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noun
- a distinguishing trait
- the special line of work you have adopted as your career
- an asset of special worth or utility
- An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.
- A product that originates in and is characteristic of a place.
- (law) A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified.
- That in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent; bailiwick.
- A particular or peculiar case.
noun
adj
adv
- separated or at a distance in place or position or time
- away from another or others
- one from the other
- not taken into account or excluded from consideration
- placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
- into parts or pieces
- Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
- In or into two or more parts.
- To the side; aside.
- Separately, exclusively, not together.
postp
noun
- A particular feature or trait.
- An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.
- A musical composition which is short in duration.
- Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
- A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
- Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
- A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.
- (chess) A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.
- (roleplaying games, board games) A token in a game representing a unit or character.
- The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
- painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
- a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
adj
verb
noun
- The joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics.
- Such a shared attribute or characteristic
- (telecommunications) A quality that applies to materiel or systems: (a) possessing like and interchangeable parts or characteristics enabling each to be utilized, or operated and maintained in common; (b) having interchangeable repair parts and/or components; (c) applying to consumable items interchangeably equivalent without adjustment.
- a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
- sharing of common attributes
adj
noun
adj
- having many aspects or qualities
- Having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; made up of many differing parts.
- (law, of lawsuits) In which a party or a cause of action has been improperly or wrongfully joined together in the same suit, as in a misjoinder, perhaps as a result of a joinder of unrelated, distinct, independent parties or matters.
noun
- The state of having traits of both male and female genders.
- The state or ability, of a connector or docking port, to connect with either male (plug) or female (socket) or other neutral connectors or ports.
- The state of appearing to be neither feminine nor masculine.
- Hermaphroditism.
- showing characteristics of both sexes
adj
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- twice as great or many
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
- having two meanings with intent to deceive
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- large enough for two
- (music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
- Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- Having two aspects; ambiguous.
- Of twice the quantity.
- Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
- False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
- Designed for two (people, cars, etc.).
- (music) Of time, twice as fast.
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
- Stooping; bent over.
noun
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
- raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
- a quantity that is twice as great as another
- (music) Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
- (cricket) The achievement of 1000 runs and 100 wickets taken in a single season.
- (Christianity) A double feast.
- (dominoes) A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
- A drink with two portions of alcohol.
- (soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
- (darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- (programming) A double-precision floating-point number.
- (historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
- (rowing) A boat for two scullers.
- (bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
- Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”).
- A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
- A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
- (music) A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.
- A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
- (darts) A hit on this ring.
- (sports) The feat of scoring twice in one game.
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- (sports, chiefly swimming and track) The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
- (baseball) A two-base hit.
- (historical, Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
- (billiards, snooker) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
adv
verb
- hit a two-base hit
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
- increase twofold
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
- make or do or perform again
- make a demand for (a card or suit)
- (music, intransitive, usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
- (intransitive) To serve a second role or have a second purpose. [with as]
- (intransitive) To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
- (theater) To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
- (transitive) To fold over so as to make two folds.
- (radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
- (military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
- (nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).
- (transitive) To repeat exactly; copy.
- (transitive, sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
- To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- (transitive, often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
- (espionage, intransitive) To operate as a double agent.
- (transitive) To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
- (music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
- (ambitransitive, sometimes with "for") To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
- (card games, intransitive) To double down.
- (bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
- (intransitive) To go or march at twice the normal speed.
- (transitive) To multiply by two.
- (baseball) To get a two-base hit.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
- (intransitive) To turn sharply, following a winding course.
adj
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural)
- (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical number in certain languages that refers to two of something, such as a pair of shoes.
- Pertaining to two, pertaining to a pair of.
- (category theory) Being the dual of some other category; containing the same objects but with source and target reversed for all morphisms.
- (mathematics, physics) Exhibiting duality.
- (linear algebra) Being the space of all linear functionals of (some other space).
- Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
noun
- (geometry) Of a regular polyhedron with V vertices and F faces, the regular polyhedron having F vertices and V faces.
- (wrestling) A head-to-head match or meet between two teams, such as two high schools or colleges.
- (grammar) The dual number.
- (mathematics) Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space.
- Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.
verb
adj
noun
- the pitch range of the highest female voice
- (darts) Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.
- The highest tuned in a ring of bells.
- Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
- (soccer) A win in the top league, top national cup and top continental cup in the same season.
- (music) A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
- (sports) Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.
- Alternative form of tribble (“frame for drying paper”).
- (music) The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
verb
adj
- having both male and female characteristics
- Possessing qualities of both sexes.
- relating to or exhibiting both female and male sex organs but with a predominantly female appearance
- Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.
- Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
- (computer hardware) Of a connector or docking port, able to connect to another connector or port of the same type, rather than being restricted to connecting to solely male or solely female connectors or ports.
adj
noun
- a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
- (nautical, in the plural) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.
- (military) A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece or caisson may be attached for transport.
- (in the plural) The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
verb
adj
- (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
- (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
- gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease
- (wine) Smooth and drinkable.
- (figuratively) Compliant; yielding to the will of others.
- Lithe and agile when moving and bending.
- Pliant, flexible, easy to bend.
verb
noun
- (genetics) The modification of a hereditary trait.
- (astronomy) Deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body.
- The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
- (nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.
- (music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.
- (board games) A line of play that differs from the original.
- A related but distinct thing.
- (linguistics) The situation where two or more linguistic forms appear in the same environment without a change in meaning, the choice of form being determined by factors of dialect, sociolect, register or simply the speaker's preference.
- (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
- the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- the process of varying or being varied
- (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
- something a little different from others of the same type
- an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
- (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
- the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
- an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
- a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
noun
- a characteristic to be considered
- a distinct feature or element in a problem
- the feelings expressed on a person's face
- the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb
- the visual percept of a region
- (astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.
- (rail transport) The visual indication of railway signal as displayed to the driver. With three-aspect colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green, and on four-aspect signals, double-yellow also; a two-aspect signal displays red or green.
- A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
- The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
- (grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.
- Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.
- The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
- Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
- One's appearance or expression.
- (religion, mythology) The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.
- Prospect; outlook.
- (programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.
verb
noun
- the complex of all the attributes — behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental — that characterize a unique individual
- a person of considerable prominence
- (Internet slang, euphemistic, humorous, countable) A set of female breasts; a rack; alternatively, (typically in the plural) an individual breast.
- (law) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.
- Of people, charisma; qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd.
- An assumed role or manner of behavior.
- Of people, a set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.
- Of inanimate or abstract things, a set of qualities that make something distinctive or interesting.
- A celebrity, especially one with a strong media presence (e.g. an actor, singer or sports player).
verb
- have as a major characteristic
- 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
- 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
- a stronghold
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- 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.
adj
- of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by a single pair of genes
- producing offspring of only one sex, exhibiting monogeny
- of or relating to monogenesis or to monogenism
- (mathematics, of a semigroup) generated by a set containing only a single element
- (mathematics, of a function) having a single derivative at a point
- (genetics) regulated by a single gene
noun
adj
- having the same or similar characteristics
- conforming in every respect
- resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
- equal in amount or value
- (Scotland, Southern US, otherwise archaic; usually with to) inclined (to), prone (to).
- (Scotland, Southern US, otherwise archaic) Likely; probable.
- Similar.
noun
- a similar kind
- a kind of person
- (golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
- (Internet) An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.
- (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
- (chiefly in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
verb
- to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something
- want to have
- be fond of
- find enjoyable or agreeable
- feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard
- (with 'would' and in certain other phrases) To want, desire. See also would like.
- To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
- To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
- (chiefly dialectal, intransitive) To be likely.
- (informal, chiefly in the negative) Of a computer or other system: to tolerate as an input; to accept.
- (Internet, social media, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
- To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
- (informal, personification) To be prone to.
conj
particle
- (colloquial) Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.
- (colloquial) a discourse marker used to highlight or put focus on new information or a new development in a story
- (colloquial, Scotland, Ireland, Geordie, Teesside, Liverpool) A delayed filler.
- (colloquial) Indicating approximation or uncertainty.
prep
adj
- having the same or similar characteristics
- Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, allied, comparable.
- capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability
- marked by correspondence or resemblance
- (of words) expressing closely related meanings
- resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
- (mathematics) Having the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional.
- (mathematics, linear algebra) Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.
noun
noun
- a distinguishing trait
- the special line of work you have adopted as your career
- an asset of special worth or utility
- An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.
- A product that originates in and is characteristic of a place.
- (law) A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified.
- That in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent; bailiwick.
- A particular or peculiar case.
noun
noun
- A particular feature or trait.
- An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.
- A musical composition which is short in duration.
- Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
- A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
- Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
- A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.
- (chess) A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.
- (roleplaying games, board games) A token in a game representing a unit or character.
- The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
- painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
- a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
adj
verb
noun
- The joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics.
- Such a shared attribute or characteristic
- (telecommunications) A quality that applies to materiel or systems: (a) possessing like and interchangeable parts or characteristics enabling each to be utilized, or operated and maintained in common; (b) having interchangeable repair parts and/or components; (c) applying to consumable items interchangeably equivalent without adjustment.
- a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
- sharing of common attributes
noun
- The state of having traits of both male and female genders.
- The state or ability, of a connector or docking port, to connect with either male (plug) or female (socket) or other neutral connectors or ports.
- The state of appearing to be neither feminine nor masculine.
- Hermaphroditism.
- showing characteristics of both sexes
noun
- (genetics) The modification of a hereditary trait.
- (astronomy) Deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body.
- The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
- (nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.
- (music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.
- (board games) A line of play that differs from the original.
- A related but distinct thing.
- (linguistics) The situation where two or more linguistic forms appear in the same environment without a change in meaning, the choice of form being determined by factors of dialect, sociolect, register or simply the speaker's preference.
- (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
- the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- the process of varying or being varied
- (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
- something a little different from others of the same type
- an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
- (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
- the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
- an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
- a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
noun
- a characteristic to be considered
- a distinct feature or element in a problem
- the feelings expressed on a person's face
- the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb
- the visual percept of a region
- (astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.
- (rail transport) The visual indication of railway signal as displayed to the driver. With three-aspect colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green, and on four-aspect signals, double-yellow also; a two-aspect signal displays red or green.
- A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
- The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
- (grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.
- Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.
- The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
- Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
- One's appearance or expression.
- (religion, mythology) The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.
- Prospect; outlook.
- (programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.
verb
noun
- the complex of all the attributes — behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental — that characterize a unique individual
- a person of considerable prominence
- (Internet slang, euphemistic, humorous, countable) A set of female breasts; a rack; alternatively, (typically in the plural) an individual breast.
- (law) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.
- Of people, charisma; qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd.
- An assumed role or manner of behavior.
- Of people, a set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.
- Of inanimate or abstract things, a set of qualities that make something distinctive or interesting.
- A celebrity, especially one with a strong media presence (e.g. an actor, singer or sports player).
verb
- have as a major characteristic
- 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
- 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
- a stronghold
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- 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.
adj
adv
- separated or at a distance in place or position or time
- away from another or others
- one from the other
- not taken into account or excluded from consideration
- placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
- into parts or pieces
- Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
- In or into two or more parts.
- To the side; aside.
- Separately, exclusively, not together.
postp
adj
noun
adj
- having many aspects or qualities
- Having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; made up of many differing parts.
- (law, of lawsuits) In which a party or a cause of action has been improperly or wrongfully joined together in the same suit, as in a misjoinder, perhaps as a result of a joinder of unrelated, distinct, independent parties or matters.
adj
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- twice as great or many
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
- having two meanings with intent to deceive
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- large enough for two
- (music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
- Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- Having two aspects; ambiguous.
- Of twice the quantity.
- Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
- False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
- Designed for two (people, cars, etc.).
- (music) Of time, twice as fast.
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
- Stooping; bent over.
noun
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
- raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
- a quantity that is twice as great as another
- (music) Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
- (cricket) The achievement of 1000 runs and 100 wickets taken in a single season.
- (Christianity) A double feast.
- (dominoes) A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
- A drink with two portions of alcohol.
- (soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
- (darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- (programming) A double-precision floating-point number.
- (historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
- (rowing) A boat for two scullers.
- (bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
- Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”).
- A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
- A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
- (music) A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.
- A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
- (darts) A hit on this ring.
- (sports) The feat of scoring twice in one game.
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- (sports, chiefly swimming and track) The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
- (baseball) A two-base hit.
- (historical, Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
- (billiards, snooker) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
adv
verb
- hit a two-base hit
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
- increase twofold
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
- make or do or perform again
- make a demand for (a card or suit)
- (music, intransitive, usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
- (intransitive) To serve a second role or have a second purpose. [with as]
- (intransitive) To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
- (theater) To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
- (transitive) To fold over so as to make two folds.
- (radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
- (military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
- (nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).
- (transitive) To repeat exactly; copy.
- (transitive, sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
- To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- (transitive, often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
- (espionage, intransitive) To operate as a double agent.
- (transitive) To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
- (music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
- (ambitransitive, sometimes with "for") To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
- (card games, intransitive) To double down.
- (bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
- (intransitive) To go or march at twice the normal speed.
- (transitive) To multiply by two.
- (baseball) To get a two-base hit.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
- (intransitive) To turn sharply, following a winding course.
adj
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural)
- (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical number in certain languages that refers to two of something, such as a pair of shoes.
- Pertaining to two, pertaining to a pair of.
- (category theory) Being the dual of some other category; containing the same objects but with source and target reversed for all morphisms.
- (mathematics, physics) Exhibiting duality.
- (linear algebra) Being the space of all linear functionals of (some other space).
- Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
noun
- (geometry) Of a regular polyhedron with V vertices and F faces, the regular polyhedron having F vertices and V faces.
- (wrestling) A head-to-head match or meet between two teams, such as two high schools or colleges.
- (grammar) The dual number.
- (mathematics) Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space.
- Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.
verb
adj
noun
- the pitch range of the highest female voice
- (darts) Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.
- The highest tuned in a ring of bells.
- Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
- (soccer) A win in the top league, top national cup and top continental cup in the same season.
- (music) A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
- (sports) Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.
- Alternative form of tribble (“frame for drying paper”).
- (music) The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
verb
adj
- having both male and female characteristics
- Possessing qualities of both sexes.
- relating to or exhibiting both female and male sex organs but with a predominantly female appearance
- Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.
- Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
- (computer hardware) Of a connector or docking port, able to connect to another connector or port of the same type, rather than being restricted to connecting to solely male or solely female connectors or ports.
adj
noun
- a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
- (nautical, in the plural) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.
- (military) A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece or caisson may be attached for transport.
- (in the plural) The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
verb
adj
- (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
- (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
- gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease
- (wine) Smooth and drinkable.
- (figuratively) Compliant; yielding to the will of others.
- Lithe and agile when moving and bending.
- Pliant, flexible, easy to bend.
verb
adj
- of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by a single pair of genes
- producing offspring of only one sex, exhibiting monogeny
- of or relating to monogenesis or to monogenism
- (mathematics, of a semigroup) generated by a set containing only a single element
- (mathematics, of a function) having a single derivative at a point
- (genetics) regulated by a single gene
noun
adj
- having the same or similar characteristics
- conforming in every respect
- resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
- equal in amount or value
- (Scotland, Southern US, otherwise archaic; usually with to) inclined (to), prone (to).
- (Scotland, Southern US, otherwise archaic) Likely; probable.
- Similar.
noun
- a similar kind
- a kind of person
- (golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
- (Internet) An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.
- (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
- (chiefly in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
verb
- to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something
- want to have
- be fond of
- find enjoyable or agreeable
- feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard
- (with 'would' and in certain other phrases) To want, desire. See also would like.
- To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
- To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
- (chiefly dialectal, intransitive) To be likely.
- (informal, chiefly in the negative) Of a computer or other system: to tolerate as an input; to accept.
- (Internet, social media, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
- To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
- (informal, personification) To be prone to.
conj
particle
- (colloquial) Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.
- (colloquial) a discourse marker used to highlight or put focus on new information or a new development in a story
- (colloquial, Scotland, Ireland, Geordie, Teesside, Liverpool) A delayed filler.
- (colloquial) Indicating approximation or uncertainty.
prep
adj
- having the same or similar characteristics
- Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, allied, comparable.
- capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability
- marked by correspondence or resemblance
- (of words) expressing closely related meanings
- resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
- (mathematics) Having the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional.
- (mathematics, linear algebra) Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.