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noun
- the act of harassing someone
- extreme mental distress
- a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
- intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
- unbearable physical pain
- a severe affliction
- Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
- Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
verb
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- harass with constant criticism
- put or pin the blame on
- attribute responsibility to
- (transitive, with "on") To assert the cause of some bad event.
- To censure (someone or something); to criticize.
- (transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
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noun
- a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
- Censure.
- (computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.
- Culpability for something negative or undesirable.
- Responsibility for something meriting censure.
verb
- harass with constant criticism
- remove in small bits
- look for and gather
- select carefully from a group
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- provoke
- pay for something
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- pilfer or rob
- hit lightly with a picking motion
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- (music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- (ambitransitive) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
- (cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- (American football, informal) To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- (basketball) To screen.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To steal; to pilfer.
- (transitive) To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
noun
- a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
- the best people or things in a group
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
- a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- the act of choosing or selecting
- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
- A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- (American football) An interception.
- (art, painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- (Australia) Pasture; feed, for animals.
- (baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder.
- (music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- (baseball) A pickoff.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- (lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- (nautical, slang) An anchor.
- A choice; ability to choose.
- That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- (basketball) A screen.
- (weaving) The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
verb
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- attack with dogs or set dogs upon
- lure, entice, or entrap with bait
- (transitive) To target a pest species by laying baits.
- (transitive) To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
- (intransitive) Of a horse or other animal: to take food, especially during a journey.
- (transitive) To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
- (transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
- (transitive) To lay baits in an environment to control pest species.
- (transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.
- (intransitive) (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
noun
- anything that serves as an enticement
- something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
- Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
- A light or hasty luncheon.
- (as the head of a compound) Something that lures or entices a specified group.
- Anything which allures; something or someone used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something.
- Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
- A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
- (Internet slang) A post intended to elicit a, usually strong or negative, reaction from others.
- (Geordie, Durham) A packed lunch - the bite to eat a worker took with them to eat.
- (vulgar, sexuality) Someone that attracts or entices a specified sex act being done to them.
- (East Anglia) A small meal taken mid-morning while farming.
- (Northern England) A miner's packed meal.
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- major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters
- lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
- the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
- A sea fish of the genus Gadus generally, inclusive of Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).
- A stupid or foolish person.
- (informal, usually with qualifiers) Other not closely related fish which are similarly important to regional fisheries, as the hapuku and cultus cod.
- The cocoon of a silkworm.
- (informal, usually with qualifiers) Other not closely related fish which resemble the Atlantic cod, such as the rock cod (Lotella rhacina) and blue cod (Parapercis colias).
- A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus).
- An Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).
- A joke or an imitation.
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verb
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- censure severely or angrily
- play in ragtime
- break into lumps before sorting
- treat cruelly
- (intransitive, informal) To dance to ragtime music.
- To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
- To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
- (intransitive, vulgar, slang, sometimes euphemistic) To menstruate.
- (intransitive) To become tattered.
- (transitive, informal) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
- To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
- (transitive) To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
- (British slang) To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
noun
- newspaper with half-size pages
- a small piece of cloth
- a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
- music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
- a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
- (slang, derogatory) A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality.
- A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
- (poker) A poor, low-ranking kicker.
- A ragged edge in metalworking.
- (nautical, slang) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
- A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.
- (typography) An uneven vertical margin (of a block of type).
- (slang, theater) A curtain of various kinds.
- (UK, Ireland) A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
- A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.
- (derogatory) A shabby, beggarly person; synonym of ragamuffin.
- (singular or plural, slang) Sanitary napkins, pads, or other materials used to absorb menstrual discharge.
- (especially in the plural) Tattered clothes (clothing).
verb
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- return to a former condition
- gather
- gather or bring together
- call to arms; of military personnel
- (ambitransitive) To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness.
- (business, trading, of the market, stocks etc., intransitive) To recover strength after a decline in prices.
- (intransitive) To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.
- (transitive) To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
- (transitive) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
noun
- an automobile race run over public roads
- a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness
- (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
- the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort
- a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
- (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
- A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.
- (motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.
- (business, trading) A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)
- A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
- Good-humoured raillery.
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- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
- sit on and control a vehicle
- move like a floating object
- be carried or travel on or in a vehicle
- ride over, along, or through
- lie moored or anchored
- be sustained or supported or borne
- continue undisturbed and without interference
- have certain properties when driven
- climb up on the body
- copulate with
- be contingent on
- sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
- (surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
- (ambitransitive, Ireland, slang) To have sex with (someone).
- To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
- (intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
- (intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
- (intransitive) To rely, depend (on).
- (lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
- (transitive) To traverse by riding.
- (transitive, informal, chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
- (ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
- (radio, television, transitive) To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
- (intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
- (transitive, figuratively) To exploit or take advantage of (a situation).
- (transitive, colloquial) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
- (transitive) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
- (intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
- (ambitransitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
- (music) In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.
- (ambitransitive, slang) To mount (someone) to have sex with them.
- (transitive, intransitive) To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
noun
- a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
- (printing, historical) A fault caused by the overlapping of leads, etc.
- A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
- (figurative) A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.
- Ellipsis of ride cymbal.
- (slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.
- An instance of riding.
- (UK) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
- (informal) A vehicle.
- (jazz) A steady rhythmical style.
- A district inspected by an excise officer.
- (Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
- An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
verb
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- mock or make fun of playfully
- tear into pieces
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- annoy persistently
- separate the fibers of
- disentangle and raise the fibers of
- raise the nap of (fabrics)
- to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
- (transitive) To backcomb.
- (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
- (transitive, informal) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
- (transitive) To entice, tempt.
- (transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
- (transitive) To deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
- (transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
- (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
- (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
noun
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- One who teases.
- A single act of teasing.
- One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
verb
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- To blame or reproach, especially in a good-natured or teasing manner.
- (obsolete except British, dialectal) To be indiscreet; to gossip.
- (computing) To ignore or kill file (a user on a bulletin board system).
- To blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner; also, to ridicule or tease (someone).
noun
- aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
- someone who is regarded as contemptible
- (informal) An annoying or foolish person.
- A short, high-pitched call of a small bird, or a similar sound made by something else; a cheep, a chirp, a tweet.
- (chiefly US, informal) Chiefly in the form in a twit: clipping of twitter (“a state of excitement or nervousness”).
- A jibe, reproach, or taunt, especially one made in a good-natured or teasing manner.
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- harass, as with questions or requests
- cause to feel distressed or worried
- surround so as to force to give up
- (transitive, figuratively) To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.
- (transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
- to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.
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- (UK, slang, derogatory) A chav or ned; a stereotypically loud and aggressive person of lower social class.
- (Australia, slang, derogatory) A rough or unkempt woman.
- (Scotland) A scrog.
- A ragged, stunted tree or branch.
- a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
- lean end of the neck
- the lean end of a neck of veal
noun
- Initialism of harassment and violence program.
- Initialism of harassment and violence prevention.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of high volume plasma.
- (chemical engineering) Abbreviation of high vapo(u)r pressure.
- (food, chemistry) Abbreviation of hydrolyzed vegetable protein.
- (physics) Abbreviation of hadronic vacuum polarization.
- (military) Initialism of hypervelocity projectile.
- Abbreviation of home visit(ing) program/project.
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- (by extension) To persistently harass someone over the Internet.
- To move (something, especially a round object) by, or as if by, rolling; to bowl, to roll, to trundle.
- To say (something) lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
- (fishing) To fish using a running fishing line.
- To speak lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
- (fishing) To fish in (a place) using a running fishing line (that is, a line with a hook on the end which is drawn along the water surface, possibly a line which would originally have been spooled on to a troll (etymology 2, noun etymology 2 sense 8.1)).
- (by extension, colloquial) To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
- (figurative, originally Internet slang) To post irrelevant or inflammatory statements in an online discussion in an attempt to start a heated argument or to derail a conversation, either for one's personal entertainment or as part of an organized political campaign.
- (figurative) To attract or draw out (someone or something); to allure, to elicit, to entice, to lure.
- To roll; also, to turn round and round; to rotate, to spin, to whirl.
- To move or walk at a leisurely pace; to ramble, to saunter, to stroll.
- (specifically, slang) Chiefly of a man: synonym of cruise (“to stroll about to find a (male) sexual partner”).
- (fishing, Scotland, US) To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling.
- sing loudly and without inhibition
- sing the parts of (a round) in succession
- praise or celebrate in song
- speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice
- circulate, move around
- cause to move round and round
- angle with a hook and line drawn through the water
noun
- (originally Scandinavian mythology, now also European folklore and fantasy) a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges.
- (figurative, originally Internet slang) An inflammatory or insincere statement posted in an attempt to lure others into combative argument (a flame war), originally a way for regulars (long-time users) to poke light-hearted fun at new posters (especially in Usenet newsgroups) and promote in-group cohesion ("trolling for newbies").
- A fishing line, bait, or lure used to fish in these ways.
- (informal, Michigan) A Michigander who lives on the mainland, i.e. not a resident of the Upper Peninsula, so named due to living south of the Mackinaw Bridge.
- (by extension, originally Internet slang) A person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument for purposes of personal entertainment or to manipulate their perception, especially in an online community or discussion.
- (derogatory, slang) An ugly or unpleasant person.
- (music) A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch, a round.
- An act of fishing by using a running fishing line, or by trailing a line with bait or lures behind a boat.
- (astronomy, meteorology) An optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm that is red in colour and seems to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward towards cloudtops.
- (by extension, derogatory, informal) A company, person, etc., that owns and legally enforces copyrights, patents, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights in an aggressive and opportunistic manner, often with no intention of commercially exploiting the subjects of the rights.
- An act of moving round; a repetition, a routine.
- (by extension, politics) A person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign.
- a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling
- a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
- angling by drawing a baited line through the water
- (Scandinavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
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- To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.
- To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.
- To kill many of one species of animal, with the intent of removing them from human habitats.
- cause to suffer
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noun
- A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
- Any canine animal.
- (nautical, in the plural) Projections located at the masthead or foremast, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top on which to rest; a foretop.
- A despicable person.
- A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.
- (by extension) A male who constantly seeks the company of desirable women.
- (by extension) Someone who seeks something.
- A houndfish.
- any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
- someone who is morally reprehensible
verb
- harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions
- become hazy, dull, or cloudy
- (US, informal) To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit.
- To be or become hazy, or thick with haze.
- (transitive) In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.
- (transitive) To use aversive stimuli on (a wild animal, such as a bear) to encourage it to keep its distance from humans.
- To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
noun
- confusion characterized by lack of clarity
- atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility
- An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.
- A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
- (countable, brewing) Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.
- Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)
- (figuratively) Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.
- (uncountable, engineering, packaging) The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.
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- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- a framework of ribs
- (countable, uncountable) A rib, or the collective ribs, on an object.
- (countable) An instance of teasing.
- (uncountable) The action of the verb to rib; teasing.
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- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously, especially by ridicule; provoking someone with persistent annoyances; making fun of, making light of someone.
- playful vexation
- the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
- The act of removing tangles from one's hair with a comb.
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- searching out and harassing dissenters
- (by extension) An attempt to find and punish or harass a group of people perceived as a threat, usually on ideological or political grounds.
- (by extension) A public or political campaign or investigation which smears a person or group.
- (now chiefly historical) A search for people believed to be using sorcery or harmful magic, typically in order to persecute or punish them.
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- (law) Sexual harassment in which a person in a workplace implicitly or explicitly requires sexual favours in exchange for something.
- A usually non-monetary exchange transaction, or series or process of exchange transactions.
- Something which is offered or asked for in exchange for something else.
- An equal or fair transaction or series of process of exchange transactions; tit for tat.
- (historical) Substitution of one drug for another.
- Something which is understood as something else; an equivocation.
- something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something they do or give or promise
verb
- (transitive) To harass by continually repeating e.g. a request.
- (nonstandard, informal) Eye dialect spelling of done: past participle of do.
- (transitive) To ask or beset a debtor for payment.
- (nonstandard, informal) Pronunciation spelling of don't: contraction of do + not.
- treat cruelly
- persistently ask for overdue payment
- make a dun color
- cure by salting
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- (countable) A newly hatched, immature mayfly; a mayfly subimago.
- (countable, fishing) A fly made to resemble the mayfly subimago.
- An ancient or medieval fortification; especially a hill-fort in Scotland or Ireland.
- (countable) A collector of debts, especially one who is insistent and demanding.
- A brownish grey colour.
- An urgent request or demand of payment.
- A mound or small hill.
- (archaeology) A structure in the Orkney or Shetland islands or in Scotland consisting of a roundhouse surrounded by a circular wall; a broch.
- Alternative form of dhoon (“Himalayan valley”).
- horse of a dull brownish grey color
- a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
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- (by extension) The use of intimidation or bullying tactics.
- (historical) The system of fear and intimidation put into place during the Reign of Terror in Revolutionary France around 1793-94.
- The use of unlawful violence against people or property to achieve political objectives.
- the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
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- the act of harassing someone
- extreme mental distress
- a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
- intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
- unbearable physical pain
- a severe affliction
- Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
- Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
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- Initialism of harassment and violence program.
- Initialism of harassment and violence prevention.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of high volume plasma.
- (chemical engineering) Abbreviation of high vapo(u)r pressure.
- (food, chemistry) Abbreviation of hydrolyzed vegetable protein.
- (physics) Abbreviation of hadronic vacuum polarization.
- (military) Initialism of hypervelocity projectile.
- Abbreviation of home visit(ing) program/project.
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- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- mock or make fun of playfully
- tear into pieces
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- annoy persistently
- separate the fibers of
- disentangle and raise the fibers of
- raise the nap of (fabrics)
- to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
- (transitive) To backcomb.
- (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
- (transitive, informal) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
- (transitive) To entice, tempt.
- (transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
- (transitive) To deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
- (transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
- (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
- (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
noun
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- One who teases.
- A single act of teasing.
- One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
noun
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- a framework of ribs
- (countable, uncountable) A rib, or the collective ribs, on an object.
- (countable) An instance of teasing.
- (uncountable) The action of the verb to rib; teasing.
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noun
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously, especially by ridicule; provoking someone with persistent annoyances; making fun of, making light of someone.
- playful vexation
- the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
- The act of removing tangles from one's hair with a comb.
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- searching out and harassing dissenters
- (by extension) An attempt to find and punish or harass a group of people perceived as a threat, usually on ideological or political grounds.
- (by extension) A public or political campaign or investigation which smears a person or group.
- (now chiefly historical) A search for people believed to be using sorcery or harmful magic, typically in order to persecute or punish them.
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- (law) Sexual harassment in which a person in a workplace implicitly or explicitly requires sexual favours in exchange for something.
- A usually non-monetary exchange transaction, or series or process of exchange transactions.
- Something which is offered or asked for in exchange for something else.
- An equal or fair transaction or series of process of exchange transactions; tit for tat.
- (historical) Substitution of one drug for another.
- Something which is understood as something else; an equivocation.
- something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something they do or give or promise
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- (by extension) The use of intimidation or bullying tactics.
- (historical) The system of fear and intimidation put into place during the Reign of Terror in Revolutionary France around 1793-94.
- The use of unlawful violence against people or property to achieve political objectives.
- the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
verb
- harass with constant criticism
- put or pin the blame on
- attribute responsibility to
- (transitive, with "on") To assert the cause of some bad event.
- To censure (someone or something); to criticize.
- (transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
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- a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
- Censure.
- (computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.
- Culpability for something negative or undesirable.
- Responsibility for something meriting censure.
verb
- harass with constant criticism
- remove in small bits
- look for and gather
- select carefully from a group
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- provoke
- pay for something
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- pilfer or rob
- hit lightly with a picking motion
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- (music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- (ambitransitive) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
- (cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- (American football, informal) To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- (basketball) To screen.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To steal; to pilfer.
- (transitive) To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
noun
- a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
- the best people or things in a group
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
- a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- the act of choosing or selecting
- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
- A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- (American football) An interception.
- (art, painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- (Australia) Pasture; feed, for animals.
- (baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder.
- (music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- (baseball) A pickoff.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- (lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- (nautical, slang) An anchor.
- A choice; ability to choose.
- That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- (basketball) A screen.
- (weaving) The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
verb
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- attack with dogs or set dogs upon
- lure, entice, or entrap with bait
- (transitive) To target a pest species by laying baits.
- (transitive) To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
- (intransitive) Of a horse or other animal: to take food, especially during a journey.
- (transitive) To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
- (transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
- (transitive) To lay baits in an environment to control pest species.
- (transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.
- (intransitive) (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
noun
- anything that serves as an enticement
- something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
- Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
- A light or hasty luncheon.
- (as the head of a compound) Something that lures or entices a specified group.
- Anything which allures; something or someone used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something.
- Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
- A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
- (Internet slang) A post intended to elicit a, usually strong or negative, reaction from others.
- (Geordie, Durham) A packed lunch - the bite to eat a worker took with them to eat.
- (vulgar, sexuality) Someone that attracts or entices a specified sex act being done to them.
- (East Anglia) A small meal taken mid-morning while farming.
- (Northern England) A miner's packed meal.
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- major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters
- lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
- the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
- A sea fish of the genus Gadus generally, inclusive of Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).
- A stupid or foolish person.
- (informal, usually with qualifiers) Other not closely related fish which are similarly important to regional fisheries, as the hapuku and cultus cod.
- The cocoon of a silkworm.
- (informal, usually with qualifiers) Other not closely related fish which resemble the Atlantic cod, such as the rock cod (Lotella rhacina) and blue cod (Parapercis colias).
- A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus).
- An Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).
- A joke or an imitation.
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- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- censure severely or angrily
- play in ragtime
- break into lumps before sorting
- treat cruelly
- (intransitive, informal) To dance to ragtime music.
- To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
- To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
- (intransitive, vulgar, slang, sometimes euphemistic) To menstruate.
- (intransitive) To become tattered.
- (transitive, informal) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
- To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
- (transitive) To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
- (British slang) To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
noun
- newspaper with half-size pages
- a small piece of cloth
- a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
- music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
- a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
- (slang, derogatory) A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality.
- A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
- (poker) A poor, low-ranking kicker.
- A ragged edge in metalworking.
- (nautical, slang) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
- A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.
- (typography) An uneven vertical margin (of a block of type).
- (slang, theater) A curtain of various kinds.
- (UK, Ireland) A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
- A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.
- (derogatory) A shabby, beggarly person; synonym of ragamuffin.
- (singular or plural, slang) Sanitary napkins, pads, or other materials used to absorb menstrual discharge.
- (especially in the plural) Tattered clothes (clothing).
verb
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- return to a former condition
- gather
- gather or bring together
- call to arms; of military personnel
- (ambitransitive) To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness.
- (business, trading, of the market, stocks etc., intransitive) To recover strength after a decline in prices.
- (intransitive) To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.
- (transitive) To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
- (transitive) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
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- an automobile race run over public roads
- a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness
- (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
- the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort
- a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
- (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
- A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.
- (motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.
- (business, trading) A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)
- A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
- Good-humoured raillery.
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- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
- sit on and control a vehicle
- move like a floating object
- be carried or travel on or in a vehicle
- ride over, along, or through
- lie moored or anchored
- be sustained or supported or borne
- continue undisturbed and without interference
- have certain properties when driven
- climb up on the body
- copulate with
- be contingent on
- sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
- (surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
- (ambitransitive, Ireland, slang) To have sex with (someone).
- To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
- (intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
- (intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
- (intransitive) To rely, depend (on).
- (lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
- (transitive) To traverse by riding.
- (transitive, informal, chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
- (ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
- (radio, television, transitive) To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
- (intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
- (transitive, figuratively) To exploit or take advantage of (a situation).
- (transitive, colloquial) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
- (transitive) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
- (intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
- (ambitransitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
- (music) In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.
- (ambitransitive, slang) To mount (someone) to have sex with them.
- (transitive, intransitive) To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
noun
- a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
- (printing, historical) A fault caused by the overlapping of leads, etc.
- A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
- (figurative) A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.
- Ellipsis of ride cymbal.
- (slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.
- An instance of riding.
- (UK) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
- (informal) A vehicle.
- (jazz) A steady rhythmical style.
- A district inspected by an excise officer.
- (Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
- An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
verb
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- mock or make fun of playfully
- tear into pieces
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- annoy persistently
- separate the fibers of
- disentangle and raise the fibers of
- raise the nap of (fabrics)
- to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
- (transitive) To backcomb.
- (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
- (transitive, informal) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
- (transitive) To entice, tempt.
- (transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
- (transitive) To deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
- (transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
- (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
- (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
noun
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- One who teases.
- A single act of teasing.
- One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
verb
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- To blame or reproach, especially in a good-natured or teasing manner.
- (obsolete except British, dialectal) To be indiscreet; to gossip.
- (computing) To ignore or kill file (a user on a bulletin board system).
- To blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner; also, to ridicule or tease (someone).
noun
- aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
- someone who is regarded as contemptible
- (informal) An annoying or foolish person.
- A short, high-pitched call of a small bird, or a similar sound made by something else; a cheep, a chirp, a tweet.
- (chiefly US, informal) Chiefly in the form in a twit: clipping of twitter (“a state of excitement or nervousness”).
- A jibe, reproach, or taunt, especially one made in a good-natured or teasing manner.
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- harass, as with questions or requests
- cause to feel distressed or worried
- surround so as to force to give up
- (transitive, figuratively) To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.
- (transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
- to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.
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- (UK, slang, derogatory) A chav or ned; a stereotypically loud and aggressive person of lower social class.
- (Australia, slang, derogatory) A rough or unkempt woman.
- (Scotland) A scrog.
- A ragged, stunted tree or branch.
- a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
- lean end of the neck
- the lean end of a neck of veal
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- (by extension) To persistently harass someone over the Internet.
- To move (something, especially a round object) by, or as if by, rolling; to bowl, to roll, to trundle.
- To say (something) lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
- (fishing) To fish using a running fishing line.
- To speak lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
- (fishing) To fish in (a place) using a running fishing line (that is, a line with a hook on the end which is drawn along the water surface, possibly a line which would originally have been spooled on to a troll (etymology 2, noun etymology 2 sense 8.1)).
- (by extension, colloquial) To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
- (figurative, originally Internet slang) To post irrelevant or inflammatory statements in an online discussion in an attempt to start a heated argument or to derail a conversation, either for one's personal entertainment or as part of an organized political campaign.
- (figurative) To attract or draw out (someone or something); to allure, to elicit, to entice, to lure.
- To roll; also, to turn round and round; to rotate, to spin, to whirl.
- To move or walk at a leisurely pace; to ramble, to saunter, to stroll.
- (specifically, slang) Chiefly of a man: synonym of cruise (“to stroll about to find a (male) sexual partner”).
- (fishing, Scotland, US) To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling.
- sing loudly and without inhibition
- sing the parts of (a round) in succession
- praise or celebrate in song
- speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice
- circulate, move around
- cause to move round and round
- angle with a hook and line drawn through the water
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- (originally Scandinavian mythology, now also European folklore and fantasy) a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges.
- (figurative, originally Internet slang) An inflammatory or insincere statement posted in an attempt to lure others into combative argument (a flame war), originally a way for regulars (long-time users) to poke light-hearted fun at new posters (especially in Usenet newsgroups) and promote in-group cohesion ("trolling for newbies").
- A fishing line, bait, or lure used to fish in these ways.
- (informal, Michigan) A Michigander who lives on the mainland, i.e. not a resident of the Upper Peninsula, so named due to living south of the Mackinaw Bridge.
- (by extension, originally Internet slang) A person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument for purposes of personal entertainment or to manipulate their perception, especially in an online community or discussion.
- (derogatory, slang) An ugly or unpleasant person.
- (music) A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch, a round.
- An act of fishing by using a running fishing line, or by trailing a line with bait or lures behind a boat.
- (astronomy, meteorology) An optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm that is red in colour and seems to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward towards cloudtops.
- (by extension, derogatory, informal) A company, person, etc., that owns and legally enforces copyrights, patents, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights in an aggressive and opportunistic manner, often with no intention of commercially exploiting the subjects of the rights.
- An act of moving round; a repetition, a routine.
- (by extension, politics) A person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign.
- a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling
- a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
- angling by drawing a baited line through the water
- (Scandinavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
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noun
verb
- To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.
- To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.
- To kill many of one species of animal, with the intent of removing them from human habitats.
- cause to suffer
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- A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
- Any canine animal.
- (nautical, in the plural) Projections located at the masthead or foremast, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top on which to rest; a foretop.
- A despicable person.
- A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.
- (by extension) A male who constantly seeks the company of desirable women.
- (by extension) Someone who seeks something.
- A houndfish.
- any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
- someone who is morally reprehensible
verb
- harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions
- become hazy, dull, or cloudy
- (US, informal) To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit.
- To be or become hazy, or thick with haze.
- (transitive) In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.
- (transitive) To use aversive stimuli on (a wild animal, such as a bear) to encourage it to keep its distance from humans.
- To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
noun
- confusion characterized by lack of clarity
- atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility
- An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.
- A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
- (countable, brewing) Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.
- Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)
- (figuratively) Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.
- (uncountable, engineering, packaging) The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.
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- (transitive) To harass by continually repeating e.g. a request.
- (nonstandard, informal) Eye dialect spelling of done: past participle of do.
- (transitive) To ask or beset a debtor for payment.
- (nonstandard, informal) Pronunciation spelling of don't: contraction of do + not.
- treat cruelly
- persistently ask for overdue payment
- make a dun color
- cure by salting
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- (countable) A newly hatched, immature mayfly; a mayfly subimago.
- (countable, fishing) A fly made to resemble the mayfly subimago.
- An ancient or medieval fortification; especially a hill-fort in Scotland or Ireland.
- (countable) A collector of debts, especially one who is insistent and demanding.
- A brownish grey colour.
- An urgent request or demand of payment.
- A mound or small hill.
- (archaeology) A structure in the Orkney or Shetland islands or in Scotland consisting of a roundhouse surrounded by a circular wall; a broch.
- Alternative form of dhoon (“Himalayan valley”).
- horse of a dull brownish grey color
- a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color