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- To press again.
- (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
- (transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.
- block the action of
- suppress in order to conceal or hide
- put out of one's consciousness
- impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of
- put down by force or intimidation
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- To press down.
- press down
- (economics) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
- To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
- (mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
- To make depressed, sad or bored.
- lower (prices or markets)
- lessen the activity or force of
- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- cause to drop or sink
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- closely and firmly united or packed together
- briefly giving the gist of something
- having a short and solid form or stature
- (of prose) Brief and pithy; not verbose.
- Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
- Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume.
- Such that every open cover has a finite subcover. In a metric space, this is equivalent to being sequentially compact. In metric spaces with the Heine-Borel property, this is equivalent to being closed and bounded.
- Compact in the above sense and moreover Hausdorff.
noun
- a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
- a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
- a small and economical car
- A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
- An agreement or contract.
- An automobile that is larger than a subcompact but smaller than an intermediate.
- A slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powder puff, small enough to fit in a woman's purse, handbag, or pocket.
verb
- squeeze or press together
- make more compact by or as if by pressing
- (transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
- (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
- (physics, transitive) To make a pulse or particle bunch shorter by applying dispersion to it.
- (transitive) To abridge.
- (computing, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
- (intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
noun
- a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
- A machine for compressing.
- (medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
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- squeeze or press together
- compress or concentrate
- cause to be smaller
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- engage by written agreement
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- enter into a contractual arrangement
- become smaller or draw together
- make or become more narrow or restricted
- (transitive) To enter into a contract with (someone or something).
- To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
- (intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant.
- (transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
- (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
- (transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
- (ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
- To betroth; to affiance.
noun
- a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
- (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
- a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks they bid
- (informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
- (bridge) The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
- (law) The document containing such an agreement.
- (law) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
- (law) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
- An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
verb
- squeeze or press together
- be urgent
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
- lift weights
- ask for or request earnestly
- to be oppressive or burdensome
- press and smooth with a heated iron
- make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
- place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
- force or impel in an indicated direction
- press from a plastic
- exert pressure or force to or upon
- create by pressing
- crowd closely
- (transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
- (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
- (transitive) To clasp, hold in an embrace.
- To force into service, particularly into naval service.
- (transitive) To hasten, urge onward.
- (ambitransitive) To throng, crowd.
- (transitive, mechanics, electronics) To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
- (transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
- (transitive) To compress, squeeze.
- (transitive) To urge, beseech, entreat.
- (transitive) To lay stress upon.
- (ambitransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
- (transitive) To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
- To try to force (something upon someone).
noun
- the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
- a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
- a dense crowd of people
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
- clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
- the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
- any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
- a machine used for printing
- the state of demanding notice or attention
- (countable) A printing machine.
- (countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
- (countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
- (uncountable) A crowd.
- (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
- An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
- A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
- (countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
- (uncountable, collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
- (countable) A publisher.
- (psychology) In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
- (countable, golf, gambling) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
verb
- squeeze or press together
- press firmly
- press or force
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- (transitive) To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.
- (transitive, figurative) To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
- (transitive) To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
- (transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
- (transitive) To embrace closely; to give a tight hug to.
- (transitive, baseball) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.
- (ambitransitive) To fit into a tight place.
noun
- an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
- the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space
- a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
- a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer
- a tight or amorous embrace
- (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend
- a twisting squeeze
- the act of gripping and pressing firmly
- An instance of squeezing.
- A hug or other affectionate grasp.
- (figuratively) A difficult position.
- A close or tight fit.
- A moulding, cast or other impression of an object, chiefly a design, inscription etc., especially by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling off when dry.
- (slang) A romantic partner.
- (slang) An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the result with fruit juice.
- (baseball) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.
- (caving) A traversal of a narrow passage.
- (mining) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
- (card games) A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
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- press down tightly
- press tightly together or cram
- carry, as on one's back
- hike with a backpack
- have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
- load with a pack
- fill to capacity
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- seal with packing
- compress into a wad
- treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood
- arrange in a container
- set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome
- (transitive) To load with a pack.
- (transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
- (transitive) To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
- (transitive, slang) To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
- (transitive) To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.
- (transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
- (intransitive, LGBTQ, especially of a trans man or drag king) To wear an object, such as a prosthetic penis, inside one’s trousers to appear more male or masculine.
- (transitive, historical) To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
- (transitive) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
- (transitive, progressive aspect, slang) To have a large penis, as if carrying a large weapon on one's person.
- (transitive, US, chiefly Western US) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
- (transitive) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into.
- (intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To block a shot, especially in basketball.
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data).
- (transitive, card games) To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
- (intransitive, of animals) To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.
- (intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
- (intransitive) To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.
- (intransitive) To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.
- (transitive, figurative) To load; to encumber.
- (intransitive, rugby, of the forwards in a rugby team) To play together cohesively, specially with reference to technique in the scrum.
- (transitive) To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
noun
- an association of criminals
- a large indefinite quantity
- an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
- a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect
- a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
- a bundle (especially one carried on the back)
- a complete collection of similar things
- a cream that cleanses and tones the skin
- a group of hunting animals
- A full set of playing cards
- A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
- A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
- A group of Cub Scouts.
- (roller derby) The largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.
- A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
- The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
- (slang) A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
- A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
- A shook of cask staves.
- (rugby) The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
- (medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
- A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
- (snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
- A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
- A multitude.
- A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
- A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
- A flock of knots.
- (slang) A package of cigarettes.
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- push down forcibly
- press tightly together or cram
- crush or bruise
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- block passage through
- get stuck and immobilized
- crowd or pack to capacity
- (baseball) To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.
- To block or confuse a radio or radar signal by transmitting a more-powerful signal on the same frequency.
- (basketball) To dunk.
- To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.
- (Canada, informal) To give up on a date or some other joint endeavour; to stand up, chicken out, jam out.
- To render something unable to move.
- (colloquial) To be of high quality (especially for music).
- To get something stuck, often (though not necessarily) in a confined space.
- To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up".
- (music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).
- To brusquely force something into a space; to cram, to squeeze.
- (nautical, transitive) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
- (roller derby) To attempt to score points.
noun
- preserve of crushed fruit
- informal terms for a difficult situation
- a dense crowd of people
- deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
- (mining) Alternative form of jamb.
- (slang) Something enjoyable; a delightful situation or outcome.
- (slang) Sexual relations or the contemplation of them.
- (countable, by extension) An informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects.
- (countable) A blockage, congestion, or immobilization.
- (countable) A difficult situation.
- (countable, by extension, informal) A song; a track.
- (countable, roller derby) A play during which points can be scored.
- (countable, slang) That which one particularly prefers, desires, enjoys, or cares about.
- (UK, slang) Luck.
- (countable, climbing) Any of several manoeuvres requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.
- (Australia) The tree Acacia acuminata, with fruity-smelling hard timber.
- (countable, baseball) A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.
- (countable, basketball) A forceful dunk.
- (countable, popular music) An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.
- (Canada, slang) Balls, bollocks, courage, machismo.
- (less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
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- (electronics, slang) On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard.
- (slang) A worldly sailor.
- (engineering, slang) In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
- A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
- (software engineering, slang) A deprecated or obsolete file, image or other artifact that remains with a project even though it is no longer needed.
- The barnacle goose.
- European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
- marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
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- push forcefully
- press or force
- penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- place or put with great energy
- make a thrusting forward movement
- push violently in a specified direction
- force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
- (transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.
- To stab; to pierce; usually with through.
- (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
- (intransitive) To make advance with force.
- (intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
- (transitive) To force something upon someone.
noun
- verbal criticism
- the act of applying force to propel something
- the force used in pushing
- a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
- a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
- The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
- (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.
- (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
- A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
verb
- To push; press; shove; thrust.
- (caving, climbing) To push, press, or squeeze into a place; move sideways or vertically in an upright position by wriggling the body against opposing rock surfaces. Compare chimney.
- To crowd; throng; squeeze; huddle together.
- (figuratively) To trouble; oppress; distress.
- To press or squeeze cheese in a vat.
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- to press or force out
- make by laborious and precarious means
- cause to come out in a squirt
- extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing
- obtain with difficulty
- form or shape by forcing through an opening
- (transitive) (business) To oust (someone, especially shareholders).
- (transitive) (sports) To force (a competitor) out of one of a limited number of winning positions by taking over that position or a higher one.
- (transitive) To obtain (a difficult victory) in a competition.
- (transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see squeeze, out.
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- (transitive) To strain again.
- (transitive) To deprive of liberty.
- (transitive) To restrict or limit.
- (transitive) To control or keep in check.
- prevent the action or expression of
- restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult
- prevent (someone or something) from doing something
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
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- grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
- a sudden forceful flow
- a sudden burst of activity
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- (university slang) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
- General haste.
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- (military, video games) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- A wick.
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- A surge.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- A sudden forward motion.
- (university slang) A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
- (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
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- act at high speed
- move hurridly
- run with the ball, in football
- cause to occur rapidly
- attack suddenly
- urge to an unnatural speed
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
- (transitive or intransitive, university slang) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
- (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
- (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
- (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
- (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
- (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
- (transitive, military) To swiftly attack without warning.
- (intransitive, military, video games) To make a swift or sudden attack.
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- (ambitransitive) To press down hard (on).
- (transitive, UK, chiefly Northern England, Lancashire, Yorkshire) To prepare a cup of tea in a teapot; to brew (tea).
- (transitive, informal, gaming) To press (a button) rapidly and repeatedly.
- (transitive) In brewing, to convert (for example malt, or malt and meal) into the mash which makes wort, by mixing it with hot water.
- To flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances.
- (transitive) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
- (transitive, Southern US, informal) To press.
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
noun
- A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
- (countable, MLE, slang) A gun.
- (uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
- (chiefly UK) Mashed potatoes.
- (brewing) Ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.
- Alternative form of maash (“mung bean”).
- mixture of ground animal feeds
- a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing
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- a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
- an association of criminals
- a disorderly crowd of people
- (collective) A group of animals such as horses or cattle.
- (chiefly Japanese fiction) A background character in general.
- (video games) A creature or non-player character, especially one meant to be fought or killed.
- A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
- A mafia: a group that engages in organized crime.
- (Australian Aboriginal) A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.
- Abbreviation of mobile phone.
- (Australia) (collective) A group of kangaroos.
- (Australia) (collective) A group of emus.
- A mob cap.
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- press tightly together or cram
- arrange in stacks
- place or lay as if in a pile
- (transitive) To add something to a great number.
- (transitive, often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate
- (transitive) (of vehicles) To create a hold-up.
- (transitive) To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.
- (transitive) To give a pile to; to make shaggy.
- (intransitive) To form a pile or heap.
- (transitive, military) To place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright, supporting each other.
- (transitive) To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.
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- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
- the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
- a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
- battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
- a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- An atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor.
- A list or league
- Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)
- A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.
- (informal) A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process.
- A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
- (historical, electrochemistry) A battery (simple device for converting chemical potential energy into usable electricity).
- A large building, or mass of buildings.
- A mass formed in layers.
- A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a fagot.
- A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.
- The raised hairs, loops or strands of a fabric; the nap of a cloth.
- A battery consisting of repeated units of alternating types of metal; voltaic pile.
- (usually in the plural) A hemorrhoid.
- (heraldry) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.
- (slang) A large amount of money.
- A funeral pile; a pyre.
- (architecture, civil engineering) A beam, pole, or pillar, driven completely into the ground, usually as one of a group that constitutes a foundation.
- The head of an arrow or spear.
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- To challenge again.
- (medicine, pharmacology) To try a therapeutic pharmaceutical drug, suspected allergen, or medical treatment on a patient a second or subsequent time, to see if the suspected effects of the treatment occur again. This is typically performed to confirm allergic or adverse reactions to allergens or medications, but may also be used to confirm beneficial treatments or to retry a probable beneficial treatment which did not appear to be effective previously.
- To challenge in return.
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- push or force
- speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
- try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
- advance in price
- (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction); to move aggressively.
- To mock; to cheat.
- (UK, military, transitive) To polish (boots) to a high shine.
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise prices in.
- (agriculture, transitive, of a bull) To mate with (a cow or heifer).
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise the market price of.
- (agriculture, intransitive, of a cow or heifer) To be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull.
- (intransitive) To lie, to tell untruths.
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- a large and strong and heavyset man
- a serious and ludicrous blunder
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
- an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
- mature male of various mammals of which the female is called ‘cow’; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
- a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
- the center of a target
- Obscene word for unacceptable behavior
- (UK) Clipping of bullseye.
- (uncountable, informal, euphemistic, slang) Clipping of bullshit.
- An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.
- (LGBTQ, slang) An elderly lesbian.
- (military, firearms) The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
- (slang, uncountable) Beef.
- A lie.
- Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
- (euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.
- A large, strong man.
- A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
- (finance) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
- A man who has sex with someone else's partner, with the consent of both.
- A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
- (Philadelphia, slang) A man or boy.
- A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.
- Any adult male bovine.
- (loosely) Any bovine of an aggressive or long-horned breed regardless of age and sex.
- (US, slang) A policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard.
adj
verb
verb
verb
- press or force
- come into rough contact with while moving
- push roughly
- To put hurriedly
- (intransitive) To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.
- (slang) To pass (counterfeit money).
- (poker, by ellipsis) To make an all-in bet.
- (transitive) To push, especially roughly or with force.
noun
verb
- press or force
- treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
- fill tightly with a material
- fill with a stuffing while cooking
- obstruct
- cram into a cavity
- (transitive, mildly vulgar, often imperative) Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it.
- (transitive) To load goods into (a container) for transport.
- (transitive, British, Australia, New Zealand) To break; to destroy.
- To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.
- (transitive) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
- (informal) To heavily defeat or get the better of.
- (transitive, cooking) To fill with seasoning.
- (transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
- (transitive, computing) To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.
- (pronominal) To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
- (transitive) To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.
- (transitive) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
- (transitive) To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
- (transitive, vulgar, British, Australia, New Zealand) To sexually penetrate.
- (transitive, used in the passive) To sate.
noun
- the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
- unspecified qualities required to do or be something
- a critically important or characteristic component
- informal terms for personal possessions
- information in some unspecified form
- senseless talk
- miscellaneous unspecified objects
- (informal) Unspecified things or matters.
- The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
- (informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
- Abstract/figurative substance or character.
- (informal) Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.
- (slang) Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
- (nautical) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
- (sometimes euphemistic) Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language.
- Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.
verb
verb
verb
verb
- To push; press; shove; thrust.
- (caving, climbing) To push, press, or squeeze into a place; move sideways or vertically in an upright position by wriggling the body against opposing rock surfaces. Compare chimney.
- To crowd; throng; squeeze; huddle together.
- (figuratively) To trouble; oppress; distress.
- To press or squeeze cheese in a vat.
noun
verb
- squeeze or press together
- be urgent
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
- lift weights
- ask for or request earnestly
- to be oppressive or burdensome
- press and smooth with a heated iron
- make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
- place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
- force or impel in an indicated direction
- press from a plastic
- exert pressure or force to or upon
- create by pressing
- crowd closely
- (transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
- (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
- (transitive) To clasp, hold in an embrace.
- To force into service, particularly into naval service.
- (transitive) To hasten, urge onward.
- (ambitransitive) To throng, crowd.
- (transitive, mechanics, electronics) To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
- (transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
- (transitive) To compress, squeeze.
- (transitive) To urge, beseech, entreat.
- (transitive) To lay stress upon.
- (ambitransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
- (transitive) To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
- To try to force (something upon someone).
noun
- the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
- a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
- a dense crowd of people
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
- clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
- the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
- any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
- a machine used for printing
- the state of demanding notice or attention
- (countable) A printing machine.
- (countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
- (countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
- (uncountable) A crowd.
- (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
- An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
- A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
- (countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
- (uncountable, collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
- (countable) A publisher.
- (psychology) In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
- (countable, golf, gambling) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
verb
- To press again.
- (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
- (transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.
- block the action of
- suppress in order to conceal or hide
- put out of one's consciousness
- impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of
- put down by force or intimidation
noun
verb
verb
verb
verb
verb
- To press down.
- press down
- (economics) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
- To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
- (mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
- To make depressed, sad or bored.
- lower (prices or markets)
- lessen the activity or force of
- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- cause to drop or sink
verb
verb
adj
- closely and firmly united or packed together
- briefly giving the gist of something
- having a short and solid form or stature
- (of prose) Brief and pithy; not verbose.
- Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
- Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume.
- Such that every open cover has a finite subcover. In a metric space, this is equivalent to being sequentially compact. In metric spaces with the Heine-Borel property, this is equivalent to being closed and bounded.
- Compact in the above sense and moreover Hausdorff.
noun
- a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
- a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
- a small and economical car
- A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
- An agreement or contract.
- An automobile that is larger than a subcompact but smaller than an intermediate.
- A slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powder puff, small enough to fit in a woman's purse, handbag, or pocket.
verb
- squeeze or press together
- make more compact by or as if by pressing
- (transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
- (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
- (physics, transitive) To make a pulse or particle bunch shorter by applying dispersion to it.
- (transitive) To abridge.
- (computing, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
- (intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
noun
- a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
- A machine for compressing.
- (medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
verb
- squeeze or press together
- compress or concentrate
- cause to be smaller
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- engage by written agreement
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- enter into a contractual arrangement
- become smaller or draw together
- make or become more narrow or restricted
- (transitive) To enter into a contract with (someone or something).
- To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
- (intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant.
- (transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
- (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
- (transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
- (ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
- To betroth; to affiance.
noun
- a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
- (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
- a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks they bid
- (informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
- (bridge) The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
- (law) The document containing such an agreement.
- (law) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
- (law) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
- An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
verb
- squeeze or press together
- be urgent
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
- lift weights
- ask for or request earnestly
- to be oppressive or burdensome
- press and smooth with a heated iron
- make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
- place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
- force or impel in an indicated direction
- press from a plastic
- exert pressure or force to or upon
- create by pressing
- crowd closely
- (transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
- (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
- (transitive) To clasp, hold in an embrace.
- To force into service, particularly into naval service.
- (transitive) To hasten, urge onward.
- (ambitransitive) To throng, crowd.
- (transitive, mechanics, electronics) To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
- (transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
- (transitive) To compress, squeeze.
- (transitive) To urge, beseech, entreat.
- (transitive) To lay stress upon.
- (ambitransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
- (transitive) To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
- To try to force (something upon someone).
noun
- the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
- a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
- a dense crowd of people
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
- clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
- the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
- any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
- a machine used for printing
- the state of demanding notice or attention
- (countable) A printing machine.
- (countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
- (countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
- (uncountable) A crowd.
- (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
- An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
- A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
- (countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
- (uncountable, collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
- (countable) A publisher.
- (psychology) In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
- (countable, golf, gambling) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
verb
- squeeze or press together
- press firmly
- press or force
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- (transitive) To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.
- (transitive, figurative) To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
- (transitive) To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
- (transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
- (transitive) To embrace closely; to give a tight hug to.
- (transitive, baseball) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.
- (ambitransitive) To fit into a tight place.
noun
- an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
- the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space
- a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
- a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer
- a tight or amorous embrace
- (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend
- a twisting squeeze
- the act of gripping and pressing firmly
- An instance of squeezing.
- A hug or other affectionate grasp.
- (figuratively) A difficult position.
- A close or tight fit.
- A moulding, cast or other impression of an object, chiefly a design, inscription etc., especially by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling off when dry.
- (slang) A romantic partner.
- (slang) An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the result with fruit juice.
- (baseball) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.
- (caving) A traversal of a narrow passage.
- (mining) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
- (card games) A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
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verb
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verb
verb
- press down tightly
- press tightly together or cram
- carry, as on one's back
- hike with a backpack
- have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
- load with a pack
- fill to capacity
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- seal with packing
- compress into a wad
- treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood
- arrange in a container
- set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome
- (transitive) To load with a pack.
- (transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
- (transitive) To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
- (transitive, slang) To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
- (transitive) To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.
- (transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
- (intransitive, LGBTQ, especially of a trans man or drag king) To wear an object, such as a prosthetic penis, inside one’s trousers to appear more male or masculine.
- (transitive, historical) To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
- (transitive) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
- (transitive, progressive aspect, slang) To have a large penis, as if carrying a large weapon on one's person.
- (transitive, US, chiefly Western US) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
- (transitive) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into.
- (intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To block a shot, especially in basketball.
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data).
- (transitive, card games) To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
- (intransitive, of animals) To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.
- (intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
- (intransitive) To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.
- (intransitive) To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.
- (transitive, figurative) To load; to encumber.
- (intransitive, rugby, of the forwards in a rugby team) To play together cohesively, specially with reference to technique in the scrum.
- (transitive) To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
noun
- an association of criminals
- a large indefinite quantity
- an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
- a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect
- a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
- a bundle (especially one carried on the back)
- a complete collection of similar things
- a cream that cleanses and tones the skin
- a group of hunting animals
- A full set of playing cards
- A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
- A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
- A group of Cub Scouts.
- (roller derby) The largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.
- A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
- The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
- (slang) A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
- A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
- A shook of cask staves.
- (rugby) The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
- (medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
- A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
- (snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
- A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
- A multitude.
- A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
- A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
- A flock of knots.
- (slang) A package of cigarettes.
verb
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verb
verb
verb
- push down forcibly
- press tightly together or cram
- crush or bruise
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- block passage through
- get stuck and immobilized
- crowd or pack to capacity
- (baseball) To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.
- To block or confuse a radio or radar signal by transmitting a more-powerful signal on the same frequency.
- (basketball) To dunk.
- To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.
- (Canada, informal) To give up on a date or some other joint endeavour; to stand up, chicken out, jam out.
- To render something unable to move.
- (colloquial) To be of high quality (especially for music).
- To get something stuck, often (though not necessarily) in a confined space.
- To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up".
- (music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).
- To brusquely force something into a space; to cram, to squeeze.
- (nautical, transitive) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
- (roller derby) To attempt to score points.
noun
- preserve of crushed fruit
- informal terms for a difficult situation
- a dense crowd of people
- deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
- (mining) Alternative form of jamb.
- (slang) Something enjoyable; a delightful situation or outcome.
- (slang) Sexual relations or the contemplation of them.
- (countable, by extension) An informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects.
- (countable) A blockage, congestion, or immobilization.
- (countable) A difficult situation.
- (countable, by extension, informal) A song; a track.
- (countable, roller derby) A play during which points can be scored.
- (countable, slang) That which one particularly prefers, desires, enjoys, or cares about.
- (UK, slang) Luck.
- (countable, climbing) Any of several manoeuvres requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.
- (Australia) The tree Acacia acuminata, with fruity-smelling hard timber.
- (countable, baseball) A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.
- (countable, basketball) A forceful dunk.
- (countable, popular music) An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.
- (Canada, slang) Balls, bollocks, courage, machismo.
- (less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
verb
verb
noun
- (electronics, slang) On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard.
- (slang) A worldly sailor.
- (engineering, slang) In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
- A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
- (software engineering, slang) A deprecated or obsolete file, image or other artifact that remains with a project even though it is no longer needed.
- The barnacle goose.
- European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
- marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
verb
verb
adj
noun
verb
- push forcefully
- press or force
- penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- place or put with great energy
- make a thrusting forward movement
- push violently in a specified direction
- force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
- (transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.
- To stab; to pierce; usually with through.
- (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
- (intransitive) To make advance with force.
- (intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
- (transitive) To force something upon someone.
noun
- verbal criticism
- the act of applying force to propel something
- the force used in pushing
- a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
- a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
- The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
- (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.
- (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
- A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
verb
- To push; press; shove; thrust.
- (caving, climbing) To push, press, or squeeze into a place; move sideways or vertically in an upright position by wriggling the body against opposing rock surfaces. Compare chimney.
- To crowd; throng; squeeze; huddle together.
- (figuratively) To trouble; oppress; distress.
- To press or squeeze cheese in a vat.
noun
verb
- to press or force out
- make by laborious and precarious means
- cause to come out in a squirt
- extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing
- obtain with difficulty
- form or shape by forcing through an opening
- (transitive) (business) To oust (someone, especially shareholders).
- (transitive) (sports) To force (a competitor) out of one of a limited number of winning positions by taking over that position or a higher one.
- (transitive) To obtain (a difficult victory) in a competition.
- (transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see squeeze, out.
verb
- (transitive) To strain again.
- (transitive) To deprive of liberty.
- (transitive) To restrict or limit.
- (transitive) To control or keep in check.
- prevent the action or expression of
- restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult
- prevent (someone or something) from doing something
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
verb
verb
- (ambitransitive) To press down hard (on).
- (transitive, UK, chiefly Northern England, Lancashire, Yorkshire) To prepare a cup of tea in a teapot; to brew (tea).
- (transitive, informal, gaming) To press (a button) rapidly and repeatedly.
- (transitive) In brewing, to convert (for example malt, or malt and meal) into the mash which makes wort, by mixing it with hot water.
- To flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances.
- (transitive) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
- (transitive, Southern US, informal) To press.
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
noun
- A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
- (countable, MLE, slang) A gun.
- (uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
- (chiefly UK) Mashed potatoes.
- (brewing) Ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.
- Alternative form of maash (“mung bean”).
- mixture of ground animal feeds
- a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing
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noun
verb
noun
- a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
- an association of criminals
- a disorderly crowd of people
- (collective) A group of animals such as horses or cattle.
- (chiefly Japanese fiction) A background character in general.
- (video games) A creature or non-player character, especially one meant to be fought or killed.
- A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
- A mafia: a group that engages in organized crime.
- (Australian Aboriginal) A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.
- Abbreviation of mobile phone.
- (Australia) (collective) A group of kangaroos.
- (Australia) (collective) A group of emus.
- A mob cap.
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- press tightly together or cram
- arrange in stacks
- place or lay as if in a pile
- (transitive) To add something to a great number.
- (transitive, often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate
- (transitive) (of vehicles) To create a hold-up.
- (transitive) To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.
- (transitive) To give a pile to; to make shaggy.
- (intransitive) To form a pile or heap.
- (transitive, military) To place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright, supporting each other.
- (transitive) To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.
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- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
- the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
- a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
- battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
- a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- An atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor.
- A list or league
- Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)
- A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.
- (informal) A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process.
- A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
- (historical, electrochemistry) A battery (simple device for converting chemical potential energy into usable electricity).
- A large building, or mass of buildings.
- A mass formed in layers.
- A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a fagot.
- A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.
- The raised hairs, loops or strands of a fabric; the nap of a cloth.
- A battery consisting of repeated units of alternating types of metal; voltaic pile.
- (usually in the plural) A hemorrhoid.
- (heraldry) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.
- (slang) A large amount of money.
- A funeral pile; a pyre.
- (architecture, civil engineering) A beam, pole, or pillar, driven completely into the ground, usually as one of a group that constitutes a foundation.
- The head of an arrow or spear.
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- To challenge again.
- (medicine, pharmacology) To try a therapeutic pharmaceutical drug, suspected allergen, or medical treatment on a patient a second or subsequent time, to see if the suspected effects of the treatment occur again. This is typically performed to confirm allergic or adverse reactions to allergens or medications, but may also be used to confirm beneficial treatments or to retry a probable beneficial treatment which did not appear to be effective previously.
- To challenge in return.
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- push or force
- speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
- try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
- advance in price
- (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction); to move aggressively.
- To mock; to cheat.
- (UK, military, transitive) To polish (boots) to a high shine.
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise prices in.
- (agriculture, transitive, of a bull) To mate with (a cow or heifer).
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise the market price of.
- (agriculture, intransitive, of a cow or heifer) To be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull.
- (intransitive) To lie, to tell untruths.
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- a large and strong and heavyset man
- a serious and ludicrous blunder
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
- an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
- mature male of various mammals of which the female is called ‘cow’; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
- a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
- the center of a target
- Obscene word for unacceptable behavior
- (UK) Clipping of bullseye.
- (uncountable, informal, euphemistic, slang) Clipping of bullshit.
- An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.
- (LGBTQ, slang) An elderly lesbian.
- (military, firearms) The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
- (slang, uncountable) Beef.
- A lie.
- Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
- (euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.
- A large, strong man.
- A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
- (finance) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
- A man who has sex with someone else's partner, with the consent of both.
- A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
- (Philadelphia, slang) A man or boy.
- A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.
- Any adult male bovine.
- (loosely) Any bovine of an aggressive or long-horned breed regardless of age and sex.
- (US, slang) A policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard.
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- press or force
- come into rough contact with while moving
- push roughly
- To put hurriedly
- (intransitive) To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.
- (slang) To pass (counterfeit money).
- (poker, by ellipsis) To make an all-in bet.
- (transitive) To push, especially roughly or with force.
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- press or force
- treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
- fill tightly with a material
- fill with a stuffing while cooking
- obstruct
- cram into a cavity
- (transitive, mildly vulgar, often imperative) Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it.
- (transitive) To load goods into (a container) for transport.
- (transitive, British, Australia, New Zealand) To break; to destroy.
- To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.
- (transitive) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
- (informal) To heavily defeat or get the better of.
- (transitive, cooking) To fill with seasoning.
- (transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
- (transitive, computing) To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.
- (pronominal) To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
- (transitive) To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.
- (transitive) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
- (transitive) To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
- (transitive, vulgar, British, Australia, New Zealand) To sexually penetrate.
- (transitive, used in the passive) To sate.
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- the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
- unspecified qualities required to do or be something
- a critically important or characteristic component
- informal terms for personal possessions
- information in some unspecified form
- senseless talk
- miscellaneous unspecified objects
- (informal) Unspecified things or matters.
- The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
- (informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
- Abstract/figurative substance or character.
- (informal) Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.
- (slang) Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
- (nautical) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
- (sometimes euphemistic) Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language.
- Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.
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- grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
- a sudden forceful flow
- a sudden burst of activity
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- (university slang) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
- General haste.
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- (military, video games) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- A wick.
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- A surge.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- A sudden forward motion.
- (university slang) A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
- (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
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- act at high speed
- move hurridly
- run with the ball, in football
- cause to occur rapidly
- attack suddenly
- urge to an unnatural speed
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
- (transitive or intransitive, university slang) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
- (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
- (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
- (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
- (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
- (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
- (transitive, military) To swiftly attack without warning.
- (intransitive, military, video games) To make a swift or sudden attack.