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noun
- a ridge that forms a seam between two parts
- (botany) The part of the stalk of an anatropous ovary that is united in growth to the outside covering and forms a ridge along the body of the ovule.
- The connecting ridge between the two halves of the medulla oblongata or the tegmentum of the midbrain.
- (botany) A longitudinal median groove in the valve of many diatoms.
- (anatomy) A seamlike ridge or furrow on an organ, bodily tissue, or other structure, typically marking the line where two halves or sections fused in the embryo.
noun
- The top of a ridge.
- The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
- A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
- The back of the blade on a scythe.
- The spine of an animal.
- (nautical) A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
- (aeronautics) A longitudinal line of sharp change in the cross-section profile of the fuselage or similar body.
- (Southern England, Vancouver) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.
- (nautical) A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
- backbone of an animal
- cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
verb
noun
- A ridge or low barrier.
- A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
- A horizontal timber used for supporting or retaining earth.
- The texture of a piece of fabric.
- (nautical) A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale, chainwale)
- A ridge or streak produced on skin by a cane or whip.
- (Scotland, Northern England) Something selected as being the best, preference; choice; choosing.
- A ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
- A raised rib in knitted goods or fabric, especially corduroy.
- thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
- a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
verb
noun
verb
- produce a ridge around the edge of
- roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
- move about in a confused manner
- grind with a mill
- (transitive) To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
- (intransitive) To undergo hulling.
- (transitive) To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
- (transitive) To cause to mill, or circle around.
- (intransitive, slang) To take part in a fistfight; to box.
- (transitive, collectible card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
- (zoology, of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.
- (transitive, mining) To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
- (zoology, of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction.
- (transitive, Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
- To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
- (transitive) To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
- (intransitive, followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.
- (transitive) To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
- (transitive, slang) To beat; to pound.
- (transitive) To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
noun
- machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
- a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
- One thousandth part in millage rates of property tax.
- (historical) A prison treadmill.
- (collectible card games) A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.
- One thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent.
- A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; any similar apparatus that otherwise processes.
- (engineering, manufacturing) Alternative form of mil (“one thousandth of an inch”).
- A milling cutter used on such a machine.
- (mining) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
- (CB radio slang) A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.
- A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
- (US military slang, World War I, World War II) A military prison, either guardhouse or post prison.
- (collectible card games) Discarding a card from one's deck.
- (figurative, derogatory) An institution or pseudo-institutional business awarding credentials (such as diplomas, degrees, certificates, or certifications) of either dubious value or fraudulent nature; one selling essays or other documents for the buyers (usually students) to fraudulently pass off as their own.
- A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.
- The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.
- A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.
- (informal) Clipping of millimeter.
- The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
- The building complex housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds.
- (informal) An engine.
- A machine for grinding and polishing.
- (figurative, usually derogatory) An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality. (The notion of churning out massive amounts indiscriminately underlies the figurative metaphor.)
- A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials.
- (military slang, World War I, World War II) A delousing station: a cootie mill.
- (die sinking) A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.
- (informal) Alternative form of mil (“million”).
- (mining) A passage underground through which ore is shot.
verb
noun
- any long raised strip
- a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
- any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
- a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
- a long narrow natural elevation or striation
- a long narrow range of hills
- (oceanography) A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
- (anatomy) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
- The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
- (meteorology) An elongated region of high atmospheric pressure.
- A chain of hills.
- A chain of mountains.
- The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
- (fortifications) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
- Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
noun
- A pass, gap or sag in a mountain ridge.
- Alternative letter-case form of SWAG; a wild guess or ballpark estimate.
- (slang) Style; fashionable appearance or manner.
- Something that droops like a swag.
- (window coverings) A loop of draped fabric.
- (countable, Australia, New Zealand) A large quantity (of something).
- (uncountable, informal) Branded handout, freebies, or giveaways, often distributed at conventions; merchandise.
- (uncountable, thieves' cant) Stolen goods; the booty of a burglar or thief; boodle.
- A place where water collects; a low, wet place where the land has settled.
- (countable, Australia, by extension) A small single-person tent, usually foldable into an integral backpack.
- valuable goods
- goods or money obtained illegally
- a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman
verb
- To transport stolen goods.
- (transitive) To install (a ceiling fan or light fixture) by means of a long cord running from the ceiling to an outlet, and suspended by hooks or similar.
- To transport in the course of arrest.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) sway.
- (intransitive) To droop; to sag.
- (transitive) To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.
- (Australia, ambitransitive) To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket).
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- sway heavily or unsteadily
prefix
noun
- A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
- (countable) The actual thing wished for.
- (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
- (Northern England, Scotland) A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
- (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
- (Christianity, uncountable) The virtuous desire for future good.
- (countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
- a specific instance of feeling hopeful
- one of the three Christian virtues
- the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
- someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
- grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
verb
- (intransitive) To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].
- (catenative) To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].
- To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
- (transitive, dialectal, nonstandard) To wish.
- (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].
- be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
- intend with some possibility of fulfilment
- expect and wish
noun
- A ridgeling.
- A newly designed garment released by a fashion designer as part of a collection.
- An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived.
- A person with a unique and interesting personality or creative talent.
- an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
- something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
adj
- (comparable) Fresh, different.
- (not comparable) Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.
- (not comparable) Having a specified place or time as its origin.
- (not comparable) Pioneering.
- (of a potato chip) Seasoned with salt but no other flavoring; ready salted
- (not comparable) Newly created.
- (not comparable) First in a series of copies or versions.
- (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary
- being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of
- not derived or copied or translated from something else
- preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
noun
- A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks.
- a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
- A raccoon oyster.
- Any of various creatures having a saddle-shaped marking on the back.
- A variety of domestic goose.
- (architecture) A coping that is thicker in the middle than at the edges.
- (UK) A great black-backed gull.
- A harp seal.
- A larva of the bombycid moth.
- (geology) An anticline.
- A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end.
- A breed of pig which is black with a pink saddle-shaped marking.
- (New Zealand) A passerine bird of the genus Philesturnus.
- a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end
adj
adv
verb
noun
adj
- (programming, of a mutex) Such that the corresponding lock can be reacquired by the locking thread.
- Reentering; pointing inward.
- (music, of a ukulele or similar instrument) Having the strings not ordered according to pitch (having a re-entry).
- (physiology) Of or pertaining to reentry (in the heart).
- (programming) That may be executed more than once at a time either by different threads, or because of recursion.
- (aeronautics, of a part of a rocket) Designed to return to the Earth's atmosphere.
- (of angles) pointing inward
noun
- a long ridge or pile
- a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
- a building in which the business of banking is transacted
- sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
- a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
- the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
- a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
- a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
- a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
- an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
- (countable) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
- (slang, uncountable) Money; profit.
- (mining) The face of the coal at which miners are working.
- (computing) A contiguous block of memory that is of fixed, hardware-dependent size, but often larger than a page and partitioning the memory such that two distinct banks do not overlap.
- A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
- The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius, or a court held for jury trials. See banc
- (mining) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.
- (mining) The ground at the top of a shaft.
- (countable) In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
- (countable) A branch office of such an institution.
- (hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.
- (nautical, hydrology) An elevation under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth
- (countable) A device used to store coins or currency.
- (countable) An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
- (pinball) A set of multiple adjacent drop targets.
- A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.
- (countable) An underwriter or controller of a card game.
- (countable, chiefly in combination) A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.
- A bench or seat for judges in court.
- (aviation) The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
- (gambling, countable) The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.
- (music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
- A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.
- A mass of clouds.
- (rail transport) An incline, a hill.
- (geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.
verb
- do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
- cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
- act as the banker in a game or in gambling
- have faith or confidence in
- tip laterally
- put into a bank account
- be in the banking business
- enclose with a bank
- (transitive, finance) To provide banking services to.
- (intransitive, of clouds) To form a bank; to gather in masses.
- (transitive) To put into a bank.
- (transitive) To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.
- (rail transport, UK) To provide additional power for a train ascending a bank (incline) by attaching another locomotive.
- (intransitive, aviation) To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.
- (transitive) To cause (an aircraft) to bank.
- (transitive) To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.
- (transitive, order and arrangement) To arrange or order in a row.
- (intransitive) To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.
- (transitive, slang) To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.
- (transitive) To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
noun
- The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
- The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.
- The top line of a slope or embankment.
- A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
- (heraldry) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.
- The upper curve of a horse's neck.
- The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
- The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
- (anatomy) A ridge along the surface of a bone.
- (informal) A design or logo, especially one of an institution, sports club, association or high-class family.
- The ridge or top of a wave.
- Any of several birds in the family Regulidae, including the goldcrests and firecrests.
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
- (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet
- the center of a cambered road
- the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
verb
- (transitive) To reach the crest of (e.g. a hill or mountain).
- (intransitive) Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
- (transitive) To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
- (transitive) To mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes.
- reach a high point
- lie at the top of
noun
- A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
- A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle.
- A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand.
- (cooking) A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter).
- (geography, chiefly Appalachia, Lancashire) A prominent rounded hill.
- (vulgar, slang) The clitoris.
- (slang, US) A freshman at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.
- A bulb of the garlic plant consisting of multiple cloves.
- A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.
- A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers.
- The head of the penis; the glans.
- A chunky branch-like piece, especially of a ginger rhizome.
- (by extension, derogatory) A contemptible person; a dick.
- an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger
- a round handle
- a circular rounded projection or protuberance
- any thickened enlargement
verb
noun
- a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
- A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
- a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal
- a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe
- cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins
- a seat for the rider of a bicycle
- posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl
- A cushion used as a seat in a cart or other vehicle.
- (chiefly Australia, mining) Synonym of saddle reef (“a saddle-shaped bedded mineral (usually gold-bearing quartz) vein occurring along the crest of an anticline or (less common) a syncline (an inverted saddle)”).
- The part of a guitar which supports the strings and, in an acoustic guitar, transfers their vibrations through the bridge to the soundboard.
- A similar implement used to secure goods to animals; a packsaddle.
- Synonym of saddle brown (“a medium brown colour, like that of saddle leather”).
- The clitellum of an earthworm (family Lumbricidae).
- (dentistry) The part of a denture which holds the artificial teeth.
- (construction) The threshold, the raised floorboard in a doorway.
- In full saddle marking or saddle patch: a saddle-like marking on an animal, such as one on the back of an adult harp seal or saddleback seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), or any of numerous such markings on a boa constrictor (Boa constrictor).
- (broadcasting) A timeslot between two popular programmes, in which another programme can be scheduled to encourage people to watch it.
- A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.
- A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
- Chiefly preceded by the: horse-riding as an activity or occupation.
- (geology) An anticline (“fold with strata sloping downwards on each side”); specifically, a depression located along the axial trend of such a fold.
- The lower part of the back of a domestic fowl, especially a male bird, bearing the saddle feathers or saddle hackles.
- Synonym of saddle oxford or saddle shoe (“a shoe, resembling an oxford, which has a saddle (sense 11.1)”).
- (engineering) An equipment part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
- A piece of leather stitched across the instep of a shoe, usually having a different colour from the rest of the shoe.
- (geometry) Synonym of saddle point (“a point in the range of a smooth function, every neighbourhood of which contains points on each side of its tangent plane”).
- A small object (traditionally made of ebony) at the bottom of a string instrument such as a cello, viola, or violin below the tailpiece on which the tailgut (“cord securing the tailpiece to the instrument”) rests.
- The immovable seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.
- (nautical) A block of wood with concave depressions at the top and bottom, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
- Synonym of harness saddle (“the part of a harness which supports the weight of poles or shafts attaching a vehicle to a horse or other animal”).
verb
- put a saddle on
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- load or burden; encumber
- To put a saddle on an animal.
- (often passive voice) Chiefly followed by with: to burden or encumber (someone) with some problem or responsibility.
- To put (something) on to another thing like a saddle on an animal.
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to place (a burden or responsibility) or thrust (a problem) on someone.
- (woodworking) To cut a saddle-shaped notch in (a log or other piece of wood) so it can fit together with other such logs or pieces; also, to fit (logs or other pieces of wood) together with this method.
- To put a saddle (noun sense 1) on (an animal).
- Of a person: to get into a saddle.
- To enter (a trained horse) into a race.
noun
- The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
- A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
- The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
- A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
- (music) The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
- The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
- The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.
- (figurative) That which supports or sustains; support.
- (printing) The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
- (firearms) The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
- The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
- (aviation) A season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic.
- (anatomy) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
- (surfing) The part of a wave that has not yet broken.
- The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
- Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
- An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.
- A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.
- a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
- a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
- the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
- a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg
- the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder
verb
- (transitive) To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
- (transitive) To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
- (transitive, by extension) To bully, manipulate or pull rank on (somebody).
- (transitive, figuratively) To accept responsibility for.
- (transitive) To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail.
- (transitive) To place (something) against one's shoulders.
- (transitive) To put (something) on one's shoulders.
- (intransitive) To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.
- (intransitive) To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
- (transitive, figuratively) To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
- carry a burden, either real or metaphoric
- lift onto one's shoulders
- push with the shoulders
noun
- The edge of a high spot of land.
- (botany) A distinctive lower-appearing of the three true petals of an orchid.
- (zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
- (botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
- (music, colloquial) Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.
- (countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
- (slang, uncountable) Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
- (colloquial) Clipping of lipstick.
- (countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
- The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
- (by extension, countable) The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.
- (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
- either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell
- an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
- the top edge of a vessel or other container
verb
- (transitive) To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
- (intransitive) To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
- (transitive, music) To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.
- (transitive) To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
- (intransitive, transitive) To wash against a surface, lap.
- (sports) To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
- (transitive) To utter verbally.
- (transitive, figuratively, of an object) To touch lightly.
- (transitive) To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
noun
- A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two surfaces
- (architecture) A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two curved surfaces
- Alternative spelling of aris
- (archaeology) A ridge formed on the surface of flaked stone, such as an arrowhead or hand axe, as the result of the intersection of two or more flake removals.
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verb
noun
- a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks
- a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
- an open or empty space in or between things
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- a narrow opening
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- (slang, euphemistic) The vagina.
- A vacant space or time.
- (Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
- (Australia, for a medical or pharmacy item) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
- (genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
- A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
- An opening allowing passage or entrance.
- A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
- A mountain or hill pass.
- (Australia, usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
- (baseball) The regions between the outfielders.
- Alternative form of gup (elected head of a gewog in Bhutan)
- An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
- An opening that implies a breach or defect.
verb
- make an opening or gap in
- (transitive) To check the size of a gap.
- (transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
- (intransitive) To fall or spill open so as to leave a gap.
- (New Zealand, slang) To leave suddenly.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, especially video games, motor racing) To surpass (someone or something) by a considerable margin.
- (transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
noun
noun
- A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
- A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
- The act of swelling; increase in size.
- (music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
- (music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
- A bulge or protuberance.
- The front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
- Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
- (music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
- (geology) An upward protrusion of strata from whose central region the beds dip quaquaversally at a low angle.
- (informal) A person of high social standing; an important person.
- the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
- a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
adv
verb
- (transitive) To cause to grow gradually in force or loudness.
- To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
- (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.
- (transitive) To cause to become bigger.
- (transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
- To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
- To protuberate; to bulge out.
- (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
- (intransitive) To be raised to arrogance.
- come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
- come up, as of a liquid
- expand abnormally
- increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
- cause to become swollen
- become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
adj
noun
- a ridge that forms a seam between two parts
- (botany) The part of the stalk of an anatropous ovary that is united in growth to the outside covering and forms a ridge along the body of the ovule.
- The connecting ridge between the two halves of the medulla oblongata or the tegmentum of the midbrain.
- (botany) A longitudinal median groove in the valve of many diatoms.
- (anatomy) A seamlike ridge or furrow on an organ, bodily tissue, or other structure, typically marking the line where two halves or sections fused in the embryo.
noun
- The top of a ridge.
- The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
- A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
- The back of the blade on a scythe.
- The spine of an animal.
- (nautical) A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
- (aeronautics) A longitudinal line of sharp change in the cross-section profile of the fuselage or similar body.
- (Southern England, Vancouver) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.
- (nautical) A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
- backbone of an animal
- cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
verb
noun
- A ridge or low barrier.
- A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
- A horizontal timber used for supporting or retaining earth.
- The texture of a piece of fabric.
- (nautical) A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale, chainwale)
- A ridge or streak produced on skin by a cane or whip.
- (Scotland, Northern England) Something selected as being the best, preference; choice; choosing.
- A ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
- A raised rib in knitted goods or fabric, especially corduroy.
- thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
- a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
verb
noun
noun
- A pass, gap or sag in a mountain ridge.
- Alternative letter-case form of SWAG; a wild guess or ballpark estimate.
- (slang) Style; fashionable appearance or manner.
- Something that droops like a swag.
- (window coverings) A loop of draped fabric.
- (countable, Australia, New Zealand) A large quantity (of something).
- (uncountable, informal) Branded handout, freebies, or giveaways, often distributed at conventions; merchandise.
- (uncountable, thieves' cant) Stolen goods; the booty of a burglar or thief; boodle.
- A place where water collects; a low, wet place where the land has settled.
- (countable, Australia, by extension) A small single-person tent, usually foldable into an integral backpack.
- valuable goods
- goods or money obtained illegally
- a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman
verb
- To transport stolen goods.
- (transitive) To install (a ceiling fan or light fixture) by means of a long cord running from the ceiling to an outlet, and suspended by hooks or similar.
- To transport in the course of arrest.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) sway.
- (intransitive) To droop; to sag.
- (transitive) To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.
- (Australia, ambitransitive) To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket).
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- sway heavily or unsteadily
noun
- A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
- (countable) The actual thing wished for.
- (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
- (Northern England, Scotland) A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
- (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
- (Christianity, uncountable) The virtuous desire for future good.
- (countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
- a specific instance of feeling hopeful
- one of the three Christian virtues
- the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
- someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
- grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
verb
- (intransitive) To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].
- (catenative) To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].
- To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
- (transitive, dialectal, nonstandard) To wish.
- (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].
- be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
- intend with some possibility of fulfilment
- expect and wish
noun
- A ridgeling.
- A newly designed garment released by a fashion designer as part of a collection.
- An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived.
- A person with a unique and interesting personality or creative talent.
- an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
- something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
adj
- (comparable) Fresh, different.
- (not comparable) Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.
- (not comparable) Having a specified place or time as its origin.
- (not comparable) Pioneering.
- (of a potato chip) Seasoned with salt but no other flavoring; ready salted
- (not comparable) Newly created.
- (not comparable) First in a series of copies or versions.
- (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary
- being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of
- not derived or copied or translated from something else
- preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
noun
- A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks.
- a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
- A raccoon oyster.
- Any of various creatures having a saddle-shaped marking on the back.
- A variety of domestic goose.
- (architecture) A coping that is thicker in the middle than at the edges.
- (UK) A great black-backed gull.
- A harp seal.
- A larva of the bombycid moth.
- (geology) An anticline.
- A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end.
- A breed of pig which is black with a pink saddle-shaped marking.
- (New Zealand) A passerine bird of the genus Philesturnus.
- a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end
adj
adv
verb
noun
adj
- (programming, of a mutex) Such that the corresponding lock can be reacquired by the locking thread.
- Reentering; pointing inward.
- (music, of a ukulele or similar instrument) Having the strings not ordered according to pitch (having a re-entry).
- (physiology) Of or pertaining to reentry (in the heart).
- (programming) That may be executed more than once at a time either by different threads, or because of recursion.
- (aeronautics, of a part of a rocket) Designed to return to the Earth's atmosphere.
- (of angles) pointing inward
noun
- a long ridge or pile
- a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
- a building in which the business of banking is transacted
- sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
- a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
- the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
- a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
- a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
- a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
- an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
- (countable) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
- (slang, uncountable) Money; profit.
- (mining) The face of the coal at which miners are working.
- (computing) A contiguous block of memory that is of fixed, hardware-dependent size, but often larger than a page and partitioning the memory such that two distinct banks do not overlap.
- A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
- The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius, or a court held for jury trials. See banc
- (mining) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.
- (mining) The ground at the top of a shaft.
- (countable) In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
- (countable) A branch office of such an institution.
- (hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.
- (nautical, hydrology) An elevation under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth
- (countable) A device used to store coins or currency.
- (countable) An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
- (pinball) A set of multiple adjacent drop targets.
- A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.
- (countable) An underwriter or controller of a card game.
- (countable, chiefly in combination) A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.
- A bench or seat for judges in court.
- (aviation) The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
- (gambling, countable) The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.
- (music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
- A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.
- A mass of clouds.
- (rail transport) An incline, a hill.
- (geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.
verb
- do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
- cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
- act as the banker in a game or in gambling
- have faith or confidence in
- tip laterally
- put into a bank account
- be in the banking business
- enclose with a bank
- (transitive, finance) To provide banking services to.
- (intransitive, of clouds) To form a bank; to gather in masses.
- (transitive) To put into a bank.
- (transitive) To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.
- (rail transport, UK) To provide additional power for a train ascending a bank (incline) by attaching another locomotive.
- (intransitive, aviation) To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.
- (transitive) To cause (an aircraft) to bank.
- (transitive) To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.
- (transitive, order and arrangement) To arrange or order in a row.
- (intransitive) To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.
- (transitive, slang) To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.
- (transitive) To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
noun
- The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
- The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.
- The top line of a slope or embankment.
- A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
- (heraldry) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.
- The upper curve of a horse's neck.
- The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
- The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
- (anatomy) A ridge along the surface of a bone.
- (informal) A design or logo, especially one of an institution, sports club, association or high-class family.
- The ridge or top of a wave.
- Any of several birds in the family Regulidae, including the goldcrests and firecrests.
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
- (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet
- the center of a cambered road
- the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
verb
- (transitive) To reach the crest of (e.g. a hill or mountain).
- (intransitive) Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
- (transitive) To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
- (transitive) To mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes.
- reach a high point
- lie at the top of
noun
- A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
- A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle.
- A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand.
- (cooking) A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter).
- (geography, chiefly Appalachia, Lancashire) A prominent rounded hill.
- (vulgar, slang) The clitoris.
- (slang, US) A freshman at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.
- A bulb of the garlic plant consisting of multiple cloves.
- A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.
- A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers.
- The head of the penis; the glans.
- A chunky branch-like piece, especially of a ginger rhizome.
- (by extension, derogatory) A contemptible person; a dick.
- an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger
- a round handle
- a circular rounded projection or protuberance
- any thickened enlargement
verb
noun
- a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
- A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
- a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal
- a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe
- cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins
- a seat for the rider of a bicycle
- posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl
- A cushion used as a seat in a cart or other vehicle.
- (chiefly Australia, mining) Synonym of saddle reef (“a saddle-shaped bedded mineral (usually gold-bearing quartz) vein occurring along the crest of an anticline or (less common) a syncline (an inverted saddle)”).
- The part of a guitar which supports the strings and, in an acoustic guitar, transfers their vibrations through the bridge to the soundboard.
- A similar implement used to secure goods to animals; a packsaddle.
- Synonym of saddle brown (“a medium brown colour, like that of saddle leather”).
- The clitellum of an earthworm (family Lumbricidae).
- (dentistry) The part of a denture which holds the artificial teeth.
- (construction) The threshold, the raised floorboard in a doorway.
- In full saddle marking or saddle patch: a saddle-like marking on an animal, such as one on the back of an adult harp seal or saddleback seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), or any of numerous such markings on a boa constrictor (Boa constrictor).
- (broadcasting) A timeslot between two popular programmes, in which another programme can be scheduled to encourage people to watch it.
- A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.
- A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
- Chiefly preceded by the: horse-riding as an activity or occupation.
- (geology) An anticline (“fold with strata sloping downwards on each side”); specifically, a depression located along the axial trend of such a fold.
- The lower part of the back of a domestic fowl, especially a male bird, bearing the saddle feathers or saddle hackles.
- Synonym of saddle oxford or saddle shoe (“a shoe, resembling an oxford, which has a saddle (sense 11.1)”).
- (engineering) An equipment part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
- A piece of leather stitched across the instep of a shoe, usually having a different colour from the rest of the shoe.
- (geometry) Synonym of saddle point (“a point in the range of a smooth function, every neighbourhood of which contains points on each side of its tangent plane”).
- A small object (traditionally made of ebony) at the bottom of a string instrument such as a cello, viola, or violin below the tailpiece on which the tailgut (“cord securing the tailpiece to the instrument”) rests.
- The immovable seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.
- (nautical) A block of wood with concave depressions at the top and bottom, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
- Synonym of harness saddle (“the part of a harness which supports the weight of poles or shafts attaching a vehicle to a horse or other animal”).
verb
- put a saddle on
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- load or burden; encumber
- To put a saddle on an animal.
- (often passive voice) Chiefly followed by with: to burden or encumber (someone) with some problem or responsibility.
- To put (something) on to another thing like a saddle on an animal.
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to place (a burden or responsibility) or thrust (a problem) on someone.
- (woodworking) To cut a saddle-shaped notch in (a log or other piece of wood) so it can fit together with other such logs or pieces; also, to fit (logs or other pieces of wood) together with this method.
- To put a saddle (noun sense 1) on (an animal).
- Of a person: to get into a saddle.
- To enter (a trained horse) into a race.
noun
- The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
- A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
- The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
- A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
- (music) The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
- The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
- The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.
- (figurative) That which supports or sustains; support.
- (printing) The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
- (firearms) The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
- The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
- (aviation) A season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic.
- (anatomy) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
- (surfing) The part of a wave that has not yet broken.
- The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
- Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
- An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.
- A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.
- a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
- a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
- the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
- a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg
- the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder
verb
- (transitive) To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
- (transitive) To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
- (transitive, by extension) To bully, manipulate or pull rank on (somebody).
- (transitive, figuratively) To accept responsibility for.
- (transitive) To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail.
- (transitive) To place (something) against one's shoulders.
- (transitive) To put (something) on one's shoulders.
- (intransitive) To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.
- (intransitive) To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
- (transitive, figuratively) To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
- carry a burden, either real or metaphoric
- lift onto one's shoulders
- push with the shoulders
noun
- The edge of a high spot of land.
- (botany) A distinctive lower-appearing of the three true petals of an orchid.
- (zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
- (botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
- (music, colloquial) Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.
- (countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
- (slang, uncountable) Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
- (colloquial) Clipping of lipstick.
- (countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
- The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
- (by extension, countable) The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.
- (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
- either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell
- an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
- the top edge of a vessel or other container
verb
- (transitive) To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
- (intransitive) To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
- (transitive, music) To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.
- (transitive) To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
- (intransitive, transitive) To wash against a surface, lap.
- (sports) To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
- (transitive) To utter verbally.
- (transitive, figuratively, of an object) To touch lightly.
- (transitive) To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
noun
- A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two surfaces
- (architecture) A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two curved surfaces
- Alternative spelling of aris
- (archaeology) A ridge formed on the surface of flaked stone, such as an arrowhead or hand axe, as the result of the intersection of two or more flake removals.
noun
verb
noun
- a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks
- a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
- an open or empty space in or between things
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- a narrow opening
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- (slang, euphemistic) The vagina.
- A vacant space or time.
- (Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
- (Australia, for a medical or pharmacy item) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
- (genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
- A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
- An opening allowing passage or entrance.
- A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
- A mountain or hill pass.
- (Australia, usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
- (baseball) The regions between the outfielders.
- Alternative form of gup (elected head of a gewog in Bhutan)
- An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
- An opening that implies a breach or defect.
verb
- make an opening or gap in
- (transitive) To check the size of a gap.
- (transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
- (intransitive) To fall or spill open so as to leave a gap.
- (New Zealand, slang) To leave suddenly.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, especially video games, motor racing) To surpass (someone or something) by a considerable margin.
- (transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
noun
noun
- A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
- A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
- The act of swelling; increase in size.
- (music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
- (music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
- A bulge or protuberance.
- The front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
- Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
- (music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
- (geology) An upward protrusion of strata from whose central region the beds dip quaquaversally at a low angle.
- (informal) A person of high social standing; an important person.
- the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
- a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
adv
verb
- (transitive) To cause to grow gradually in force or loudness.
- To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
- (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.
- (transitive) To cause to become bigger.
- (transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
- To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
- To protuberate; to bulge out.
- (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
- (intransitive) To be raised to arrogance.
- come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
- come up, as of a liquid
- expand abnormally
- increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
- cause to become swollen
- become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
adj
verb
- produce a ridge around the edge of
- roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
- move about in a confused manner
- grind with a mill
- (transitive) To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
- (intransitive) To undergo hulling.
- (transitive) To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
- (transitive) To cause to mill, or circle around.
- (intransitive, slang) To take part in a fistfight; to box.
- (transitive, collectible card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
- (zoology, of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.
- (transitive, mining) To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
- (zoology, of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction.
- (transitive, Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
- To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
- (transitive) To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
- (intransitive, followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.
- (transitive) To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
- (transitive, slang) To beat; to pound.
- (transitive) To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
noun
- machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
- a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
- One thousandth part in millage rates of property tax.
- (historical) A prison treadmill.
- (collectible card games) A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.
- One thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent.
- A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; any similar apparatus that otherwise processes.
- (engineering, manufacturing) Alternative form of mil (“one thousandth of an inch”).
- A milling cutter used on such a machine.
- (mining) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
- (CB radio slang) A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.
- A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
- (US military slang, World War I, World War II) A military prison, either guardhouse or post prison.
- (collectible card games) Discarding a card from one's deck.
- (figurative, derogatory) An institution or pseudo-institutional business awarding credentials (such as diplomas, degrees, certificates, or certifications) of either dubious value or fraudulent nature; one selling essays or other documents for the buyers (usually students) to fraudulently pass off as their own.
- A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.
- The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.
- A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.
- (informal) Clipping of millimeter.
- The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
- The building complex housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds.
- (informal) An engine.
- A machine for grinding and polishing.
- (figurative, usually derogatory) An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality. (The notion of churning out massive amounts indiscriminately underlies the figurative metaphor.)
- A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials.
- (military slang, World War I, World War II) A delousing station: a cootie mill.
- (die sinking) A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.
- (informal) Alternative form of mil (“million”).
- (mining) A passage underground through which ore is shot.
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noun
- any long raised strip
- a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
- any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
- a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
- a long narrow natural elevation or striation
- a long narrow range of hills
- (oceanography) A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
- (anatomy) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
- The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
- (meteorology) An elongated region of high atmospheric pressure.
- A chain of hills.
- A chain of mountains.
- The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
- (fortifications) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
- Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.