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adv
adj
- Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.
- (especially clothing, food or drink) That is medium (the manufactured size).
- Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.
- (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
- around the middle of a scale of evaluation
noun
- (uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, smaller than a large but larger than a small.
- The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
- (countable, especially clothing, food or drink) An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
- (countable, plural mediums or media) A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.
- (microbiology) A nutrient substance, commonly a solution or solid, for the growth of cells in vitro.
- (biology, horticulture, etc.) A substance, structure, or environment in which living organisms subsist, grow or are cultured.
- (painting) A means of expression, in the arts, such as a material (oil, pastel, clay, etc) or method or style (expressionism, jazz, etc).
- Anything of a middle rank or position.
- (countable, logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.
- (countable, especially with respect to clothing) One who fits an item of that size.
- A means, channel, agency or go-between through which communication, commerce, etc is conveyed or carried on, or by which an aim is achieved.
- A format for communicating or presenting information.
- The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass.
- (engineering) The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.
- (countable, plural mediums or (rare, nonstandard) media) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.
- (countable) A middle place or degree.
- the surrounding environment
- an occupation for which you are especially well suited
- someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
- a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
- (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed
- (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
- an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
- (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
- a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position
- an intervening substance through which something is achieved
- a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
adj
- relatively moderate, limited, or small
- (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees
- of the younger of two boys with the same family name
- warranting only temporal punishment
- inferior in number or size or amount
- not of legal age
- of lesser seriousness or danger
- lesser in scope or effect
- of lesser importance or stature or rank
- of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
- (music, historical) Of or related to the relationship between the longa and the breve in a score.
- (law) Underage, not having reached legal majority.
- (music, historical) Having semibreves twice as long as a minim.
- (mathematics) Of or related to a minor, a determinate obtained by deleting one or more rows and columns from a matrix.
- (music) Smaller by a diatonic semitone than the equivalent major interval.
- (graph theory) Including both directed and undirected edges.
- Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:
- (Canada, US, education) Of or related to a minor, a secondary area of undergraduate study.
- (medicine, sometimes figurative) Not serious, not involving risk of death, permanent injury, dangerous surgery, or extended hospitalization.
- (music) Incorporating a minor third interval above the (in scales) tonic or (in chords) root note, (also figurative) tending to produce a dark, discordant, sad, or pensive effect.
- Having little worth or ability; paltry; mean.
- (logic) Acting as the subject of the second premise of a categorical syllogism, which then also acts as the subject of its conclusion.
noun
- a young person of either sex
- (entomology) A leaf-cutter worker ant intermediate in size between a minim and a media.
- (Canada, US, education) A formally recognized secondary area of undergraduate study, requiring fewer course credits than the equivalent major.
- (campanology) Changes rung on six bells.
- (rugby, historical) Ellipsis of minor point (“a lesser score formerly gained by certain actions”).
- (law) A child, a person who has not reached the age of majority, consent, etc. and is legally subject to fewer responsibilities and less accountability and entitled to fewer legal rights and privileges.
- (Canada, US, education, uncommon) A person who is completing or has completed such a course of study.
- (Australian football) Synonym of behind: a one-point kick.
- (Catholicism) Alternative letter-case form of Minor: a Franciscan friar, a Clarist nun.
- (baseball) Ellipsis of minor league (“the lower level of teams”).
- (entomology) Any of various noctuid moths in Europe and Asia, chiefly in the Oligia and Mesoligia genera.
- (logic) Ellipsis of minor term or minor premise.
- (ice hockey) Ellipsis of minor penalty (“a penalty requiring a player to leave the ice for 2 minutes unless the opposing team scores”).
- (mathematics) A determinant of a square matrix obtained by deleting one or more rows and columns.
- (bridge) Ellipsis of minor suit, a card of a minor suit.
- (music) Ellipsis of minor interval, minor scale, minor mode, minor key, minor chord, or minor triad.
- (graph theory) Short for graph minor
- A lesser person or thing, a person, group, or thing of minor rank or in the minor leagues.
verb
adj
- relatively moderate, limited, or small
- marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
- not large but sufficient in size or amount
- humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
- low or inferior in station or quality
- free from pomp or affectation
- not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
- Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
- (especially of behavior or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.
- Small, moderate in size.
- Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.
adj
- relatively moderate, limited, or small
- (of a voice) faint
- limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- (of children and animals) young, immature
- not large but sufficient in size or amount
- lowercase
- low or inferior in station or quality
- slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope
- have fine or very small constituent particles
- made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
- Having a small penis, muscles, or other important body parts, regardless of overall body size.
- Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
- Humiliated or insignificant.
- (figuratively, not comparable) Young, as a child.
- (especially clothing, food or drink) That is small (the manufactured size).
- Synonym of little (“of an industry or institution(s) therein: operating on a small scale, unlike larger counterparts”).
- (writing, not comparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.
- Evincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
- Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
noun
- the slender part of the back
- a garment size for a small person
- (countable, especially clothing, food or drink) An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
- (countable, rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
- (uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, smaller than a medium.
- (countable, especially with respect to clothing) One who fits an item of that size.
adv
verb
prefix
- Moderate, medium in quantity.
- (anatomy) Referring to the mesentery.
- Quasi or partial.
- (anatomy) Mesial in location, position, or direction: towards the midline of the body.
- The middle of a time period, or medium in duration.
- Between a macro- scale and micro- scale in scope or analysis.
- Intermediate between two properties or characteristics.
- (chemistry) Designating an achiral member of a group of diastereoisomers that has at least one chiral member.
- Medium in size.
- Middle or centre in location/position.
- Normal, average, or typical.
- Between.
- (dentistry) The forward side of a tooth.
noun
- That which is thin and broad.
- A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
- A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle.
- (golf) A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw.
- A salver, platter, or tray.
- (cricket) A kind of cut shot where the bat makes an obtuse angle with the batter.
- A thin, broad piece cut off.
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK) Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
- (falconry) A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
- A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
- One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
- (colloquial) An amount of anything.
- (printing) A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
- (British) A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
- (medicine) A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
- (programming) A contiguous portion of an array.
- A broad, thin piece of plaster.
- a wound made by cutting
- a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
- a share of something
- a thin flat piece cut off of some object
- a spatula for spreading paint or ink
- a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
adj
verb
- (transitive, golf) To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
- (transitive, tennis) To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.
- (transitive, rowing) To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
- (transitive) To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
- (transitive) To cut into slices.
- (transitive, badminton) To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
- (transitive, soccer) To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.
- (transitive) To cut with an edge using a drawing motion.
- make a clean cut through
- hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction
- hit a ball so that it causes a backspin
- cut into slices
adj
- Slight; minimal.
- (of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
- Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected.
- Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy.
- Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp.
- lacking strength or vigor
- weak and likely to lose consciousness
- lacking clarity or distinctness
- lacking conviction or boldness or courage
- indistinctly understood or felt or perceived
- deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
- (intransitive) To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
- (intransitive) To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
- pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
adj
adv
- To a moderate extent or degree; somewhat, rather.
- Coming before the definite article and an attributive superlative.
- With adverbs of manner.
- With attributive adjectives, following an (especially indefinite) article; chiefly as expressing contrast, difference etc.
- With predicative adjectives.
- Before a noun preceded by the definite article.
- With plain adjectives, past participles, and adverbs.
- Coming before the indefinite article and an attributive adjective. (Now largely merged with moderative senses, below.)
- With prepositional phrases and spatial adverbs.
- Preceding nouns introduced by the indefinite article. Chiefly in negative constructions.
- With verbs, especially past participles.
- Before a noun preceded by an indefinite article; now often with ironic implications that the noun in question is particularly noteworthy or remarkable.
- of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)
- to the greatest extent; completely
- to a degree (not used with a negative)
- actually or truly or to an extreme
intj
noun
adj
- Moderate; not excessive.
- Specifically, moderate in temperature.
- Dependent on life in a temperate climate.
- Proceeding from temperance.
- Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
- not extreme
- (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate
- not extreme in behavior
prefix
noun
- Moderate chilliness.
- (often slang) Social advantage or enviability, typically due to traits like popularity, confidence, skill, or fashion.
- Indifference or an instance of indifference; lack of friendliness or interest not necessarily rising to hostility.
- Calmness, confidence, or level-headedness.
- fearless self-possession in the face of danger
- a lack of affection or enthusiasm
- calm and unruffled self-assurance
- the property of being moderately cold
adj
noun
adj
- Ample; moderately large.
- Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly:
- Generous or noble in character.
- Of a woman: statuesque, beautiful in a masculine or otherwise imposing way.
- Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; appropriate.
- Good, appealing, appropriate.
- (of weather) Fine, clear and bright.
- Of a man or boy: attractively manly, having a pleasing face and overall effect.
- given or giving freely
- pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
noun
- An approximate range.
- (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
- A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
- A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
- (Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality.
- (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
- Ellipsis of administrative region.
- (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
- Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
- An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
- a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
- a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
- a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
- the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in ‘in the region of’)
- the extended spatial location of something
adv
adj
noun
- (nautical) Squat effect.
- (mining) A small vein of ore.
- A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
- The angel shark (genus Squatina).
- A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.
- (weightlifting) A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising (back squat), especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders (barbell back squat).
- (slang, Canada, US) Clipping of diddly-squat; something of no value.
- A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.
- (exercise) Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
- A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a squat toilet.
- A place of concealment in which a hare spends time when inactive, especially during the day; a form.
- a small worthless amount
- the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
- exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
verb
- (exercise) To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
- (weightlifting) To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back.
- To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner.
- (Internet) To cybersquat.
- To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation.
- (slang, board games) To retire a modeling kit or group of modeling kits.
- To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
- to perform the squat weightlifting exercise
- be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide
- sit on one's heels
- occupy (a dwelling) illegally
adj
noun
- A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings.
- (sociology) The ability of a person to be regarded as a member of an identity group or category different from their own.
- (sports) The act of passing a ball etc. to another player.
- Death, dying; the end of something.
- The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another.
- (law) The act of approving a bill etc.
- the end of something
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
- the motion of one object relative to another
- euphemistic expressions for death
- a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
verb
adv
adj
- Cautious, moderate.
- Based on pessimistic assumptions, and on the low side.
- (linguistics) Having few changes relative to an older form, especially in comparison to related varieties.
- (clothing) Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish, or intense.
- (physics, not comparable) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
- (US, Canada, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
- (Judaism) Relating to Conservative Judaism.
- Tending to resist change or innovation.
- (medicine) Not including any operation or intervention (said of a treatment, see conservative treatment)
- (British, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
- Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
- (calculus, of field) That is the gradient of a function.
- conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
- unimaginatively conventional
- having social or political views favoring conservatism
- resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion
- avoiding excess
noun
- A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
- (politics) One who seeks to promote or preserve traditional values or institutions.
- (especially US, Canada, politics) One who seeks to promote traditions in a particular domain (e.g. a fiscal conservative or a social conservative).
- a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
adj
adv
noun
- That which is thin and broad.
- A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
- A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle.
- (golf) A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw.
- A salver, platter, or tray.
- (cricket) A kind of cut shot where the bat makes an obtuse angle with the batter.
- A thin, broad piece cut off.
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK) Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
- (falconry) A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
- A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
- One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
- (colloquial) An amount of anything.
- (printing) A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
- (British) A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
- (medicine) A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
- (programming) A contiguous portion of an array.
- A broad, thin piece of plaster.
- a wound made by cutting
- a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
- a share of something
- a thin flat piece cut off of some object
- a spatula for spreading paint or ink
- a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
adj
verb
- (transitive, golf) To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
- (transitive, tennis) To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.
- (transitive, rowing) To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
- (transitive) To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
- (transitive) To cut into slices.
- (transitive, badminton) To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
- (transitive, soccer) To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.
- (transitive) To cut with an edge using a drawing motion.
- make a clean cut through
- hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction
- hit a ball so that it causes a backspin
- cut into slices
noun
- Moderate chilliness.
- (often slang) Social advantage or enviability, typically due to traits like popularity, confidence, skill, or fashion.
- Indifference or an instance of indifference; lack of friendliness or interest not necessarily rising to hostility.
- Calmness, confidence, or level-headedness.
- fearless self-possession in the face of danger
- a lack of affection or enthusiasm
- calm and unruffled self-assurance
- the property of being moderately cold
noun
noun
- An approximate range.
- (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
- A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
- A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
- (Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality.
- (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
- Ellipsis of administrative region.
- (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
- Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
- An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
- a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
- a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
- a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
- the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in ‘in the region of’)
- the extended spatial location of something
adv
adj
- Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.
- (especially clothing, food or drink) That is medium (the manufactured size).
- Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.
- (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
- around the middle of a scale of evaluation
noun
- (uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, smaller than a large but larger than a small.
- The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
- (countable, especially clothing, food or drink) An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
- (countable, plural mediums or media) A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.
- (microbiology) A nutrient substance, commonly a solution or solid, for the growth of cells in vitro.
- (biology, horticulture, etc.) A substance, structure, or environment in which living organisms subsist, grow or are cultured.
- (painting) A means of expression, in the arts, such as a material (oil, pastel, clay, etc) or method or style (expressionism, jazz, etc).
- Anything of a middle rank or position.
- (countable, logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.
- (countable, especially with respect to clothing) One who fits an item of that size.
- A means, channel, agency or go-between through which communication, commerce, etc is conveyed or carried on, or by which an aim is achieved.
- A format for communicating or presenting information.
- The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass.
- (engineering) The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.
- (countable, plural mediums or (rare, nonstandard) media) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.
- (countable) A middle place or degree.
- the surrounding environment
- an occupation for which you are especially well suited
- someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
- a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
- (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed
- (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
- an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
- (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
- a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position
- an intervening substance through which something is achieved
- a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
adv
- To a moderate extent or degree; somewhat, rather.
- Coming before the definite article and an attributive superlative.
- With adverbs of manner.
- With attributive adjectives, following an (especially indefinite) article; chiefly as expressing contrast, difference etc.
- With predicative adjectives.
- Before a noun preceded by the definite article.
- With plain adjectives, past participles, and adverbs.
- Coming before the indefinite article and an attributive adjective. (Now largely merged with moderative senses, below.)
- With prepositional phrases and spatial adverbs.
- Preceding nouns introduced by the indefinite article. Chiefly in negative constructions.
- With verbs, especially past participles.
- Before a noun preceded by an indefinite article; now often with ironic implications that the noun in question is particularly noteworthy or remarkable.
- of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)
- to the greatest extent; completely
- to a degree (not used with a negative)
- actually or truly or to an extreme
intj
noun
adv
adj
- relatively moderate, limited, or small
- (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees
- of the younger of two boys with the same family name
- warranting only temporal punishment
- inferior in number or size or amount
- not of legal age
- of lesser seriousness or danger
- lesser in scope or effect
- of lesser importance or stature or rank
- of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
- (music, historical) Of or related to the relationship between the longa and the breve in a score.
- (law) Underage, not having reached legal majority.
- (music, historical) Having semibreves twice as long as a minim.
- (mathematics) Of or related to a minor, a determinate obtained by deleting one or more rows and columns from a matrix.
- (music) Smaller by a diatonic semitone than the equivalent major interval.
- (graph theory) Including both directed and undirected edges.
- Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:
- (Canada, US, education) Of or related to a minor, a secondary area of undergraduate study.
- (medicine, sometimes figurative) Not serious, not involving risk of death, permanent injury, dangerous surgery, or extended hospitalization.
- (music) Incorporating a minor third interval above the (in scales) tonic or (in chords) root note, (also figurative) tending to produce a dark, discordant, sad, or pensive effect.
- Having little worth or ability; paltry; mean.
- (logic) Acting as the subject of the second premise of a categorical syllogism, which then also acts as the subject of its conclusion.
noun
- a young person of either sex
- (entomology) A leaf-cutter worker ant intermediate in size between a minim and a media.
- (Canada, US, education) A formally recognized secondary area of undergraduate study, requiring fewer course credits than the equivalent major.
- (campanology) Changes rung on six bells.
- (rugby, historical) Ellipsis of minor point (“a lesser score formerly gained by certain actions”).
- (law) A child, a person who has not reached the age of majority, consent, etc. and is legally subject to fewer responsibilities and less accountability and entitled to fewer legal rights and privileges.
- (Canada, US, education, uncommon) A person who is completing or has completed such a course of study.
- (Australian football) Synonym of behind: a one-point kick.
- (Catholicism) Alternative letter-case form of Minor: a Franciscan friar, a Clarist nun.
- (baseball) Ellipsis of minor league (“the lower level of teams”).
- (entomology) Any of various noctuid moths in Europe and Asia, chiefly in the Oligia and Mesoligia genera.
- (logic) Ellipsis of minor term or minor premise.
- (ice hockey) Ellipsis of minor penalty (“a penalty requiring a player to leave the ice for 2 minutes unless the opposing team scores”).
- (mathematics) A determinant of a square matrix obtained by deleting one or more rows and columns.
- (bridge) Ellipsis of minor suit, a card of a minor suit.
- (music) Ellipsis of minor interval, minor scale, minor mode, minor key, minor chord, or minor triad.
- (graph theory) Short for graph minor
- A lesser person or thing, a person, group, or thing of minor rank or in the minor leagues.
verb
adj
- relatively moderate, limited, or small
- marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
- not large but sufficient in size or amount
- humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
- low or inferior in station or quality
- free from pomp or affectation
- not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
- Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
- (especially of behavior or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.
- Small, moderate in size.
- Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.
adj
- relatively moderate, limited, or small
- (of a voice) faint
- limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- (of children and animals) young, immature
- not large but sufficient in size or amount
- lowercase
- low or inferior in station or quality
- slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope
- have fine or very small constituent particles
- made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
- Having a small penis, muscles, or other important body parts, regardless of overall body size.
- Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
- Humiliated or insignificant.
- (figuratively, not comparable) Young, as a child.
- (especially clothing, food or drink) That is small (the manufactured size).
- Synonym of little (“of an industry or institution(s) therein: operating on a small scale, unlike larger counterparts”).
- (writing, not comparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.
- Evincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
- Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
noun
- the slender part of the back
- a garment size for a small person
- (countable, especially clothing, food or drink) An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
- (countable, rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
- (uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, smaller than a medium.
- (countable, especially with respect to clothing) One who fits an item of that size.
adv
verb
adj
- Slight; minimal.
- (of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
- Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected.
- Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy.
- Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp.
- lacking strength or vigor
- weak and likely to lose consciousness
- lacking clarity or distinctness
- lacking conviction or boldness or courage
- indistinctly understood or felt or perceived
- deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
- (intransitive) To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
- (intransitive) To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
- pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
adj
adj
- Moderate; not excessive.
- Specifically, moderate in temperature.
- Dependent on life in a temperate climate.
- Proceeding from temperance.
- Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
- not extreme
- (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate
- not extreme in behavior
adj
adj
- Ample; moderately large.
- Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly:
- Generous or noble in character.
- Of a woman: statuesque, beautiful in a masculine or otherwise imposing way.
- Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; appropriate.
- Good, appealing, appropriate.
- (of weather) Fine, clear and bright.
- Of a man or boy: attractively manly, having a pleasing face and overall effect.
- given or giving freely
- pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
adj
noun
- (nautical) Squat effect.
- (mining) A small vein of ore.
- A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
- The angel shark (genus Squatina).
- A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.
- (weightlifting) A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising (back squat), especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders (barbell back squat).
- (slang, Canada, US) Clipping of diddly-squat; something of no value.
- A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.
- (exercise) Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
- A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a squat toilet.
- A place of concealment in which a hare spends time when inactive, especially during the day; a form.
- a small worthless amount
- the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
- exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
verb
- (exercise) To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
- (weightlifting) To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back.
- To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner.
- (Internet) To cybersquat.
- To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation.
- (slang, board games) To retire a modeling kit or group of modeling kits.
- To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
- to perform the squat weightlifting exercise
- be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide
- sit on one's heels
- occupy (a dwelling) illegally
adj
noun
- A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings.
- (sociology) The ability of a person to be regarded as a member of an identity group or category different from their own.
- (sports) The act of passing a ball etc. to another player.
- Death, dying; the end of something.
- The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another.
- (law) The act of approving a bill etc.
- the end of something
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
- the motion of one object relative to another
- euphemistic expressions for death
- a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
verb
adv
adj
- Cautious, moderate.
- Based on pessimistic assumptions, and on the low side.
- (linguistics) Having few changes relative to an older form, especially in comparison to related varieties.
- (clothing) Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish, or intense.
- (physics, not comparable) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
- (US, Canada, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
- (Judaism) Relating to Conservative Judaism.
- Tending to resist change or innovation.
- (medicine) Not including any operation or intervention (said of a treatment, see conservative treatment)
- (British, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
- Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
- (calculus, of field) That is the gradient of a function.
- conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
- unimaginatively conventional
- having social or political views favoring conservatism
- resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion
- avoiding excess
noun
- A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
- (politics) One who seeks to promote or preserve traditional values or institutions.
- (especially US, Canada, politics) One who seeks to promote traditions in a particular domain (e.g. a fiscal conservative or a social conservative).
- a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas