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noun
- The separation of a subset of prisoners from the general prison population, possibly solitary confinement.
- the act of segregating or sequestering
- (politics) The separation of people based upon race, sex, religion, or other identity in institutions.
- (sociology) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).
- (mineralogy) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
- Separation for practical reasons, by necessity.
- (biology) The setting apart in Mendelian inheritance of alleles, such that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring.
- (politics, public policy) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).
- (genetics) The separation of a pair of chromatids or chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis
- The act of setting apart and organizing things based upon their characteristics.
- a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
- (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes
noun
adj
- lacking companions or companionship
- characterized by or preferring solitude
- of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies
- being the only one; single and isolated from others
- devoid of creatures
- Performed, passed, or endured alone.
- Single; individual; sole.
- Not much visited or frequented; remote from society
- Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present
- Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted
- (botany) Not associated with others of the same kind.
- Gloomy; dismal, because of not being inhabited.
noun
- the state of being confined
- The act of confining or the state of being confined.
- the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
- lockdown
noun
- (UK) Solitary confinement.
- (computing, social media) A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
- (slang) The human head.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- (cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- (gymnastics) The portion of the movement where a gymnast pushes off the vault.
- A cellblock.
- (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- (viticulture) A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- (cricket) The popping crease.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- (backgammon) Any point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.
- (rail transport) A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
- (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- (cricket) A blockhole.
- Misspelling of bloc.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- (education) A yeargroup at Eton College.
- (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors.
- (computing) A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
- a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
- (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- a platform from which an auctioneer sells
- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
verb
- (transitive) To shape or sketch out roughly.
- (transitive) To bar (impose a ban on a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- (transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- (transitive) To shape, stretch, or mould knitted items, hats, books (and book covers), shoes, etc.
- (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
- (transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).
- (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- (transitive) To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
- (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
- (programming, intransitive) To wait for some condition to become true.
- (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- (intransitive) To experience mental block or creative block.
- (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
- shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- stop from happening or developing
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- run on a block system
- shape into a block or blocks
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- block passage through
- support, secure, or raise with a block
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- obstruct
- render unsuitable for passage
- be unable to remember
- shape by using a block
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
adj
verb
noun
- Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
- (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of ventilation or ventilator.
- The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.
- The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
- Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
- Ventriloquism.
- In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
- A slit in the seam of a garment.
- A small aperture.
- A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
- An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
- An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
- external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate
- a hole for the escape of gas or air
- a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)
- activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
- a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To express a strong emotion.
- (transitive) To allow to escape through a vent.
- To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
- To sell; to vend.
- (intransitive, video games, slang) To use a vent in the video game Among Us. [with to ‘to go (somewhere)’]
- (intransitive) To allow gases to escape.
- (transitive) To allow gases to escape from (a sealed space, container, etc.).
- (medicine, colloquial) To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.
- (transitive) To determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca.
- give expression or utterance to
- expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
verb
- To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
- To fix a mistake made while preparing something, especially in cooking.
- (figuratively) To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
- (figuratively) To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
- To adopt (an animal).
- To recover forcibly, especially from a siege.
- To salvage and restore something that has been discarded.
- (biology, genetics) To restore a particular trait in an organism that was lost or altered, especially where this loss was as the consequence of some experimental manipulation.
- To save from any violence, danger or evil.
- free from harm or evil
- take forcibly from legal custody
noun
- A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded.
- A liberation, freeing.
- A rescuee.
- The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril.
- (law, largely obsolete) The act of unlawfully freeing a person, or confiscated goods, from custody.
- An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
noun
- A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
- (law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
- The condition of being stopped, standstill.
- (nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
- A device to physically arrest motion.
- (farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
- A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
verb
- (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
- (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
- (transitive) To catch the attention of.
- (intransitive, medicine) To undergo cardiac arrest.
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- take into custody
- attract and fix
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
noun
- the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
- a message that makes a pledge
- the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose
- the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
- an engagement by contract involving financial obligation
- The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.
- Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
- State of being pledged or engaged.
- The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
- Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.
- The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
- Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.
- Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.
- Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.
noun
- the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
- the act of committing a crime
- The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
- The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.
- The act of perpetrating an offence.
- The act of entrusting something to someone.
adj
noun
- the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
- the delivery of goods for sale or disposal
- goods carried by a large vehicle
- The sale of one's own goods (clothing, furniture, etc.) through a third-party vendor, in exchange for a portion of the sale price, and with the consigner retaining ownership of the goods until they are sold or abandoned.
- The act of consigning.
- A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent.
verb
noun
- (uncountable) Confinement in prison.
- a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
- (colloquial, figurative) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
- A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
- a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
verb
- (transitive) To imprison.
- To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
- (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
- (martial arts) To lift or unbalance one’s opponent and then bring him back down to the ground, especially into a position behind the thrower.
- (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
- (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
- (transitive, figuratively) To send hastily or desperately.
- (transitive, ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
- (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
- (transitive, veterinary medicine) Of animals: to give birth to (young).
- (American football) Synonym of pass.
- (transitive) To project or send forth.
- (transitive) To organize an event, especially a party.
- (transitive) To change (one’s voice) in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else, or coming from a different place.
- (transitive) To install (a bridge).
- (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
- (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
- To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
- (transitive, cricket, of a bowler) To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
- (ambitransitive) To roll (a die or dice).
- (transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
- (transitive, bridge) To discard.
- (sports, video games) To intentionally lose a game.
- (sports, transitive) (of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a match).
- (transitive, of a punch or boxing combination) To deliver.
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly
- make on a potter's wheel
- throw (a die) out onto a flat surface
- place or put with great energy
- move violently, energetically, or carelessly
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
- utter with force; utter vehemently
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- put or send forth
- cause to be confused emotionally
- to remove
- cause to fall off
- organize or be responsible for
- propel through the air
noun
- (informal) A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
- One’s ability to throw.
- The act of throwing something.
- (historical) A hand-operated lathe, especially a small lathe used by clockmakers.
- The flight of a thrown object.
- A distance travelled in general; displacement.
- Any of the projections integral to a crankshaft that receive or impart cranking motion from a connecting rod or similar component.
- (martial arts) A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.
- A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
- The distance travelled by something thrown.
- the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- a single chance or instance
- casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly
- bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something
noun
- Conditional release of a prisoner (now especially before the end of a custodial sentence), or the term or state of such release; the system governing such releases.
- (law) Alternative form of parol.
- (with on) Originally, one's oath or word of honour, given as a condition of release from custody; now specifically, describing the release of a former prisoner under certain conditions, especially the promise of good behaviour.
- (US, immigration law) The permission for a foreigner who does not meet the technical requirements for a visa to be allowed to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds.
- (now historical) A word of honor, especially given by a prisoner of war, to not engage in combat if released.
- (linguistics) Language in use, as opposed to language as a system.
- a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
- a promise
- (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with
verb
noun
- (uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
- A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
- In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
- (computing, FreeBSD, usually uncountable) A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
- (horse racing, uncountable) The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
- a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
verb
verb
- deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- close in
- prevent from leaving or from being removed
- (transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.
noun
verb
- deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- stop or halt
- cause to be slowed down or delayed
- (transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
- (transitive) To seize goods for official purposes.
- (transitive, law enforcement) To put someone under custody.
- (transitive) To keep something from proceeding or coming to completion; to delay.
noun
- (prison system) Initialism of mandatory release.
- Initialism of magnetoresistance
- Initialism of magnetic resonance
- (US military) Acronym of memorandum for the record, memorandum for record, memo for the record, or memo for record.
- Initialism of Master of the Rolls, as a postnominal.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of mineralocorticoid receptor.
- (sports) Initialism of meeting record, the best performance at all occurrences of a particular athletic meeting.
- Initialism of mental retardation, a deprecated former term for intellectual disability.
- (gaming) Initialism of magic resistance.
- (computing) Initialism of mixed reality.
- (software engineering) Initialism of merge request.
- Initialism of mortality rate.
- (pharmacology, medicine) Initialism of modified release.
- (cardiology) Initialism of mitral regurgitation.
- Clipping of MRI (“magnetic resonance image/imager/imaging”).
adj
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noun
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verb
noun
- Release from confinement; liberation.
- (cricket) The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.
- The act of sending someone away.
- Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
- Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.
- A written or spoken statement of such an act.
- (Christianity) The final blessing said by a priest or minister at the end of a religious service.
- (law) The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.
- permission to go; the sending away of someone
- a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- official notice that you have been fired from your job
noun
- (law) Confinement of a prisoner awaiting trial.
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- (pedagogy) A punishment given to a student for a minor infraction, typically requiring the student to report to a designated room during recess or outside of school hours to work on homework or perform busywork.
- (civil law) The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession.
- (uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained; hindrance.
- a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
noun
- the act of segregating or sequestering
- the action of forming a chelate or other stable compound with an ion or atom or molecule so that it is no longer available for reactions
- seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized
- a writ that authorizes the seizure of property
- The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
noun
- mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position
- the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category
- authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
- demotion of status etc.
- (sports) Moving from one division to a lower one, due to finishing the season with fewer points than others.
- demotion in a hierarchy, for example in business
noun
- (figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
- A period of 40 days, particularly
- A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.
- (historical law) The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.
- (computing, figurative) The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.
- A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- (historical) A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight.
- (historical) The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations.
- (politics, figurative) A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.
- (computing, figurative) An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc.
- isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
- enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease
verb
- (figurative, transitive) Synonym of isolate more generally.
- (transitive) To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- (intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.
- (figurative, transitive) Synonym of restrict.
- place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons
noun
noun
- (figurative) Separation, removal or deprivation.
- The severing of the prefrontal cortex from the thalamic region of the brain.
- The severing of the sympathetic nerve trunk.
- A surgical operation on the frontal lobe of the brain intent on treating certain mental illnesses.
- surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
noun
- the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot)
- The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.
- (US) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.
noun
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- holding by the police
- (with ‘in’) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
- The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial.
- The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
- Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property.
- (Roman Catholicism) An area under the jurisdiction of a custos within the Order of Friars Minor.
noun
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- a stronghold
- time during which some action is awaited
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a cell in a jail or prison
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- the act of grasping
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- An act or instance of holding.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- Something reserved or kept.
- (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- The ability to persist.
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- (aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
- A grasp or grip.
- Power over someone or something.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- (wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
verb
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- keep from exhaling or expelling
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- aim, point, or direct
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have room for; hold without crowding
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- remain committed to
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- contain or hold; have within
- be valid, applicable, or true
- be in accord; be in agreement
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- hold the attention of
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- assert or affirm
- keep from departing
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- protect against a challenge or attack
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- declare to be
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- stop dealing with
- organize or be responsible for
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
- (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- (transitive) To reserve.
- (transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- (intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
- (slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- (intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- (transitive) To detain.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To take place, to occur.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
noun
- The separation of a subset of prisoners from the general prison population, possibly solitary confinement.
- the act of segregating or sequestering
- (politics) The separation of people based upon race, sex, religion, or other identity in institutions.
- (sociology) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).
- (mineralogy) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
- Separation for practical reasons, by necessity.
- (biology) The setting apart in Mendelian inheritance of alleles, such that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring.
- (politics, public policy) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).
- (genetics) The separation of a pair of chromatids or chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis
- The act of setting apart and organizing things based upon their characteristics.
- a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
- (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes
noun
adj
- lacking companions or companionship
- characterized by or preferring solitude
- of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies
- being the only one; single and isolated from others
- devoid of creatures
- Performed, passed, or endured alone.
- Single; individual; sole.
- Not much visited or frequented; remote from society
- Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present
- Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted
- (botany) Not associated with others of the same kind.
- Gloomy; dismal, because of not being inhabited.
noun
- the state of being confined
- The act of confining or the state of being confined.
- the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
- lockdown
noun
- (UK) Solitary confinement.
- (computing, social media) A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
- (slang) The human head.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- (cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- (gymnastics) The portion of the movement where a gymnast pushes off the vault.
- A cellblock.
- (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- (viticulture) A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- (cricket) The popping crease.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- (backgammon) Any point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.
- (rail transport) A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
- (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- (cricket) A blockhole.
- Misspelling of bloc.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- (education) A yeargroup at Eton College.
- (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors.
- (computing) A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
- a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
- (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- a platform from which an auctioneer sells
- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
verb
- (transitive) To shape or sketch out roughly.
- (transitive) To bar (impose a ban on a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- (transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- (transitive) To shape, stretch, or mould knitted items, hats, books (and book covers), shoes, etc.
- (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
- (transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).
- (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- (transitive) To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
- (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
- (programming, intransitive) To wait for some condition to become true.
- (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- (intransitive) To experience mental block or creative block.
- (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
- shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- stop from happening or developing
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- run on a block system
- shape into a block or blocks
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- block passage through
- support, secure, or raise with a block
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- obstruct
- render unsuitable for passage
- be unable to remember
- shape by using a block
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
noun
- Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
- (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of ventilation or ventilator.
- The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.
- The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
- Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
- Ventriloquism.
- In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
- A slit in the seam of a garment.
- A small aperture.
- A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
- An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
- An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
- external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate
- a hole for the escape of gas or air
- a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)
- activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
- a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To express a strong emotion.
- (transitive) To allow to escape through a vent.
- To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
- To sell; to vend.
- (intransitive, video games, slang) To use a vent in the video game Among Us. [with to ‘to go (somewhere)’]
- (intransitive) To allow gases to escape.
- (transitive) To allow gases to escape from (a sealed space, container, etc.).
- (medicine, colloquial) To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.
- (transitive) To determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca.
- give expression or utterance to
- expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
noun
- A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
- (law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
- The condition of being stopped, standstill.
- (nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
- A device to physically arrest motion.
- (farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
- A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
verb
- (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
- (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
- (transitive) To catch the attention of.
- (intransitive, medicine) To undergo cardiac arrest.
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- take into custody
- attract and fix
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
noun
- the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
- a message that makes a pledge
- the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose
- the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
- an engagement by contract involving financial obligation
- The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.
- Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
- State of being pledged or engaged.
- The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
- Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.
- The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
- Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.
- Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.
- Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.
noun
- the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
- the act of committing a crime
- The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
- The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.
- The act of perpetrating an offence.
- The act of entrusting something to someone.
adj
noun
- the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
- the delivery of goods for sale or disposal
- goods carried by a large vehicle
- The sale of one's own goods (clothing, furniture, etc.) through a third-party vendor, in exchange for a portion of the sale price, and with the consigner retaining ownership of the goods until they are sold or abandoned.
- The act of consigning.
- A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent.
noun
- Conditional release of a prisoner (now especially before the end of a custodial sentence), or the term or state of such release; the system governing such releases.
- (law) Alternative form of parol.
- (with on) Originally, one's oath or word of honour, given as a condition of release from custody; now specifically, describing the release of a former prisoner under certain conditions, especially the promise of good behaviour.
- (US, immigration law) The permission for a foreigner who does not meet the technical requirements for a visa to be allowed to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds.
- (now historical) A word of honor, especially given by a prisoner of war, to not engage in combat if released.
- (linguistics) Language in use, as opposed to language as a system.
- a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
- a promise
- (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with
verb
verb
noun
- (uncountable) Confinement in prison.
- a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
- (colloquial, figurative) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
- A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
- a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
noun
- (uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
- A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
- In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
- (computing, FreeBSD, usually uncountable) A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
- (horse racing, uncountable) The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
- a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
verb
noun
- (prison system) Initialism of mandatory release.
- Initialism of magnetoresistance
- Initialism of magnetic resonance
- (US military) Acronym of memorandum for the record, memorandum for record, memo for the record, or memo for record.
- Initialism of Master of the Rolls, as a postnominal.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of mineralocorticoid receptor.
- (sports) Initialism of meeting record, the best performance at all occurrences of a particular athletic meeting.
- Initialism of mental retardation, a deprecated former term for intellectual disability.
- (gaming) Initialism of magic resistance.
- (computing) Initialism of mixed reality.
- (software engineering) Initialism of merge request.
- Initialism of mortality rate.
- (pharmacology, medicine) Initialism of modified release.
- (cardiology) Initialism of mitral regurgitation.
- Clipping of MRI (“magnetic resonance image/imager/imaging”).
adj
name
noun
name
verb
noun
- Release from confinement; liberation.
- (cricket) The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.
- The act of sending someone away.
- Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
- Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.
- A written or spoken statement of such an act.
- (Christianity) The final blessing said by a priest or minister at the end of a religious service.
- (law) The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.
- permission to go; the sending away of someone
- a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- official notice that you have been fired from your job
noun
- (law) Confinement of a prisoner awaiting trial.
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- (pedagogy) A punishment given to a student for a minor infraction, typically requiring the student to report to a designated room during recess or outside of school hours to work on homework or perform busywork.
- (civil law) The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession.
- (uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained; hindrance.
- a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
noun
- the act of segregating or sequestering
- the action of forming a chelate or other stable compound with an ion or atom or molecule so that it is no longer available for reactions
- seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized
- a writ that authorizes the seizure of property
- The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
noun
- mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position
- the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category
- authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
- demotion of status etc.
- (sports) Moving from one division to a lower one, due to finishing the season with fewer points than others.
- demotion in a hierarchy, for example in business
noun
- (figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
- A period of 40 days, particularly
- A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.
- (historical law) The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.
- (computing, figurative) The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.
- A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- (historical) A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight.
- (historical) The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations.
- (politics, figurative) A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.
- (computing, figurative) An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc.
- isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
- enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease
verb
- (figurative, transitive) Synonym of isolate more generally.
- (transitive) To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- (intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.
- (figurative, transitive) Synonym of restrict.
- place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons
noun
noun
- (figurative) Separation, removal or deprivation.
- The severing of the prefrontal cortex from the thalamic region of the brain.
- The severing of the sympathetic nerve trunk.
- A surgical operation on the frontal lobe of the brain intent on treating certain mental illnesses.
- surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
noun
- the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot)
- The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.
- (US) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.
noun
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- holding by the police
- (with ‘in’) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
- The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial.
- The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
- Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property.
- (Roman Catholicism) An area under the jurisdiction of a custos within the Order of Friars Minor.
noun
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- a stronghold
- time during which some action is awaited
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a cell in a jail or prison
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- the act of grasping
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- An act or instance of holding.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- Something reserved or kept.
- (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- The ability to persist.
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- (aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
- A grasp or grip.
- Power over someone or something.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- (wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
verb
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- keep from exhaling or expelling
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- aim, point, or direct
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have room for; hold without crowding
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- remain committed to
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- contain or hold; have within
- be valid, applicable, or true
- be in accord; be in agreement
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- hold the attention of
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- assert or affirm
- keep from departing
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- protect against a challenge or attack
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- declare to be
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- stop dealing with
- organize or be responsible for
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
- (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- (transitive) To reserve.
- (transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- (intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
- (slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- (intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- (transitive) To detain.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To take place, to occur.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
verb
- To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
- To fix a mistake made while preparing something, especially in cooking.
- (figuratively) To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
- (figuratively) To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
- To adopt (an animal).
- To recover forcibly, especially from a siege.
- To salvage and restore something that has been discarded.
- (biology, genetics) To restore a particular trait in an organism that was lost or altered, especially where this loss was as the consequence of some experimental manipulation.
- To save from any violence, danger or evil.
- free from harm or evil
- take forcibly from legal custody
noun
- A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded.
- A liberation, freeing.
- A rescuee.
- The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril.
- (law, largely obsolete) The act of unlawfully freeing a person, or confiscated goods, from custody.
- An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
verb
noun
- (uncountable) Confinement in prison.
- a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
- (colloquial, figurative) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
- A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
- a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
verb
- (transitive) To imprison.
- To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
- (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
- (martial arts) To lift or unbalance one’s opponent and then bring him back down to the ground, especially into a position behind the thrower.
- (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
- (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
- (transitive, figuratively) To send hastily or desperately.
- (transitive, ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
- (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
- (transitive, veterinary medicine) Of animals: to give birth to (young).
- (American football) Synonym of pass.
- (transitive) To project or send forth.
- (transitive) To organize an event, especially a party.
- (transitive) To change (one’s voice) in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else, or coming from a different place.
- (transitive) To install (a bridge).
- (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
- (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
- To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
- (transitive, cricket, of a bowler) To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
- (ambitransitive) To roll (a die or dice).
- (transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
- (transitive, bridge) To discard.
- (sports, video games) To intentionally lose a game.
- (sports, transitive) (of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a match).
- (transitive, of a punch or boxing combination) To deliver.
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly
- make on a potter's wheel
- throw (a die) out onto a flat surface
- place or put with great energy
- move violently, energetically, or carelessly
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
- utter with force; utter vehemently
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- put or send forth
- cause to be confused emotionally
- to remove
- cause to fall off
- organize or be responsible for
- propel through the air
noun
- (informal) A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
- One’s ability to throw.
- The act of throwing something.
- (historical) A hand-operated lathe, especially a small lathe used by clockmakers.
- The flight of a thrown object.
- A distance travelled in general; displacement.
- Any of the projections integral to a crankshaft that receive or impart cranking motion from a connecting rod or similar component.
- (martial arts) A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.
- A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
- The distance travelled by something thrown.
- the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- a single chance or instance
- casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly
- bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something
verb
- deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- close in
- prevent from leaving or from being removed
- (transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.
noun
verb
- deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- stop or halt
- cause to be slowed down or delayed
- (transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
- (transitive) To seize goods for official purposes.
- (transitive, law enforcement) To put someone under custody.
- (transitive) To keep something from proceeding or coming to completion; to delay.
noun
- (uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
- A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
- In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
- (computing, FreeBSD, usually uncountable) A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
- (horse racing, uncountable) The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
- a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
verb
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