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noun
- The embodiment of an intangible, or variable thing.
- The act or process of becoming manifest.
- (originally New Thought, now also slang) Willing something into existence (see manifest (verb)).
- (medicine) The symptoms or observable conditions which are seen as a result of some disease.
- A pattern or logo on a sheet of glass, as decoration or to prevent people from accidentally walking into it.
- a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature)
- a manifest indication of the existence or presence or nature of some person or thing
- an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)
- a clear appearance
- expression without words
noun
- the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
- a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
- a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
- something to be imitated
- someone worthy of imitation
- a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
- representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
- a representative form or pattern
- a type of product
- (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.
- (biology, medicine) An organism or species that is used to study an aspect of physiology or pathophysiology or a particular disease; often, a nonhuman one used to approximate processes in humans.
- A style, type, or design.
- A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
- Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
- The structural design of a complex system.
- (logic) An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
- A representation of a physical object.
- (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
- A person, usually attractive, who is hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items that are given away as prizes on a TV game show.
- A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion.
- A simulation used to analyze the workings of a real world system or event.
adj
verb
- display (clothes) as a mannequin
- form in clay, wax, etc
- create a representation or simulation of
- construct a model in the likeness of
- plan or create according to a model or models
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes
- (intransitive) To work as a model in art or fashion.
- (transitive) To devise a model of (some original), especially to better understand or forecast the original.
- (intransitive) To make a model or models.
- (transitive) To make a miniature model of.
- (transitive) To create from a substance such as clay.
- (transitive) To display an item on one's body for others to see the potential effect on their own bodies, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model.
noun
- the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
- a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
- sculpture produced by molding
- (mathematics) The construction and use of a computer model of a physical system.
- The profession of someone who models clothes.
- The representation of depth in a two-dimensional image.
- The art of sculpting models from clay etc. to create a representation of something.
- The learning of a new skill by copying other people.
verb
pron
- With accusative effect or as a direct object.
- With nominative effect: he, especially as a predicate after be, or following a preposition.
- Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be).
- (slang) A person of elevated skill at a sport, game, or other activity.
- Following a preposition.
- (colloquial, uncommon) As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction.
- With dative effect or as an indirect object.
noun
noun
- the act of describing something
- sort or variety
- a statement that represents something in words
- The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
- (linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
- (taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
- A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
- A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
- (linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
noun
- The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
- The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
- Anything that has been constructed.
- A building, model or some other structure.
- The trade of building structures.
- The manner in which something is built.
- The process of constructing.
- (art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
- (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
- (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.
- the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
- the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
- a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
- a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
- drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
- an interpretation of a text or action
- the act of constructing something
verb
- To represent something abstract or intangible as material; to embody.
- (economics) To direct to others, as costs or benefits.
- (psychology) To attribute emotions etc to external circumstances; to project.
- To make something external or objective.
- make external or objective, or give reality to
- regard as objective
noun
noun
- The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas.
- (geology) The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so, as to assimilate the smaller.
- Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects; preoccupation.
- A member of an idealized subgroup when contemplated according to the abstracted quality which defines the subgroup.
- (computing) Hiding implementation details from the interface of a component, to decrease complexity through interdependency and improve modularity; a construct that serves as such.
- (engineering) Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer.
- The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization.
- Any characteristic of an individual object when that characteristic has been separated from the object and is contemplated alone as a quality having independent existence.
- A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses.
- The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.
- (euphemistic) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
- An idea of an idealistic, unrealistic or visionary nature.
- The result of mentally abstracting an idea; the product of any mental process involving a synthesis of: separation, despecification, generalization, and ideation in any of a number of combinations.
- (chemistry) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
- (art) An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects.
- An idea or notion of an abstract or theoretical nature.
- a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
- a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
- the act of withdrawing or removing something
- an abstract painting
- the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
- preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
noun
- The act or process of idealizing.
- The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations — one good and one bad
- a portrayal of something as ideal
- something that exists only as an idea
noun
- The consideration of a human being as an impersonal object.
- The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living.
- (linguistics) The transformation of a natural-language statement into a form in which its actions and events are quantifiable variables.
- (programming) A process that makes a computable/addressable object out of a non-computable/addressable one; or a concrete class out of a generic one.
- regarding something abstract as a material thing
- representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality
noun
- a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something
- a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
- the outermost level of the land or sea
- information that has become public
- the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
- the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
- (figurative) Outward or external appearance.
- The overside or upside of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
- The outside hull of a tangible object.
- (crosswording) The story or image suggested by a cryptic clue, when read as a whole sentence without considering wordplay.
- (computer graphics) A portion of the display to which graphics can be rendered.
- (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a space of more than two dimensions.
adj
verb
- come to the surface
- appear or become visible; make a showing
- put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
- (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
- (transitive) To make (information, facts, content, etc) known.
- (transitive) To bring to the surface.
- (transitive) To provide with a surface; to apply a surface to.
- (intransitive, figurative) To come out of hiding.
- (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
- (intransitive, of information, facts, content, etc) To become known or apparent; to appear or be found; to come to light.
verb
- succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
- bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit
- attract; cause to be enamored
- take possession of by force, as after an invasion
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- (transitive) To reproduce convincingly.
- (transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
- (transitive, figurative) To take hold of.
- (transitive) To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
- (transitive) To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).
noun
- the act of taking of a person by force
- a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field
- any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle
- the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
- the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board
- The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
- Something that has been captured; a captive.
- The recording or storage of something for later playback.
- An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
- (computing, regular expressions) A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.
noun
- Any artificial interest in, or association with, objects, or persons, through which they appear delusively magnified or glorified.
- A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
- (uncountable) Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal).
- (countable) An item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance.
- (slang, countable) A beautiful woman.
- (uncountable) Any excitement, appeal, or attractiveness associated with a person, place, or thing; that which makes something appealing.
- (uncountable) Originally, enchantment; magic charm; especially, the effect of a spell that causes one to see objects in a form that differs from reality, typically to make filthy, ugly, or repulsive things seem beauteous.
- alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal)
verb
noun
- the act of giving special importance or significance to something
- the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance
- Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
- (ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
noun
- An act or process of immersing.
- The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, especially brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.
- (US) The use of dipping tobacco (moist snuff) in the mouth, usually between the lip and gum or cheek and gum in the lower or upper part of the mouth.
- The act of inclining downward.
- (birdwatching) The act or fact of missing out on seeing a bird.
- The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.
verb
noun
- an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
- a qualitative change
- (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment)
- (nuclear physics) The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.
- The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.
- (alchemy) The supposed transformation of one element into another, especially of a base metal into gold.
noun
- an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
- the Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist
- (by extension) Conversion of one substance into another.
- (Roman Catholicism) The doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are essentially transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.
noun
verb
- (computing, *nix) To operate on the file or directory pointed to by a symbolic link, rather than on the link itself.
- (computing, *nix) To dissolve a symbolic link by replacing it with a copy of its target.
- (programming) To access the value or object located in a memory location addressed by a pointer or another value interpreted as such; to access a value being referenced by something else.
verb
- (intransitive, figuratively) To happen while bypassing someone's detailed awareness, to have someone miss the point.
- (intransitive) To make a breathy sound like a whoosh.
- (transitive) To cause to pass quickly.
- (ambitransitive) To pass by quickly.
- (transitive, MLE, slang) To kill by gun, to shoot.
- move with a whooshing sound
- move with a sibilant sound
- gush or squirt out
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adj
verb
adj
- (figurative) Craving something immaterial.
- (slang, figurative) Craving or desiring sex.
- Needing to drink water or any liquid that can supply water.
- (euphemistic) Craving alcohol; especially, experiencing some alcohol withdrawal.
- (informal, uncommon) Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink.
- feeling a need or desire to drink
- able to take in large quantities of moisture
- needing moisture
- (usually followed by ‘for’) extremely desirous
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adj
noun
verb
noun
- (countable) Money paid for a transport ticket.
- (countable, UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
- (countable) A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
- (uncountable) Supplies for consumption or pleasure.
- (uncountable) Food and drink.
- a paying (taxi) passenger
- an agenda of things to do
- the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed
- the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
noun
- an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- an outward appearance
- a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
- (of a law) having legal validity
- (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
- Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
- (sciences) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
- (cinematography, computer graphics, demoscene) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
- The result or outcome of a cause.
- Execution; performance; realization; operation.
- (usually in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
- (sciences, statistics) An influence or causal association between two variables.
- Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
- (uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.
- (intransitive) To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest.
- (transitive) To squander or waste.
- (intransitive) To inconsequentially toy with something.
- consider not very seriously
- act frivolously
- waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
noun
- A particular kind of pewter.
- (cooking) An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.
- An insignificant amount of money.
- (figurative) A very small amount (of something).
- (uncountable) Utensils made from this particular kind of pewter.
- (figurative) Anything that is of little importance or worth.
- a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
- a detail that is considered insignificant
- something of small importance
noun
- The act of depersonalizing or the state of being depersonalized.
- (psychiatry) A feeling of being unreal, detached or unable to feel emotion.
- (psychology) The loss of one's sense of personal identity.
- (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine
- emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness
- representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality
noun
- (uncountable) The act of negating something.
- (logic) The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.
- (logic, countable) A proposition which is the contradictory of another proposition and which can be obtained from that other proposition by the appropriately placed addition/insertion of the word "not". (Or, in symbolic logic, by prepending that proposition with the symbol for the logical operator "not".)
- (countable) A denial or contradiction.
- a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement
- the speech act of negating
- (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false
noun
- The embodiment of an intangible, or variable thing.
- The act or process of becoming manifest.
- (originally New Thought, now also slang) Willing something into existence (see manifest (verb)).
- (medicine) The symptoms or observable conditions which are seen as a result of some disease.
- A pattern or logo on a sheet of glass, as decoration or to prevent people from accidentally walking into it.
- a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature)
- a manifest indication of the existence or presence or nature of some person or thing
- an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)
- a clear appearance
- expression without words
noun
- the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
- a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
- a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
- something to be imitated
- someone worthy of imitation
- a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
- representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
- a representative form or pattern
- a type of product
- (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.
- (biology, medicine) An organism or species that is used to study an aspect of physiology or pathophysiology or a particular disease; often, a nonhuman one used to approximate processes in humans.
- A style, type, or design.
- A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
- Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
- The structural design of a complex system.
- (logic) An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
- A representation of a physical object.
- (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
- A person, usually attractive, who is hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items that are given away as prizes on a TV game show.
- A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion.
- A simulation used to analyze the workings of a real world system or event.
adj
verb
- display (clothes) as a mannequin
- form in clay, wax, etc
- create a representation or simulation of
- construct a model in the likeness of
- plan or create according to a model or models
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes
- (intransitive) To work as a model in art or fashion.
- (transitive) To devise a model of (some original), especially to better understand or forecast the original.
- (intransitive) To make a model or models.
- (transitive) To make a miniature model of.
- (transitive) To create from a substance such as clay.
- (transitive) To display an item on one's body for others to see the potential effect on their own bodies, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model.
noun
- the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
- a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
- sculpture produced by molding
- (mathematics) The construction and use of a computer model of a physical system.
- The profession of someone who models clothes.
- The representation of depth in a two-dimensional image.
- The art of sculpting models from clay etc. to create a representation of something.
- The learning of a new skill by copying other people.
verb
noun
- the act of describing something
- sort or variety
- a statement that represents something in words
- The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
- (linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
- (taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
- A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
- A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
- (linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
noun
- The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
- The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
- Anything that has been constructed.
- A building, model or some other structure.
- The trade of building structures.
- The manner in which something is built.
- The process of constructing.
- (art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
- (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
- (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.
- the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
- the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
- a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
- a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
- drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
- an interpretation of a text or action
- the act of constructing something
noun
noun
- The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas.
- (geology) The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so, as to assimilate the smaller.
- Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects; preoccupation.
- A member of an idealized subgroup when contemplated according to the abstracted quality which defines the subgroup.
- (computing) Hiding implementation details from the interface of a component, to decrease complexity through interdependency and improve modularity; a construct that serves as such.
- (engineering) Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer.
- The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization.
- Any characteristic of an individual object when that characteristic has been separated from the object and is contemplated alone as a quality having independent existence.
- A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses.
- The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.
- (euphemistic) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
- An idea of an idealistic, unrealistic or visionary nature.
- The result of mentally abstracting an idea; the product of any mental process involving a synthesis of: separation, despecification, generalization, and ideation in any of a number of combinations.
- (chemistry) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
- (art) An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects.
- An idea or notion of an abstract or theoretical nature.
- a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
- a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
- the act of withdrawing or removing something
- an abstract painting
- the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
- preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
noun
- The act or process of idealizing.
- The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations — one good and one bad
- a portrayal of something as ideal
- something that exists only as an idea
noun
- The consideration of a human being as an impersonal object.
- The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living.
- (linguistics) The transformation of a natural-language statement into a form in which its actions and events are quantifiable variables.
- (programming) A process that makes a computable/addressable object out of a non-computable/addressable one; or a concrete class out of a generic one.
- regarding something abstract as a material thing
- representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality
noun
- a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something
- a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
- the outermost level of the land or sea
- information that has become public
- the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
- the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
- (figurative) Outward or external appearance.
- The overside or upside of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
- The outside hull of a tangible object.
- (crosswording) The story or image suggested by a cryptic clue, when read as a whole sentence without considering wordplay.
- (computer graphics) A portion of the display to which graphics can be rendered.
- (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a space of more than two dimensions.
adj
verb
- come to the surface
- appear or become visible; make a showing
- put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
- (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
- (transitive) To make (information, facts, content, etc) known.
- (transitive) To bring to the surface.
- (transitive) To provide with a surface; to apply a surface to.
- (intransitive, figurative) To come out of hiding.
- (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
- (intransitive, of information, facts, content, etc) To become known or apparent; to appear or be found; to come to light.
noun
- Any artificial interest in, or association with, objects, or persons, through which they appear delusively magnified or glorified.
- A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
- (uncountable) Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal).
- (countable) An item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance.
- (slang, countable) A beautiful woman.
- (uncountable) Any excitement, appeal, or attractiveness associated with a person, place, or thing; that which makes something appealing.
- (uncountable) Originally, enchantment; magic charm; especially, the effect of a spell that causes one to see objects in a form that differs from reality, typically to make filthy, ugly, or repulsive things seem beauteous.
- alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal)
verb
noun
- the act of giving special importance or significance to something
- the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance
- Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
- (ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
noun
- An act or process of immersing.
- The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, especially brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.
- (US) The use of dipping tobacco (moist snuff) in the mouth, usually between the lip and gum or cheek and gum in the lower or upper part of the mouth.
- The act of inclining downward.
- (birdwatching) The act or fact of missing out on seeing a bird.
- The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.
verb
noun
- an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
- a qualitative change
- (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment)
- (nuclear physics) The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.
- The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.
- (alchemy) The supposed transformation of one element into another, especially of a base metal into gold.
noun
- an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
- the Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist
- (by extension) Conversion of one substance into another.
- (Roman Catholicism) The doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are essentially transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.
noun
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- (computing, *nix) To operate on the file or directory pointed to by a symbolic link, rather than on the link itself.
- (computing, *nix) To dissolve a symbolic link by replacing it with a copy of its target.
- (programming) To access the value or object located in a memory location addressed by a pointer or another value interpreted as such; to access a value being referenced by something else.
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- an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- an outward appearance
- a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
- (of a law) having legal validity
- (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
- Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
- (sciences) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
- (cinematography, computer graphics, demoscene) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
- The result or outcome of a cause.
- Execution; performance; realization; operation.
- (usually in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
- (sciences, statistics) An influence or causal association between two variables.
- Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
- (uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
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- The act of depersonalizing or the state of being depersonalized.
- (psychiatry) A feeling of being unreal, detached or unable to feel emotion.
- (psychology) The loss of one's sense of personal identity.
- (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine
- emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness
- representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality
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- (uncountable) The act of negating something.
- (logic) The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.
- (logic, countable) A proposition which is the contradictory of another proposition and which can be obtained from that other proposition by the appropriately placed addition/insertion of the word "not". (Or, in symbolic logic, by prepending that proposition with the symbol for the logical operator "not".)
- (countable) A denial or contradiction.
- a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement
- the speech act of negating
- (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false
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- To represent something abstract or intangible as material; to embody.
- (economics) To direct to others, as costs or benefits.
- (psychology) To attribute emotions etc to external circumstances; to project.
- To make something external or objective.
- make external or objective, or give reality to
- regard as objective
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- succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
- bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit
- attract; cause to be enamored
- take possession of by force, as after an invasion
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- (transitive) To reproduce convincingly.
- (transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
- (transitive, figurative) To take hold of.
- (transitive) To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
- (transitive) To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).
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- the act of taking of a person by force
- a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field
- any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle
- the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
- the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board
- The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
- Something that has been captured; a captive.
- The recording or storage of something for later playback.
- An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
- (computing, regular expressions) A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.
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- (intransitive, figuratively) To happen while bypassing someone's detailed awareness, to have someone miss the point.
- (intransitive) To make a breathy sound like a whoosh.
- (transitive) To cause to pass quickly.
- (ambitransitive) To pass by quickly.
- (transitive, MLE, slang) To kill by gun, to shoot.
- move with a whooshing sound
- move with a sibilant sound
- gush or squirt out
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- (countable) Money paid for a transport ticket.
- (countable, UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
- (countable) A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
- (uncountable) Supplies for consumption or pleasure.
- (uncountable) Food and drink.
- a paying (taxi) passenger
- an agenda of things to do
- the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed
- the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
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- (intransitive) To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.
- (intransitive) To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest.
- (transitive) To squander or waste.
- (intransitive) To inconsequentially toy with something.
- consider not very seriously
- act frivolously
- waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
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- A particular kind of pewter.
- (cooking) An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.
- An insignificant amount of money.
- (figurative) A very small amount (of something).
- (uncountable) Utensils made from this particular kind of pewter.
- (figurative) Anything that is of little importance or worth.
- a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
- a detail that is considered insignificant
- something of small importance
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- (figurative) Craving something immaterial.
- (slang, figurative) Craving or desiring sex.
- Needing to drink water or any liquid that can supply water.
- (euphemistic) Craving alcohol; especially, experiencing some alcohol withdrawal.
- (informal, uncommon) Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink.
- feeling a need or desire to drink
- able to take in large quantities of moisture
- needing moisture
- (usually followed by ‘for’) extremely desirous