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noun
- The edge that runs along the top of the opening of a shoe.
- (often attributive) Top billing.
- The upper curvature of a horse's or dog's withers, back, and loin.
- (music) The vocal parts of a piece of music (particularly pop).
- (of concepts or statements thereof; often attributive) The first line, the topmost-ranking line; the most important thing.
verb
noun
- The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
- (anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
- (usually in the plural) A high-heeled shoe.
- (specifically, US) The obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
- The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
- Anything resembling a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
- (nautical) The junction between the keel and the stempost of a vessel; an angular wooden join connecting the two.
- The part of a carding machine's flat nearest the cylinder.
- (card games) The cards set aside for later use in a patience or solitaire game.
- The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.
- (informal, synecdochic) A contemptible, unscrupulous, inconsiderate, or thoughtless person.
- (metallurgy) Material stored in a smelting furnace between batches
- (firearms) The back, upper part of the stock.
- The lower end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead, as opposed to the toe (upper end).
- (US) The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.
- (carpentry) The short side of an angled cut.
- (US, Ireland, Scotland, Australia) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- The last or lowest part of anything.
- (music) The thickening of the neck of a stringed instrument where it attaches to the body.
- (nautical) The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant.
- (architecture) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter.
- (golf) The part of a club head's face nearest the shaft.
- (by extension, slang, professional wrestling) A headlining wrestler regarded as a "bad guy," whose ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits and demonstrates characteristics of a braggart and a bully.
- the lower end of a ship's mast
- someone who is morally reprehensible
- (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft
- one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread
- the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
- the back part of the human foot
verb
- (chiefly nautical) To incline to one side; to tilt.
- (transitive) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
- (US, intransitive) At Yale University, to work as a heeler or student journalist.
- (American football, transitive) To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
- To cause to follow at somebody’s heels (transitive).
- To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
- (rare, now especially in the phrase "heel in") Alternative form of hele (“cover; conceal”).
- (transitive) To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.
- (golf, transitive) To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
- To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
- To kick with the heel.
- follow at the heels of a person
- put a new heel on
- strike with the heel of the club
- tilt to one side
- perform with the heels
noun
- one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
- the act of giving temporary assistance
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
- the act of raising something
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
- a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
- the event of something being raised upward
- a ride in a car
- plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
- lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
- a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
- An act of lifting or raising.
- (measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
- (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
- The amount or weight to be lifted.
- A rise; a degree of elevation.
- (historical slang) A thief.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
- (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
- (figurative) An improvement in mood.
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
- The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
- (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
- An upward force; especially, the force (generated by wings, rotary wings, or airfoils) that keeps aircraft aloft.
- (category theory) A morphism which some given morphism factors through; i.e. given a pair of morphisms f:X→Y and g:Z→Y, a morphism h such that f=g∘h. (In this case h is said to be a lift of f via Z or via g).
- Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
- (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
- (broadcasting) A shorter extract from a commercial/advertisement, able to be used on its own.
- (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
- A liftgate.
- The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
verb
- raise in rank or condition
- take illegally
- take off or away by decreasing
- call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- put an end to a situation
- move upwards
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
- remove (hair) by scalping
- move upward
- pay off (a mortgage)
- take (root crops) out of the ground
- cancel officially
- rise up
- invigorate or heighten
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- remove from a surface
- take hold of something and move it to a different location
- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
- make audible
- make off with belongings of others
- To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
- To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- (transitive, slang) To steal.
- To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
- (category theory, transitive) Given morphisms f and g with the same target: To produce a morphism which the given morphism factors through (i.e. a morphism h such that f=g∘h; cf. lift n.etymology 1 18)
- (transitive) To cause to move upwards.
- (transitive, slang) To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
- (ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
- (transitive, slang) To arrest (a person).
- (intransitive, especially Scotland) To disperse, to break up.
- (finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
- (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
- (programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
- (hunting, transitive) To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.
- (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
- (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
noun
- a shoe with a wedge heel
- (colloquial) A wedge-heeled shoe.
- (basketball, slang) A basketball stuck between the rim and the backboard following a field goal, free throw, rebound, or block attempt.
- (Australia) A wedge-tailed eagle.
- (slang) A situation where a person's underpants are stuck uncomfortably between their buttocks.
- (slang) A prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply from behind in order to wedge the clothing uncomfortably between the person's buttocks.
verb
noun
- a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
- any shape that is triangular in cross section
- (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
- something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
- a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
- One of the basic elements that make up cuneiform writing, a single triangular impression made with the corner of a reed stylus.
- One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
- (meteorology) A barometric ridge; an elongated region of high atmospheric pressure between two low-pressure areas.
- (figurative) Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
- (music) A hairpin, an elongated horizontal V-shaped sign indicating a crescendo or decrescendo.
- (US, regional, especially Westchester, New York) A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
- (colloquial, British, countable, uncountable, by extension) A quantity of money.
- A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
- (geometry) A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
- (typography, US) A háček.
- (finance) A market trend characterized by a contracting range in prices coupled with an upward trend in prices (a rising wedge) or a downward trend in prices (a falling wedge).
- (UK, Cambridge University slang) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.
- (zoology, collective) A group of geese, swans, or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
- (meteorology) A wedge tornado.
- (architecture) A voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.
- (phonetics) The IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
- (mathematics) The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
- One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
- (golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
verb
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- put, fix, force, or implant
- (computing, informal, intransitive) Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
- (transitive) To shape into a wedge.
- (ambitransitive) To force into a narrow gap.
- (transitive) To support or secure using a wedge.
- (transitive) To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
- (transitive) To pack (people or animals) together tightly into a mass.
- (transitive) To force or drive with a wedge.
- (transitive) To cleave with a wedge.
noun
- the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
- (shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
- the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
- cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
- a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
- a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
- cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
- cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
- lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
- (ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.
- The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.
- The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.
- (shoemaking) A metal strip strengthening the waists of shoes. (Also shankpiece.)
- A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
- Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
- (golf) A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
- A loop forming an eye to a button.
- (architecture) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
- (slang) An improvised stabbing weapon, originally in prison, possibly from the strips of metal in shoes.
- The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
- Meat from that part of an animal.
- The main part or beginning of a period of time.
- The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.
- (metalworking) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
- A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.
- The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
verb
- hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction
- (transitive, sewing) To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye).
- (shoemaking) To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it.
- (slang) To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.
- (slang) To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
- (intransitive) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.
- (transitive, chiefly tennis, soccer, gridiron football) To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
- (transitive, golf) To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
adj
noun
- the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
- the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
- (nautical) That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
- (anatomy) The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
- The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).
- The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.
- A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.
- The middle part of anything.
adj
- (of a shoe) that leaves toes uncovered
- (sewing) (of a foot of a sewing machine) that does not have its front area cut away (opposite of closed-toe) https://books.google.com/books?id=5W-ChoTedM4C&pg=PA128&dq=%22closed-toe%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CC4Q6AEwADgKahUKEwjEiNe5j-nIAhVFLYgKHRv-Abw#v=onepage&q=%22closed-toe%22&f=false
noun
- A type of shoe without a heel.
- A dancing shoe.
- A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
- (colloquial) A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A type of women's shoe which leaves the instep uncovered and has a relatively high heel, especially a stiletto (with a very high and thin heel)
- (British) A low-top shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas upper; a low-top canvas sneaker.
- A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel; a gas pump.
- (US, slang) The heart.
- An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping
- (bodybuilding, climbing) A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.
- a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
- the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
- a low-cut shoe without fastenings
verb
- (British, slang, vulgar) To pass gas; to fart quietly.
- (colloquial) To inject silicone into the body in order to try to achieve a fuller or curvier look.
- (transitive) To gain something, especially information, from (a person) by persistent questioning.
- (transitive) To shake (a person's hand) vigorously.
- To fire a bullet from a firearm.
- (transitive, often followed by up) To fill with air by means of a pump; to inflate.
- (transitive, UK, slang) To have sex with; to sexually penetrate, especially with a thrusting motion.
- (sports) To kick, throw, or hit the ball far and high.
- (transitive) To move rhythmically, as the motion of a pump.
- (computing) To pass (messages) into a program so that it can obey them.
- (transitive, intransitive) To express milk from (a breast) by means of a breast pump.
- (bodybuilding) To enlarge the body by means of weightlifting or steroid use.
- To load a shell into the chamber of a pump-action shotgun by pumping the mechanism.
- (US, intransitive, slang) Of music: to be loud, to have strong bass and rhythms; (by extension) to be full of energy.
- (transitive) To inject or pour (something) into someone or something in a manner similar to a pump.
- (transitive, intransitive) To use a pump; to move (water or other liquid) by means of a pump.
- flow intermittently
- deliver forth
- draw or pour with a pump
- raise (gases or fluids) with a pump
- supply in great quantities
- move up and down
- operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal
- question persistently
noun
- (footwear) The bottom of a shoe or boot.
- (nautical) The floor inside the cabin of a yacht or boat
- (dialectal, Northern England) A pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water.
- (mining) The seat or bottom of a mine; applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
- The end section of the chanter of a set of bagpipes.
- (by extension) A flatfish resembling those of the family Soleidae.
- The bottom of the body of a plough; the slade.
- (zoology) Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae; a true sole.
- (nautical) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.
- The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.
- The bottom of a furrow.
- (military) The bottom of an embrasure.
- (anatomy) The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
- right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
- lean flesh of any of several flatfish
- the underside of the foot
- the underside of footwear or a golf club
adj
verb
noun
- The back and sides of the upper of a shoe, extending around the wearer's heel to meet the vamp.
- One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.
- (farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
- (now chiefly historical) A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
- (in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
- Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.
- (historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.
- (now chiefly historical) A fourth part of a hundredweight.
- A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.
- (often plural) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
- (Chester, historical) A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.
- Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.
- (now chiefly finance) A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.
- (nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
- A quarterfinal.
- (now historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.
- A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
- (heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
- A region or place.
- (sports) One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.
- (time) A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.
- (Canada, US) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
- piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
- clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
- an unspecified person
- one of four equal parts
- the rear part of a ship
- one of four periods into which the school year is divided
- a fourth part of a year; three months
- a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
- (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
- a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
- a district of a city having some distinguishing character
- one of the four major division of the compass
- a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
- a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
- (heraldry) To display different coats of arms in the quarters of a shield.
- (transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
- (transitive, historical) To execute (someone) by tying each limb to a different animal (such as a horse) and driving them in different directions.
- (transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
- (transitive) To range to and fro over an area; to move from point to point.
- (transitive) To quartersaw.
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- divide into quarters
- provide housing for (military personnel)
- divide by four; divide into quarters
noun
- a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
- the area taken up by some object
- a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important
- (cartography) A polygon representing the shape of an item.
- Availability of a satellite from the ground.
- (figurative, in the plural) What a person has done before, as a profession or lifestyle, serving as a model for others.
- The surface space occupied by a structure.
- (ecology) The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc.
- A company's geographic market presence.
- (computing) The amount of hard drive space required for a program.
- The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.
- Space required by a piece of equipment.
- (computing) The audit trail left by a crashed program.
- A trace left behind that gives evidence of some action having occurred.
noun
- a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
- a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance
- a musical interval of two semitones
- the distance covered by a step
- relative position in a graded series
- support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
- any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
- the sound of a step of someone walking
- the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
- a short distance
- a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
- (colloquial) A stepchild.
- (glassblowing) The button joining a glass's stem to its foot.
- Stepping (style of dance)
- (machines) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
- (nautical) A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specifically, a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
- (in the plural) A walk; passage.
- A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
- An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
- Proceeding; measure; action; act.
- (in the plural) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
- The part of a spade, digging stick or similar tool that a digger's foot rests against and presses on when digging; an ear, a foot-rest.
- (kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
- (slang, primarily Netherlands) Kick scooter.
- A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
- A gait; manner of walking.
- (machines) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
- The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
- A small space or distance.
- (colloquial) A stepsibling.
- A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.
- A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
- (programming) A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.
- (music) The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.
verb
- place (a ship's mast) in its step
- put down or press the foot, place the foot
- move with one's feet in a specific manner
- treat badly
- measure (distances) by pacing
- shift or move by taking a step
- walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner
- furnish with steps
- move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation
- cause (a computer) to execute a single command
- (transitive, nautical) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
- To dance.
- (intransitive) To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.
- (intransitive, slang) To be confrontational.
- (intransitive) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
- (transitive) To set, as the foot.
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To depart.
- (transitive) To advance a process gradually, one step at a time.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move mentally; to go in imagination.
- (intransitive) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.
noun
- piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe
- an improvised musical accompaniment
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- (informal) A vampire.
- Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished.
- (US, slang) A volunteer firefighter.
- (by extension) An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time.
- (music) A repeated and often improvised accompaniment, usually consisting of one or two measures, often a single chord or simple chord progression, repeated as necessary, for example, to accommodate dialogue or to anticipate the entrance of a soloist.
- Something added to give an old thing a new appearance.
- A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her; femme fatale.
- The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking.
verb
- provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
- concoct something artificial or untrue
- act seductively with (someone)
- piece (something old) with a new part
- (transitive) Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing.
- (ambitransitive, music, specifically) To perform a vamp (“a repeated, often improvised accompaniment, for example, under dialogue or while waiting for a soloist to be ready”).
- (ambitransitive, now dialectal) To travel by foot; to walk.
- (transitive) To patch, repair, or refurbish.
- (transitive, shoemaking) To attach a vamp (to footwear).
- (transitive, intransitive) To seduce or exploit someone.
- (intransitive) To cosplay a vampire.
- (intransitive) To delay or stall for time, as for an audience.
- (fiction, slang, transitive) To turn (someone) into a vampire.
- (transitive) To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise.
noun
- Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
- The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
- (video games) A speedrunner.
- The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
- A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
- A streamlet.
- (poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.
- (Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland) A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
- In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
- Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
- (climbing) A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
- (chiefly in combination) A person or vessel that runs blockades or engages in smuggling.
- A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
- The blade of an ice skate.
- A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
- (slang, usually in the phrase do a runner) A quick escape away from a scene; (by extension) the person who gets away.
- Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
- (botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
- (film) An assistant.
- A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.
- The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
- A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
- A running gag.
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
- (Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
- Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
- A long, narrow carpet for a high-traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
- One who runs away; a deserter or escapee.
- (nautical, sailing) A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
- (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
- In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
- An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
- The curved base of a rocking chair.
- (baseball, softball) A baserunner.
- (slang) An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
- (cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
- A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
- (slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
- A boat for transporting fish, oysters, etc.
- Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
- A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
- (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
- someone who travels on foot by running
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- someone who imports or exports without paying duties
- device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
- a long narrow carpet
- a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
- a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
- fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
- a trained athlete who competes in foot races
noun
- Any shoe with an upper covering the front of the foot but without a back flap or strap, leaving the heel exposed.
- (slang) A person paid to smuggle drugs.
- Any of a group of cocktails involving ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and various liquors.
- The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
- (numismatics) A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error.
- (roleplaying games) A MMORPG character, or NPC companion in a tabletop RPG, used mainly to store extra inventory for the owner's primary character.
- (sailing) A kind of triangular sail for a yacht.
- The generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals.
- (informal) A stubborn person.
- A kind of cotton-spinning machine.
- a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
- hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
verb
noun
- a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides
- legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle
- a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
- A neck gaiter.
- A part of the ecclesiastical garb of a bishop.
- A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
- A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep.
- (automotive) A protective flexible sleeve covering a moving part, intended to keep the part clean.
verb
noun
- The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
- a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
- The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
- A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted.
- A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
- An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
- (typography) The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
- (nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
- (grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- counterattack
- In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
- A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
- (programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
- In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
- (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
- (martial arts) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
- (music) Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.
- (Internet) A hit counter.
- One who counts.
- (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
- game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
- (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
- table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
- a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
- a person who counts things
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- a return punch (especially by a boxer)
adj
adv
verb
noun
- a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel
- a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
- a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released
- bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck
- a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice
- A drink composed of a spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened.
- A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering.
- A loop of cloth, worn around the neck, for supporting a baby or other such load.
- A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.
- (climbing) A loop of rope or fabric tape used for various purposes: e.g. as part of a runner, or providing extra protection when abseiling or belaying.
- A young or infant spider, such as one raised in captivity.
- The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke.
- (nautical, chiefly in the plural) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast.
- A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder.
- (weaponry) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other.
verb
- move with a sling
- hurl as if with a sling
- hang loosely or freely; let swing
- hold or carry in a sling
- To throw with a sling.
- (nautical) To pass a rope around (a cask, gun, etc.) preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.
- (slang) To sell, peddle, or distribute (often illicitly, e.g. drugs, sex, etc.).
- To throw with a circular or arcing motion.
noun
- A rustic high shoe; half-boot.
- A device that aids in cocking a crossbow.
- (colloquial) A cocker spaniel, either of two breeds of dogs originally bred for hunting woodcocks.
- (UK, informal) Friend, mate.
- One who breeds gamecocks or engages in the sport of cockfighting.
- a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England
verb
noun
- That part of a shoe or sock covering the toe.
- the part of footwear that provides a covering for the toes
- (carpentry) The long side of an angled cut.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang, uncountable) Speed, energy, vigor.
- The equivalent part in an animal.
- (dance, uncountable) An advanced form of ballet primarily performed by women, wearing pointe shoes.
- (figuratively) a person
- The upper end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the heel (lower end).
- (engineering) A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, such as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved.
- (engineering) The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.
- (slang) A cameltoe.
- (engineering) A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.
- (automotive) An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle, either positive (toe in), meaning the wheels are closer together at the front than at the back, or negative (toe out), the other way round.
- Each of the five digits on the end of the human foot.
- Something resembling a toe, especially at the bottom or extreme end of something.
- (golf) the part of a clubhead farthest from the shaft
- one of the digits of the foot
- forepart of a hoof
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To touch, tap or kick with the toes.
- (construction, transitive) To fasten (a piece) by driving a fastener at a near-45-degree angle through the side (of the piece) into the piece to which it is to be fastened.
- (transitive) To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.
- (transitive) To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe.
- (golf, transitive) To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.
- touch with the toe
- hit (a golf ball) with the toe of the club
- drive (a golf ball) with the toe of the club
- walk so that the toes assume an indicated position or direction
- drive obliquely
noun
- the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
- metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
- the tongue of certain animals used as meat
- a manner of speaking
- a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
- a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
- a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
- any long thin projection that is transient
- The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.
- Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect.
- (figuratively) An individual point of flame from a fire.
- Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.
- (geology) A division of formation; A layer or member of a formation that pinches out in one direction.
- A small sole (type of fish).
- In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).
- (synecdochic, usually in the plural) A person speaking in a specified manner.
- (religion, often in the plural) Glossolalia.
- A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.
- The pole of a towed or drawn vehicle or farm implement (e.g., trailer, cart, plow, harrow), by which it is pulled; for example, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
- The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
- (nautical) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also, the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
- The clapper of a bell.
- A manner of speaking, often habitually.
- (countable, uncountable) Such an organ, as taken from animals and used for food (especially from cows).
- (metonymic) A language.
- (music) A reed.
- A projection, or slender appendage or fixture.
- (flags) The middle protrusion of a triple-tailed flag.
verb
- lick or explore with the tongue
- articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
- To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections.
- (music, ambitransitive) On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To lick, penetrate or manipulate with the tongue during flirting or oral sex.
- (transitive) To manipulate with the tongue.
- To join by means of a tongue and groove.
noun
- A lace-up shoe.
- (music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.
- (phonetic transcription) A curved line connecting two letters (⁀), used in the IPA to denote a coarticulation, as for example /d͡ʒ/.
- A knot; a fastening.
- A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
- A tiewig.
- A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
- The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
- (cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
- (sports, British) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
- (construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
- A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
- A connection between people or groups of people, especially a strong connection.
- (rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
- (graph theory) A connection between two vertices.
- (statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
- (surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
- (sports, US) An equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same score(s).
- a fastener that serves to join or connect
- (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
- equality of score in a contest
- neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied
- a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating
- a social or business relationship
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
verb
- (music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
- (US, transitive) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
- (ambitransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
- (programming, transitive) In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.
- (transitive) To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
- (transitive) To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
- (transitive) To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To secure (something) by string or the like.
- perform a marriage ceremony
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- unite musical notes by a tie
- create social or emotional ties
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- limit or restrict to
- make by tying pieces together
- form a knot or bow in
noun
- A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.
- A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand
- The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.
- (UK, dialect, rare) A border, edge or rim; a strip, as of cloth.
- (programming) A random number.
- (basket-making) A single rod woven in and out of the stakes.
- The border of an area of land, now especially marshland.
- the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents
noun
- a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep
- a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief
- (Scotland) A gill of an alcoholic drink.
- (Scotland, originally) A male attendant of a Scottish Highland chief.
- (British, Ireland, Scotland) A fishing and hunting guide; a man or boy who attends to a person who is fishing or hunting, especially in Scotland.
verb
noun
- piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot
- the higher of two berths
- a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
- (footwear) The Y-shaped strap on flip-flops.
- The upper portion of something.
- A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite.
- (Taoism) A spiritual passageway through which consciousness can reach a higher dimension.
- Anything that cheers one up.
- (shoemaking) The piece of material that forms the top part of a shoe or boot above the sole.
- A tooth in the upper jaw.
- An upper berth or bunk.
- A senior student.
- A denture or retainer for the teeth in the upper jaw.
- That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
- Someone with higher social standing
adj
- the topmost one of two; upper
- superior in rank or accomplishment
- higher in place or position
- Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.
- (education) Of or pertaining to a secondary school.
- At a higher level, rank or position.
- (geology, of strata or geological time periods) Younger, more recent.
noun
- A cleat on a shoe.
- (colloquial) A sexually attractive, promiscuous male.
- An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
- (engineering) A stud bolt.
- (jewelry) A style of earring where the decorative element is mounted on a straight post.
- (engineering) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
- A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
- (construction) A vertical post, especially one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.
- A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
- An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
- (by extension, collective) A group of such animals, also of locomotives.
- (poker) A type of poker in which the player cannot discard, and some of the cards are exposed.
- A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
- (LGBTQ, slang) A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American.
- A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
- Clipping of student.
- poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt
- an upright in house framing
- a man who is virile and sexually active
- ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)
- adult male horse kept for breeding
verb
noun
- A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
- A blockage.
- (UK, colloquial) A shoe of any type.
- A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion.
- That which hinders or impedes motion; an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment of any kind.
- a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps
- footwear usually with wooden soles
- any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
verb
- (intransitive) To perform a clog dance.
- To block or slow passage through (often with 'up').
- To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
- (law) To enforce a mortgage lender right that prevents a borrower from exercising a right to redeem.
- To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
- fill to excess so that function is impaired
- impede with a clog or as if with a clog
- become or cause to become obstructed
- dance a clog dance
- impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden
- coalesce or unite in a mass
noun
- (footwear) A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
- (construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
- (US, military, law enforcement, slang) A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
- (countable, uncountable) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense.
- (aviation) A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup; a deicing boot.
- (uncountable) Profit, plunder.
- (uncountable) A blow with the foot; a kick.
- (firearms) A hard or rigid case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun.
- (baseball) A bobbled ball.
- (informal, with definite article) The act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post).
- (US, military, usually plural) A soldier, especially a footsoldier.
- (Australia, British, New Zealand, South Africa, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
- (slang, ethnic slur) A black person.
- (sports) A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football (historically in the form of boots, now shorter, but still called the same).
- (US, transport) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
- (usually preceded by definite article) A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
- (slang, motor racing) A tyre.
- (US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- (slang) A linear amplifier used with CB radio.
- (botany) The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.
- (British, slang) An unattractive person, ugly woman.
- (figurative, with definite article) Oppression, an oppressor.
- an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
- protective casing for something that resembles a leg
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
- footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
- a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed
- the act of delivering a blow with the foot
verb
- (MLE, criminal slang) To shoot, to kill by gunfire.
- (colloquial, Canada, US, usually with it) To step on the accelerator of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual.
- (informal) To eject; kick out.
- (transitive) To kick.
- (computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
- (slang) To vomit.
- To put boots on, especially for riding.
- cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
- kick; give a boot to
noun
noun
- A relatively low-style of high heel shoe, characterised by a slightly tapered back and a straight front
- In women's sheer stockings or pantyhose, a prominent thin rectangle heel reinforcement at the base of the back seam.
- A type of heel used for men's boots similar to the heel on cowboy boots
- a broad heel of medium height on women's shoes
noun
- The edge that runs along the top of the opening of a shoe.
- (often attributive) Top billing.
- The upper curvature of a horse's or dog's withers, back, and loin.
- (music) The vocal parts of a piece of music (particularly pop).
- (of concepts or statements thereof; often attributive) The first line, the topmost-ranking line; the most important thing.
verb
noun
- The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
- (anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
- (usually in the plural) A high-heeled shoe.
- (specifically, US) The obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
- The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
- Anything resembling a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
- (nautical) The junction between the keel and the stempost of a vessel; an angular wooden join connecting the two.
- The part of a carding machine's flat nearest the cylinder.
- (card games) The cards set aside for later use in a patience or solitaire game.
- The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.
- (informal, synecdochic) A contemptible, unscrupulous, inconsiderate, or thoughtless person.
- (metallurgy) Material stored in a smelting furnace between batches
- (firearms) The back, upper part of the stock.
- The lower end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead, as opposed to the toe (upper end).
- (US) The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.
- (carpentry) The short side of an angled cut.
- (US, Ireland, Scotland, Australia) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- The last or lowest part of anything.
- (music) The thickening of the neck of a stringed instrument where it attaches to the body.
- (nautical) The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant.
- (architecture) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter.
- (golf) The part of a club head's face nearest the shaft.
- (by extension, slang, professional wrestling) A headlining wrestler regarded as a "bad guy," whose ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits and demonstrates characteristics of a braggart and a bully.
- the lower end of a ship's mast
- someone who is morally reprehensible
- (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft
- one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread
- the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
- the back part of the human foot
verb
- (chiefly nautical) To incline to one side; to tilt.
- (transitive) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
- (US, intransitive) At Yale University, to work as a heeler or student journalist.
- (American football, transitive) To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
- To cause to follow at somebody’s heels (transitive).
- To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
- (rare, now especially in the phrase "heel in") Alternative form of hele (“cover; conceal”).
- (transitive) To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.
- (golf, transitive) To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
- To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
- To kick with the heel.
- follow at the heels of a person
- put a new heel on
- strike with the heel of the club
- tilt to one side
- perform with the heels
noun
- one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
- the act of giving temporary assistance
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
- the act of raising something
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
- a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
- the event of something being raised upward
- a ride in a car
- plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
- lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
- a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
- An act of lifting or raising.
- (measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
- (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
- The amount or weight to be lifted.
- A rise; a degree of elevation.
- (historical slang) A thief.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
- (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
- (figurative) An improvement in mood.
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
- The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
- (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
- An upward force; especially, the force (generated by wings, rotary wings, or airfoils) that keeps aircraft aloft.
- (category theory) A morphism which some given morphism factors through; i.e. given a pair of morphisms f:X→Y and g:Z→Y, a morphism h such that f=g∘h. (In this case h is said to be a lift of f via Z or via g).
- Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
- (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
- (broadcasting) A shorter extract from a commercial/advertisement, able to be used on its own.
- (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
- A liftgate.
- The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
verb
- raise in rank or condition
- take illegally
- take off or away by decreasing
- call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- put an end to a situation
- move upwards
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
- remove (hair) by scalping
- move upward
- pay off (a mortgage)
- take (root crops) out of the ground
- cancel officially
- rise up
- invigorate or heighten
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- remove from a surface
- take hold of something and move it to a different location
- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
- make audible
- make off with belongings of others
- To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
- To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- (transitive, slang) To steal.
- To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
- (category theory, transitive) Given morphisms f and g with the same target: To produce a morphism which the given morphism factors through (i.e. a morphism h such that f=g∘h; cf. lift n.etymology 1 18)
- (transitive) To cause to move upwards.
- (transitive, slang) To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
- (ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
- (transitive, slang) To arrest (a person).
- (intransitive, especially Scotland) To disperse, to break up.
- (finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
- (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
- (programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
- (hunting, transitive) To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.
- (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
- (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
noun
- a shoe with a wedge heel
- (colloquial) A wedge-heeled shoe.
- (basketball, slang) A basketball stuck between the rim and the backboard following a field goal, free throw, rebound, or block attempt.
- (Australia) A wedge-tailed eagle.
- (slang) A situation where a person's underpants are stuck uncomfortably between their buttocks.
- (slang) A prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply from behind in order to wedge the clothing uncomfortably between the person's buttocks.
verb
noun
- a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
- any shape that is triangular in cross section
- (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
- something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
- a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
- One of the basic elements that make up cuneiform writing, a single triangular impression made with the corner of a reed stylus.
- One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
- (meteorology) A barometric ridge; an elongated region of high atmospheric pressure between two low-pressure areas.
- (figurative) Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
- (music) A hairpin, an elongated horizontal V-shaped sign indicating a crescendo or decrescendo.
- (US, regional, especially Westchester, New York) A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
- (colloquial, British, countable, uncountable, by extension) A quantity of money.
- A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
- (geometry) A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
- (typography, US) A háček.
- (finance) A market trend characterized by a contracting range in prices coupled with an upward trend in prices (a rising wedge) or a downward trend in prices (a falling wedge).
- (UK, Cambridge University slang) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.
- (zoology, collective) A group of geese, swans, or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
- (meteorology) A wedge tornado.
- (architecture) A voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.
- (phonetics) The IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
- (mathematics) The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
- One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
- (golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
verb
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- put, fix, force, or implant
- (computing, informal, intransitive) Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
- (transitive) To shape into a wedge.
- (ambitransitive) To force into a narrow gap.
- (transitive) To support or secure using a wedge.
- (transitive) To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
- (transitive) To pack (people or animals) together tightly into a mass.
- (transitive) To force or drive with a wedge.
- (transitive) To cleave with a wedge.
noun
- the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
- (shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
- the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
- cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
- a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
- a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
- cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
- cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
- lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
- (ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.
- The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.
- The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.
- (shoemaking) A metal strip strengthening the waists of shoes. (Also shankpiece.)
- A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
- Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
- (golf) A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
- A loop forming an eye to a button.
- (architecture) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
- (slang) An improvised stabbing weapon, originally in prison, possibly from the strips of metal in shoes.
- The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
- Meat from that part of an animal.
- The main part or beginning of a period of time.
- The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.
- (metalworking) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
- A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.
- The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
verb
- hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction
- (transitive, sewing) To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye).
- (shoemaking) To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it.
- (slang) To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.
- (slang) To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
- (intransitive) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.
- (transitive, chiefly tennis, soccer, gridiron football) To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
- (transitive, golf) To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
adj
noun
- the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
- the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
- (nautical) That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
- (anatomy) The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
- The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).
- The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.
- A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.
- The middle part of anything.
noun
- A type of shoe without a heel.
- A dancing shoe.
- A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
- (colloquial) A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A type of women's shoe which leaves the instep uncovered and has a relatively high heel, especially a stiletto (with a very high and thin heel)
- (British) A low-top shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas upper; a low-top canvas sneaker.
- A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel; a gas pump.
- (US, slang) The heart.
- An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping
- (bodybuilding, climbing) A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.
- a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
- the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
- a low-cut shoe without fastenings
verb
- (British, slang, vulgar) To pass gas; to fart quietly.
- (colloquial) To inject silicone into the body in order to try to achieve a fuller or curvier look.
- (transitive) To gain something, especially information, from (a person) by persistent questioning.
- (transitive) To shake (a person's hand) vigorously.
- To fire a bullet from a firearm.
- (transitive, often followed by up) To fill with air by means of a pump; to inflate.
- (transitive, UK, slang) To have sex with; to sexually penetrate, especially with a thrusting motion.
- (sports) To kick, throw, or hit the ball far and high.
- (transitive) To move rhythmically, as the motion of a pump.
- (computing) To pass (messages) into a program so that it can obey them.
- (transitive, intransitive) To express milk from (a breast) by means of a breast pump.
- (bodybuilding) To enlarge the body by means of weightlifting or steroid use.
- To load a shell into the chamber of a pump-action shotgun by pumping the mechanism.
- (US, intransitive, slang) Of music: to be loud, to have strong bass and rhythms; (by extension) to be full of energy.
- (transitive) To inject or pour (something) into someone or something in a manner similar to a pump.
- (transitive, intransitive) To use a pump; to move (water or other liquid) by means of a pump.
- flow intermittently
- deliver forth
- draw or pour with a pump
- raise (gases or fluids) with a pump
- supply in great quantities
- move up and down
- operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal
- question persistently
noun
- (footwear) The bottom of a shoe or boot.
- (nautical) The floor inside the cabin of a yacht or boat
- (dialectal, Northern England) A pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water.
- (mining) The seat or bottom of a mine; applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
- The end section of the chanter of a set of bagpipes.
- (by extension) A flatfish resembling those of the family Soleidae.
- The bottom of the body of a plough; the slade.
- (zoology) Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae; a true sole.
- (nautical) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.
- The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.
- The bottom of a furrow.
- (military) The bottom of an embrasure.
- (anatomy) The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
- right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
- lean flesh of any of several flatfish
- the underside of the foot
- the underside of footwear or a golf club
adj
verb
noun
- The back and sides of the upper of a shoe, extending around the wearer's heel to meet the vamp.
- One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.
- (farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
- (now chiefly historical) A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
- (in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
- Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.
- (historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.
- (now chiefly historical) A fourth part of a hundredweight.
- A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.
- (often plural) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
- (Chester, historical) A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.
- Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.
- (now chiefly finance) A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.
- (nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
- A quarterfinal.
- (now historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.
- A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
- (heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
- A region or place.
- (sports) One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.
- (time) A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.
- (Canada, US) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
- piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
- clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
- an unspecified person
- one of four equal parts
- the rear part of a ship
- one of four periods into which the school year is divided
- a fourth part of a year; three months
- a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
- (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
- a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
- a district of a city having some distinguishing character
- one of the four major division of the compass
- a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
- a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
- (heraldry) To display different coats of arms in the quarters of a shield.
- (transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
- (transitive, historical) To execute (someone) by tying each limb to a different animal (such as a horse) and driving them in different directions.
- (transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
- (transitive) To range to and fro over an area; to move from point to point.
- (transitive) To quartersaw.
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- divide into quarters
- provide housing for (military personnel)
- divide by four; divide into quarters
noun
- a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
- the area taken up by some object
- a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important
- (cartography) A polygon representing the shape of an item.
- Availability of a satellite from the ground.
- (figurative, in the plural) What a person has done before, as a profession or lifestyle, serving as a model for others.
- The surface space occupied by a structure.
- (ecology) The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc.
- A company's geographic market presence.
- (computing) The amount of hard drive space required for a program.
- The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.
- Space required by a piece of equipment.
- (computing) The audit trail left by a crashed program.
- A trace left behind that gives evidence of some action having occurred.
noun
- a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
- a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance
- a musical interval of two semitones
- the distance covered by a step
- relative position in a graded series
- support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
- any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
- the sound of a step of someone walking
- the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
- a short distance
- a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
- (colloquial) A stepchild.
- (glassblowing) The button joining a glass's stem to its foot.
- Stepping (style of dance)
- (machines) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
- (nautical) A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specifically, a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
- (in the plural) A walk; passage.
- A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
- An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
- Proceeding; measure; action; act.
- (in the plural) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
- The part of a spade, digging stick or similar tool that a digger's foot rests against and presses on when digging; an ear, a foot-rest.
- (kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
- (slang, primarily Netherlands) Kick scooter.
- A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
- A gait; manner of walking.
- (machines) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
- The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
- A small space or distance.
- (colloquial) A stepsibling.
- A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.
- A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
- (programming) A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.
- (music) The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.
verb
- place (a ship's mast) in its step
- put down or press the foot, place the foot
- move with one's feet in a specific manner
- treat badly
- measure (distances) by pacing
- shift or move by taking a step
- walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner
- furnish with steps
- move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation
- cause (a computer) to execute a single command
- (transitive, nautical) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
- To dance.
- (intransitive) To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.
- (intransitive, slang) To be confrontational.
- (intransitive) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
- (transitive) To set, as the foot.
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To depart.
- (transitive) To advance a process gradually, one step at a time.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move mentally; to go in imagination.
- (intransitive) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.
noun
- piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe
- an improvised musical accompaniment
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- (informal) A vampire.
- Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished.
- (US, slang) A volunteer firefighter.
- (by extension) An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time.
- (music) A repeated and often improvised accompaniment, usually consisting of one or two measures, often a single chord or simple chord progression, repeated as necessary, for example, to accommodate dialogue or to anticipate the entrance of a soloist.
- Something added to give an old thing a new appearance.
- A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her; femme fatale.
- The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking.
verb
- provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
- concoct something artificial or untrue
- act seductively with (someone)
- piece (something old) with a new part
- (transitive) Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing.
- (ambitransitive, music, specifically) To perform a vamp (“a repeated, often improvised accompaniment, for example, under dialogue or while waiting for a soloist to be ready”).
- (ambitransitive, now dialectal) To travel by foot; to walk.
- (transitive) To patch, repair, or refurbish.
- (transitive, shoemaking) To attach a vamp (to footwear).
- (transitive, intransitive) To seduce or exploit someone.
- (intransitive) To cosplay a vampire.
- (intransitive) To delay or stall for time, as for an audience.
- (fiction, slang, transitive) To turn (someone) into a vampire.
- (transitive) To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise.
noun
- Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
- The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
- (video games) A speedrunner.
- The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
- A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
- A streamlet.
- (poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.
- (Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland) A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
- In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
- Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
- (climbing) A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
- (chiefly in combination) A person or vessel that runs blockades or engages in smuggling.
- A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
- The blade of an ice skate.
- A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
- (slang, usually in the phrase do a runner) A quick escape away from a scene; (by extension) the person who gets away.
- Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
- (botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
- (film) An assistant.
- A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.
- The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
- A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
- A running gag.
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
- (Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
- Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
- A long, narrow carpet for a high-traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
- One who runs away; a deserter or escapee.
- (nautical, sailing) A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
- (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
- In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
- An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
- The curved base of a rocking chair.
- (baseball, softball) A baserunner.
- (slang) An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
- (cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
- A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
- (slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
- A boat for transporting fish, oysters, etc.
- Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
- A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
- (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
- someone who travels on foot by running
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- someone who imports or exports without paying duties
- device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
- a long narrow carpet
- a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
- a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
- fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
- a trained athlete who competes in foot races
noun
- Any shoe with an upper covering the front of the foot but without a back flap or strap, leaving the heel exposed.
- (slang) A person paid to smuggle drugs.
- Any of a group of cocktails involving ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and various liquors.
- The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
- (numismatics) A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error.
- (roleplaying games) A MMORPG character, or NPC companion in a tabletop RPG, used mainly to store extra inventory for the owner's primary character.
- (sailing) A kind of triangular sail for a yacht.
- The generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals.
- (informal) A stubborn person.
- A kind of cotton-spinning machine.
- a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
- hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
verb
noun
- a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides
- legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle
- a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
- A neck gaiter.
- A part of the ecclesiastical garb of a bishop.
- A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
- A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep.
- (automotive) A protective flexible sleeve covering a moving part, intended to keep the part clean.
verb
noun
- The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
- a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
- The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
- A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted.
- A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
- An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
- (typography) The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
- (nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
- (grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- counterattack
- In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
- A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
- (programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
- In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
- (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
- (martial arts) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
- (music) Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.
- (Internet) A hit counter.
- One who counts.
- (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
- game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
- (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
- table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
- a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
- a person who counts things
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- a return punch (especially by a boxer)
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noun
- a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel
- a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
- a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released
- bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck
- a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice
- A drink composed of a spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened.
- A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering.
- A loop of cloth, worn around the neck, for supporting a baby or other such load.
- A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.
- (climbing) A loop of rope or fabric tape used for various purposes: e.g. as part of a runner, or providing extra protection when abseiling or belaying.
- A young or infant spider, such as one raised in captivity.
- The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke.
- (nautical, chiefly in the plural) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast.
- A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder.
- (weaponry) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other.
verb
- move with a sling
- hurl as if with a sling
- hang loosely or freely; let swing
- hold or carry in a sling
- To throw with a sling.
- (nautical) To pass a rope around (a cask, gun, etc.) preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.
- (slang) To sell, peddle, or distribute (often illicitly, e.g. drugs, sex, etc.).
- To throw with a circular or arcing motion.
noun
- A rustic high shoe; half-boot.
- A device that aids in cocking a crossbow.
- (colloquial) A cocker spaniel, either of two breeds of dogs originally bred for hunting woodcocks.
- (UK, informal) Friend, mate.
- One who breeds gamecocks or engages in the sport of cockfighting.
- a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England
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- That part of a shoe or sock covering the toe.
- the part of footwear that provides a covering for the toes
- (carpentry) The long side of an angled cut.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang, uncountable) Speed, energy, vigor.
- The equivalent part in an animal.
- (dance, uncountable) An advanced form of ballet primarily performed by women, wearing pointe shoes.
- (figuratively) a person
- The upper end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the heel (lower end).
- (engineering) A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, such as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved.
- (engineering) The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.
- (slang) A cameltoe.
- (engineering) A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.
- (automotive) An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle, either positive (toe in), meaning the wheels are closer together at the front than at the back, or negative (toe out), the other way round.
- Each of the five digits on the end of the human foot.
- Something resembling a toe, especially at the bottom or extreme end of something.
- (golf) the part of a clubhead farthest from the shaft
- one of the digits of the foot
- forepart of a hoof
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To touch, tap or kick with the toes.
- (construction, transitive) To fasten (a piece) by driving a fastener at a near-45-degree angle through the side (of the piece) into the piece to which it is to be fastened.
- (transitive) To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.
- (transitive) To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe.
- (golf, transitive) To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.
- touch with the toe
- hit (a golf ball) with the toe of the club
- drive (a golf ball) with the toe of the club
- walk so that the toes assume an indicated position or direction
- drive obliquely
noun
- the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
- metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
- the tongue of certain animals used as meat
- a manner of speaking
- a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
- a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
- a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
- any long thin projection that is transient
- The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.
- Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect.
- (figuratively) An individual point of flame from a fire.
- Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.
- (geology) A division of formation; A layer or member of a formation that pinches out in one direction.
- A small sole (type of fish).
- In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).
- (synecdochic, usually in the plural) A person speaking in a specified manner.
- (religion, often in the plural) Glossolalia.
- A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.
- The pole of a towed or drawn vehicle or farm implement (e.g., trailer, cart, plow, harrow), by which it is pulled; for example, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
- The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
- (nautical) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also, the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
- The clapper of a bell.
- A manner of speaking, often habitually.
- (countable, uncountable) Such an organ, as taken from animals and used for food (especially from cows).
- (metonymic) A language.
- (music) A reed.
- A projection, or slender appendage or fixture.
- (flags) The middle protrusion of a triple-tailed flag.
verb
- lick or explore with the tongue
- articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
- To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections.
- (music, ambitransitive) On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To lick, penetrate or manipulate with the tongue during flirting or oral sex.
- (transitive) To manipulate with the tongue.
- To join by means of a tongue and groove.
noun
- A lace-up shoe.
- (music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.
- (phonetic transcription) A curved line connecting two letters (⁀), used in the IPA to denote a coarticulation, as for example /d͡ʒ/.
- A knot; a fastening.
- A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
- A tiewig.
- A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
- The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
- (cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
- (sports, British) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
- (construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
- A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
- A connection between people or groups of people, especially a strong connection.
- (rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
- (graph theory) A connection between two vertices.
- (statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
- (surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
- (sports, US) An equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same score(s).
- a fastener that serves to join or connect
- (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
- equality of score in a contest
- neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied
- a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating
- a social or business relationship
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
verb
- (music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
- (US, transitive) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
- (ambitransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
- (programming, transitive) In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.
- (transitive) To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
- (transitive) To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
- (transitive) To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To secure (something) by string or the like.
- perform a marriage ceremony
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- unite musical notes by a tie
- create social or emotional ties
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- limit or restrict to
- make by tying pieces together
- form a knot or bow in
noun
- A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.
- A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand
- The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.
- (UK, dialect, rare) A border, edge or rim; a strip, as of cloth.
- (programming) A random number.
- (basket-making) A single rod woven in and out of the stakes.
- The border of an area of land, now especially marshland.
- the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents
noun
- a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep
- a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief
- (Scotland) A gill of an alcoholic drink.
- (Scotland, originally) A male attendant of a Scottish Highland chief.
- (British, Ireland, Scotland) A fishing and hunting guide; a man or boy who attends to a person who is fishing or hunting, especially in Scotland.
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- piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot
- the higher of two berths
- a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
- (footwear) The Y-shaped strap on flip-flops.
- The upper portion of something.
- A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite.
- (Taoism) A spiritual passageway through which consciousness can reach a higher dimension.
- Anything that cheers one up.
- (shoemaking) The piece of material that forms the top part of a shoe or boot above the sole.
- A tooth in the upper jaw.
- An upper berth or bunk.
- A senior student.
- A denture or retainer for the teeth in the upper jaw.
- That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
- Someone with higher social standing
adj
- the topmost one of two; upper
- superior in rank or accomplishment
- higher in place or position
- Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.
- (education) Of or pertaining to a secondary school.
- At a higher level, rank or position.
- (geology, of strata or geological time periods) Younger, more recent.
noun
- A cleat on a shoe.
- (colloquial) A sexually attractive, promiscuous male.
- An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
- (engineering) A stud bolt.
- (jewelry) A style of earring where the decorative element is mounted on a straight post.
- (engineering) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
- A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
- (construction) A vertical post, especially one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.
- A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
- An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
- (by extension, collective) A group of such animals, also of locomotives.
- (poker) A type of poker in which the player cannot discard, and some of the cards are exposed.
- A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
- (LGBTQ, slang) A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American.
- A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
- Clipping of student.
- poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt
- an upright in house framing
- a man who is virile and sexually active
- ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)
- adult male horse kept for breeding
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- A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
- A blockage.
- (UK, colloquial) A shoe of any type.
- A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion.
- That which hinders or impedes motion; an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment of any kind.
- a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps
- footwear usually with wooden soles
- any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
verb
- (intransitive) To perform a clog dance.
- To block or slow passage through (often with 'up').
- To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
- (law) To enforce a mortgage lender right that prevents a borrower from exercising a right to redeem.
- To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
- fill to excess so that function is impaired
- impede with a clog or as if with a clog
- become or cause to become obstructed
- dance a clog dance
- impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden
- coalesce or unite in a mass
noun
- (footwear) A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
- (construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
- (US, military, law enforcement, slang) A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
- (countable, uncountable) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense.
- (aviation) A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup; a deicing boot.
- (uncountable) Profit, plunder.
- (uncountable) A blow with the foot; a kick.
- (firearms) A hard or rigid case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun.
- (baseball) A bobbled ball.
- (informal, with definite article) The act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post).
- (US, military, usually plural) A soldier, especially a footsoldier.
- (Australia, British, New Zealand, South Africa, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
- (slang, ethnic slur) A black person.
- (sports) A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football (historically in the form of boots, now shorter, but still called the same).
- (US, transport) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
- (usually preceded by definite article) A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
- (slang, motor racing) A tyre.
- (US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- (slang) A linear amplifier used with CB radio.
- (botany) The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.
- (British, slang) An unattractive person, ugly woman.
- (figurative, with definite article) Oppression, an oppressor.
- an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
- protective casing for something that resembles a leg
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
- footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
- a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed
- the act of delivering a blow with the foot
verb
- (MLE, criminal slang) To shoot, to kill by gunfire.
- (colloquial, Canada, US, usually with it) To step on the accelerator of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual.
- (informal) To eject; kick out.
- (transitive) To kick.
- (computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
- (slang) To vomit.
- To put boots on, especially for riding.
- cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
- kick; give a boot to
noun
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- A relatively low-style of high heel shoe, characterised by a slightly tapered back and a straight front
- In women's sheer stockings or pantyhose, a prominent thin rectangle heel reinforcement at the base of the back seam.
- A type of heel used for men's boots similar to the heel on cowboy boots
- a broad heel of medium height on women's shoes
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adj
- (of a shoe) that leaves toes uncovered
- (sewing) (of a foot of a sewing machine) that does not have its front area cut away (opposite of closed-toe) https://books.google.com/books?id=5W-ChoTedM4C&pg=PA128&dq=%22closed-toe%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CC4Q6AEwADgKahUKEwjEiNe5j-nIAhVFLYgKHRv-Abw#v=onepage&q=%22closed-toe%22&f=false