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adj
noun
- Urgent insistence.
- The process of improving the appearance of clothing by improving creases and removing wrinkles with a press or an iron.
- The application of pressure by a press or other means.
- A memento preserved by pressing, folding, or drying between the leaves of a flat container, book, or folio. Usually done with a flower, ribbon, letter, or other soft, small keepsake.
- A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time.
- The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.
- A metal or plastic part made with a press.
- the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
- a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press
verb
adj
- Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.
- (ornithology) Standing on end: specifically said of the hind toe of a bird when its base is inserted so high on the shank that only its tip touches the ground: correlated with incumbent.
- Extorting attention or notice; coercively staring or prominent; vivid; intense.
- repetitive and persistent
- demanding attention
verb
- (transitive) To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
- (transitive) To provoke; to exasperate.
- (transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
- (transitive) To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
- (transitive) To press onward or forward.
- (transitive) To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
- (transitive) To press hard upon; to follow closely.
- push for something
- force or impel in an indicated direction
- spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
noun
adj
verb
noun
adj
- being sharply insistent on being heard
- of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’)
- unpleasantly loud and harsh
- conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
- (nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides; forceful in a positive way.
- Forceful (typically in a negative way) or obtrusive.
- Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.
- Grating or obnoxious.
noun
noun
verb
noun
- Insistence, pressure, urge.
- The quality or condition of being urgent.
- (medicine) A sudden and compelling need to urinate that is difficult to defer, associated with conditions such as urinary tract infections and overactive bladder.
- the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
- an urgent situation calling for prompt action
- pressing importance requiring speedy action
- insistent solicitation and entreaty
adj
verb
adj
- consisting of or having the hardness of adamant
- impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
- having the hardness of a diamond
- Made of adamant (“an unspecified mineral or rock of virtually impenetrable hardness”).
- Incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; impenetrable, unbreakable.
- Of a person: refusing to change one's mind; obstinate, stubborn.
- (chiefly mineralogy) Like diamond in lustre; bright, lustrous, shiny; also, of a lustre: like that of a mineral with a high refractive index such as diamond.
- Difficult to defeat or prevail over; unshakable, unyielding.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To press upon; to urge persistently.
- (intransitive) To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.).
- (transitive) To work at (something) diligently.
- (transitive) To persist in offering something to, especially for the purpose of inducement or persuasion.
- (ambitransitive, transport) To travel over (a route) regularly.
- (transitive) To wield or use (a tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or vigorously.
- join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding
- wield vigorously
- use diligently
- apply oneself diligently
- give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
- travel a route regularly
noun
- (artificial intelligence, combinatorial game theory) In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players.
- (now chiefly Scotland) A condition, a state.
- A layer of material.
- (colloquial) Clipping of plywood.
- A bent; a direction.
- A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn.
- one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination
- (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood
adj
- Attentive; undeviating; strict.
- (archaic outside certain phrases) Physically narrow or confined.
- At little distance; near in space or time.
- Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
- Carefully done, detailed.
- Accurate; precise.
- (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
- (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Tightly restricted in availability.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
- (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- (in particular) Almost resulting in disaster.
- (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
- Short.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
- Marked, evident.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- close in relevance or relationship
- confined to specific persons
- crowded
- strictly confined or guarded
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- lacking fresh air
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- marked by fidelity to an original
- used of hair or haircuts
- fitting closely but comfortably
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- giving or spending with reluctance
adv
noun
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- A cathedral close.
- (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- An end or conclusion.
- (aviation, travel) The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
- (music) A double bar marking the end.
- (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- A grapple in wrestling.
- the last section of a communication
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the concluding part of any performance
verb
- (intransitive) To become denser or more crowded with objects.
- (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- (Philippines, Quebec, Greece, Cyprus) To turn off; to switch off.
- (transitive) To obstruct or block.
- (transitive) To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially sports) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
- (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (intransitive, of a business, market etc.) To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
- (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- (chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
- (transitive) To end or conclude.
- come to a close
- draw near
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- fill or stop up
- come together, as if in an embrace
- become closed
- bar access to
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- engage at close quarters
- bring together all the elements or parts of
adj
- severe and unremitting in making demands
- requiring precise accuracy
- having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
- Of an action, task, etc., requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
- Of a person or organization, characterized by exaction.
- Making great demands; difficult to satisfy.
verb
adj
noun
- the rear part of a ship
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
- The hinder part of anything.
- A bird, the black tern, seabird.
- (nautical) The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
- (figurative) The post of management or direction.
verb
adj
- severe and unremitting in making demands
- (of rules) stringently enforced
- characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
- incapable of compromise or flexibility
- rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
- (set theory, order theory) Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
- Tense; not relaxed.
- (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
- Strained; drawn close; tight.
- Severe in discipline.
- Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
- Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
- Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
verb
noun
- (countable) Any of the bones in the lower or upper jaw.
- (countable) The bone of the lower jaw; the mandible.
- (countable, singular or plural, music) A shaken musical instrument (an idiophone) made from the jawbone of an animal and shaken such that the teeth vibrate in their sockets to produce sound.
- the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
verb
- (intransitive, with on) To approach in a determined manner.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, down.
- (transitive) To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat, overcome.
- (intransitive) To exert downward pressure on one's abdomen, as in giving birth, forcing out feces, and some similar bodily maneuvers.
- (intransitive) To intensify one's efforts.
- (nautical) To steer away from the wind; to approach from windward.
- exert a force with a heavy weight
- exert a force or cause a strain upon
- exert full strength
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- pay special attention to
- contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
noun
- the quality of being intent and concentrated
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- the mental state of being preoccupied by something
- (uncountable) The state of being engrossed; concentration or preoccupation.
- (countable, law, informal) Such document that has not yet been executed or completed.
- (countable, law) The fact or instance of preparing the final draft legal document for execution or completion.
adv
- earnestly or intently
- causing great damage or hardship
- with pain or distress or bitterness
- to the full extent possible; all the way
- very near or close in space or time
- indulging excessively
- with firmness
- slowly and with difficulty
- with effort or force or vigor
- into a solid condition
- (manner) Compactly.
- (manner) With difficulty.
- (manner) With much force or effort.
adj
- very strong or vigorous
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- unfortunate or hard to bear
- (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
- dried out
- resisting weight or pressure
- not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- dispassionate
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
- Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.
- (slang) Tough, muscular, badass.
- (politics) Far, extreme.
- Unquestionable; unequivocal.
- (of a normally nonalcoholic drink) Containing alcohol.
- (finance) Of a market: having more demand than supply; being a seller's market.
- (physics, of a ferromagnetic material) Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).
- Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
- (slang) Excellent, impressive.
- (Slavic phonology) Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized.
- (of drink or drugs) Strong.
- Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
- (pornography) Hardcore.
- (of material or fluid) Solid and firm.
- (physics, of electromagnetic radiation) Having a high energy (high frequency; short wavelength).
- Resistant to pressure; difficult to break, cut, or penetrate.
- (of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
- (wine) Very acidic or tannic.
- (photography, of light) Made up of parallel rays, producing clearly defined shadows.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
- (military) Hardened; having unusually strong defences.
- Unvoiced.
- (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
- Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.
- (slang, vulgar) Sexually aroused; having an erect penis.
- Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with.
- In a physical form, not digital.
- Plosive.
- Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.
noun
verb
adj
- Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.
- (of inanimate things) Not easily subdued or removed.
- (of a facial feature) Typical of an obstinate person; fixed and unmoving.
- resistant to guidance or discipline
- tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
- stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
verb
adj
- Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration.
- (said of an action or an utterance) Serious, sincere, ingenuous.
- (with a positive sense) Focused in the pursuit of an objective; honestly eager to obtain or do.
- Strenuous; diligent.
- (said of a person or a person's character) Possessing or characterised by seriousness.
- Serious; weighty; of a serious, weighty, or important nature; important.
- characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
- not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal
- sincerely earnest
noun
verb
verb
- Was or were determined to; indicating someone's insistence upon doing something.
- Used to, did repeatedly, habitually; indicates an action that happened several times in the past (cannot describe continuous states, as in I used to live in London)
- Could naturally be expected to (given the situation, the tendencies of someone's character etc.).
- Without explicit condition, or with loose or vague implied condition, indicating a hypothetical or imagined state or action.
- Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are (you) willing to …?
- Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.
- Used to form the "anterior future", or "future in the past", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.
- Suggesting conditionality or potentiality in order to express a sense of politeness, tentativeness, indirectness, hesitancy, uncertainty, etc.
- Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality, indicating a state or action that is conditional on another.
- Used to express the speaker's belief or assumption.
intj
noun
adj
noun
- Urgent insistence.
- The process of improving the appearance of clothing by improving creases and removing wrinkles with a press or an iron.
- The application of pressure by a press or other means.
- A memento preserved by pressing, folding, or drying between the leaves of a flat container, book, or folio. Usually done with a flower, ribbon, letter, or other soft, small keepsake.
- A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time.
- The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.
- A metal or plastic part made with a press.
- the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
- a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press
verb
noun
verb
noun
- Insistence, pressure, urge.
- The quality or condition of being urgent.
- (medicine) A sudden and compelling need to urinate that is difficult to defer, associated with conditions such as urinary tract infections and overactive bladder.
- the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
- an urgent situation calling for prompt action
- pressing importance requiring speedy action
- insistent solicitation and entreaty
noun
- the quality of being intent and concentrated
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- the mental state of being preoccupied by something
- (uncountable) The state of being engrossed; concentration or preoccupation.
- (countable, law, informal) Such document that has not yet been executed or completed.
- (countable, law) The fact or instance of preparing the final draft legal document for execution or completion.
verb
- (transitive) To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
- (transitive) To provoke; to exasperate.
- (transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
- (transitive) To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
- (transitive) To press onward or forward.
- (transitive) To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
- (transitive) To press hard upon; to follow closely.
- push for something
- force or impel in an indicated direction
- spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
noun
verb
- (transitive) To press upon; to urge persistently.
- (intransitive) To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.).
- (transitive) To work at (something) diligently.
- (transitive) To persist in offering something to, especially for the purpose of inducement or persuasion.
- (ambitransitive, transport) To travel over (a route) regularly.
- (transitive) To wield or use (a tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or vigorously.
- join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding
- wield vigorously
- use diligently
- apply oneself diligently
- give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
- travel a route regularly
noun
- (artificial intelligence, combinatorial game theory) In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players.
- (now chiefly Scotland) A condition, a state.
- A layer of material.
- (colloquial) Clipping of plywood.
- A bent; a direction.
- A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn.
- one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination
- (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood
verb
noun
- (countable) Any of the bones in the lower or upper jaw.
- (countable) The bone of the lower jaw; the mandible.
- (countable, singular or plural, music) A shaken musical instrument (an idiophone) made from the jawbone of an animal and shaken such that the teeth vibrate in their sockets to produce sound.
- the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
verb
- (intransitive, with on) To approach in a determined manner.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, down.
- (transitive) To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat, overcome.
- (intransitive) To exert downward pressure on one's abdomen, as in giving birth, forcing out feces, and some similar bodily maneuvers.
- (intransitive) To intensify one's efforts.
- (nautical) To steer away from the wind; to approach from windward.
- exert a force with a heavy weight
- exert a force or cause a strain upon
- exert full strength
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- pay special attention to
- contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
verb
verb
- Was or were determined to; indicating someone's insistence upon doing something.
- Used to, did repeatedly, habitually; indicates an action that happened several times in the past (cannot describe continuous states, as in I used to live in London)
- Could naturally be expected to (given the situation, the tendencies of someone's character etc.).
- Without explicit condition, or with loose or vague implied condition, indicating a hypothetical or imagined state or action.
- Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are (you) willing to …?
- Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.
- Used to form the "anterior future", or "future in the past", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.
- Suggesting conditionality or potentiality in order to express a sense of politeness, tentativeness, indirectness, hesitancy, uncertainty, etc.
- Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality, indicating a state or action that is conditional on another.
- Used to express the speaker's belief or assumption.
intj
noun
adv
- earnestly or intently
- causing great damage or hardship
- with pain or distress or bitterness
- to the full extent possible; all the way
- very near or close in space or time
- indulging excessively
- with firmness
- slowly and with difficulty
- with effort or force or vigor
- into a solid condition
- (manner) Compactly.
- (manner) With difficulty.
- (manner) With much force or effort.
adj
- very strong or vigorous
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- unfortunate or hard to bear
- (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
- dried out
- resisting weight or pressure
- not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- dispassionate
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
- Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.
- (slang) Tough, muscular, badass.
- (politics) Far, extreme.
- Unquestionable; unequivocal.
- (of a normally nonalcoholic drink) Containing alcohol.
- (finance) Of a market: having more demand than supply; being a seller's market.
- (physics, of a ferromagnetic material) Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).
- Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
- (slang) Excellent, impressive.
- (Slavic phonology) Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized.
- (of drink or drugs) Strong.
- Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
- (pornography) Hardcore.
- (of material or fluid) Solid and firm.
- (physics, of electromagnetic radiation) Having a high energy (high frequency; short wavelength).
- Resistant to pressure; difficult to break, cut, or penetrate.
- (of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
- (wine) Very acidic or tannic.
- (photography, of light) Made up of parallel rays, producing clearly defined shadows.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
- (military) Hardened; having unusually strong defences.
- Unvoiced.
- (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
- Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.
- (slang, vulgar) Sexually aroused; having an erect penis.
- Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with.
- In a physical form, not digital.
- Plosive.
- Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.
noun
adj
noun
- Urgent insistence.
- The process of improving the appearance of clothing by improving creases and removing wrinkles with a press or an iron.
- The application of pressure by a press or other means.
- A memento preserved by pressing, folding, or drying between the leaves of a flat container, book, or folio. Usually done with a flower, ribbon, letter, or other soft, small keepsake.
- A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time.
- The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.
- A metal or plastic part made with a press.
- the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
- a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press
verb
adj
- Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.
- (ornithology) Standing on end: specifically said of the hind toe of a bird when its base is inserted so high on the shank that only its tip touches the ground: correlated with incumbent.
- Extorting attention or notice; coercively staring or prominent; vivid; intense.
- repetitive and persistent
- demanding attention
adj
verb
noun
adj
- being sharply insistent on being heard
- of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’)
- unpleasantly loud and harsh
- conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
- (nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides; forceful in a positive way.
- Forceful (typically in a negative way) or obtrusive.
- Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.
- Grating or obnoxious.
noun
adj
verb
adj
- consisting of or having the hardness of adamant
- impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
- having the hardness of a diamond
- Made of adamant (“an unspecified mineral or rock of virtually impenetrable hardness”).
- Incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; impenetrable, unbreakable.
- Of a person: refusing to change one's mind; obstinate, stubborn.
- (chiefly mineralogy) Like diamond in lustre; bright, lustrous, shiny; also, of a lustre: like that of a mineral with a high refractive index such as diamond.
- Difficult to defeat or prevail over; unshakable, unyielding.
noun
adj
- Attentive; undeviating; strict.
- (archaic outside certain phrases) Physically narrow or confined.
- At little distance; near in space or time.
- Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
- Carefully done, detailed.
- Accurate; precise.
- (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
- (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Tightly restricted in availability.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
- (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- (in particular) Almost resulting in disaster.
- (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
- Short.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
- Marked, evident.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- close in relevance or relationship
- confined to specific persons
- crowded
- strictly confined or guarded
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- lacking fresh air
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- marked by fidelity to an original
- used of hair or haircuts
- fitting closely but comfortably
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- giving or spending with reluctance
adv
noun
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- A cathedral close.
- (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- An end or conclusion.
- (aviation, travel) The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
- (music) A double bar marking the end.
- (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- A grapple in wrestling.
- the last section of a communication
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the concluding part of any performance
verb
- (intransitive) To become denser or more crowded with objects.
- (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- (Philippines, Quebec, Greece, Cyprus) To turn off; to switch off.
- (transitive) To obstruct or block.
- (transitive) To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially sports) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
- (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (intransitive, of a business, market etc.) To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
- (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- (chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
- (transitive) To end or conclude.
- come to a close
- draw near
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- fill or stop up
- come together, as if in an embrace
- become closed
- bar access to
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- engage at close quarters
- bring together all the elements or parts of
adj
- severe and unremitting in making demands
- requiring precise accuracy
- having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
- Of an action, task, etc., requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
- Of a person or organization, characterized by exaction.
- Making great demands; difficult to satisfy.
verb
adj
noun
- the rear part of a ship
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
- The hinder part of anything.
- A bird, the black tern, seabird.
- (nautical) The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
- (figurative) The post of management or direction.
verb
adj
- severe and unremitting in making demands
- (of rules) stringently enforced
- characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
- incapable of compromise or flexibility
- rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
- (set theory, order theory) Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
- Tense; not relaxed.
- (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
- Strained; drawn close; tight.
- Severe in discipline.
- Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
- Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
- Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
adj
- Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.
- (of inanimate things) Not easily subdued or removed.
- (of a facial feature) Typical of an obstinate person; fixed and unmoving.
- resistant to guidance or discipline
- tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
- stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
verb
adj
- Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration.
- (said of an action or an utterance) Serious, sincere, ingenuous.
- (with a positive sense) Focused in the pursuit of an objective; honestly eager to obtain or do.
- Strenuous; diligent.
- (said of a person or a person's character) Possessing or characterised by seriousness.
- Serious; weighty; of a serious, weighty, or important nature; important.
- characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
- not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal
- sincerely earnest