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verb
- (transitive) To control or keep in check.
- (transitive) To deprive of liberty.
- (transitive) To strain again.
- (transitive) To restrict or limit.
- prevent the action or expression of
- restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult
- prevent (someone or something) from doing something
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
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- (figuratively) To precisely control.
- (analytical chemistry) To ascertain the amount of a constituent in a solution (or other mixture) by measuring the volume of a known concentration (the "standard solution") needed to complete a reaction.
- (medicine, intransitive) To adjust the amount of a drug consumed until the desired effects are achieved.
- measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration
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- (transitive) To check, restrain or control.
- (intransitive) To crouch; to cringe.
- (transitive) To furnish (a well etc.) with a curb; to restrain (a bank of earth, etc.) by a curb.
- (transitive) To bend or curve.
- (transitive) To bring to a stop beside a curb.
- (transitive, slang) Ellipsis of curb stomp.
- (transitive) To rein in.
- (transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
- keep to the curb
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- place restrictions on
noun
- A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
- (figurative) Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
- A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand).
- (Canada, US) A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with adjacent paved areas to permit vehicles to off-load or load passengers.
- (equestrianism) A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by leverage advantage placing pressure on the poll via the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove via a curb chain.
- A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.
- an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
- a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
- the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
noun
- A control; a limit or stop.
- An inspection or examination.
- (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. [from 15th c.]
- A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
- Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
- A small chink or crack.
- (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
- A token used instead of cash in various contexts, including sign-out of company property or collection of rations (dated), in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
- (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
- (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
- (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
- A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
- (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
- (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
- a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)
- obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
- the act of inspecting or verifying
- a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
- the bill in a restaurant
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
- the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
- an appraisal of the state of affairs
- a written order directing a bank to pay money
- a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
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- (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
- (intransitive) To check out, make sense or prove to be the case after verification or interrogation.
- (transitive) To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
- (transitive) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
- To act as a curb or restraint.
- (informal, transitive) To scold or rebuke someone.
- (transitive) To mark with a check pattern.
- (poker, transitive) To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
- (transitive) To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
- (intransitive, with at) To make a stop; to pause.
- (transitive) To control, limit, or halt.
- (street basketball, transitive) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
- (chess, transitive) To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
- (transitive, US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
- To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
- (transitive) To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
- (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
- (sports, transitive) To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
- (transitive) To verify or compare with a source of information.
- (transitive) To leave in safekeeping.
- (transitive) To inspect; to examine.
- place into check
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- slow the growth or development of
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey
- hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution
- block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- consign for shipment on a vehicle
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- stop in a chase especially when scent is lost
- make an examination or investigation
- verify by consulting a source or authority
- make cracks or chinks in
- examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
- write out a check on a bank account
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
- decline to initiate betting
- arrest the motion (of something) abruptly
verb
- (transitive) To manage, control, or direct.
- (intransitive) To use the hands.
- (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
- (soccer, intransitive) To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
- (transitive) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
- (transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
- (transitive) To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
- (transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
- (transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
- (intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).
- (transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
- (transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- handle effectively
- interact in a certain way
- touch, lift, or hold with the hands
- be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
- show and train
noun
- (slang) A person's nose.
- (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
- (algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components in exactly one point.
- (US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol.
- (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
- (geography, Newfoundland and Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
- An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool, or an opportunity or pretext.
- (horse racing, gambling) The amount wagered in the various pari-mutuel pools for a particular event or events.
- The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
- (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.
- (Australia, chiefly Northern Territory, New Zealand) A 10 fluid ounce (285 mL) glass of beer.
- (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
- (UK, informal) A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer.
- (slang) A name or nickname, especially as an identifier over the radio or Internet.
- (slang) A title attached to one's name, such as Doctor or Colonel.
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
noun
- any means of control
- one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse
- A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, other animal or young child.
- The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.
- (figurative) An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.
verb
- (transitive) To restrain; to control; to check.
- control and direct with or as if by reins
- stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins
- keep in check
- stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins
- (transitive) To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
- (intransitive) To obey directions given with the reins.
noun
- an area of control or responsibility
- a flap that lies over another part
- touching with the tongue
- the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
- movement once around a course
- the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs
- (engineering) A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.
- The taking of liquid into the mouth with the tongue.
- An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
- A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, etc. or in polishing cutlery or in toolmaking. It is usually in the form of a wheel or disk that revolves on a vertical axis.
- (sports) One circuit around a race track.
- The act or process of lapping.
- The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping.
- (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of laparotomy
- A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
- (swimming) The traversal of one length of the pool, or (less commonly) one length and back again.
- The upper legs of a seated person.
- The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered.
- The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
- That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another.
- The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap (see below).
- In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game;—so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.
- (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of laparoscopy.
- (figuratively) A place of rearing and fostering.
verb
- move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
- lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
- pass the tongue over
- take up with the tongue
- wash or flow against
- (transitive) To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
- (intransitive) to wind around
- (transitive) To polish (a surface, especially metal or gemstone) with very fine abrasive to achieve smoothness and small dimensional changes.
- (transitive, sports, motor racing) To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.
- (transitive) to envelop, enfold
- (intransitive, of water) To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.
- (transitive) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
- (intransitive) To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.
- (ambitransitive) To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.
- (transitive) To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.
- (transitive) To rest or recline in someone's lap, or as in a lap.
- (transitive) to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up
- To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.
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- (figurative) A restraint or control, as when "putting a lid" on something.
- (slang) A cap or hat.
- The top or cover of a container.
- (Liverpool, slang) A kid (from the rhyming slang bin lid).
- (microelectronics) A hermetically sealed top piece on a microchip such as the integrated heat spreader on a CPU.
- (slang) In amateur radio, an incompetent operator.
- (biology) An operculum or other lid-like cover.
- (slang) One ounce of cannabis.
- Clipping of eyelid.
- (surfing, slang, chiefly Australia) A bodyboard or bodyboarder.
- (slang) A motorcyclist's crash helmet.
- a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.
- either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
- headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
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- The act or method of controlling or directing.
- Skillful guidance or management.
- (of a literary work) Plot.
- (Anglicanism, obsolete outside fixed titles) A priest hired to hold services without secure title; now a chaplain.
- Behaviour; the manner of behaving.
- (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
- manner of acting or controlling yourself
verb
- (transitive) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)
- (transitive) To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)
- (transitive, music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
- (transitive, reflexive) To behave.
- (intransitive) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
- (transitive) To carry out (something organized)
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- take somebody somewhere
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- lead musicians in the performance of
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- direct the course of; manage or control
noun
- power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
- A command performance.
- Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
- (military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.
- (computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.
- An order to do something.
- (baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
- The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
- A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
- The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
- a military unit or region under the control of a single officer
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- the power or authority to command
- availability for use
- a position of highest authority
verb
- (transitive) To hold, to control the use of.
- (transitive) To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
- (transitive) to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
- (transitive) To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
- (ambitransitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
- (ambitransitive) To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.
- exercise authoritative control or power over
- look down on
- make someone do something
- demand as one's due
- be in command of
noun
- (figurative) An area from where something is controlled or managed; a centre of control.
- (figurative) A site of conflict; a battlefield.
- (vulgar) The vagina.
- The compartment in an aircraft or spacecraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled.
- The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile).
- (nautical) A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located.
- (nautical, now historical) The area set aside for junior officers including the ship's surgeon on a man-of-war, where the wounded were treated; the sickbay.
- (Jamaica) A valley surrounded by steep forested slopes.
- (now chiefly historical) A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting.
- a pit for cockfights
- seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car
- compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft
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- a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)
- stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
- Equipment for any kind of labour.
- The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.
- (countable) A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function: a wiring harness.
- (countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.
verb
- (transitive) To control or manage; to be in charge of.
- (transitive) To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- (transitive) To complete a running course or event in (a given time).
- (figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
- (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
- (transitive) To transit (a length of a river), as in whitewater rafting.
- (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
- (intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
- To press (a bank, etc.) with immediate demands for payment.
- (intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
- (intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
- (transitive, agriculture) To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- (transitive) To transport (someone or something), notionally at a brisk pace.
- (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
- (transitive) To cover (a course or a distance) by running.
- (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
- past participle of rin
- (intransitive) To move briskly or smoothly with a motion of sliding, rolling, sweeping etc.
- (transitive) To make (something) extend in space.
- (sports, especially baseball) To eject from a game or match.
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- (transitive) To cause to move quickly or lightly.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.
- (intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
- (intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- (transitive or intransitive) To compete in a race.
- (transitive, intransitive) Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
- (intransitive) To be presented in the media.
- (transitive) To make stand in an election.
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
- (transitive) To cause (a vehicle) to travel a route.
- (intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
- (American football, transitive or intransitive) To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- (transitive) To make a liquid or electric current flow from or into an object.
- (transitive) To smuggle (illegal goods).
- (intransitive) To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
- (transitive) To make a machine operate.
- To have growth or development.
- (transitive) To cost an amount of money.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
- (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid or electric current, to flow.
- (transitive) To print or broadcast in the media.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- (transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- (intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
- (video games, rare) To speedrun.
- (transitive) To cause stitched clothing to unravel.
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
- (transitive) To make enter a race.
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- (intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
- To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
- cover by running; run a certain distance
- deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
- run with the ball; in such sports as football
- occur persistently
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
- run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
- be diffused
- change from one state to another
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- become undone
- be affected by; be subjected to
- move along, of liquids
- progress by being changed
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- change or be different within limits
- be operating, running or functioning
- continue to exist
- move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
- make without a miss
- sail before the wind
- cause to perform
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- conduct to completion
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- compete in a race
- direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
- pass over, across, or through
- set animals loose to graze
- keep company
- move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- perform as expected when applied
- extend or continue for a certain period of time
- cause an animal to move fast
- travel a route regularly
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
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- A production quantity (such as in a factory).
- (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
- A trial.
- One’s gait while running; the way one runs.
- (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
- A flow of liquid; a leak.
- (cricket) The act of passing from one wicket to another; the point scored for this.
- (chiefly eastern North Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
- Migration of fish.
- The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
- (video games, speedrunning) A playthrough, or attempted playthrough; a session of play.
- (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
- Any sudden large demand for something.
- (banking) A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
- An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
- (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
- A standard or unexceptional group or category.
- The horizontal length of a set of stairs
- (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
- (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
- (American football) A running play.
- The distance drilled with a bit, in oil drilling.
- State of being current; currency; popularity.
- The period of showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
- A quick pace, faster than a walk.
- A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
- (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
- (baseball) A score when a runner touches all bases legally; the act of a runner scoring.
- (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
- (mathematics, computing) The execution of a program or model
- A pair or set of millstones.
- A series of tries in a game that were successful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
- Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily on foot); dash or errand, trip.
- Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
- (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
- (of horses) A fast gallop.
- Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
- Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of.
- A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
- A (regular) trip or route.
- The route taken while running or skiing.
- The distance sailed by a ship.
- A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
- A pleasure trip.
- A voyage.
- a small stream
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- a regular trip
- unrestricted freedom to use
- an unbroken chronological sequence
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
- the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
- the act of testing something
- the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
- a race between candidates for elective office
- a race run on foot
- a short trip
- an unbroken series of events
- the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- a row of unravelled stitches
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- (transitive) To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.
- (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
- (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
- check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
- place under restrictions; limit access to by law
- exercise authoritative control or power over
- have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
- verify by using a duplicate register for comparison
- handle and cause to function
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
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- the activity of managing or exerting control over something
- (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
- A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
- (countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
- (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
- (cycling, countable) A checkpoint along an audax route.
- A control group or control experiment.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- (parapsychology) A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
- Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
- (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
- (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc
- power to direct or determine
- the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
- a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
- a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
- a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
- the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- discipline in personal and social activities
verb
- (transitive) To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
- (transitive) To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
- (transitive, grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word.
- (intransitive) To exercise political authority; to run a government.
- (transitive) To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
- (intransitive) To have or exercise a determining influence.
- (transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
- require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood
- bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
- exercise authority over; as of nations
- direct or strongly influence the behavior of
noun
verb
- To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
- To dictate policy.
- To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
- To put or maintain in order.
- shape or influence; give direction to
- bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
- fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
- restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)
noun
- A controlled behaviour; self-control.
- (Catholicism) A whip used for self-flagellation.
- A set of rules regulating behaviour.
- A punishment to train or maintain control.
- A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
- A state of order based on submission to authority.
- A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
- A specific branch of knowledge, learning, or practice.
- A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
- An enforced compliance or control.
- training to improve strength or self-control
- the act of disciplining
- the trait of being well behaved
- a system of rules of conduct or method of practice
- a branch of knowledge
verb
- (transitive) To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
- (transitive) To teach someone to obey authority.
- (transitive) To impose order on someone.
- (transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice.
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
noun
- Line of Control
- (medicine) Initialism of loss of consciousness; also LoC.
- (space flight) Initialism of loss of crew.
- Initialism of lab on a chip.
- (programming) Initialism of lines of code.
- (finance, banking) Initialism of line of credit; also LoC.
- (aviation) Abbreviation of localizer.
- (aviation) Initialism of loss of control.
- Initialism of letter of contract.
- (emergency medicine) Initialism of level of consciousness; also LoC.
name
verb
- To moderate or control.
- (cooking) To adjust the temperature of an ingredient (e.g. eggs or chocolate) gradually so that it remains smooth and pleasing.
- To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.
- (music) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
- To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.
- To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.
- change by restraining or moderating
- make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
- harden by reheating and cooling in oil
- adjust the pitch (of pianos)
- bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
noun
- A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.
- State of mind; mood.
- Middle state or course; mean; medium.
- A tendency to become angry.
- The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling.
- Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.
- Anger; a fit of anger.
- (sugar manufacture, historical) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
- The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.
- (pottery, architecture) A non-plastic material, such as sand, added to clay to prevent shrinkage and cracking during drying or firing; tempering.
- The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities.
- the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
- a sudden outburst of anger
- a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
- a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
verb
- (transitive, stative) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
- (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
- (slang, intransitive, stative) To excel.
- (intransitive) To decide judicially.
- (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac
- decide with authority
- exercise authority over; as of nations
- mark or draw with a ruler
- keep in check
- be excellent or outstanding
- decide on and make a declaration about
noun
- A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
- A regulating principle.
- A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
- (law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
- (mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
- A regulation, law, guideline.
- (uncountable) The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
- A normal condition or state of affairs.
- prescribed guide for conduct or action
- (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
- the duration of a monarch's or government's power
- any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order
- (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
- measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths
- dominance or power through legal authority
- directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
- something regarded as a normative example
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
noun
adj
name
phrase
noun
- A control; a limit or stop.
- An inspection or examination.
- (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. [from 15th c.]
- A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
- Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
- A small chink or crack.
- (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
- A token used instead of cash in various contexts, including sign-out of company property or collection of rations (dated), in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
- (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
- (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
- (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
- A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
- (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
- (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
- a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)
- obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
- the act of inspecting or verifying
- a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
- the bill in a restaurant
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
- the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
- an appraisal of the state of affairs
- a written order directing a bank to pay money
- a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
adj
intj
verb
- (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
- (intransitive) To check out, make sense or prove to be the case after verification or interrogation.
- (transitive) To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
- (transitive) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
- To act as a curb or restraint.
- (informal, transitive) To scold or rebuke someone.
- (transitive) To mark with a check pattern.
- (poker, transitive) To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
- (transitive) To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
- (intransitive, with at) To make a stop; to pause.
- (transitive) To control, limit, or halt.
- (street basketball, transitive) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
- (chess, transitive) To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
- (transitive, US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
- To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
- (transitive) To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
- (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
- (sports, transitive) To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
- (transitive) To verify or compare with a source of information.
- (transitive) To leave in safekeeping.
- (transitive) To inspect; to examine.
- place into check
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- slow the growth or development of
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey
- hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution
- block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- consign for shipment on a vehicle
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- stop in a chase especially when scent is lost
- make an examination or investigation
- verify by consulting a source or authority
- make cracks or chinks in
- examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
- write out a check on a bank account
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
- decline to initiate betting
- arrest the motion (of something) abruptly
noun
- any means of control
- one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse
- A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, other animal or young child.
- The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.
- (figurative) An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.
verb
- (transitive) To restrain; to control; to check.
- control and direct with or as if by reins
- stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins
- keep in check
- stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins
- (transitive) To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
- (intransitive) To obey directions given with the reins.
noun
- an area of control or responsibility
- a flap that lies over another part
- touching with the tongue
- the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
- movement once around a course
- the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs
- (engineering) A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.
- The taking of liquid into the mouth with the tongue.
- An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
- A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, etc. or in polishing cutlery or in toolmaking. It is usually in the form of a wheel or disk that revolves on a vertical axis.
- (sports) One circuit around a race track.
- The act or process of lapping.
- The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping.
- (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of laparotomy
- A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
- (swimming) The traversal of one length of the pool, or (less commonly) one length and back again.
- The upper legs of a seated person.
- The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered.
- The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
- That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another.
- The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap (see below).
- In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game;—so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.
- (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of laparoscopy.
- (figuratively) A place of rearing and fostering.
verb
- move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
- lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
- pass the tongue over
- take up with the tongue
- wash or flow against
- (transitive) To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
- (intransitive) to wind around
- (transitive) To polish (a surface, especially metal or gemstone) with very fine abrasive to achieve smoothness and small dimensional changes.
- (transitive, sports, motor racing) To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.
- (transitive) to envelop, enfold
- (intransitive, of water) To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.
- (transitive) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
- (intransitive) To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.
- (ambitransitive) To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.
- (transitive) To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.
- (transitive) To rest or recline in someone's lap, or as in a lap.
- (transitive) to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up
- To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.
adj
noun
name
noun
- (figurative) A restraint or control, as when "putting a lid" on something.
- (slang) A cap or hat.
- The top or cover of a container.
- (Liverpool, slang) A kid (from the rhyming slang bin lid).
- (microelectronics) A hermetically sealed top piece on a microchip such as the integrated heat spreader on a CPU.
- (slang) In amateur radio, an incompetent operator.
- (biology) An operculum or other lid-like cover.
- (slang) One ounce of cannabis.
- Clipping of eyelid.
- (surfing, slang, chiefly Australia) A bodyboard or bodyboarder.
- (slang) A motorcyclist's crash helmet.
- a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.
- either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
- headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
verb
noun
- The act or method of controlling or directing.
- Skillful guidance or management.
- (of a literary work) Plot.
- (Anglicanism, obsolete outside fixed titles) A priest hired to hold services without secure title; now a chaplain.
- Behaviour; the manner of behaving.
- (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
- manner of acting or controlling yourself
verb
- (transitive) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)
- (transitive) To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)
- (transitive, music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
- (transitive, reflexive) To behave.
- (intransitive) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
- (transitive) To carry out (something organized)
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- take somebody somewhere
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- lead musicians in the performance of
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- direct the course of; manage or control
noun
- power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
- A command performance.
- Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
- (military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.
- (computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.
- An order to do something.
- (baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
- The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
- A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
- The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
- a military unit or region under the control of a single officer
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- the power or authority to command
- availability for use
- a position of highest authority
verb
- (transitive) To hold, to control the use of.
- (transitive) To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
- (transitive) to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
- (transitive) To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
- (ambitransitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
- (ambitransitive) To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.
- exercise authoritative control or power over
- look down on
- make someone do something
- demand as one's due
- be in command of
noun
- (figurative) An area from where something is controlled or managed; a centre of control.
- (figurative) A site of conflict; a battlefield.
- (vulgar) The vagina.
- The compartment in an aircraft or spacecraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled.
- The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile).
- (nautical) A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located.
- (nautical, now historical) The area set aside for junior officers including the ship's surgeon on a man-of-war, where the wounded were treated; the sickbay.
- (Jamaica) A valley surrounded by steep forested slopes.
- (now chiefly historical) A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting.
- a pit for cockfights
- seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car
- compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft
noun
adj
noun
- A controlled behaviour; self-control.
- (Catholicism) A whip used for self-flagellation.
- A set of rules regulating behaviour.
- A punishment to train or maintain control.
- A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
- A state of order based on submission to authority.
- A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
- A specific branch of knowledge, learning, or practice.
- A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
- An enforced compliance or control.
- training to improve strength or self-control
- the act of disciplining
- the trait of being well behaved
- a system of rules of conduct or method of practice
- a branch of knowledge
verb
- (transitive) To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
- (transitive) To teach someone to obey authority.
- (transitive) To impose order on someone.
- (transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice.
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
noun
- Line of Control
- (medicine) Initialism of loss of consciousness; also LoC.
- (space flight) Initialism of loss of crew.
- Initialism of lab on a chip.
- (programming) Initialism of lines of code.
- (finance, banking) Initialism of line of credit; also LoC.
- (aviation) Abbreviation of localizer.
- (aviation) Initialism of loss of control.
- Initialism of letter of contract.
- (emergency medicine) Initialism of level of consciousness; also LoC.
name
verb
- (transitive) To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.
- (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
- (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
- check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
- place under restrictions; limit access to by law
- exercise authoritative control or power over
- have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
- verify by using a duplicate register for comparison
- handle and cause to function
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
noun
- the activity of managing or exerting control over something
- (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
- A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
- (countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
- (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
- (cycling, countable) A checkpoint along an audax route.
- A control group or control experiment.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- (parapsychology) A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
- Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
- (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
- (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc
- power to direct or determine
- the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
- a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
- a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
- a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
- the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- discipline in personal and social activities
verb
- (transitive) To control or keep in check.
- (transitive) To deprive of liberty.
- (transitive) To strain again.
- (transitive) To restrict or limit.
- prevent the action or expression of
- restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult
- prevent (someone or something) from doing something
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
verb
- (figuratively) To precisely control.
- (analytical chemistry) To ascertain the amount of a constituent in a solution (or other mixture) by measuring the volume of a known concentration (the "standard solution") needed to complete a reaction.
- (medicine, intransitive) To adjust the amount of a drug consumed until the desired effects are achieved.
- measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration
noun
verb
- (transitive) To check, restrain or control.
- (intransitive) To crouch; to cringe.
- (transitive) To furnish (a well etc.) with a curb; to restrain (a bank of earth, etc.) by a curb.
- (transitive) To bend or curve.
- (transitive) To bring to a stop beside a curb.
- (transitive, slang) Ellipsis of curb stomp.
- (transitive) To rein in.
- (transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
- keep to the curb
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- place restrictions on
noun
- A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
- (figurative) Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
- A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand).
- (Canada, US) A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with adjacent paved areas to permit vehicles to off-load or load passengers.
- (equestrianism) A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by leverage advantage placing pressure on the poll via the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove via a curb chain.
- A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.
- an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
- a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
- the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
verb
- (transitive) To manage, control, or direct.
- (intransitive) To use the hands.
- (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
- (soccer, intransitive) To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
- (transitive) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
- (transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
- (transitive) To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
- (transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
- (transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
- (intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).
- (transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
- (transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- handle effectively
- interact in a certain way
- touch, lift, or hold with the hands
- be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
- show and train
noun
- (slang) A person's nose.
- (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
- (algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components in exactly one point.
- (US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol.
- (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
- (geography, Newfoundland and Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
- An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool, or an opportunity or pretext.
- (horse racing, gambling) The amount wagered in the various pari-mutuel pools for a particular event or events.
- The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
- (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.
- (Australia, chiefly Northern Territory, New Zealand) A 10 fluid ounce (285 mL) glass of beer.
- (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
- (UK, informal) A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer.
- (slang) A name or nickname, especially as an identifier over the radio or Internet.
- (slang) A title attached to one's name, such as Doctor or Colonel.
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
noun
- any means of control
- one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse
- A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, other animal or young child.
- The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.
- (figurative) An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.
verb
- (transitive) To restrain; to control; to check.
- control and direct with or as if by reins
- stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins
- keep in check
- stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins
- (transitive) To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
- (intransitive) To obey directions given with the reins.
verb
noun
- a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)
- stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
- Equipment for any kind of labour.
- The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.
- (countable) A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function: a wiring harness.
- (countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.
verb
- (transitive) To control or manage; to be in charge of.
- (transitive) To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- (transitive) To complete a running course or event in (a given time).
- (figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
- (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
- (transitive) To transit (a length of a river), as in whitewater rafting.
- (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
- (intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
- To press (a bank, etc.) with immediate demands for payment.
- (intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
- (intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
- (transitive, agriculture) To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- (transitive) To transport (someone or something), notionally at a brisk pace.
- (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
- (transitive) To cover (a course or a distance) by running.
- (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
- past participle of rin
- (intransitive) To move briskly or smoothly with a motion of sliding, rolling, sweeping etc.
- (transitive) To make (something) extend in space.
- (sports, especially baseball) To eject from a game or match.
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- (transitive) To cause to move quickly or lightly.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.
- (intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
- (intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- (transitive or intransitive) To compete in a race.
- (transitive, intransitive) Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
- (intransitive) To be presented in the media.
- (transitive) To make stand in an election.
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
- (transitive) To cause (a vehicle) to travel a route.
- (intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
- (American football, transitive or intransitive) To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- (transitive) To make a liquid or electric current flow from or into an object.
- (transitive) To smuggle (illegal goods).
- (intransitive) To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
- (transitive) To make a machine operate.
- To have growth or development.
- (transitive) To cost an amount of money.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
- (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid or electric current, to flow.
- (transitive) To print or broadcast in the media.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- (transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- (intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
- (video games, rare) To speedrun.
- (transitive) To cause stitched clothing to unravel.
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
- (transitive) To make enter a race.
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- (intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
- To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
- cover by running; run a certain distance
- deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
- run with the ball; in such sports as football
- occur persistently
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
- run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
- be diffused
- change from one state to another
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- become undone
- be affected by; be subjected to
- move along, of liquids
- progress by being changed
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- change or be different within limits
- be operating, running or functioning
- continue to exist
- move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
- make without a miss
- sail before the wind
- cause to perform
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- conduct to completion
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- compete in a race
- direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
- pass over, across, or through
- set animals loose to graze
- keep company
- move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- perform as expected when applied
- extend or continue for a certain period of time
- cause an animal to move fast
- travel a route regularly
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
adj
noun
- A production quantity (such as in a factory).
- (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
- A trial.
- One’s gait while running; the way one runs.
- (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
- A flow of liquid; a leak.
- (cricket) The act of passing from one wicket to another; the point scored for this.
- (chiefly eastern North Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
- Migration of fish.
- The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
- (video games, speedrunning) A playthrough, or attempted playthrough; a session of play.
- (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
- Any sudden large demand for something.
- (banking) A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
- An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
- (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
- A standard or unexceptional group or category.
- The horizontal length of a set of stairs
- (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
- (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
- (American football) A running play.
- The distance drilled with a bit, in oil drilling.
- State of being current; currency; popularity.
- The period of showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
- A quick pace, faster than a walk.
- A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
- (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
- (baseball) A score when a runner touches all bases legally; the act of a runner scoring.
- (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
- (mathematics, computing) The execution of a program or model
- A pair or set of millstones.
- A series of tries in a game that were successful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
- Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily on foot); dash or errand, trip.
- Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
- (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
- (of horses) A fast gallop.
- Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
- Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of.
- A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
- A (regular) trip or route.
- The route taken while running or skiing.
- The distance sailed by a ship.
- A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
- A pleasure trip.
- A voyage.
- a small stream
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- a regular trip
- unrestricted freedom to use
- an unbroken chronological sequence
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
- the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
- the act of testing something
- the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
- a race between candidates for elective office
- a race run on foot
- a short trip
- an unbroken series of events
- the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- a row of unravelled stitches
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.
- (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
- (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
- check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
- place under restrictions; limit access to by law
- exercise authoritative control or power over
- have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
- verify by using a duplicate register for comparison
- handle and cause to function
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
noun
- the activity of managing or exerting control over something
- (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
- A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
- (countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
- (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
- (cycling, countable) A checkpoint along an audax route.
- A control group or control experiment.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- (parapsychology) A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
- Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
- (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
- (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc
- power to direct or determine
- the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
- a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
- a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
- a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
- the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- discipline in personal and social activities
verb
- (transitive) To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
- (transitive) To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
- (transitive, grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word.
- (intransitive) To exercise political authority; to run a government.
- (transitive) To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
- (intransitive) To have or exercise a determining influence.
- (transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
- require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood
- bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
- exercise authority over; as of nations
- direct or strongly influence the behavior of
noun
verb
- To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
- To dictate policy.
- To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
- To put or maintain in order.
- shape or influence; give direction to
- bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
- fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
- restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)
verb
- To moderate or control.
- (cooking) To adjust the temperature of an ingredient (e.g. eggs or chocolate) gradually so that it remains smooth and pleasing.
- To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.
- (music) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
- To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.
- To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.
- change by restraining or moderating
- make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
- harden by reheating and cooling in oil
- adjust the pitch (of pianos)
- bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
noun
- A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.
- State of mind; mood.
- Middle state or course; mean; medium.
- A tendency to become angry.
- The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling.
- Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.
- Anger; a fit of anger.
- (sugar manufacture, historical) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
- The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.
- (pottery, architecture) A non-plastic material, such as sand, added to clay to prevent shrinkage and cracking during drying or firing; tempering.
- The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities.
- the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
- a sudden outburst of anger
- a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
- a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
verb
- (transitive, stative) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
- (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
- (slang, intransitive, stative) To excel.
- (intransitive) To decide judicially.
- (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac
- decide with authority
- exercise authority over; as of nations
- mark or draw with a ruler
- keep in check
- be excellent or outstanding
- decide on and make a declaration about
noun
- A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
- A regulating principle.
- A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
- (law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
- (mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
- A regulation, law, guideline.
- (uncountable) The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
- A normal condition or state of affairs.
- prescribed guide for conduct or action
- (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
- the duration of a monarch's or government's power
- any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order
- (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
- measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths
- dominance or power through legal authority
- directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
- something regarded as a normative example
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
noun
- power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
- A command performance.
- Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
- (military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.
- (computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.
- An order to do something.
- (baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
- The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
- A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
- The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
- a military unit or region under the control of a single officer
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- the power or authority to command
- availability for use
- a position of highest authority
verb
- (transitive) To hold, to control the use of.
- (transitive) To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
- (transitive) to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
- (transitive) To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
- (ambitransitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
- (ambitransitive) To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.
- exercise authoritative control or power over
- look down on
- make someone do something
- demand as one's due
- be in command of