatomy) A flap of a valve of a heart or blood vessel.
- (figuratively) An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events.
- point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)
- small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth
- a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
verb
noun
- A sharp or tapering point.
- Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
- The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
- A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
- (geometry) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
- A spiral.
- (mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
- One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
- (architecture) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
- a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
verb
noun
- personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
- a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
- the body of teachers and administrators at a school
- a rod carried as a symbol
- (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
- building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
- (music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
- A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
- (military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
- A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
- A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
- (engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
- (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
- (surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
- (uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ
- (plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.
- Misspelling of staph.
verb
noun
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions
- A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
- (metallurgy) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
- (military) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
- (fishing) A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
- (pyrotechnics) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
- A piece in the game of shogi that can move directly forward any number of squares.
- A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
- (medicine) A lancet.
- (military) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
verb
- move quickly, as if by cutting one's way
- open by piercing with a lancet
- pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight
- Pierce with or as if with a lance.
- To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
- (informal) to steal or swipe
- Move suddenly and quickly
- To open with a lancet; to pierce.
- (medicine) Prick or cut open with a sharp instrument.
- To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.
noun
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- obscene terms for penis
- the main (mid) section of a long bone
- a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
- the hollow spine of a feather
- a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
- a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
- (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
- A ventilation or heating conduit.
- The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
- (meteorology) A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.
- (architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
- (literary) A beam or ray of light.
- The main axis of a feather.
- One of the poles between which a draught animal is harnessed to a vehicle.
- (anatomy) The main cylindrical part of the penis.
- A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator.
- (weaving) A component of a loom which holds the heddles and is raised by treadles to create the shed.
- The chamber of a blast furnace.
- (lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
- A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine.
- (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A rotating machine element used to transmit power; a driveshaft
- (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
verb
noun
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
- A long, thin strip from a vegetable.
- A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
- A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
- (now chiefly historical) A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
- (ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
- (wrestling) In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
- The feather of a horse.
- (botany) The sprout of a plant, stalk
- The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
verb
- thrust up like a spear
- pierce with a spear
- (transitive) To pierce with a spear.
- (gridiron football) To tackle an opponent by ramming into them with one's helmet.
- (transitive, by extension) To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object; to make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.
- (intransitive) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
adj
noun
noun
- an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
- (informal) A dismissal or rejection.
- A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
- An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
- (finance) A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.
- (slang, music) A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
- (figurative) A drastic reduction or cutback.
verb
noun
- (computing, humorous) A pointing stick.
- (anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
- The nipple (definition 1) and the areola together.
- Any small physical protrusion, such as the lumps on the F and J keys on computer keyboards.
- (now chiefly historical) A perforated segment that fits into part of the breech of a muzzle-loading gun, on which the percussion cap is fixed.
- A mechanical device through which liquids or gases can be passed in a regulated manner.
- An artificial nipple (definition 1) used for bottle-feeding infants.
- (plumbing, chiefly US) A short tube threaded at both ends, used as a connector.
- Any small physical protrusion on an automotive, a machine part or any other part that fits into a groove on another part.
- (cycling) An internally threaded piece which holds a bicycle spoke in place on the rim.
- a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier
- the small projection of a mammary gland
verb
noun
- A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
- A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
- (Ireland, UK, slang, sometimes derogatory) Alternative letter-case form of Prod (“protestant”).
- A poke.
- (programming, slang, uncountable) Clipping of production (“the live environment”).
- A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
- (demoscene, slang, countable) A production; a created work.
- a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
verb
noun
- A part of a device that is intended to impart a striking action.
- A hammerstone or similar tool used for smashing, or chipping.
- (medicine) A physician who provides light blow to a body part as a diagnostic technique.
- (medicine) A small hammer-like tool that a physician uses to provide a light blow to a body part.
- (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
noun
- a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
- a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
- the best people or things in a group
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
- a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- the act of choosing or selecting
- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
- A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- (American football) An interception.
- (art, painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- (Australia) Pasture; feed, for animals.
- (baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder.
- (music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- (baseball) A pickoff.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- (lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- (nautical, slang) An anchor.
- A choice; ability to choose.
- That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- (basketball) A screen.
- (weaving) The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
verb
- remove in small bits
- look for and gather
- select carefully from a group
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- provoke
- pay for something
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- harass with constant criticism
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- pilfer or rob
- hit lightly with a picking motion
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- (music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- (ambitransitive) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
- (cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- (American football, informal) To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- (basketball) To screen.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To steal; to pilfer.
- (transitive) To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
noun
- A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
- (algebraic geometry) An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.
- (figurative) Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).
- (animation) The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
- A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
- (zoology) A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
- Of a rope, the stickiness when in contact with another rope as in a knot.
- (botany) A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
- A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
- something resembling the tooth of an animal
- a means of enforcement
- toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell
- one of a number of uniform projections on a gear
- hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
verb
noun
- a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- something long and thin resembling a blade of grass
- flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
- a cut of beef from the shoulder blade
- a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)
- especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
- the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge
- a dashing young man
- the part of the skate that slides on the ice
- Ellipsis of razor blade.
- (sailing) The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel.
- Thin plate, foil.
- (mathematics) An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)
- (climbing) Synonym of knifeblade.
- (ultimate frisbee) A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.
- (athletics, informal) An artificial foot used by amputee athletes, shaped like an upside-down question mark.
- A bulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular to the forward motion of the vehicle.
- The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
- (archaeology) A piece of prepared, sharp-edged stone, often flint, at least twice as long as it is wide; a long flake of ground-edge stone or knapped vitreous stone.
- (architecture, in the plural) The principal rafters of a roof.
- (uncountable, music) The quality of singing with a pure, resonant sound; especially of a countertenor.
- The part of a key that is inserted into the lock.
- (botany) The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole).
- A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).
- (slang, chiefly US) A homosexual, usually male.
- (computing) Ellipsis of blade server.
- (metonymic) A sword or knife.
- (photography) One of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera.
- (slang, chiefly US) An area of a city which is commonly known for prostitution.
- (biology) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.
- The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.
- A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
- (chiefly phonetics, phonology) The part of the tongue just behind the tip, used to make laminal consonants.
- The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
verb
noun
- a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- identification mark on skin, made by burning
- a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
- a recognizable kind
- a name given to a product or service
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy
- A mark of infamy; stigma.
- A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A torch used for signaling.
- A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
- (by extension) Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style or manner.
- The public image or reputation and recognized, typical style of an individual or group.
- The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.
- A branding iron.
- Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.
verb
- burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
- to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
- mark or expose as infamous
- mark with a brand or trademark
- (transitive) To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
- (transitive) To stigmatize, label (someone).
- (transitive) To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
- (transitive) To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
- (intransitive) To be very hot, to burn.
- (transitive, marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.
noun
- a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod
- an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
- Projectiles.
- A piece used for striking sparks from flint or ferrocerium.
- (countable, uncountable) An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
- (figurative) Extreme hardness or resilience.
- (sewing, dialectal) A sewing needle; a knitting needle; a sharp metal stylus.
- (printing) An engraving plate.
- (uncountable, colors) The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.
- Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers.
- (sewing) Pieces used to strengthen, support, or expand an item of clothing.
- (music, guitar) A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar.
- (sewing) A fringe of beads or decoration of this metal.
- Armor.
- (dialectal) A flat iron.
- A honing steel, a tool used to sharpen or hone metal blades.
verb
- cover, plate, or edge with steel
- get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
- To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against.
- (dialectal) To press with a flat iron.
- To electroplate an item (particularly an engraving plate) with a layer of iron.
- To sharpen with a honing steel.
- To steelify; to turn iron into steel.
- To edge, cover, or point with steel.
- (literary or poetic) To give (something) the appearance of steel.
adj
noun
- a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- (weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
- A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination.
- A card of this suit.
- (countable) A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.
- (figurative) Violence; military might.
verb
noun
- a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
- edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
- any long thin projection that is transient
- Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.
- A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing.
- A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing or stabbing but too short to be called a sword; a dagger.
verb
- use a knife on
- (transitive) To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate; compare cut.
- (transitive) To cut with a knife.
- (transitive) To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.
- (transitive) To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.
- (intransitive) To cut through as if with a knife.
noun
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- (video games, board games) A unit of various numerical parameters used in a game, e.g. health, experience, stamina, mana.
- (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
- (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
- (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- Ellipsis of percentage point.
- A peninsula or promontory.
- (by extension) An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
- (UK) An electric power socket.
- (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- Ellipsis of point man.
- (archaeology) A spearhead or similar object hafted to a handle.
- (lacrosse, ice hockey, countable, uncountable) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
- (heraldry) One of the "corners" of the escutcheon: the base (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter, point dexter base, point sinister, point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured. (Compare terrace, point champaine, enté en point.)
- (typography) A unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
- The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
- (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- (cricket, countable, uncountable) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
- (mathematics, sciences) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition; a count
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
- A tine or snag of an antler.
- (heraldry, by extension) An ordinary similar to a pile (but sometimes shorter), extending upward from the base. (Often termed a point pointed.)
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
- (by extension) A note; a tune.
- (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
- (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
- (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
- (automotive, chiefly in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- Any projecting extremity of an object.
- (rail transport, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- (baseball, countable, uncountable) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
- Lace worked by the needle.
- The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- The sharp tip of an object.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- a wall socket
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- an instant of time
- sharp end
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
- a geometric element that has position but no extension
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- a V shape
- an outstanding characteristic
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- a very small circular shape
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- the object of an activity
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- the gun muzzle's direction
verb
- To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
- (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
- (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
- (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- (ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
- (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
- (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
- (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
- (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
- (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- mark with diacritics
- be positionable in a specified manner
- sail close to the wind
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- direct into a position for use
- repair the joints of bricks
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- give a point to
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- be oriented
intj
noun
- One in the position of controlling or directing; a controller, a director, a guide.
- (Northern England (Cumberland, Westmorland)) A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain, especially one associated with a storm.
- (nautical) The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.
- (nautical) The use of a helm (sense 1); also, the amount of space through which a helm is turned.
- (countable) A stalk of corn, or (uncountable) stalks of corn collectively (that is, straw), especially when bundled together or laid out straight to be used for thatching roofs.
- (nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to steer the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.
- (uncountable) Alternative form of haulm (“the stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching”).
- (heraldry) Synonym of helmet (“the feature above a shield on a coat of arms”).
- Something used to control or steer; also (obsolete), a handle of a tool or weapon; a haft, a helve.
- (Northern England) A shelter for cattle or other farm animals; a hemmel, a shed.
- A position of control or leadership.
- steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered
- (figurative) a position of leadership
verb
- (transitive) To lay out (stalks of corn, or straw) straight to be used for thatching roofs; to yelm.
- (figuratively) To direct or lead (a project, etc.); to manage (an organization).
- (nautical) To control the helm (noun sense 1) of (a marine vessel); to be in charge of steering (a vessel).
- be at or take the helm of
noun
- The ability of someone to aim straight; one’s faculty for being able to hit a physical target.
- Initialism of America Online AIM; AOL Instant Messenger.
- The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
- The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, such as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
- Intention or goal.
- the action of directing something at an object
- the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
- the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
- an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
verb
- (intransitive) To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it
- (transitive) To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object
- (transitive) To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group
- (intransitive) To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive
- have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- propose or intend
- direct (a remark) toward an intended goal
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
noun
- a long staff with one end being hook shaped
- a circular segment of a curve
- someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
- A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
- A bishop's standard staff of office.
- A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
- A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.
- A pothook.
- An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
- A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
- A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
- (music) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
verb
adj
noun
- A sentry, watch, or guard.
- (computer science) A unique value recognised by a computer program for processing in a special way, or marking the end of a set of data.
- (attributive, medicine, epidemiology) A sign of a health risk (e.g. a disease, an adverse effect).
- A sentinel crab.
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
verb
verb
- sharpen with a hone
- make perfect or complete
- (UK, US, Southern US, dialect, intransitive) To grumble.
- (transitive) To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
- (UK, US, Southern US, dialect) To pine, lament, or long.
- To make more acute, intense, or effective.
- (transitive) To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
- (transitive) To refine (a skill especially) by learning.
noun
- a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc.
- a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
- A kind of swelling in the cheek.
- A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
- A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
intj
noun
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- (video games, board games) A unit of various numerical parameters used in a game, e.g. health, experience, stamina, mana.
- (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
- (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
- (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- Ellipsis of percentage point.
- A peninsula or promontory.
- (by extension) An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
- (UK) An electric power socket.
- (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- Ellipsis of point man.
- (archaeology) A spearhead or similar object hafted to a handle.
- (lacrosse, ice hockey, countable, uncountable) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
- (heraldry) One of the "corners" of the escutcheon: the base (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter, point dexter base, point sinister, point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured. (Compare terrace, point champaine, enté en point.)
- (typography) A unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
- The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
- (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- (cricket, countable, uncountable) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
- (mathematics, sciences) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition; a count
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
- A tine or snag of an antler.
- (heraldry, by extension) An ordinary similar to a pile (but sometimes shorter), extending upward from the base. (Often termed a point pointed.)
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
- (by extension) A note; a tune.
- (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
- (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
- (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
- (automotive, chiefly in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- Any projecting extremity of an object.
- (rail transport, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- (baseball, countable, uncountable) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
- Lace worked by the needle.
- The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- The sharp tip of an object.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- a wall socket
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- an instant of time
- sharp end
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
- a geometric element that has position but no extension
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- a V shape
- an outstanding characteristic
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- a very small circular shape
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- the object of an activity
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- the gun muzzle's direction
verb
- To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
- (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
- (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
- (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- (ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
- (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
- (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
- (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
- (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
- (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- mark with diacritics
- be positionable in a specified manner
- sail close to the wind
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- direct into a position for use
- repair the joints of bricks
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- give a point to
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- be oriented
intj
adv
adj
- (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
- Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
- (chess) Tactical; risky.
- (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
- Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
- Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
- (music) Higher in pitch than required.
- Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
- Observant; alert; acute.
- Quick and alert.
- (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.
- (colloquial) Intelligent.
- Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
- Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
- (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
- Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
- Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
- Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
- (music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
- Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
- Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
- keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
- (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- dangerously steep
- having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
- having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- quick and forceful
- harsh
- ending in a sharp point
- very sudden and in great amount or degree
noun
- (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.
- (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
- (psychiatry, healthcare) A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
- (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
- (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
- Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”).
- (music) A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
- (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
- (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
- A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
- Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
- A dishonest person; a cheater.
- A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
- a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
- a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
verb
adj
- Sharp-cornered; pointed.
- (organic chemistry) Composed of three or more rings attached to a single carbon atom (the rings not all being in the same plane).
- Relating or pertaining to an angle, or angles.
- Ungraceful; lacking grace.
- (figuratively) Sharp and stiff in character.
- Lean, lank.
- Measured by an angle.
- Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner.
- measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle
- having angles or an angular shape
noun
adj
adj
noun
adj
- having a sharp cutting edge or point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- excellent
- painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
- intense or sharp
- Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
- (British) Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive.
- (chiefly Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
- Fierce, intense, vehement.
- Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
- Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
- Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.