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- Initialism of baseball.
- (US, navy) Abbreviation of battleship.
- Initialism of ball bearing.
- (gymnastics) Abbreviation of balance beam.
- (computing) Initialism of bulletin board.
- Initialism of BlackBerry.
- (baseball) A walk; the statistic reporting the number of "bases on balls".
- (electronics) Initialism of baseband.
- A type of pellet that can be shot from a BB gun.
- (cycling) Initialism of bottom bracket.
- Initialism of basketball.
- a small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun
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- (law, politics) Initialism of assembly bill.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of alkylbenzene.
- (medicine) Initialism of antibody.
- (ABDL) Initialism of adult baby.
- Initialism of asymmetric bars.
- Initialism of artificial breeding.
- (Australia, Adelaide, countable) A halal snack pack consisting of doner meat topped with chips, tomato sauce, chilli sauce, barbecue sauce, and garlic sauce.
- (countable) A person with this blood type.
- Initialism of able seaman or able-bodied seaman.
- Initialism of afterburner.
- Initialism of aid to the blind.
- A blood type of the ABO system that has both blood antigens and may receive all blood types, and donate to AB.
- (military, aviation) Initialism of airbase.
- the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens
- a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences
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- (baseball) Initialism of shortstop.
- Abbreviation of Saints.
- A conventionally-powered submarine
- Initialism of social security.
- Initialism of stainless steel.
- Initialism of secret service or Secret Service.
- (statistics) Initialism of sum of squares.
- diesel-powered attack submarine
- (computing) Initialism of screenshot.
- (military, astronautics) NATO prefix-code for surface-to-surface missiles developed by the Soviet Union
- (fashion) Initialism of spring/summer, often followed by a year.
- Initialism of Segawa syndrome.
- Initialism of spousal support.
- (textiles) Initialism of side seam.
- Initialism of steamship.
- Initialism of screw steamer (a screw-driven steamship)
- the United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors; detects and apprehends counterfeiters; suppresses forgery of government securities and documents
- special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps
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- (baseball) Initialism of home runs (in statistics).
- (occupational health) Initialism of hazard ratio.
- The management and administration thereof; a department or function that performs those.
- (law, politics) Initialism of house resolution.
- The human capital of an organization.
- Initialism of [U.S.] House Resolution.
- Initialism of heart rate.
- (philately) Initialism of hinge remnant.
- (genetics) Initialism of homologous recombination.
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- (baseball) Initialism of center fielder.
- (baseball) Initialism of center field.
- (pathology) Initialism of cystic fibrosis.
- (military slang) Initialism of Charlie Foxtrot.
- Initialism of cluster fuck.
- (South Korea) Initialism of commercial film, television advertisement.
- (photography) A CF (CompactFlash) memory card.
- (machine learning) Initialism of collaborative filtering.
- (textiles, sewing) Initialism of center front, a line on a pattern marking the center on the front side of a piece of clothing.
- (finance) Initialism of cash flow.
- the most common hereditary disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; no cure is known
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- (baseball) Initialism of middle infielder.
- (dentistry) Initialism of mesioincisal.
- Initialism of middle initial.
- (law enforcement, uk) Initialism of major incident.
- (cardiology) Initialism of mitral insufficiency.
- (information theory) Initialism of mutual information.
- (medicine) Initialism of medical inspection.
- (mathematics) Initialism of mathematical induction.
- (military) Initialism of military intelligence.
- (medicine) Initialism of mechanical index.
- (cardiology) Initialism of myocardial infarction.
- destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
- the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory
- the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas
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- (baseball) Initialism of fielder's choice.
- Initialism of football club (usually for association football (soccer)).
- Initialism of foster care.
- (law) Initialism of family court.
- Initialism of facilitated communication.
- (video games) Initialism of full combo.
- Initialism of fire controlman.
- (banking) Initialism of finance charge.
- Initialism of franking credit, a type of tax credit.
- (Philippines, slang) Initialism of feeling close.
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- (baseball) Initialism of corner infielder.
- (politics) Initialism of constitutional initiative.
- (espionage) Initialism of counterintelligence.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of confidential informant.
- Initialism of Companion, part of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India.
- Initialism of competitive intelligence.
- Initialism of civil infraction.
- Initialism of creative industries.
- Initialism of cochlear implant.
- Initialism of contextual inquiry.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of chief inspector, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (software engineering) Initialism of continuous integration.
- (statistics) Initialism of confidence interval.
- (linguistics) Initialism of comprehensible input.
- Initialism of cast iron.
- Initialism of corporate identity (“a specific design of a company, to be applied in all public appearances to be clearly distinguishable from its competitors”).
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- (baseball) Initialism of wild pitch.
- (computing) Initialism of word processing.
- (military) Initialism of war prison.
- (military) Initialism of weapons procurement.
- (software) Initialism of word processor.
- Initialism of white privilege.
- Initialism of white people.
- (military) Initialism of white phosphorus.
- (hydrology) Initialism of wilting point.
- (computing) Initialism of weakest precondition.
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- (international law) Initialism of Warsaw Pact.
- (rail transport) Initialism of Western Pacific.
- (Wikimedia jargon) Initialism of Wikipedia.
- (mobile telephony) Initialism of Windows Phone.
- (Internet) Initialism of Wattpad.
- (software) Initialism of WordPress.
- (newspaper) Initialism of Washington Post.
- (Internet) Initialism of Wirtualna Polska.
- (software) Initialism of WordPerfect.
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- (softball) Initialism of International Softball Federation.
- (military, Israel) Initialism of Israeli security forces.
- Initialism of International Solarcar Federation.
- (Indian politics) Initialism of Indian Secular Front, a political party.
- (electronics) Initialism of Impulse Sensitivity Function.
- (computing) Initialism of Ink Serialized Format.
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- (baseball) Initialism of earned run.
- (biology) Initialism of endoplasmic reticulum.
- (physics) Initialism of Einstein-Rosen bridge.
- (medicine) Initialism of emergency room.
- (military) Initialism of enhanced radiation.
- (computing) Initialism of entity-relationship.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of estrogen receptor.
- a room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment
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- (baseball) Initialism of total bases.
- Abbreviation of throwback.
- (military, aviation) Initialism of torpedo bomber.
- (military, nautical) Initialism of torpedo boat.
- (ABDL) Initialism of teen baby.
- (electronics) Initialism of test board, a circuit board used to test a circuit for some specialized task.
- (pathology) Tuberculosis.
- (military, aviation) Initialism of trainer bomber (“a bomber that also serves as a trainer aircraft”).
- a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes
- a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes
- infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
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- (baseball) Initialism of designated pinch hitter.
- Initialism of daytime parahypnagogia.
- Initialism of doctor of public health.
- Initialism of diphenylhexatriene.
- Initialism of digital planar holography.
- Initialism of diphenylhydantoin.
- Initialism of diphenhydramine.
- Initialism of diamond pyramid hardness.
- Initialism of day(s) post-hatching.
- a doctor's degree in preventive medicine
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- (baseball) Initialism of strike out.
- (sports) Initialism of shut out.
- (chemistry) Abbreviation of singlet oxygen.
- Initialism of significant other.
- (sports) Initialism of shootout.
- (logic, computer science) Initialism of second-order logic.
- (politics, parliamentary) Abbreviation of standing order.
- (music) Initialism of symphony orchestra.
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- (baseball, softball) Initialism of double play.
- Initialism of dynamic positioning.
- Initialism of display port.
- (chemistry) Initialism of degree of polymerization.
- (motor racing) Abbreviation of Daytona prototype.
- (computing) Initialism of developer preview.
- (film) Initialism of director of photography.
- (grammar) Abbreviation of determiner phrase.
- (nuclear physics) Initialism of decay product.
- (slang) Initialism of dickpic.
- Initialism of data processing.
- (slang) Initialism of double penetration.
- Initialism of display picture.
- Initialism of displaced person.
- (computer science) Initialism of dynamic programming.
- Initialism of delusional parasitosis.
- a person forced to flee from home or country
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- (baseball) Between the baselines.
- Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.
- Not overcast; cloudless; clear.
- (cricket, of a ball delivered by the bowler) Not a no ball.
- Favorable, pleasant.
- Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond and red hair.
- (statistics) Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.
- Just.
- Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
- (nautical, of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course.
- (rugby, of a catch) Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
- (shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
- Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.
- gained or earned without cheating or stealing
- free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
- very pleasing to the eye
- (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
- (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines
- attractively feminine
- lacking exceptional quality or ability
- (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored
- free of clouds or rain
- not excessive or extreme
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- A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
- Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
- An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
- An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
- A fair woman; a sweetheart.
- A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).
- a sale of miscellany; often for charity
- a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
- gathering of producers to promote business
- a competitive exhibition of farm products
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- (transitive, art) To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness.
- (transitive) To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
- (transitive) To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
- (intransitive, of weather) To become fair (favorable, not stormy).
- (transitive) To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance.
- join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly
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- Initialism of automatic block signaling.
- plumbing Pipes composed of this plastic.
- (plumbing, informal, humorous) Initialism of all-black stuff: i.e. acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, referring to the black color of the waste water.
- (pathology) Initialism of auto-brewery syndrome.
- Initialism of asset-backed security or asset-backed securities.
- (automotive) Initialism of antilock braking system.
- any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances
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- (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- (sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- (geology) Pitchstone.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- (golf) A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- Prominence; importance.
- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
- (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- (now British, regional) A person's or animal's height.
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- (music) The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- (rare) The field of battle.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- a high approach shot in golf
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- the action or manner of throwing something
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- To cover or smear with pitch.
- (transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).
- (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
- (brewing) To add yeast as a step while making beer
- (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
- (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
- (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
- (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
- (transitive) To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
- (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
- (transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
- (transitive) To throw away; discard.
- (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive, card games, slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- (ambitransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
- heel over
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- move abruptly
- fall or plunge forward
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- be at an angle
- set the level or character of
- throw or toss with a light motion
- erect and fasten
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
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- (baseball) To pitch.
- (ambitransitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
- (transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.
- (intransitive) To have dealings or business.
- (intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.
- (intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).
- (intransitive, with “with”) To handle, to manage, to cope.
- (transitive) deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.
- (ambitransitive) To distribute cards to the players in a game.
- (transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
- (transitive) : To take action with regard to someone or something.
- (intransitive) To be concerned with.
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
- behave in a certain way towards others
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- give (a specific card) to a player
- sell (especially of illegal material)
- administer or bestow, as in small portions
- do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
- distribute cards to the players in a game
- give out as one's portion or share
- be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
- take action with respect to (someone or something)
- direct the course of; manage or control
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- (informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
- (in particular) A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
- An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
- (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
- (card games) The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
- (uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
- (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
- A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction.
- (countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
- (slang, of a person) A personality trait, especially a negative one, and the underlying cause of it.
- an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
- the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement)
- the act of apportioning or distributing something
- the act of distributing playing cards
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
- wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- a particular instance of buying or selling
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- (baseball) A starting pitcher.
- (golf) A person employed to take new players to the first tee at suitable intervals, and to provide them with caddies and equipment.
- Someone who starts, or who starts something.
- (rail transport) Ellipsis of starter signal.
- An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine.
- A dog that rouses game.
- (historical, British) A short length of rope formerly used for casual chastisement in the Navy.
- (team sports) A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.
- Something with which to begin; a first property, etc.
- A device that initiates the flow of high voltage electricity in a fluorescent lamp.
- A yeast culture, or a medium containing one, used to start a fermentation process.
- The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.
- The person who starts a race by firing a gun or waving a flag.
- any new participant in some activity
- a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
- a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning
- the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition
- a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough
- an electric motor for starting an engine
- food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course)
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- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The batter.
- A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
- A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
- A piece of metal used to attract a magnet, or as a keeper for a magnet.
- (military, slang) An officer's servant or orderly.
- A piece of metal struck against a flint or ferrocerium to produce sparks.
- (firearms, military) A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.
- (cricket) The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
- A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
- (soccer) One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
- a forward on a soccer team
- someone who hits
- someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating
- the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
- an employee on strike against an employer
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- (baseball) Initialism of triple play.
- (linguistics) Initialism of tense phrase.
- (physiology) Initialism of threshold potential.
- (anatomy) Initialism of transverse process.
- Initialism of true positive.
- (medicine) Initialism of trigger point.
- (mathematics) Initialism of transportation problem.
- (engineering) Initialism of true position.
- (networking) Initialism of termination point.
- (military) Initialism of torpedo boat.
- Initialism of textile paper.
- (colloquial) Initialism of toilet paper.
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- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The pitcher.
- (cricket) The player currently bowling.
- (bowling) One who engages in the sport of bowling.
- (cricket) A player selected mainly for their bowling ability.
- A bowler hat; a round black hat formerly popular among British businessmen.
- a player who rolls balls down an alley at pins
- a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim
- a cricketer who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket
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- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The pitcher.
- A flamethrower.
- Someone who throws.
- (cricket) A bowler who illegally throws the ball instead of bowling it.
- Something that throws.
- a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln
- someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm)
- a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn
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- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The catcher.
- In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over the bully) and a "long" (who defends the goal).
- (Australian rules football) A one-point score.
- The rear, back-end.
- (informal) The buttocks, bottom, butt.
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
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- Backward in time or order of succession; past.
- Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
- So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist.
- In a rearward direction.
- So as to come after someone or something in position, distance, advancement, ranking, time, etc.
- At or in the rear or back part of something.
- in or into an inferior position
- in debt
- remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from
- showing a time that is earlier than the actual time
- in or to or toward the rear
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- (sometimes regarded as nonstandard, US, informal) Following, subsequent to; as a result or consequence of; because of.
- (figuratively) Concealed by (something serving as a facade or disguise).
- (figuratively) In the past, from the viewpoint of.
- At or to the back or far side of.
- After in time.
- Responsible for, being the creator or controller of.
- Underlying, being the reason for or explanation of.
- After in developmental progress, score, grade, etc.; inferior to.
- In support of.
- After in physical progress or distance.
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- (baseball) Initialism of right field or right fielder.
- (electronics, physics) Initialism of radio frequency.
- (pathology) Initialism of rheumatoid factor.
- (optics, imaging, photography) Abbreviation of radiance field.
- (US, military, aviation) reconnaissance fighter; an unarmed fighter modified for photo-reconnaissance (prefix)
- Initialism of right foot.
- (photography) Initialism of rangefinder.
- (military, engineering, slang) Initialism of ratfuck (“dirty rick or act of sabotage or interference”).
- a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland
- a complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone
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- (baseball) The pitcher’s mound.
- A sloping road.
- The raised portion of the surface of a vinyl record.
- (US) A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
- An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
- (US) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
- structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
- a local and well-defined elevation of the land
- (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
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- (countable, baseball) First base.
- (uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
- (countable, colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication.
- (countable, British, colloquial) A first-class honours degree.
- (in combination) A fraction whose (integer) denominator ends in the digit 1.
- (countable) Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
- (uncountable) The first gear of an engine.
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- an honours degree of the highest class
- the first or highest in an ordering or series
- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
- the first element in a countable series
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
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- Coming right after the zeroth in things that use zero-based numbering.
- Of or belonging to a first family.
- Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
- Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
- preceding all others in time or space or degree
- serving to set in motion
- highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
- serving to begin
- ranking above all others
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- (baseball) The outfield.
- (computing, object-oriented programming) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.
- A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.
- A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
- (usually in the plural) The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
- A section of a form which is supposed to be filled with data.
- An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
- A domain of study, knowledge or practice.
- (vexillology) The background of the flag.
- A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
- (numismatics) The part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device.
- A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored.
- A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
- (geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
- The extent of a given perception.
- (heraldry) The background of the shield.
- (physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.
- (algebra) A non-zero commutative ring in which all non-zero elements are invertible; a simple commutative ring.
- A competitive situation, circumstance in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.
- A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
- (electronics, film, animation) Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal.
- (metonymic) All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
- An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.
- An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
- (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1
- the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
- a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
- a region in which active military operations are in progress
- a place where planes take off and land
- (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
- somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
- extensive tract of level open land
- a piece of land prepared for playing a game
- all of the horses in a particular horse race
- a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
- a particular kind of commercial enterprise
- a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
- a particular environment or walk of life
- the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
- a branch of knowledge
- all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
verb
- (transitive) To answer; to address.
- (transitive, sports) To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
- (transitive) To execute research (in the field).
- (transitive, military) To deploy in the field.
- (transitive, sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
- (intransitive, baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
- select (a team or individual player) for a game
- play as a fielder
- catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
- answer adequately or successfully
noun
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- (baseball) A pitching motion.
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
- the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
- the act of delivering a child
- the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
- the event of giving birth
- your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
- The item which has been conveyed.
- (baseball) A thrown pitch.
- The act of conveying something.
- (medicine) The administration of a drug.
- (genetics) Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells.
- (soccer) A cross or pass
- The manner of speaking or singing.
- (curling) The process of throwing a stone.
- (medicine, obstetrics) The act or process of a mother giving birth.
- (cricket) A ball bowled.
verb
- (transitive, baseball) To hit outside of the baselines.
- (intransitive, basketball, soccer) To commit a foul.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a ball outside of the baselines.
- (transitive, basketball, soccer) To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.
- (transitive) To make dirty.
- (intransitive) To become clogged.
- (transitive) To besmirch.
- To come into contact or collide with.
- (intransitive) To become entangled.
- (transitive, nautical) To entangle.
- (transitive, intransitive) To obstruct, block, or otherwise interfere with (something), for example by clogging (a drain, gun barrel, chimney, etc) or by being in the way of (a gunshot, etc).
- make unclean
- hit a foul ball
- commit a foul; break the rules
- become or cause to become obstructed
- make impure
- spot, stain, or pollute
- become soiled and dirty
adj
- Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
- Unpleasant, stormy or rainy. (of the weather)
- (nautical) Entangled and therefore restricting free movement, not clear.
- (baseball) Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.
- Disgusting, repulsive; causing disgust.
- Dishonest or not conforming to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.
- Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome.
- (of words or a way of speaking) Obscene, vulgar or abusive.
- (technical) (with "of") Positioned on, in, or near enough to (a specified area) so as to obstruct it.
- offensively malodorous
- especially of a ship's lines etc
- (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- violating accepted standards or rules
- disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
- (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
- characterized by obscenity
noun
- (bowling) A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released the ball.
- (sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.
- (baseball) A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.
- an act that violates the rules of a sport
noun
- (baseball) A shortstop.
- (Internet) A short-form vertical video.
- (finance) A short seller.
- A short film.
- A summary account.
- (US, slang) An automobile.
- (finance) A short sale or short position.
- A short version of a garment in a particular size.
- (phonetics) A short phone (such as a vowel) or syllable.
- A short circuit.
- (programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
- the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
adj
- (golf) Of an approach shot or putt, that falls short of the green or the hole.
- Having little duration.
- (cricket) Of a ball, bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
- (colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
- (finance) Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
- Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
- Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
- (baking) Of pastries or (metallurgy) of materials, brittle, crumbly.
- (gambling) Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
- Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
- Abrupt, brief, pointed, curt.
- Of a person, living being, or object, having a comparatively small height.
- (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
- (by extension) Doubtful of, skeptical of.
- (cricket) Of a fielder or fielding position, that is relatively close to the batsman.
- marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
- primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
- of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
- of insufficient quantity to meet a need
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
- (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
- lacking foresight or scope
- (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
adv
- Without achieving a goal or requirement.
- Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
- (finance) With a negative ownership position.
- (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
- Unawares.
- so as to interrupt
- at some point or distance before a goal is reached
- quickly and without warning; happening unexpectedly; on impulse; without premeditation
- at a disadvantage
- in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
- without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
- clean across
prep
verb
- (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
- (intransitive, of an electrical circuit) To short circuit.
- (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
- (transitive, informal) To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.
- create a short circuit in
- cheat someone by not returning them enough money
verb
- (intransitive, baseball) To come up to bat.
- (backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- (transitive) To affect negatively.
- (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
- (figurative, ambitransitive) To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
- (figuratively) To attack.
- (transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
- To guess; to light upon or discover.
- (intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
- (transitive, colloquial) To switch on or switch off (lights).
- (transitive, informal) To reach or achieve.
- (transitive) To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
- (transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
- (transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
- (transitive, military) To attack, especially amphibiously.
- (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
- (transitive) To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- (transitive, music, informal) To commence playing.
- (transitive, card games) In blackjack, to deal a card to.
- (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) To work out.
- (intransitive) To strike against something.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
- (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- cause to experience suddenly
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- hit the intended target or goal
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
- drive something violently into a location
- cause to move by striking
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
- encounter by chance
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
adj
noun
- (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
- (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- (backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- (backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
- An attack on a location, person or people.
- (figuratively) A blow; a calamitous or damaging occurrence.
- A collision of a projectile with the target.
- (computing, Internet) A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- the act of contacting one thing with another
- a connection made via the internet to another website
- a conspicuous success
- (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
- a dose of a narcotic drug
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- (baseball) when a batter strikes a pitched ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
pron
name
- Initialism of American Baseball Coaches Association, an organization for baseball coaches.
- Initialism of Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority.
- Initialism of Alberta Court of Appeal.
- Initialism of Army Bureau of Current Affairs, an organisation set up to educate and raise morale amongst British servicemen in World War II.
- Initialism of Alcohol Beverage Control Administration, the alcoholic beverage control authority in the U.S. state of West Virginia
- Initialism of American, British, Canadian, and Australian, an international military organization.
noun
- (baseball) The set of starting pitchers of a team.
- A regular variation in a sequence, such as to even out wear, or people taking turns in a task; a duty roster.
- (mathematics, geometry) An operation on a metric space that is a continuous isometry and fixes at least one point.
- A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.
- (aviation) The step during takeoff when the pilot commands the vehicle to lift the nose wheel off the ground during the takeoff roll. (see also: V2)
- Repeated play of songs on a radio station, advertisements on a television channel, etc.
- (chiefly uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
- (finance) Тhe movement of investments between different sectors of an economy, or styles of investing, based on anticipated changes in the economic or market cycle.
- a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.)
- (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
- the act of rotating as if on an axis
- a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
noun
- (baseball) From the batter's perspective: a strike.
- (sports, chiefly US, slang) A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.
- A flag used as a signal.
- A characteristic quality of something; a flavour, a savour, a taste.
- A sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle.
- A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
- A slight attack or touch.
- A small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.; specifically (obsolete), chiefly in take the whiff: a puff of tobacco smoke.
- An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air.
- A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
- (nautical) An outrigged boat for one person propelled by oar.
- Any of a number of flatfish such as (dated) the lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) and now, especially, the megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) and (with a descriptive word) a species of large-tooth flounder or sand flounder (family Paralichthyidae).
- A slight sign of something; a burst, a glimpse, a hint.
- a short light gust of air
- a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
- a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
adj
intj
verb
- To say (something) with an exhalation of breath.
- (video games) In fighting games, to execute a move that fails to hit the opponent.
- (US, chiefly sports) Especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball; hence (baseball), of a batter: to strike out; to fan.
- To carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air; to blow, puff, or waft away.
- (fishing) To catch fish by dragging a handline near the surface of the water from a moving boat.
- To smell; to sniff.
- (US, baseball) Of a pitcher: to strike out (a batter); to fan.
- To inhale or exhale (smoke from tobacco, etc.) from a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement; to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff.
- (by extension) To fail spectacularly.
- To be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air; to waft.
- To breathe in or sniff (an odour); to smell.
- To smoke a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
- To move in a way that causes a light gust of air, or a whistling sound.
- To give off or have an unpleasant smell; to stink.
- strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
- utter with a puff of air
- perceive by inhaling through the nose
- smoke and exhale strongly
- drive or carry as if by a puff of air
noun
- (baseball) Initialism of left field or left fielder.
- Initialism of lesbian female.
- (computing) Initialism of line feed.
- (architecture, engineering, construction) Initialism of linear feet.
- (linguistics) Initialism of logical form.
- (electronics, telecommunications) Initialism of low frequency.
- (optics, imaging, photography) Abbreviation of light field.
- Initialism of left foot.
- 30 to 300 kilohertz
adj
prep_phrase
verb
name
- (US, historical, baseball) Initialism of American Association: an American minor league baseball league from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997.
- Initialism of Acta Astronautica: a scientific journal founded in 1955, covering fields related to the peaceful scientific exploration of space.
- Initialism of Air Almanac, a publication.
- Initialism of Anna's Archive.
- (UK, automotive) Initialism of The Automobile Association: a British motoring association founded in 1905.
- Initialism of The Aluminum Association: a trade association for the aluminum production, fabrication and recycling industries.
- Initialism of Arlington Annex.
- Initialism of Army Act.
- Initialism of Alcoholics Anonymous: a self-supporting organization of alcoholic people.
- Initialism of Alzheimer's Association: an American volunteer health organization focusing on care, support and research for Alzheimer's disease.
- (US, rail transport) Initialism of Ann Arbor Railroad.
- (aviation) Initialism of American Airlines: a major American airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.
- (physics) Initialism of Antiproton Accumulator: an infrastructure connected to the Proton–Antiproton Collider at CERN.
- Initialism of Addicts Anonymous.
- (US, baseball) Double-A: the second-highest level of play in Minor League Baseball after Triple-A (AAA).
- Initialism of Al Ain.
- Initialism of American Anthropologist: the flagship journal of the American Anthropological Association, founded in 1888.
- (aviation) Initialism of Ansett Australia or Ansett Airways.
- Initialism of Academy Awards: a recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- (US, historical) Initialism of Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers.
- (stock ticker symbol) Abbreviation of Alcoa.
- (US, military) USPS military code of Armed Forces – Americas.
- (occult) Alternative form of A∴A∴.
- Initialism of Aluminum America, a corporation.
- (aviation) Initialism of Aerolíneas Argentinas.
adj
noun
- Initialism of affirmative action.
- (pathology) Initialism of alopecia areata.
- (chemistry) Initialism of antioxidant activity.
- (chemistry) Initialism of atomic absorption.
- (insurance) Initialism of appointed actuary.
- Initialism of approximate absolute.
- (pathology) Initialism of aplastic anemia.
- Initialism of airman apprentice.
- (finance) Initialism of account aggregator.
- (politics) Initialism of Association Agreement: a treaty between the European Union, its member states and a non-EU country that creates a framework for cooperation between them.
- (organic chemistry, medicine) Initialism of amyloid A.
- (optics) Initialism of angular aperture.
- (psychology) Initialism of achievement age.
- (biochemistry, medicine) Initialism of antiandrogen.
- (pathology) Initialism of aortic aneurysm.
- Initialism of Asian American.
- (statistics) Initialism of arithmetic average.
- Initialism of adoption agency.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of ascorbic acid.
- (anatomy) Initialism of aortic arch.
- Initialism of athletic association.
- Initialism of African-American.
- (seduction community) Initialism of approach anxiety.
- (education) Initialism of Associate in Arts or Associate of Arts.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of acetic acid.
- Initialism of air armament.
- (medicine) Initialism of arytenoid adduction.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of amino acid.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of acrylic acid.
- Initialism of appropriate authority.
- Initialism of acting appointment.
- (chemistry, engineering) Initialism of activated alumina.
- Initialism of aircraft artificer.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of asymmetric aminohydroxylation.
- (medicine) Initialism of arterial aneurysm.
- (pathology) Initialism of acute appendicitis.
- (military) Initialism of avenue of approach.
- (UK, pensions) Initialism of annual allowance.
- Initialism of academic adviser.
- (military) Initialism of anti-aircraft.
- Initialism of absolute alcohol.
- (Hong Kong) Initialism of agent assistant; an assistant of a real estate agent.
- Initialism of associate administrator.
- (anatomy) Initialism of abdominal aorta.
- Initialism of armament artificer.
- (chiefly US, politics) Initialism of administrative assistant.
- An AA battery (energy-storage device).
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of arachidonic acid.
- Initialism of aircraft apprentice.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of antialiasing.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of adrenal androgen.
- (immunology) Initialism of anti-antibody.
- (gymnastics) Abbreviation of all-around.
- A member of Alcoholics Anonymous.
- Initialism of aviation annex.
- (finance) Initialism of against actual.
- (military) Initialism of assembly area.
- (broadcasting) Initialism of average audience.
- Initialism of assistant adjutant.
- (pathology) Initialism of anaplastic astrocytoma.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of aminoacyl.
- (healthcare) Initialism of anesthesiologist assistant.
- Initialism of author's alteration.
- (medicine) Initialism of anastomotic aneurysm.
- (British English, law) Initialism of appropriate adult.
- (anatomy) Initialism of ascending aorta.
- Initialism of air attaché.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of acetaldehyde adduct.
- (aviation) Initialism of absolute altitude.
- (pathology) Initialism of allergic asthma.
- Initialism of Asian-African.
- (healthcare) Initialism of anesthesia assistant.
- an international organization that provides a support group for persons trying to overcome alcoholism
- an associate degree in arts
verb
noun
- (baseball) The infield of a baseball field.
- (geometry) A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.
- (card games) A card of the diamonds suit.
- (Western Pennsylvania) A town square.
- A very pale blue color.
- (geometry) A polyiamond consisting of two triangles.
- Something that resembles a diamond.
- A diamond ring.
- (baseball) The entire field of play used in the game.
- A gemstone made from this mineral.
- (heraldry) Sable, when blazoning by precious stones.
- (uncountable) A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
- the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
- a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
- a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it
- a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
- the baseball playing field
- very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
adj
verb
noun
- (baseball, softball) A baserunner.
- The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
- (video games) A speedrunner.
- The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
- A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
- A streamlet.
- (poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.
- (Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland) A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
- In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
- Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
- Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
- (climbing) A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
- (chiefly in combination) A person or vessel that runs blockades or engages in smuggling.
- A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
- The blade of an ice skate.
- A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
- (slang, usually in the phrase do a runner) A quick escape away from a scene; (by extension) the person who gets away.
- Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
- (botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
- (film) An assistant.
- A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.
- The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
- A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
- A running gag.
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
- (Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
- Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
- A long, narrow carpet for a high-traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
- One who runs away; a deserter or escapee.
- (nautical, sailing) A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
- (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
- In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
- An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
- The curved base of a rocking chair.
- (slang) An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
- (cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
- A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
- (slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
- A boat for transporting fish, oysters, etc.
- Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
- A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
- (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
- someone who travels on foot by running
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- someone who imports or exports without paying duties
- device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
- a long narrow carpet
- a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
- a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
- fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
- a trained athlete who competes in foot races
noun
- (baseball, countable, invariant) Initialism of innings pitched (“the statistic reporting the number of innings pitched by a pitcher”).
- (computing) Initialism of insertion point (where text, etc. will be added in a document).
- (medicine) Initialism of incontinentia pigmenti.
- (US, military, slang) Initialism of Irish pennant.
- (law, countable, uncountable) Initialism of intellectual property.
- (cryptography) Initialism of initial permutation.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of injured party.
- (biology, uncountable) Initialism of immunoprecipitation.
- (Internet) Ellipsis of IP address.
- (law, uncountable) Initialism of Indigenous peoples.
- (US, military, initialism, slang) An Iraqi police officer, or the Iraqi police as a whole.
- (motion picture, countable) Initialism of interpositive.
- (computing) Initialism of instruction pointer (CPU register).
- (medicine) Abbreviation of inpatient.
- Initialism of instrument panel.
- (wiki jargon, chiefly Wikimedia jargon, metonymic) An unregistered user identified by their IP address.
- (grammar, X-bar theory) Initialism of inflectional phrase.
- the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
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- (baseball slang) A baseball.
- (strictly) Such an object that is of solid constitution (usually of compressed, bonded powder) rather than a capsule (with a shell containing loose powder or liquid).
- (slang) A comical or entertaining person.
- Something offensive, unpleasant or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.
- (firearms, slang) A bullet (projectile).
- (textiles) A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing.
- (slang) A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
- (informal, uncountable, definite, i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
- (graphical user interface) A rounded rectangle containing a brief text caption indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.
- (broadly) A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
- (now UK regional) An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay. Pill can occur in the name of such an inlet.
- a unpleasant or tiresome person
- something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured
- a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception
- something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size
- a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
verb
- (transitive) To medicate with pills; to administer pills to.
- To peel; to make by removing the skin.
- (transitive, Internet slang) To persuade or convince someone of something.
- (intransitive, textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
- To form into the shape of a pill.
- To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
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verb
noun
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) A hard-hit ball.
- (surfing) Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
- Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
- A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.
- (journalism) A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
- A pallet or skid used when shipping less than truckload (LTL) freight. A platform typically constructed of timber or plastic designed such that freight may be stacked on top, able to be lifted by a forklift.
- A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.
- (fishing) A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.
- (sports) A person who plays on a particular string.
- (birdwatching) A person who deliberately states that a certain bird is present when it is not; one who knowingly misleads other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity.
- (carpentry) The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.
- Someone who strings someone along.
- a long horizontal timber to connect uprights
- a member of a squad on a team
- brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull
- a worker who strings
noun
- Initialism of baseball.
- (US, navy) Abbreviation of battleship.
- Initialism of ball bearing.
- (gymnastics) Abbreviation of balance beam.
- (computing) Initialism of bulletin board.
- Initialism of BlackBerry.
- (baseball) A walk; the statistic reporting the number of "bases on balls".
- (electronics) Initialism of baseband.
- A type of pellet that can be shot from a BB gun.
- (cycling) Initialism of bottom bracket.
- Initialism of basketball.
- a small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun
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- (baseball) Initialism of shortstop.
- Abbreviation of Saints.
- A conventionally-powered submarine
- Initialism of social security.
- Initialism of stainless steel.
- Initialism of secret service or Secret Service.
- (statistics) Initialism of sum of squares.
- diesel-powered attack submarine
- (computing) Initialism of screenshot.
- (military, astronautics) NATO prefix-code for surface-to-surface missiles developed by the Soviet Union
- (fashion) Initialism of spring/summer, often followed by a year.
- Initialism of Segawa syndrome.
- Initialism of spousal support.
- (textiles) Initialism of side seam.
- Initialism of steamship.
- Initialism of screw steamer (a screw-driven steamship)
- the United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors; detects and apprehends counterfeiters; suppresses forgery of government securities and documents
- special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps
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name
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- (baseball) Initialism of home runs (in statistics).
- (occupational health) Initialism of hazard ratio.
- The management and administration thereof; a department or function that performs those.
- (law, politics) Initialism of house resolution.
- The human capital of an organization.
- Initialism of [U.S.] House Resolution.
- Initialism of heart rate.
- (philately) Initialism of hinge remnant.
- (genetics) Initialism of homologous recombination.
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noun
- (baseball) Initialism of center fielder.
- (baseball) Initialism of center field.
- (pathology) Initialism of cystic fibrosis.
- (military slang) Initialism of Charlie Foxtrot.
- Initialism of cluster fuck.
- (South Korea) Initialism of commercial film, television advertisement.
- (photography) A CF (CompactFlash) memory card.
- (machine learning) Initialism of collaborative filtering.
- (textiles, sewing) Initialism of center front, a line on a pattern marking the center on the front side of a piece of clothing.
- (finance) Initialism of cash flow.
- the most common hereditary disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; no cure is known
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name
phrase
noun
- (baseball) Initialism of middle infielder.
- (dentistry) Initialism of mesioincisal.
- Initialism of middle initial.
- (law enforcement, uk) Initialism of major incident.
- (cardiology) Initialism of mitral insufficiency.
- (information theory) Initialism of mutual information.
- (medicine) Initialism of medical inspection.
- (mathematics) Initialism of mathematical induction.
- (military) Initialism of military intelligence.
- (medicine) Initialism of mechanical index.
- (cardiology) Initialism of myocardial infarction.
- destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
- the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory
- the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas
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noun
- (baseball) Initialism of fielder's choice.
- Initialism of football club (usually for association football (soccer)).
- Initialism of foster care.
- (law) Initialism of family court.
- Initialism of facilitated communication.
- (video games) Initialism of full combo.
- Initialism of fire controlman.
- (banking) Initialism of finance charge.
- Initialism of franking credit, a type of tax credit.
- (Philippines, slang) Initialism of feeling close.
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noun
- (baseball) Initialism of corner infielder.
- (politics) Initialism of constitutional initiative.
- (espionage) Initialism of counterintelligence.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of confidential informant.
- Initialism of Companion, part of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India.
- Initialism of competitive intelligence.
- Initialism of civil infraction.
- Initialism of creative industries.
- Initialism of cochlear implant.
- Initialism of contextual inquiry.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of chief inspector, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (software engineering) Initialism of continuous integration.
- (statistics) Initialism of confidence interval.
- (linguistics) Initialism of comprehensible input.
- Initialism of cast iron.
- Initialism of corporate identity (“a specific design of a company, to be applied in all public appearances to be clearly distinguishable from its competitors”).
noun
- (baseball) Initialism of wild pitch.
- (computing) Initialism of word processing.
- (military) Initialism of war prison.
- (military) Initialism of weapons procurement.
- (software) Initialism of word processor.
- Initialism of white privilege.
- Initialism of white people.
- (military) Initialism of white phosphorus.
- (hydrology) Initialism of wilting point.
- (computing) Initialism of weakest precondition.
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- (international law) Initialism of Warsaw Pact.
- (rail transport) Initialism of Western Pacific.
- (Wikimedia jargon) Initialism of Wikipedia.
- (mobile telephony) Initialism of Windows Phone.
- (Internet) Initialism of Wattpad.
- (software) Initialism of WordPress.
- (newspaper) Initialism of Washington Post.
- (Internet) Initialism of Wirtualna Polska.
- (software) Initialism of WordPerfect.
noun
- (baseball) Initialism of earned run.
- (biology) Initialism of endoplasmic reticulum.
- (physics) Initialism of Einstein-Rosen bridge.
- (medicine) Initialism of emergency room.
- (military) Initialism of enhanced radiation.
- (computing) Initialism of entity-relationship.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of estrogen receptor.
- a room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment
name
noun
- (baseball) Initialism of total bases.
- Abbreviation of throwback.
- (military, aviation) Initialism of torpedo bomber.
- (military, nautical) Initialism of torpedo boat.
- (ABDL) Initialism of teen baby.
- (electronics) Initialism of test board, a circuit board used to test a circuit for some specialized task.
- (pathology) Tuberculosis.
- (military, aviation) Initialism of trainer bomber (“a bomber that also serves as a trainer aircraft”).
- a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes
- a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes
- infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
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- (baseball) Initialism of designated pinch hitter.
- Initialism of daytime parahypnagogia.
- Initialism of doctor of public health.
- Initialism of diphenylhexatriene.
- Initialism of digital planar holography.
- Initialism of diphenylhydantoin.
- Initialism of diphenhydramine.
- Initialism of diamond pyramid hardness.
- Initialism of day(s) post-hatching.
- a doctor's degree in preventive medicine
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- (baseball) Initialism of strike out.
- (sports) Initialism of shut out.
- (chemistry) Abbreviation of singlet oxygen.
- Initialism of significant other.
- (sports) Initialism of shootout.
- (logic, computer science) Initialism of second-order logic.
- (politics, parliamentary) Abbreviation of standing order.
- (music) Initialism of symphony orchestra.
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- (baseball, softball) Initialism of double play.
- Initialism of dynamic positioning.
- Initialism of display port.
- (chemistry) Initialism of degree of polymerization.
- (motor racing) Abbreviation of Daytona prototype.
- (computing) Initialism of developer preview.
- (film) Initialism of director of photography.
- (grammar) Abbreviation of determiner phrase.
- (nuclear physics) Initialism of decay product.
- (slang) Initialism of dickpic.
- Initialism of data processing.
- (slang) Initialism of double penetration.
- Initialism of display picture.
- Initialism of displaced person.
- (computer science) Initialism of dynamic programming.
- Initialism of delusional parasitosis.
- a person forced to flee from home or country
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- (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- (sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- (geology) Pitchstone.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- (golf) A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- Prominence; importance.
- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
- (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- (now British, regional) A person's or animal's height.
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- (music) The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- (rare) The field of battle.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- a high approach shot in golf
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- the action or manner of throwing something
adj
verb
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- (transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).
- (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
- (brewing) To add yeast as a step while making beer
- (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
- (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
- (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
- (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
- (transitive) To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
- (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
- (transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
- (transitive) To throw away; discard.
- (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive, card games, slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- (ambitransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
- heel over
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- move abruptly
- fall or plunge forward
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- be at an angle
- set the level or character of
- throw or toss with a light motion
- erect and fasten
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
noun
- (baseball) A starting pitcher.
- (golf) A person employed to take new players to the first tee at suitable intervals, and to provide them with caddies and equipment.
- Someone who starts, or who starts something.
- (rail transport) Ellipsis of starter signal.
- An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine.
- A dog that rouses game.
- (historical, British) A short length of rope formerly used for casual chastisement in the Navy.
- (team sports) A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.
- Something with which to begin; a first property, etc.
- A device that initiates the flow of high voltage electricity in a fluorescent lamp.
- A yeast culture, or a medium containing one, used to start a fermentation process.
- The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.
- The person who starts a race by firing a gun or waving a flag.
- any new participant in some activity
- a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
- a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning
- the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition
- a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough
- an electric motor for starting an engine
- food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course)
noun
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The batter.
- A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
- A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
- A piece of metal used to attract a magnet, or as a keeper for a magnet.
- (military, slang) An officer's servant or orderly.
- A piece of metal struck against a flint or ferrocerium to produce sparks.
- (firearms, military) A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.
- (cricket) The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
- A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
- (soccer) One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
- a forward on a soccer team
- someone who hits
- someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating
- the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
- an employee on strike against an employer
noun
verb
noun
- (baseball) Initialism of triple play.
- (linguistics) Initialism of tense phrase.
- (physiology) Initialism of threshold potential.
- (anatomy) Initialism of transverse process.
- Initialism of true positive.
- (medicine) Initialism of trigger point.
- (mathematics) Initialism of transportation problem.
- (engineering) Initialism of true position.
- (networking) Initialism of termination point.
- (military) Initialism of torpedo boat.
- Initialism of textile paper.
- (colloquial) Initialism of toilet paper.
verb
noun
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The pitcher.
- (cricket) The player currently bowling.
- (bowling) One who engages in the sport of bowling.
- (cricket) A player selected mainly for their bowling ability.
- A bowler hat; a round black hat formerly popular among British businessmen.
- a player who rolls balls down an alley at pins
- a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim
- a cricketer who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket
noun
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The pitcher.
- A flamethrower.
- Someone who throws.
- (cricket) A bowler who illegally throws the ball instead of bowling it.
- Something that throws.
- a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln
- someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm)
- a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn
noun
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The catcher.
- In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over the bully) and a "long" (who defends the goal).
- (Australian rules football) A one-point score.
- The rear, back-end.
- (informal) The buttocks, bottom, butt.
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
adj
adv
- Backward in time or order of succession; past.
- Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
- So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist.
- In a rearward direction.
- So as to come after someone or something in position, distance, advancement, ranking, time, etc.
- At or in the rear or back part of something.
- in or into an inferior position
- in debt
- remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from
- showing a time that is earlier than the actual time
- in or to or toward the rear
prep
- (sometimes regarded as nonstandard, US, informal) Following, subsequent to; as a result or consequence of; because of.
- (figuratively) Concealed by (something serving as a facade or disguise).
- (figuratively) In the past, from the viewpoint of.
- At or to the back or far side of.
- After in time.
- Responsible for, being the creator or controller of.
- Underlying, being the reason for or explanation of.
- After in developmental progress, score, grade, etc.; inferior to.
- In support of.
- After in physical progress or distance.
noun
- (baseball) Initialism of right field or right fielder.
- (electronics, physics) Initialism of radio frequency.
- (pathology) Initialism of rheumatoid factor.
- (optics, imaging, photography) Abbreviation of radiance field.
- (US, military, aviation) reconnaissance fighter; an unarmed fighter modified for photo-reconnaissance (prefix)
- Initialism of right foot.
- (photography) Initialism of rangefinder.
- (military, engineering, slang) Initialism of ratfuck (“dirty rick or act of sabotage or interference”).
- a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland
- a complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone
name
noun
- (baseball) The pitcher’s mound.
- A sloping road.
- The raised portion of the surface of a vinyl record.
- (US) A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
- An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
- (US) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
- structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
- a local and well-defined elevation of the land
- (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
verb
noun
- (countable, baseball) First base.
- (uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
- (countable, colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication.
- (countable, British, colloquial) A first-class honours degree.
- (in combination) A fraction whose (integer) denominator ends in the digit 1.
- (countable) Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
- (uncountable) The first gear of an engine.
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- an honours degree of the highest class
- the first or highest in an ordering or series
- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
- the first element in a countable series
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
adj
- Coming right after the zeroth in things that use zero-based numbering.
- Of or belonging to a first family.
- Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
- Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
- preceding all others in time or space or degree
- serving to set in motion
- highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
- serving to begin
- ranking above all others
adv
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- (baseball) The outfield.
- (computing, object-oriented programming) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.
- A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.
- A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
- (usually in the plural) The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
- A section of a form which is supposed to be filled with data.
- An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
- A domain of study, knowledge or practice.
- (vexillology) The background of the flag.
- A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
- (numismatics) The part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device.
- A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored.
- A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
- (geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
- The extent of a given perception.
- (heraldry) The background of the shield.
- (physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.
- (algebra) A non-zero commutative ring in which all non-zero elements are invertible; a simple commutative ring.
- A competitive situation, circumstance in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.
- A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
- (electronics, film, animation) Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal.
- (metonymic) All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
- An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.
- An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
- (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1
- the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
- a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
- a region in which active military operations are in progress
- a place where planes take off and land
- (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
- somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
- extensive tract of level open land
- a piece of land prepared for playing a game
- all of the horses in a particular horse race
- a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
- a particular kind of commercial enterprise
- a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
- a particular environment or walk of life
- the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
- a branch of knowledge
- all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
verb
- (transitive) To answer; to address.
- (transitive, sports) To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
- (transitive) To execute research (in the field).
- (transitive, military) To deploy in the field.
- (transitive, sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
- (intransitive, baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
- select (a team or individual player) for a game
- play as a fielder
- catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
- answer adequately or successfully
noun
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- (baseball) A pitching motion.
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
- the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
- the act of delivering a child
- the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
- the event of giving birth
- your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
- The item which has been conveyed.
- (baseball) A thrown pitch.
- The act of conveying something.
- (medicine) The administration of a drug.
- (genetics) Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells.
- (soccer) A cross or pass
- The manner of speaking or singing.
- (curling) The process of throwing a stone.
- (medicine, obstetrics) The act or process of a mother giving birth.
- (cricket) A ball bowled.
noun
- (baseball) A shortstop.
- (Internet) A short-form vertical video.
- (finance) A short seller.
- A short film.
- A summary account.
- (US, slang) An automobile.
- (finance) A short sale or short position.
- A short version of a garment in a particular size.
- (phonetics) A short phone (such as a vowel) or syllable.
- A short circuit.
- (programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
- the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
adj
- (golf) Of an approach shot or putt, that falls short of the green or the hole.
- Having little duration.
- (cricket) Of a ball, bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
- (colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
- (finance) Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
- Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
- Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
- (baking) Of pastries or (metallurgy) of materials, brittle, crumbly.
- (gambling) Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
- Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
- Abrupt, brief, pointed, curt.
- Of a person, living being, or object, having a comparatively small height.
- (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
- (by extension) Doubtful of, skeptical of.
- (cricket) Of a fielder or fielding position, that is relatively close to the batsman.
- marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
- primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
- of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
- of insufficient quantity to meet a need
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
- (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
- lacking foresight or scope
- (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
adv
- Without achieving a goal or requirement.
- Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
- (finance) With a negative ownership position.
- (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
- Unawares.
- so as to interrupt
- at some point or distance before a goal is reached
- quickly and without warning; happening unexpectedly; on impulse; without premeditation
- at a disadvantage
- in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
- without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
- clean across
prep
verb
- (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
- (intransitive, of an electrical circuit) To short circuit.
- (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
- (transitive, informal) To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.
- create a short circuit in
- cheat someone by not returning them enough money
noun
- (baseball) The set of starting pitchers of a team.
- A regular variation in a sequence, such as to even out wear, or people taking turns in a task; a duty roster.
- (mathematics, geometry) An operation on a metric space that is a continuous isometry and fixes at least one point.
- A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.
- (aviation) The step during takeoff when the pilot commands the vehicle to lift the nose wheel off the ground during the takeoff roll. (see also: V2)
- Repeated play of songs on a radio station, advertisements on a television channel, etc.
- (chiefly uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
- (finance) Тhe movement of investments between different sectors of an economy, or styles of investing, based on anticipated changes in the economic or market cycle.
- a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.)
- (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
- the act of rotating as if on an axis
- a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
noun
- (baseball) From the batter's perspective: a strike.
- (sports, chiefly US, slang) A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.
- A flag used as a signal.
- A characteristic quality of something; a flavour, a savour, a taste.
- A sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle.
- A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
- A slight attack or touch.
- A small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.; specifically (obsolete), chiefly in take the whiff: a puff of tobacco smoke.
- An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air.
- A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
- (nautical) An outrigged boat for one person propelled by oar.
- Any of a number of flatfish such as (dated) the lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) and now, especially, the megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) and (with a descriptive word) a species of large-tooth flounder or sand flounder (family Paralichthyidae).
- A slight sign of something; a burst, a glimpse, a hint.
- a short light gust of air
- a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
- a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
adj
intj
verb
- To say (something) with an exhalation of breath.
- (video games) In fighting games, to execute a move that fails to hit the opponent.
- (US, chiefly sports) Especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball; hence (baseball), of a batter: to strike out; to fan.
- To carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air; to blow, puff, or waft away.
- (fishing) To catch fish by dragging a handline near the surface of the water from a moving boat.
- To smell; to sniff.
- (US, baseball) Of a pitcher: to strike out (a batter); to fan.
- To inhale or exhale (smoke from tobacco, etc.) from a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement; to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff.
- (by extension) To fail spectacularly.
- To be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air; to waft.
- To breathe in or sniff (an odour); to smell.
- To smoke a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
- To move in a way that causes a light gust of air, or a whistling sound.
- To give off or have an unpleasant smell; to stink.
- strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
- utter with a puff of air
- perceive by inhaling through the nose
- smoke and exhale strongly
- drive or carry as if by a puff of air
noun
- (baseball) Initialism of left field or left fielder.
- Initialism of lesbian female.
- (computing) Initialism of line feed.
- (architecture, engineering, construction) Initialism of linear feet.
- (linguistics) Initialism of logical form.
- (electronics, telecommunications) Initialism of low frequency.
- (optics, imaging, photography) Abbreviation of light field.
- Initialism of left foot.
- 30 to 300 kilohertz
adj
prep_phrase
verb
noun
- (baseball) The infield of a baseball field.
- (geometry) A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.
- (card games) A card of the diamonds suit.
- (Western Pennsylvania) A town square.
- A very pale blue color.
- (geometry) A polyiamond consisting of two triangles.
- Something that resembles a diamond.
- A diamond ring.
- (baseball) The entire field of play used in the game.
- A gemstone made from this mineral.
- (heraldry) Sable, when blazoning by precious stones.
- (uncountable) A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
- the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
- a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
- a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it
- a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
- the baseball playing field
- very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
adj
verb
noun
- (baseball, softball) A baserunner.
- The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
- (video games) A speedrunner.
- The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
- A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
- A streamlet.
- (poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.
- (Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland) A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
- In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
- Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
- Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
- (climbing) A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
- (chiefly in combination) A person or vessel that runs blockades or engages in smuggling.
- A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
- The blade of an ice skate.
- A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
- (slang, usually in the phrase do a runner) A quick escape away from a scene; (by extension) the person who gets away.
- Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
- (botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
- (film) An assistant.
- A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.
- The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
- A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
- A running gag.
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
- (Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
- Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
- A long, narrow carpet for a high-traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
- One who runs away; a deserter or escapee.
- (nautical, sailing) A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
- (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
- In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
- An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
- The curved base of a rocking chair.
- (slang) An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
- (cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
- A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
- (slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
- A boat for transporting fish, oysters, etc.
- Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
- A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
- (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
- someone who travels on foot by running
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- someone who imports or exports without paying duties
- device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
- a long narrow carpet
- a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
- a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
- fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
- a trained athlete who competes in foot races
noun
- (baseball, countable, invariant) Initialism of innings pitched (“the statistic reporting the number of innings pitched by a pitcher”).
- (computing) Initialism of insertion point (where text, etc. will be added in a document).
- (medicine) Initialism of incontinentia pigmenti.
- (US, military, slang) Initialism of Irish pennant.
- (law, countable, uncountable) Initialism of intellectual property.
- (cryptography) Initialism of initial permutation.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of injured party.
- (biology, uncountable) Initialism of immunoprecipitation.
- (Internet) Ellipsis of IP address.
- (law, uncountable) Initialism of Indigenous peoples.
- (US, military, initialism, slang) An Iraqi police officer, or the Iraqi police as a whole.
- (motion picture, countable) Initialism of interpositive.
- (computing) Initialism of instruction pointer (CPU register).
- (medicine) Abbreviation of inpatient.
- Initialism of instrument panel.
- (wiki jargon, chiefly Wikimedia jargon, metonymic) An unregistered user identified by their IP address.
- (grammar, X-bar theory) Initialism of inflectional phrase.
- the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
adj
name
phrase
noun
- (baseball slang) A baseball.
- (strictly) Such an object that is of solid constitution (usually of compressed, bonded powder) rather than a capsule (with a shell containing loose powder or liquid).
- (slang) A comical or entertaining person.
- Something offensive, unpleasant or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.
- (firearms, slang) A bullet (projectile).
- (textiles) A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing.
- (slang) A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
- (informal, uncountable, definite, i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
- (graphical user interface) A rounded rectangle containing a brief text caption indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.
- (broadly) A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
- (now UK regional) An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay. Pill can occur in the name of such an inlet.
- a unpleasant or tiresome person
- something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured
- a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception
- something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size
- a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
verb
- (transitive) To medicate with pills; to administer pills to.
- To peel; to make by removing the skin.
- (transitive, Internet slang) To persuade or convince someone of something.
- (intransitive, textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
- To form into the shape of a pill.
- To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
noun
verb
noun
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) A hard-hit ball.
- (surfing) Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
- Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
- A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.
- (journalism) A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
- A pallet or skid used when shipping less than truckload (LTL) freight. A platform typically constructed of timber or plastic designed such that freight may be stacked on top, able to be lifted by a forklift.
- A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.
- (fishing) A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.
- (sports) A person who plays on a particular string.
- (birdwatching) A person who deliberately states that a certain bird is present when it is not; one who knowingly misleads other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity.
- (carpentry) The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.
- Someone who strings someone along.
- a long horizontal timber to connect uprights
- a member of a squad on a team
- brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull
- a worker who strings
verb
- (baseball) To pitch.
- (ambitransitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
- (transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.
- (intransitive) To have dealings or business.
- (intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.
- (intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).
- (intransitive, with “with”) To handle, to manage, to cope.
- (transitive) deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.
- (ambitransitive) To distribute cards to the players in a game.
- (transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
- (transitive) : To take action with regard to someone or something.
- (intransitive) To be concerned with.
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
- behave in a certain way towards others
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- give (a specific card) to a player
- sell (especially of illegal material)
- administer or bestow, as in small portions
- do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
- distribute cards to the players in a game
- give out as one's portion or share
- be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
- take action with respect to (someone or something)
- direct the course of; manage or control
adj
noun
- (informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
- (in particular) A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
- An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
- (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
- (card games) The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
- (uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
- (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
- A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction.
- (countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
- (slang, of a person) A personality trait, especially a negative one, and the underlying cause of it.
- an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
- the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement)
- the act of apportioning or distributing something
- the act of distributing playing cards
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
- wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- a particular instance of buying or selling
verb
noun
noun
verb
verb
- (transitive, baseball) To hit outside of the baselines.
- (intransitive, basketball, soccer) To commit a foul.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a ball outside of the baselines.
- (transitive, basketball, soccer) To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.
- (transitive) To make dirty.
- (intransitive) To become clogged.
- (transitive) To besmirch.
- To come into contact or collide with.
- (intransitive) To become entangled.
- (transitive, nautical) To entangle.
- (transitive, intransitive) To obstruct, block, or otherwise interfere with (something), for example by clogging (a drain, gun barrel, chimney, etc) or by being in the way of (a gunshot, etc).
- make unclean
- hit a foul ball
- commit a foul; break the rules
- become or cause to become obstructed
- make impure
- spot, stain, or pollute
- become soiled and dirty
adj
- Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
- Unpleasant, stormy or rainy. (of the weather)
- (nautical) Entangled and therefore restricting free movement, not clear.
- (baseball) Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.
- Disgusting, repulsive; causing disgust.
- Dishonest or not conforming to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.
- Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome.
- (of words or a way of speaking) Obscene, vulgar or abusive.
- (technical) (with "of") Positioned on, in, or near enough to (a specified area) so as to obstruct it.
- offensively malodorous
- especially of a ship's lines etc
- (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- violating accepted standards or rules
- disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
- (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
- characterized by obscenity
noun
- (bowling) A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released the ball.
- (sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.
- (baseball) A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.
- an act that violates the rules of a sport
verb
- (intransitive, baseball) To come up to bat.
- (backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- (transitive) To affect negatively.
- (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
- (figurative, ambitransitive) To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
- (figuratively) To attack.
- (transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
- To guess; to light upon or discover.
- (intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
- (transitive, colloquial) To switch on or switch off (lights).
- (transitive, informal) To reach or achieve.
- (transitive) To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
- (transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
- (transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
- (transitive, military) To attack, especially amphibiously.
- (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
- (transitive) To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- (transitive, music, informal) To commence playing.
- (transitive, card games) In blackjack, to deal a card to.
- (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) To work out.
- (intransitive) To strike against something.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
- (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- cause to experience suddenly
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- hit the intended target or goal
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
- drive something violently into a location
- cause to move by striking
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
- encounter by chance
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
adj
noun
- (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
- (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- (backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- (backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
- An attack on a location, person or people.
- (figuratively) A blow; a calamitous or damaging occurrence.
- A collision of a projectile with the target.
- (computing, Internet) A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- the act of contacting one thing with another
- a connection made via the internet to another website
- a conspicuous success
- (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
- a dose of a narcotic drug
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- (baseball) when a batter strikes a pitched ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
pron
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adj
name
noun
- (law, politics) Initialism of assembly bill.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of alkylbenzene.
- (medicine) Initialism of antibody.
- (ABDL) Initialism of adult baby.
- Initialism of asymmetric bars.
- Initialism of artificial breeding.
- (Australia, Adelaide, countable) A halal snack pack consisting of doner meat topped with chips, tomato sauce, chilli sauce, barbecue sauce, and garlic sauce.
- (countable) A person with this blood type.
- Initialism of able seaman or able-bodied seaman.
- Initialism of afterburner.
- Initialism of aid to the blind.
- A blood type of the ABO system that has both blood antigens and may receive all blood types, and donate to AB.
- (military, aviation) Initialism of airbase.
- the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens
- a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences
adj
- (baseball) Between the baselines.
- Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.
- Not overcast; cloudless; clear.
- (cricket, of a ball delivered by the bowler) Not a no ball.
- Favorable, pleasant.
- Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond and red hair.
- (statistics) Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.
- Just.
- Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
- (nautical, of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course.
- (rugby, of a catch) Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
- (shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
- Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.
- gained or earned without cheating or stealing
- free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
- very pleasing to the eye
- (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
- (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines
- attractively feminine
- lacking exceptional quality or ability
- (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored
- free of clouds or rain
- not excessive or extreme
adv
noun
- A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
- Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
- An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
- An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
- A fair woman; a sweetheart.
- A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).
- a sale of miscellany; often for charity
- a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
- gathering of producers to promote business
- a competitive exhibition of farm products
verb
- (transitive, art) To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness.
- (transitive) To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
- (transitive) To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
- (intransitive, of weather) To become fair (favorable, not stormy).
- (transitive) To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance.
- join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly