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noun
- A spacious type of boat with a flat bottom.
- Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge.
- A large box with a flat lid.
- (Abrahamism) The ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge; Noah's ark.
- (figuratively) The body as a vessel.
- (Judaism) The Ark of the Covenant.
- (Judaism) A decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept.
- a boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood
noun
- A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
- (American football) The areas behind the line of scrimmage to either side of an offensive football formation.
- (rail transport) A flat spot on the wheel of a rail vehicle.
- (publishing) A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
- An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
- (technical, theatre, stagecraft) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene, and are a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth or backdrop.
- (entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
- A flat sheet for use on a bed.
- (horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
- (postal) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
- (music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
- (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
- (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/flat tire.
- (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
- (optics) A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
- Ellipsis of flat ride (“spinning amusement ride”).
- A wide, shallow container or pallet.
- (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
- (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
- The most prominent flat part of something.
- (swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
- A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
- A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
- (Australia, horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) the area in the centre of a racecourse.
- (gambling, slang) A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
- (in the phrase 'the flat') Level ground in general.
- (historical) An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
- (US) Ellipsis of flat water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).
- (chiefly British, New England, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, archaic elsewhere) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent
- (Canadian Prairies, British Columbia) A 24-case of beer.
- The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
- (rail transport, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
- (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
- a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- a deflated pneumatic tire
- scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
- a level tract of land
- a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
- a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
- freight car without permanent sides or roof
adj
- (not comparable, commerce) Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
- Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
- (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
- At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
- (of colours) Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
- (algebra, ring theory, of a ring homomorphism) Such that its target, regarded as a module over its source, is flat (as above).
- (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
- In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
- (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
- (algebraic geometry, scheme theory, of a morphism of schemes) Such that the induced map on every stalk is flat (as a map of rings).
- (authorship, figuratively, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
- (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
- (slang) Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
- (phonetics, of a vowel) Not diphthongal; without variation in height or backness.
- (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
- (homological algebra, of a module) Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See Flat module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
- (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
- (of measurements of time) Exact.
- Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
- Having no variations in height.
- (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- (music, voice) Without variations in pitch.
- (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
- Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
- (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
- (of coffee) Having little froth and little milk.
- (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- not reflecting light; not glossy
- having lost effervescence
- lacking contrast or shading between tones
- horizontally level
- stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
- having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
- lacking taste or flavor or tang
- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
- not modified or restricted by reservations
- commercially inactive
- lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
adv
- Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.
- Directly; flatly.
- (with units of time, distance, etc) Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
- (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
- Completely.
- (of accurately measured timings) Exactly, precisely.
- So as to be flat.
- (of a sentence) Without parole.
- with flat sails
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
verb
- (transitive) To dash or throw
- (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
- (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
- (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
- (intransitive) To dash, rush
- (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
noun
- A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.
- Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.
- A light, fleeting shower of rain or snow, or gust of wind, etc.
- A (typically light) dusting of snow or ice (or dust, etc) (on ground, water, trees, etc).
- An act of slightly pruning tea bushes, placing new leaves at a convenient height without removing much woody growth.
- any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor
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noun
- (nautical) A type of flat-bottomed boat.
- (Scotland) Red chalk; ruddle.
- (zoology) The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
- (brewing) A broad, flat vessel used for cooling liquids; a brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
- (botany) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
- (aeronautics) In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
- (by extension) The rigid bottom part of something else, especially an iceberg.
- (nautical) A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
- (nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
- a projection or ridge that suggests a keel
- the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly
- one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability
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- A type of dinghy with a flat bow.
- (nautical, historical) A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour.
- A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position.
- (colloquial, loosely) A pushchair; a buggy.
- (nautical, historical) A similar barge used as platform for cannons in shallow waters which seagoing warships cannot enter.
- a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
noun
- a flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes
- a heavy woolen cloth heavily napped and felted, often with a plaid design
- a short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material
- a thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States
- (countable) A blanket made of wool, formerly distributed to the Amerindians by the U.S. government.
- (countable) Synonym of mackinaw boat.
- A heavy woolen cloth.
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- A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
- A leatherjacket, leatherjack (genus Oligoplites)
- Several of the genus Euthynnus resembling tuna:
- A saurel (Trachurus spp.)
- An alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
- A jurel (Caranx or Trachurus)
- A threadfish (Alectis spp.)
- A saury (Scomberesocidae spp.)
- An elaterid; a click beetle.
- A skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)
- A common bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)
- A bonito (Sarda spp. etc.)
- A runner (Elagatis pinnulatis)
- A cutlass fish (Trichiuridae spp.)
- A butterfish
- able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
- medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
- oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
noun
- a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
- A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel.
- (nautical) A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
- (US) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
- The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.
- One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
- A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.
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- a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
- A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).
- a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
- a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire
- A person who lights things.
- A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.
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- an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole
- (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- (nautical) A narrow shallow boat, square at both ends, traditionally propelled by a pole.
- The indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
- A wild guess.
- A bet or wager.
- (glassblowing) A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
- The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
- A highly speculative investment or other commitment.
- (rugby, American football, soccer) A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.
- (Australia) Gambling, as a pastime, especially betting on horseraces or the dogs.
verb
- place a bet on
- propel with a pole
- kick the ball
- (colloquial, transitive) To eject; to kick out of a place.
- To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
- (soccer) To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
- (nautical) To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.
- (figuratively) To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
- Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.
- (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
- (rugby, American football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, soccer, transitive, intransitive) To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. (This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.)
- To play basset, baccara, faro, etc.
- To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
noun
- a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board
- a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
- a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Vindula.
- (US, law enforcement) A police patrol vehicle.
- (nautical, in the days of sail) A frigate or other vessel, detached from the fleet, to cruise independently in search of the enemy or its merchant ships.
- (colloquial) One who cruises at bars and neighborhoods seeking sex.
- (cycling) A bicycle designed for low-speed, recreational use, usually characterized by balloon tires, upright seating, a single-speed drivetrain and expressive styling.
- (nautical) Any of several yachts designed for cruising.
- One who attends cruises.
- (entomology) Any dragonfly of the family Macromiidae; a macromiid.
- (military, nautical) A class of fast warships of medium tonnage, having a long cruising range but less armour and firepower than a battleship.
- (science fiction, by extension) A starship of comparable role
- (nautical) A passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience.
- (nautical) A miniature aircraft carrier carrying VTOL aircraft.
noun
- A hollow boat-shaped structure.
- An enclosure housing machinery or a motor.
- The compartment that holds passengers on a dirigible, hot-air balloon, or other aerostat; a gondola.
- (electrical engineering) The part between the rotor and tower of a wind turbine.
- A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house, originally, an engine, and now also cargo or crew.
- (nautical) The submersed providers of buoyancy of a SWATH-hulled boat.
- (road transport) A streamlined enclosure on the body or dashboard of a motor vehicle.
- a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine
noun
- A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.
- A square array of sensors forming part of a large telescope.
- (US, slang, when ordering food) A slice of toast.
- A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals, particularly a group of penguins when in the water.
- (cooking) A mass of congealed solids that forms on a consommé because of the protein in the egg white.
- (by extension) Any flattish thing, usually wooden, used in a similar fashion.
- A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.
- (US) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river.
- a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
- a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
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noun
- A kind of flyboat; a storeship.
- A lengthwise groove, such as one of the lengthwise grooves on a classical column, or a groove on a cutting tool (such as a drill bit, endmill, or reamer), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which chips can escape.
- An organ stop with a flute-like sound.
- (music) A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger; the Western concert flute, a transverse side-blown flute of European origin.
- (colloquial) A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.
- (architecture, firearms) A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.
- A long French bread roll, baguette.
- A shuttle in weaving tapestry etc.
- A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.
- a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown
- a groove or furrow in cloth etc. (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
- a tall narrow wineglass
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- (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
- Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
- Ellipsis of water tender (“firefighting apparatus”).
- (archaic outside certain compounds) Someone who tends or waits on something or someone.
- The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
- (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
- A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
- Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
- (diving) A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
- (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
- (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
- something that can be used as an official medium of payment
- car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
- a boat for communication between ship and shore
- someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
- ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
adj
- Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
- Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
- Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
- Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
- Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
- (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
- Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
- Young and inexperienced.
- (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
- Sensitive or painful to the touch.
- easy to cut or chew
- given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
- hurting
- young and immature
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
- (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
- having or displaying warmth or affection
- physically untoughened
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- (nautical) The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship.
- The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows.
- A transom window.
- (figuratively, usually attributively) Items that have arrived over the transom.
- (architecture) A horizontal glazing bar in a window.
- (nautical) Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart.
- (architecture) A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.
- a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
- a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door
noun
- small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
- (slang) An oversize, usually older, luxury car.
- (nautical) A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.
- (gambling) Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel, shaped like upside-down boats.
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- a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
- the quantity contained in a can
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- (childish or vulgar, slang, Canada, US) Buttocks.
- (slang) Jail or prison.
- (US, slang) An ounce (or sometimes, two ounces) of marijuana.
- A protective cover for the fuel element in a nuclear reactor.
- (slang, in the plural) An E-meter used in Scientology auditing.
- (vulgar, slang, Canada, US) The breasts of a woman.
- (slang, in the plural) Headphones.
- A sealed metal container, cylindrical or cuboid in form, typically used to store preserved foods.
- A chimney pot.
- A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
- A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal.
- (nautical) A cylindrical buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
verb
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- preserve in a can or tin
- (transitive) To seal in a can.
- (Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.
- (transitive) To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) Used to form requests, typically polite.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; to be possible for (someone or something) to.
- (transitive) To cover (the fuel element in a nuclear reactor) with a protective cover.
- (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to.
- (transitive) To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
- (India, nonstandard, proscribed) To be (followed by a word like able, possible, allowed). third-person singular simple present indicative of can
- (golf, slang, transitive) To hole the ball.
- (auxiliary verb, defective) To be able to.
- (Manglish, Singlish, auxiliary or intransitive) To be able to or know how to (do something); an accompanying verb is not required if it is already inferable from context.
- (US, euphemistic, transitive) To fire or dismiss an employee.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
- (transitive, slang) To shut up.
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- the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel
- (nautical) A square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other similar vessel.
- (nautical, on a sloop) A triangular sail set forward of the foremast: forestaysail.
- (nautical, on a square-rigged ship) The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast
noun
- A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
- An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.
- A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
- A circular sled without runners.
- A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
- a disk used in throwing competitions
- directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
- a small shallow dish for holding a cup at the table
- something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
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- A galley with the upper tier of rowers shielded.
- (military, historical) Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier's horse as well, especially the linked mail or scale armour of some eastern nations.
- (military, historical) A soldier (especially a horseman) covered with a cataphract (etymology 1, sense 1).
- armor that protects the wearer's whole body
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- The enclosed structure around the paddlewheel of a steamboat.
- (archaeology) A prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland, characteristically including an outer wall within which a circle of stone piers (resembling the spokes of a wheel) form the basis for lintel arches supporting corbelled roofing with a hearth at the hub.
- (Canada, US, baseball, by extension from sense 1.2) A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.
- A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
- An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.
- The partially enclosed structure above and around a wheel of an automobile, typically partly formed by a portion of a fender panel that has been extended outward beyond the plane of the rest of the panel.
- (Canada, US, figuratively) A person's area of authority or expertise.
- (Canada, US, figuratively) A set of skills necessitated by a situation.
- one's area of interest or expertise
- an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated
noun
- a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit
- (sailing) A small sailboat lacking a bowsprit, of a type found primarily in the Massachusetts area.
- A person living in rough, violent conditions.
- (entertainment) A slapstick comedian or comedy.
- (circus) A tumbler.
- A worker habitually engaged in casual employment.
- Clothing suitable for rough use.
- (sports, informal) An act of playing a sport casually or informally.
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- the broad side of a ship
- a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
- (nautical) breadth amidships
- long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
- a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts
- (textiles) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven.
- (music) A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.
- (structural) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
- (nautical) The straight part or shank of an anchor.
- (anatomical, informal) The principal stem of the antler of a deer.
- (physics) A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.
- (literary) The pole of a carriage or chariot.
- (anatomical, informal) One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.
- (nautical) The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).
- (railway) An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
- (mechanical) The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
- A gymnastic activity or event using a balance beam.
- (gymnastics) A balance beam.
- (nautical) The direction across a vessel, perpendicular to fore-and-aft.
- (figuratively) A ray; a gleam.
- (nautical) One of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid, and acting as part of the support for keeping the sides of the vessel in shape — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones; cf. abeam, beam-ends.
- (structural) One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building.
- (mechanical) In steam engines, a heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft.
- (agricultural) The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.
- A broad smile.
verb
- emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
- express with a beaming face or smile
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
- experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
- smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression
- (ambitransitive) To emit beams of light; to shine; to radiate.
- (transitive, music) To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.
- (transitive, science fiction) To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.
- (transitive) To give the appearance of beams to.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
- (transitive, currying) To stretch something (for example, an animal hide) on a beam.
- (transitive, weaving) To put (something) on a beam.
- (transitive) To furnish or supply with beams.
- (transitive, computing) To transmit, especially by direct wireless means such as infrared.
noun
noun
- A spacious type of boat with a flat bottom.
- Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge.
- A large box with a flat lid.
- (Abrahamism) The ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge; Noah's ark.
- (figuratively) The body as a vessel.
- (Judaism) The Ark of the Covenant.
- (Judaism) A decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept.
- a boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood
noun
- A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
- (American football) The areas behind the line of scrimmage to either side of an offensive football formation.
- (rail transport) A flat spot on the wheel of a rail vehicle.
- (publishing) A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
- An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
- (technical, theatre, stagecraft) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene, and are a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth or backdrop.
- (entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
- A flat sheet for use on a bed.
- (horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
- (postal) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
- (music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
- (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
- (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/flat tire.
- (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
- (optics) A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
- Ellipsis of flat ride (“spinning amusement ride”).
- A wide, shallow container or pallet.
- (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
- (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
- The most prominent flat part of something.
- (swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
- A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
- A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
- (Australia, horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) the area in the centre of a racecourse.
- (gambling, slang) A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
- (in the phrase 'the flat') Level ground in general.
- (historical) An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
- (US) Ellipsis of flat water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).
- (chiefly British, New England, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, archaic elsewhere) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent
- (Canadian Prairies, British Columbia) A 24-case of beer.
- The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
- (rail transport, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
- (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
- a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- a deflated pneumatic tire
- scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
- a level tract of land
- a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
- a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
- freight car without permanent sides or roof
adj
- (not comparable, commerce) Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
- Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
- (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
- At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
- (of colours) Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
- (algebra, ring theory, of a ring homomorphism) Such that its target, regarded as a module over its source, is flat (as above).
- (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
- In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
- (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
- (algebraic geometry, scheme theory, of a morphism of schemes) Such that the induced map on every stalk is flat (as a map of rings).
- (authorship, figuratively, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
- (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
- (slang) Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
- (phonetics, of a vowel) Not diphthongal; without variation in height or backness.
- (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
- (homological algebra, of a module) Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See Flat module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
- (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
- (of measurements of time) Exact.
- Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
- Having no variations in height.
- (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- (music, voice) Without variations in pitch.
- (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
- Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
- (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
- (of coffee) Having little froth and little milk.
- (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- not reflecting light; not glossy
- having lost effervescence
- lacking contrast or shading between tones
- horizontally level
- stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
- having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
- lacking taste or flavor or tang
- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
- not modified or restricted by reservations
- commercially inactive
- lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
adv
- Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.
- Directly; flatly.
- (with units of time, distance, etc) Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
- (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
- Completely.
- (of accurately measured timings) Exactly, precisely.
- So as to be flat.
- (of a sentence) Without parole.
- with flat sails
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
verb
- (transitive) To dash or throw
- (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
- (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
- (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
- (intransitive) To dash, rush
- (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
noun
- A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.
- Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.
- A light, fleeting shower of rain or snow, or gust of wind, etc.
- A (typically light) dusting of snow or ice (or dust, etc) (on ground, water, trees, etc).
- An act of slightly pruning tea bushes, placing new leaves at a convenient height without removing much woody growth.
- any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor
verb
noun
- (nautical) A type of flat-bottomed boat.
- (Scotland) Red chalk; ruddle.
- (zoology) The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
- (brewing) A broad, flat vessel used for cooling liquids; a brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
- (botany) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
- (aeronautics) In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
- (by extension) The rigid bottom part of something else, especially an iceberg.
- (nautical) A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
- (nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
- a projection or ridge that suggests a keel
- the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly
- one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability
verb
noun
- A type of dinghy with a flat bow.
- (nautical, historical) A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour.
- A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position.
- (colloquial, loosely) A pushchair; a buggy.
- (nautical, historical) A similar barge used as platform for cannons in shallow waters which seagoing warships cannot enter.
- a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
noun
- a flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes
- a heavy woolen cloth heavily napped and felted, often with a plaid design
- a short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material
- a thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States
- (countable) A blanket made of wool, formerly distributed to the Amerindians by the U.S. government.
- (countable) Synonym of mackinaw boat.
- A heavy woolen cloth.
noun
noun
noun
- A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
- A leatherjacket, leatherjack (genus Oligoplites)
- Several of the genus Euthynnus resembling tuna:
- A saurel (Trachurus spp.)
- An alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
- A jurel (Caranx or Trachurus)
- A threadfish (Alectis spp.)
- A saury (Scomberesocidae spp.)
- An elaterid; a click beetle.
- A skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)
- A common bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)
- A bonito (Sarda spp. etc.)
- A runner (Elagatis pinnulatis)
- A cutlass fish (Trichiuridae spp.)
- A butterfish
- able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
- medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
- oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
noun
- a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
- A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel.
- (nautical) A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
- (US) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
- The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.
- One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
- A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.
verb
noun
intj
verb
noun
- a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
- A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).
- a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
- a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire
- A person who lights things.
- A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.
verb
adj
noun
- an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole
- (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- (nautical) A narrow shallow boat, square at both ends, traditionally propelled by a pole.
- The indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
- A wild guess.
- A bet or wager.
- (glassblowing) A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
- The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
- A highly speculative investment or other commitment.
- (rugby, American football, soccer) A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.
- (Australia) Gambling, as a pastime, especially betting on horseraces or the dogs.
verb
- place a bet on
- propel with a pole
- kick the ball
- (colloquial, transitive) To eject; to kick out of a place.
- To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
- (soccer) To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
- (nautical) To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.
- (figuratively) To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
- Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.
- (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
- (rugby, American football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, soccer, transitive, intransitive) To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. (This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.)
- To play basset, baccara, faro, etc.
- To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
noun
- a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board
- a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
- a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Vindula.
- (US, law enforcement) A police patrol vehicle.
- (nautical, in the days of sail) A frigate or other vessel, detached from the fleet, to cruise independently in search of the enemy or its merchant ships.
- (colloquial) One who cruises at bars and neighborhoods seeking sex.
- (cycling) A bicycle designed for low-speed, recreational use, usually characterized by balloon tires, upright seating, a single-speed drivetrain and expressive styling.
- (nautical) Any of several yachts designed for cruising.
- One who attends cruises.
- (entomology) Any dragonfly of the family Macromiidae; a macromiid.
- (military, nautical) A class of fast warships of medium tonnage, having a long cruising range but less armour and firepower than a battleship.
- (science fiction, by extension) A starship of comparable role
- (nautical) A passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience.
- (nautical) A miniature aircraft carrier carrying VTOL aircraft.
noun
- A hollow boat-shaped structure.
- An enclosure housing machinery or a motor.
- The compartment that holds passengers on a dirigible, hot-air balloon, or other aerostat; a gondola.
- (electrical engineering) The part between the rotor and tower of a wind turbine.
- A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house, originally, an engine, and now also cargo or crew.
- (nautical) The submersed providers of buoyancy of a SWATH-hulled boat.
- (road transport) A streamlined enclosure on the body or dashboard of a motor vehicle.
- a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine
noun
- A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.
- A square array of sensors forming part of a large telescope.
- (US, slang, when ordering food) A slice of toast.
- A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals, particularly a group of penguins when in the water.
- (cooking) A mass of congealed solids that forms on a consommé because of the protein in the egg white.
- (by extension) Any flattish thing, usually wooden, used in a similar fashion.
- A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.
- (US) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river.
- a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
- a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
verb
noun
- A kind of flyboat; a storeship.
- A lengthwise groove, such as one of the lengthwise grooves on a classical column, or a groove on a cutting tool (such as a drill bit, endmill, or reamer), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which chips can escape.
- An organ stop with a flute-like sound.
- (music) A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger; the Western concert flute, a transverse side-blown flute of European origin.
- (colloquial) A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.
- (architecture, firearms) A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.
- A long French bread roll, baguette.
- A shuttle in weaving tapestry etc.
- A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.
- a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown
- a groove or furrow in cloth etc. (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
- a tall narrow wineglass
verb
noun
adj
noun
- (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
- Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
- Ellipsis of water tender (“firefighting apparatus”).
- (archaic outside certain compounds) Someone who tends or waits on something or someone.
- The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
- (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
- A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
- Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
- (diving) A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
- (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
- (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
- something that can be used as an official medium of payment
- car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
- a boat for communication between ship and shore
- someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
- ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
adj
- Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
- Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
- Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
- Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
- Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
- (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
- Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
- Young and inexperienced.
- (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
- Sensitive or painful to the touch.
- easy to cut or chew
- given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
- hurting
- young and immature
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
- (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
- having or displaying warmth or affection
- physically untoughened
adv
verb
noun
- (nautical) The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship.
- The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows.
- A transom window.
- (figuratively, usually attributively) Items that have arrived over the transom.
- (architecture) A horizontal glazing bar in a window.
- (nautical) Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart.
- (architecture) A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.
- a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
- a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door
noun
- small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
- (slang) An oversize, usually older, luxury car.
- (nautical) A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.
- (gambling) Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel, shaped like upside-down boats.
verb
noun
- a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
- the quantity contained in a can
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- (childish or vulgar, slang, Canada, US) Buttocks.
- (slang) Jail or prison.
- (US, slang) An ounce (or sometimes, two ounces) of marijuana.
- A protective cover for the fuel element in a nuclear reactor.
- (slang, in the plural) An E-meter used in Scientology auditing.
- (vulgar, slang, Canada, US) The breasts of a woman.
- (slang, in the plural) Headphones.
- A sealed metal container, cylindrical or cuboid in form, typically used to store preserved foods.
- A chimney pot.
- A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
- A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal.
- (nautical) A cylindrical buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
verb
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- preserve in a can or tin
- (transitive) To seal in a can.
- (Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.
- (transitive) To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) Used to form requests, typically polite.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; to be possible for (someone or something) to.
- (transitive) To cover (the fuel element in a nuclear reactor) with a protective cover.
- (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to.
- (transitive) To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
- (India, nonstandard, proscribed) To be (followed by a word like able, possible, allowed). third-person singular simple present indicative of can
- (golf, slang, transitive) To hole the ball.
- (auxiliary verb, defective) To be able to.
- (Manglish, Singlish, auxiliary or intransitive) To be able to or know how to (do something); an accompanying verb is not required if it is already inferable from context.
- (US, euphemistic, transitive) To fire or dismiss an employee.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
- (transitive, slang) To shut up.
intj
particle
noun
- the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel
- (nautical) A square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other similar vessel.
- (nautical, on a sloop) A triangular sail set forward of the foremast: forestaysail.
- (nautical, on a square-rigged ship) The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast
noun
- A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
- An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.
- A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
- A circular sled without runners.
- A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
- a disk used in throwing competitions
- directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
- a small shallow dish for holding a cup at the table
- something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
verb
noun
- A galley with the upper tier of rowers shielded.
- (military, historical) Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier's horse as well, especially the linked mail or scale armour of some eastern nations.
- (military, historical) A soldier (especially a horseman) covered with a cataphract (etymology 1, sense 1).
- armor that protects the wearer's whole body
adj
noun
- The enclosed structure around the paddlewheel of a steamboat.
- (archaeology) A prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland, characteristically including an outer wall within which a circle of stone piers (resembling the spokes of a wheel) form the basis for lintel arches supporting corbelled roofing with a hearth at the hub.
- (Canada, US, baseball, by extension from sense 1.2) A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.
- A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
- An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.
- The partially enclosed structure above and around a wheel of an automobile, typically partly formed by a portion of a fender panel that has been extended outward beyond the plane of the rest of the panel.
- (Canada, US, figuratively) A person's area of authority or expertise.
- (Canada, US, figuratively) A set of skills necessitated by a situation.
- one's area of interest or expertise
- an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated
noun
- a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit
- (sailing) A small sailboat lacking a bowsprit, of a type found primarily in the Massachusetts area.
- A person living in rough, violent conditions.
- (entertainment) A slapstick comedian or comedy.
- (circus) A tumbler.
- A worker habitually engaged in casual employment.
- Clothing suitable for rough use.
- (sports, informal) An act of playing a sport casually or informally.
adj
noun
- the broad side of a ship
- a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
- (nautical) breadth amidships
- long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
- a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts
- (textiles) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven.
- (music) A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.
- (structural) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
- (nautical) The straight part or shank of an anchor.
- (anatomical, informal) The principal stem of the antler of a deer.
- (physics) A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.
- (literary) The pole of a carriage or chariot.
- (anatomical, informal) One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.
- (nautical) The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).
- (railway) An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
- (mechanical) The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
- A gymnastic activity or event using a balance beam.
- (gymnastics) A balance beam.
- (nautical) The direction across a vessel, perpendicular to fore-and-aft.
- (figuratively) A ray; a gleam.
- (nautical) One of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid, and acting as part of the support for keeping the sides of the vessel in shape — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones; cf. abeam, beam-ends.
- (structural) One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building.
- (mechanical) In steam engines, a heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft.
- (agricultural) The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.
- A broad smile.
verb
- emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
- express with a beaming face or smile
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
- experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
- smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression
- (ambitransitive) To emit beams of light; to shine; to radiate.
- (transitive, music) To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.
- (transitive, science fiction) To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.
- (transitive) To give the appearance of beams to.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
- (transitive, currying) To stretch something (for example, an animal hide) on a beam.
- (transitive, weaving) To put (something) on a beam.
- (transitive) To furnish or supply with beams.
- (transitive, computing) To transmit, especially by direct wireless means such as infrared.
noun
noun
- a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
- A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).
- a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
- a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire
- A person who lights things.
- A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.