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noun
- A person who carries luggage and related objects.
- a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
- (beer, Ireland) Stout (malt brew).
- (countable, bowling) An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
- (countable, uncountable, beer) A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.
- (entomology) An ant having the specialized role of carrying.
- (computing) One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).
- (countable) A person in control of the entrance to a building.
- someone who guards an entrance
- a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
- a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
verb
noun
- carrying something in a pack on the back
- any material used especially to protect something
- the enclosure of something in a package or box
- Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
- The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
- (rugby) The forming of players into a scrum.
- (sciences, mathematics) The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.
- Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain chemically related applications.
- A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.
- The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
- Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
- Clipping of meatpacking.
verb
noun
- someone whose employment involves carrying something
- a messenger who bears or presents
- the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to them or to whoever holds it
- one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
- (India) A waiter in a hotel or restaurant.
- (printing) A type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.
- One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
- A person employed to carry a palanquin or litter.
- A tree or plant yielding fruit.
- One who possesses a cheque, bond, or other notes promising payment.
- (printing) A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page.
- A person employed or engaged to carry equipment on a safari, expedition, etc.
- Someone who helps carry the coffin or a dead body during a funeral procession.
noun
- someone whose employment involves carrying something
- (UK) Ellipsis of carrier bag.
- an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction
- (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring
- a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
- a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
- a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
- a person who delivers the mail
- a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
- a boy who delivers newspapers
- (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which they are immune but who can pass it on to others
- a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
- Ellipsis of aircraft carrier.
- (telecommunications) A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.
- (art, manufacturing) A liquid or gas used as a medium for another substance.
- (physics, electronics) A charge carrier.
- A person or object that carries someone or something else.
- (science fiction, by extension) A starship designed to carry starfighters
- (aviation) A certified airline.
- A movable piece in a planetary gear train.
- A person or company in the business of shipping freight.
- A carrier pigeon.
- A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
- (genetics, pathology) A person or other organism that has a genetic trait, mutation or infection liable to cause a disease, but displays no symptoms.
- A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
- A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
- (chemistry) A catalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reaction.
- A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the faceplate; a lathe dog.
- (especially automotive) Part of a differential gear assembly that holds gears and their bearings.
noun
- a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
- A similarly placed item containing a parachute or other life-support equipment.
- A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books.
verb
noun
- letter carrier's shoulder bag
- pouch used in the shipment of mail
- A strong canvas bag used for the transportation of mail.
- A smaller bag, slung from the shoulder, used by a mail carrier during the delivery of mail.
- (by extension, figurative) The correspondence received by a publishing entity such as a magazine or website.
noun
name
- A city in Clackamas County, Oregon.
- A locality in Break O'Day council area and the Dorset council area, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.
- A small rural town in South Australia.
- An area near Levin, Horowhenua district, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.
- A town in the Kempsey council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- An unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.
- A locality in Carterton district, Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand.
- A village south of Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand.
- A city in Clay County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Greene County, Ohio.
- A local government area in central Queensland, which includes the city; in full, Gladstone Region.
- A village in Henderson County, Illinois.
- A city in Queensland, Australia.
- A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
- An unincorporated community in Union County, New Mexico.
- An unincorporated community in Somerset County, New Jersey.
- A tiny city in Stark County, North Dakota.
- William Ewart Gladstone, British Prime Minister.
- A community and former town in the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone, Manitoba.
- A city in Delta County, Michigan.
- A Scottish habitational surname from Old English.
- A community and former town in the city of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California.
- A community in Thames Centre, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Nebraska.
noun
- a large travelling bag made of stiff leather
- a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
- A portmanteau film.
- A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections.
- (linguistics) A word formed by putting two words together and thereby their meaning e.g. shrinkflation.
adj
verb
noun
- cases used to carry belongings when traveling
- the portable equipment and supplies of an army
- a worthless or immoral woman
- (uncountable) Portable cases, large bags, and similar equipment for manually carrying, pushing, or pulling personal items while traveling
- (uncountable, informal) Factors, especially psychological ones, which interfere with a person's ability to function effectively.
- (military, countable (obsolete) and uncountable) An army's portable equipment; its baggage train.
noun
- A suitcase.
- (grammar) A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
- An actual event, situation, or fact.
- A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
- A specific matter or piece of work, specifically defined within a profession, usually in respect of a specific person and/or event; the set of tasks involved in addressing one such matter.
- (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
- (poker slang) Four of a kind.
- The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
- (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
- (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
- A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
- (law) A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.
- (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
- A box, sheath, or covering generally.
- An enclosing frame or casing.
- (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
- A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
- (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
- (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
- A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
- A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
- (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- the actual state of things
- the quantity contained in a case
- a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
- an occurrence of something
- a special set of circumstances
- the housing or outer covering of something
- a specific state of mind that is temporary
- an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
- (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has their type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
- a problem requiring investigation
- the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
- nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
- a person requiring professional services
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
- a portable container for carrying several objects
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
adj
verb
- (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
- (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
- (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
- enclose in, or as if in, a case
- look over, usually with the intention to rob
noun
- A bag, suitcase, etc., used to carry this luggage or baggage.
- That luggage or baggage which is taken onto an airplane (or a ferry, etc.) with a passenger, rather than checked.
- (countable, British, New Zealand) A palaver; a disorderly or absurd situation.
- That luggage or baggage which is taken onto an airplane with a passenger, rather than checked
adj
noun
- (UK politics) A secure briefcase-like box used by ministers in the British government to carry their documents.
- (informal, US, meteorology) A "tornado watch" notification, indicating that conditions might lead to a tornado though none has yet been sighted.
- (US, military) A safe located at a nuclear installation containing launch codes.
- A phreaking device that generates tones to simulate the insertion of coins into a payphone, thus enabling the user to make illegitimate free calls.
adj
- Wearing briefs
- summarized; reduced to a brief summary.
- (law) Having had one or more briefs (a memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case or an attorney's legal argument in written form) submitted.
- (of a lawyer) Having cases to work on; actively involved in legal work.
- Having been given a briefing, informed.
- As specified in a briefing.
verb
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A small bag for carrying money.
- a small bag for carrying money
- A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.
- (historical) A specific sum of money in certain countries: formerly 500 piastres in Turkey or 50 tomans in Persia.
- (US) A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)
- a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
- a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse
- a sum of money offered as a prize
verb
noun
- A kind of large handbag.
- (Canada, US) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (derogatory) a penniless, unemployed bum.
- (Canada, US) Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not.
- a vagrant
- a worker who moves around and works temporarily in different places
verb
verb
- To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
- (informal, transitive) To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
- To put in a sack or sacks.
- (Australia, slang, transitive) To give up on, to abandon, delay, to not think about someone or something.
- To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
- (American football) To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass.
- Alternative spelling of sac (“sacrifice”).
- plunder (a town) after capture
- make as a net profit
- put in a sack
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
noun
- (informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position.
- (uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
- (colloquial, US, literally or figurative) Bed.
- (baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
- (Midland US) Any disposable bag.
- (vulgar, slang) The scrotum.
- A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.
- Alternative spelling of sac (“sacrifice”).
- (American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage.
- The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity type and according to local usage; an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13 stone (182 pounds), or in other sources, 26 stone (364 pounds).
- (uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.
- a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily
- a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
- the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)
- an enclosed space
- a woman's full loose hiplength jacket
- the quantity contained in a sack
- a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
noun
- A bag whose contents are unknown.
- A bagged package, randomly picked, which contains surprises (e.g., mystery prizes).
- (now Australia, slang) A sausage.
- A bag from which a gift may be withdrawn (usually unseen until after chosen).
- A non-specific mixed lot of a product at the supplier's choice.
- (Australia, slang) A pie.
noun
- A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
- (uncountable, history) Armour consisting of metal rings linked together.
- (chiefly Scotland) A monetary payment or tribute.
- (countable, especially India) An email message.
- (now regional) A bag or wallet.
- Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
- A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
- (uncountable, by extension, now fiction, fantasy) Armour consisting of small plates linked together.
- (historical) An old French coin worth half a denier.
- (chiefly Scotland) Rent.
- (nautical) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
- (uncountable) Email messages conceived in bulk (as with the analogous sense of physical mail).
- The postal service or system in general.
- The (physical) material conveyed by the postal service.
- (chiefly US, uncountable) The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person.
- (uncountable) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages.
- (chiefly Scotland) Tax.
- any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
- a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system
- the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
- the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
- (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings
verb
noun
- (US military slang, countable) The leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans which is always near the US President.
- (UK, Africa, Caribbean, South Asia, uncountable) Association football, also called soccer: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball.
- (Australia, New Zealand) Any form of rugby.
- (figuratively, countable) An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner
- (chiefly New South Wales, Queensland, uncountable) rugby league.
- (Canada, uncountable) Canadian football: a game played on a field 110 yards long and 65 yards wide in which two teams of 12 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
- (Australia, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, southern New South Wales, uncountable) Australian rules football.
- (other parts of, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, uncountable) rugby union.
- (US, uncountable) American football: a game played on a field 100 yards long and 53 1/3 yards wide in which two teams of 11 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
- A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.
- (countable) The ball used in any game called "football".
- (uncountable) Practice of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
- (Ireland, uncountable) Gaelic football: a field game played with similar rules to hurling, but using hands and feet rather than a stick, and a ball, similar to, yet smaller than a soccer ball.
- the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football
- any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
verb
noun
- a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand
- a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism
- a tense critical situation
- a collection of things or persons to be handled together
- a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism
- the act of grasping
- a number of birds hatched at the same time
- The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
- Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
- A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
- The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
- A group or bunch (of people or things).
- (US) An important or critical situation.
- A difficult maneuver.
- A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
- A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs; a sitting.
- A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)
- (by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
verb
- affect
- hold firmly, usually with one's hands
- take into your hands deliberately
- (video games) To win despite being the only remaining player on one's team, against several opponents.
- (video games, by extension) To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.
- (transitive) To hatch.
- (transitive) To seize, as though with claws.
- (transitive) To grip or grasp tightly.
adj
noun
- A person who carries luggage and related objects.
- a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
- (beer, Ireland) Stout (malt brew).
- (countable, bowling) An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
- (countable, uncountable, beer) A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.
- (entomology) An ant having the specialized role of carrying.
- (computing) One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).
- (countable) A person in control of the entrance to a building.
- someone who guards an entrance
- a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
- a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
verb
noun
- carrying something in a pack on the back
- any material used especially to protect something
- the enclosure of something in a package or box
- Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
- The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
- (rugby) The forming of players into a scrum.
- (sciences, mathematics) The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.
- Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain chemically related applications.
- A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.
- The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
- Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
- Clipping of meatpacking.
verb
noun
- someone whose employment involves carrying something
- a messenger who bears or presents
- the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to them or to whoever holds it
- one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
- (India) A waiter in a hotel or restaurant.
- (printing) A type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.
- One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
- A person employed to carry a palanquin or litter.
- A tree or plant yielding fruit.
- One who possesses a cheque, bond, or other notes promising payment.
- (printing) A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page.
- A person employed or engaged to carry equipment on a safari, expedition, etc.
- Someone who helps carry the coffin or a dead body during a funeral procession.
noun
- someone whose employment involves carrying something
- (UK) Ellipsis of carrier bag.
- an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction
- (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring
- a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
- a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
- a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
- a person who delivers the mail
- a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
- a boy who delivers newspapers
- (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which they are immune but who can pass it on to others
- a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
- Ellipsis of aircraft carrier.
- (telecommunications) A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.
- (art, manufacturing) A liquid or gas used as a medium for another substance.
- (physics, electronics) A charge carrier.
- A person or object that carries someone or something else.
- (science fiction, by extension) A starship designed to carry starfighters
- (aviation) A certified airline.
- A movable piece in a planetary gear train.
- A person or company in the business of shipping freight.
- A carrier pigeon.
- A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
- (genetics, pathology) A person or other organism that has a genetic trait, mutation or infection liable to cause a disease, but displays no symptoms.
- A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
- A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
- (chemistry) A catalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reaction.
- A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the faceplate; a lathe dog.
- (especially automotive) Part of a differential gear assembly that holds gears and their bearings.
noun
- a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
- A similarly placed item containing a parachute or other life-support equipment.
- A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books.
verb
noun
- letter carrier's shoulder bag
- pouch used in the shipment of mail
- A strong canvas bag used for the transportation of mail.
- A smaller bag, slung from the shoulder, used by a mail carrier during the delivery of mail.
- (by extension, figurative) The correspondence received by a publishing entity such as a magazine or website.
noun
name
- A city in Clackamas County, Oregon.
- A locality in Break O'Day council area and the Dorset council area, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.
- A small rural town in South Australia.
- An area near Levin, Horowhenua district, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.
- A town in the Kempsey council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- An unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.
- A locality in Carterton district, Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand.
- A village south of Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand.
- A city in Clay County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Greene County, Ohio.
- A local government area in central Queensland, which includes the city; in full, Gladstone Region.
- A village in Henderson County, Illinois.
- A city in Queensland, Australia.
- A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
- An unincorporated community in Union County, New Mexico.
- An unincorporated community in Somerset County, New Jersey.
- A tiny city in Stark County, North Dakota.
- William Ewart Gladstone, British Prime Minister.
- A community and former town in the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone, Manitoba.
- A city in Delta County, Michigan.
- A Scottish habitational surname from Old English.
- A community and former town in the city of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California.
- A community in Thames Centre, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Nebraska.
noun
- a large travelling bag made of stiff leather
- a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
- A portmanteau film.
- A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections.
- (linguistics) A word formed by putting two words together and thereby their meaning e.g. shrinkflation.
adj
verb
noun
- cases used to carry belongings when traveling
- the portable equipment and supplies of an army
- a worthless or immoral woman
- (uncountable) Portable cases, large bags, and similar equipment for manually carrying, pushing, or pulling personal items while traveling
- (uncountable, informal) Factors, especially psychological ones, which interfere with a person's ability to function effectively.
- (military, countable (obsolete) and uncountable) An army's portable equipment; its baggage train.
noun
- A suitcase.
- (grammar) A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
- An actual event, situation, or fact.
- A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
- A specific matter or piece of work, specifically defined within a profession, usually in respect of a specific person and/or event; the set of tasks involved in addressing one such matter.
- (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
- (poker slang) Four of a kind.
- The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
- (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
- (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
- A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
- (law) A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.
- (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
- A box, sheath, or covering generally.
- An enclosing frame or casing.
- (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
- A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
- (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
- (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
- A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
- A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
- (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- the actual state of things
- the quantity contained in a case
- a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
- an occurrence of something
- a special set of circumstances
- the housing or outer covering of something
- a specific state of mind that is temporary
- an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
- (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has their type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
- a problem requiring investigation
- the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
- nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
- a person requiring professional services
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
- a portable container for carrying several objects
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
adj
verb
- (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
- (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
- (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
- enclose in, or as if in, a case
- look over, usually with the intention to rob
noun
- A bag, suitcase, etc., used to carry this luggage or baggage.
- That luggage or baggage which is taken onto an airplane (or a ferry, etc.) with a passenger, rather than checked.
- (countable, British, New Zealand) A palaver; a disorderly or absurd situation.
- That luggage or baggage which is taken onto an airplane with a passenger, rather than checked
adj
noun
- (UK politics) A secure briefcase-like box used by ministers in the British government to carry their documents.
- (informal, US, meteorology) A "tornado watch" notification, indicating that conditions might lead to a tornado though none has yet been sighted.
- (US, military) A safe located at a nuclear installation containing launch codes.
- A phreaking device that generates tones to simulate the insertion of coins into a payphone, thus enabling the user to make illegitimate free calls.
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A small bag for carrying money.
- a small bag for carrying money
- A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.
- (historical) A specific sum of money in certain countries: formerly 500 piastres in Turkey or 50 tomans in Persia.
- (US) A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)
- a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
- a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse
- a sum of money offered as a prize
verb
noun
- A kind of large handbag.
- (Canada, US) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (derogatory) a penniless, unemployed bum.
- (Canada, US) Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not.
- a vagrant
- a worker who moves around and works temporarily in different places
verb
noun
- A bag whose contents are unknown.
- A bagged package, randomly picked, which contains surprises (e.g., mystery prizes).
- (now Australia, slang) A sausage.
- A bag from which a gift may be withdrawn (usually unseen until after chosen).
- A non-specific mixed lot of a product at the supplier's choice.
- (Australia, slang) A pie.
noun
- A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
- (uncountable, history) Armour consisting of metal rings linked together.
- (chiefly Scotland) A monetary payment or tribute.
- (countable, especially India) An email message.
- (now regional) A bag or wallet.
- Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
- A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
- (uncountable, by extension, now fiction, fantasy) Armour consisting of small plates linked together.
- (historical) An old French coin worth half a denier.
- (chiefly Scotland) Rent.
- (nautical) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
- (uncountable) Email messages conceived in bulk (as with the analogous sense of physical mail).
- The postal service or system in general.
- The (physical) material conveyed by the postal service.
- (chiefly US, uncountable) The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person.
- (uncountable) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages.
- (chiefly Scotland) Tax.
- any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
- a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system
- the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
- the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
- (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings
verb
noun
- (US military slang, countable) The leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans which is always near the US President.
- (UK, Africa, Caribbean, South Asia, uncountable) Association football, also called soccer: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball.
- (Australia, New Zealand) Any form of rugby.
- (figuratively, countable) An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner
- (chiefly New South Wales, Queensland, uncountable) rugby league.
- (Canada, uncountable) Canadian football: a game played on a field 110 yards long and 65 yards wide in which two teams of 12 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
- (Australia, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, southern New South Wales, uncountable) Australian rules football.
- (other parts of, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, uncountable) rugby union.
- (US, uncountable) American football: a game played on a field 100 yards long and 53 1/3 yards wide in which two teams of 11 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
- A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.
- (countable) The ball used in any game called "football".
- (uncountable) Practice of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
- (Ireland, uncountable) Gaelic football: a field game played with similar rules to hurling, but using hands and feet rather than a stick, and a ball, similar to, yet smaller than a soccer ball.
- the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football
- any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
verb
noun
- a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand
- a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism
- a tense critical situation
- a collection of things or persons to be handled together
- a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism
- the act of grasping
- a number of birds hatched at the same time
- The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
- Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
- A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
- The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
- A group or bunch (of people or things).
- (US) An important or critical situation.
- A difficult maneuver.
- A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
- A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs; a sitting.
- A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)
- (by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
verb
- affect
- hold firmly, usually with one's hands
- take into your hands deliberately
- (video games) To win despite being the only remaining player on one's team, against several opponents.
- (video games, by extension) To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.
- (transitive) To hatch.
- (transitive) To seize, as though with claws.
- (transitive) To grip or grasp tightly.
adj
noun
- A person who carries luggage and related objects.
- a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
- (beer, Ireland) Stout (malt brew).
- (countable, bowling) An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
- (countable, uncountable, beer) A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.
- (entomology) An ant having the specialized role of carrying.
- (computing) One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).
- (countable) A person in control of the entrance to a building.
- someone who guards an entrance
- a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
- a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
verb
verb
- To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
- (informal, transitive) To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
- To put in a sack or sacks.
- (Australia, slang, transitive) To give up on, to abandon, delay, to not think about someone or something.
- To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
- (American football) To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass.
- Alternative spelling of sac (“sacrifice”).
- plunder (a town) after capture
- make as a net profit
- put in a sack
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
noun
- (informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position.
- (uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
- (colloquial, US, literally or figurative) Bed.
- (baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
- (Midland US) Any disposable bag.
- (vulgar, slang) The scrotum.
- A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.
- Alternative spelling of sac (“sacrifice”).
- (American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage.
- The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity type and according to local usage; an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13 stone (182 pounds), or in other sources, 26 stone (364 pounds).
- (uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.
- a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily
- a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
- the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)
- an enclosed space
- a woman's full loose hiplength jacket
- the quantity contained in a sack
- a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
adj
- Wearing briefs
- summarized; reduced to a brief summary.
- (law) Having had one or more briefs (a memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case or an attorney's legal argument in written form) submitted.
- (of a lawyer) Having cases to work on; actively involved in legal work.
- Having been given a briefing, informed.
- As specified in a briefing.