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verb
- get rid of
- move with or as if with a tremor
- shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
- move or cause to move back and forth
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- undermine or cause to waver
- shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
- bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
- move back and forth or sideways
- (intransitive, figurative) To be agitated; to lose firmness.
- (transitive, figurative) To threaten to overthrow.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
- (intransitive) To move from side to side.
- (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
- (transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
- (transitive) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
- (transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
- (intransitive) To dance.
- (intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
noun
- frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
- a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- building material used as siding or roofing
- causing to move repeatedly from side to side
- a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
- grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
- (building material) A thin shingle.
- A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
- The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
- A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
- A shook of staves and headings.
- (usually preceded by definite article) A dance popular in the 1960s in which the head, limbs, and body are shaken.
- (UK, dialect) The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
- (US, slang, uncountable) An adulterant added to cocaine powder.
- (music) In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
- (music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
- (nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
- A shock or disturbance.
- (usually in the plural) A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
- Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
- A milkshake.
- (historical, nuclear physics) An informal unit of time equal to 10 nanoseconds.
- A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
- (informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
- A fissure in rock or earth.
verb
- get rid of
- to remove
- To fling away.
- To deduct from a price in order to compensate for problems.
- (backgammon) Synonym of bear off.
- (slang, Australia) To insult or verbally abuse (someone).
- To give forth in an unpremeditated manner.
- (informal, transitive) To remove (clothing) haphazardly and tossing it on the floor.
- (idiomatic) To confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.
- To split off.
- (transitive) Of a horse, to eject its rider.
- To expel, reject, or renounce.
- (idiomatic) To introduce errors or inaccuracies; to skew.
noun
verb
verb
- get rid of something
- (transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
- eliminate from the body
- terminate, end, or take out
- remove from a contest or race
- remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
- kill in large numbers
- dismiss from consideration or a contest
- (transitive) To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
- (ambitransitive, physiology) To excrete (waste products).
- (transitive, military) To render (a facility) unusable, to destroy it; to disable (a soldier), make them unable to fight (typically but not necessarily by killing)
- (transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal).
- (accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
verb
- get rid of something
- prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
- (transitive) To avoid (a future problem or difficult situation).
- (transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
adj
noun
adv
- so as to be removed or gotten rid of
- at a distance in space or time
- from a particular thing or place or position (‘forth’ is obsolete)
- out of existence
- indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily
- in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)
- in reserve; not for immediate use
- out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
- in a different direction
- freely or at will
- from one's possession
- From a place, hence.
- Without restraint.
- So as to remove or use up something.
- In or to something's usual or proper storage place.
- From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
- (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.
- On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.
- Aside, so as to discard something.
- In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place.
- Aside; off; in another direction.
- At a stated distance in time or space.
adj
- used of an opponent's ground
- not present; having left
- (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
- At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
- Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
- (chiefly sports) Not on one's home territory.
- Misspelling of aweigh.
- (golf) Being the player whose ball lies farthest from the hole (or, in disc golf, whose disc lies farthest from the target).
- (baseball, following the noun modified) Out.
intj
verb
verb
- (transitive) To get rid of; to dispense with.
- (transitive, European Union) To have available, or at one's disposal.
- (transitive) To settle or conclusively deal with, e.g. a dispute; to dispose.
- (transitive) To transfer to another's control.
- (transitive) To arrange in an orderly way.
- (transitive) To deal with conclusively, e.g. a threat, a difficult situation.
- deal with or settle
verb
- sell to get rid of
- go away or disappear
- free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment
- make a way or path by removing objects
- remove the occupants of
- settle, as of a debt
- go unchallenged; be approved
- make as a net profit
- be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts
- clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.
- rid of instructions or data
- free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
- make clear, bright, light, or translucent
- grant authorization or clearance for
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- remove (people) from a building
- become clear
- yield as a net profit
- remove debris from
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- pass by, over, or under without making contact
- pass an inspection or receive authorization
- rid of obstructions
- (transitive, firearms) To unload a firearm, or undergo an unloading procedure, in order to prevent negligent discharge; for safety reasons, to check whether one's firearm is loaded or unloaded.
- (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
- (transitive, computing) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.
- (transitive, video games) To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).
- (transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
- (transitive) To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.
- (intransitive) To obtain a clearance.
- (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
- (intransitive) To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.
- (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
- (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
- (transitive) To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
- (transitive, activities such as jumping or throwing) To exceed a stated mark.
- (transitive) To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.
- (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
- (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
- To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
- (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.
- (intransitive) To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
- (transitive, intransitive, sports) To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
adj
- freed from any question of guilt
- free from contact or proximity or connection
- (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law
- allowing light to pass through
- clear of charges or deductions
- clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible
- free of restrictions or qualifications
- free from flaw or blemish or impurity
- readily apparent to the mind
- free from clouds or mist or haze
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)
- easily deciphered
- free from confusion or doubt
- affording free passage or view
- characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving
- accurately stated or described
- Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
- (MLE) Better than, superior to.
- (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
- (MLE) Good, the best.
- Able to perceive straightforwardly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
- Transparent in colour.
- Unmixed; entirely pure.
- Without clouds.
- Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.
- Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
- (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
- (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
- (of a railway signal) Showing a green aspect, allowing a train to proceed past it.
- Without diminution; in full; net.
- Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
- Free of ambiguity or doubt; easily understood.
- Free of obstacles.
- (Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
- Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
- Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
noun
- a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- the state of being free of suspicion
- (Scientology) A person who is free from the influence of engrams.
- (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.
- (video games) The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.
adv
verb
noun
- (UK) Someone who ousts.
- (now chiefly US) The forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; a coup; an ousting.
- (property law) Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
- (historical) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
- a person who ousts or supplants someone else
- the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
- a wrongful dispossession
verb
- To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
- To gather, collect.
- (by extension) To kill (animals, etc).
- To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
- (computer graphics) To selectively not render or process certain objects, such as polygons.
- To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
- look for and gather
- remove something that has been rejected
noun
- (seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
- A selection.
- (slang, dialectal) A fool, gullible person; a dupe.
- A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
- An organized killing of selected animals.
- (agriculture) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
- the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
verb
- (transitive) To discard; to get rid of.
- (intransitive) To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
- to fight
- (transitive) To dispose of at a scrapyard.
- (transitive) To make into scrap.
- (transitive, of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
- make into scrap or refuse
- dispose of (something useless or old)
- have a disagreement over something
noun
- A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
- (usually in the plural) Leftover food.
- (UK, in the plural) A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
- (uncountable) Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, such as sweepings left over from handling higher grades.
- The smallest amount.
- A fight, tussle, skirmish.
- (ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang.
- (uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
- The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used
- the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
- worthless material that is to be disposed of
verb
- do away with completely, without leaving a trace
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
- remove completely from recognition or memory
- (philately) To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused.
- (biology, pathology, surgery, chiefly passive voice) To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue).
- (biology, pathology) Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction.
- To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace.
- To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
- To hide (something) by covering it; to conceal, to obscure.
- (also figuratively) To make (a drawing, text which is printed or written, etc.) indecipherable, either by erasing or obscuring it; to blot out, to efface, to delete.
adj
verb
- To remove.
- take out or remove
- (transitive) To obtain by application by a legal or other official process.
- (idiomatic, slang) To kill or destroy.
- (idiomatic, slang) To stun, amaze; to kill.
- (idiomatic) To immobilize with force; to subdue; to incapacitate.
- To escort someone on a date.
- (colloquial) To win a sporting event, competition, premiership, etc.
- remove from its packing
- take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
- purchase prepared food to be eaten at home
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- make a date
- prevent from being included or considered or accepted
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- remove something from a container or an enclosed space
- cause to leave
- obtain by legal or official process
- buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- take liquid out of a container or well
noun
adj
noun
noun
- getting rid of something that is regarded as useless or undesirable
- (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit
- anything that is cast aside or discarded
- A discarded playing card in a card game.
- (programming) A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.
- Anything discarded.
verb
noun
- Removal, taking away.
- (philosophy) In Hegelian philosophy, the situation where a tension between contradictory opposites is resolved by the addition of a new term which pushes the old opposition into its relation.
- (chemistry) A flotation method in which the material to be separated is adsorbed on the surface of gas bubbles in a liquid and is collected on an upper layer of an immiscible liquid
verb
- to remove
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- deposit
- formulate in a particular style or language
- assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- choose at random
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
- put or send forth
- throw forcefully
- (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.
- To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
- (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
- To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
- To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
- (botany) To shed leaves or fruit prematurely.
- (transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance).
- (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- (dated outside accounting) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
- To throw down or aside.
- (media) To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
- (transitive) To describe in an opinionated way. Mostly used with a metaphor involving light.
- (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
- (obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes).
- To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- (astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
- (now somewhat literary) To throw.
- To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- (transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
- (nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
noun
- the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
- object formed by a mold
- the actors in a play
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- the act of throwing dice
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- a violent throw
- bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
- The casting procedure.
- (firearms) The measurement of the angle of a shotgun stock from a top-view center line, used to align the shotgun to the shooter's eye.
- Visual appearance.
- A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- (art) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- (fishing) An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
- A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- The mould used to make cast objects.
- The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
- An object made in a mould.
- An act of throwing.
- Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- A squint.
- A chance or attempt at something.
- A group of crabs.
adj
verb
- to remove
- make the last row of stitches when knitting
- (ambitransitive, nautical) To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.
- (printing, historical) To estimate the amount of space required by the type used for the given copy.
- (transitive) To discard or reject something.
- (intransitive, knitting) To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
verb
- to remove
- pay out
- utter with seeming casualness
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- change from one level to another
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- stop pursuing or acting
- to fall vertically
- let fall to the ground
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- grow progressively worse
- stop associating with
- leave undone or leave out
- let or cause to fall in drops
- go down in value
- lose (a game)
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- give birth; used for animals
- hang loosely
- terminate an association with
- (cooking) To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- (intransitive, computing) To enter a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down; to kill.
- (intransitive, physiology, informal) Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- (transitive) To reduce; to make smaller.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- (intransitive) Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- (transitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- (intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- (intransitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- (transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- (originally US) To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- (intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.
- (intransitive, online gaming, video games) Of an item: To appear for the player to pick up, usually after an enemy has been defeated.
- To impart (something).
- (intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- (intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- (rugby) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- (transitive) To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
- To perform (rap music).
- (transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- (transitive) To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- (transitive) To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- (transitive, computing) To present (the user) with a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- (cricket) Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- (intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- (transitive, ergative, also figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- (transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- (intransitive) Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- (transitive, online gaming, video games) Of a defeated enemy or container: To leave behind an item that the player can collect.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- (intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.
- (transitive) Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- (transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- (transitive) To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- (US, Singapore, ergative, military, slang) To make someone, or be made to do push-ups or some other form of exercise on the ground as punishment.
- (intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
noun
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- a steep high face of rock
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- the act of dropping something
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- (online gaming, video games) An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- (pinball) Ellipsis of drop target.
- (rugby) Ellipsis of drop kick.
- (pharmacology, chiefly in the plural) A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- (agriculture) A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- (informal) Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on: an advantage.
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- (nautical) The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- (electrics, telecommunications) An overhead electrical line running from a utility pole to a customer's building or other premises.
- (American football) A dropped pass.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- (law enforcement) The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- (theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- (slang, US) An automobile with a drop-top roof, a convertible.
- Licorice in confectionery form.
- Ellipsis of drop hammer or drop press.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- (law enforcement, informal) Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
- (music) A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trance, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- (figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- (law enforcement) A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- (pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- (surfing) A near vertical decent down the face of a breaking wave.
- (cricket) A place (specified by an ordinal) in the batting order after the openers.
- (architecture) An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- (American football) Ellipsis of drop-back.
- (gambling) The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- (chiefly British) Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- (golf) Ellipsis of drop shot.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- (chiefly Australia, British) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
verb
- to remove
- pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities
- cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
- cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
- (ambitransitive) To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, cast, let fall, be divested of.
- To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
- (transitive, UK, dialectal) To part, separate or divide.
- (transitive) To radiate, cast, give off (light).
- (weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
- (transitive) To allow to flow or fall.
- (transitive) To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed.
- (transitive, music) To woodshed.
adj
noun
- an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage
- A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.
- (obsolete outside of compounds) An area of land as distinguished from those around it.
- (music, slang) Alternative form of woodshed.
- (British, rail transport, informal) A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.
- (weaving) An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
- (British, derogatory, informal) An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.
- (nuclear physics) A unit of area equivalent to 10⁻⁵² square meters.
- A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.
verb
- to remove
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly
- make on a potter's wheel
- throw (a die) out onto a flat surface
- place or put with great energy
- move violently, energetically, or carelessly
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
- utter with force; utter vehemently
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- put or send forth
- cause to be confused emotionally
- cause to fall off
- organize or be responsible for
- propel through the air
- To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
- (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
- (martial arts) To lift or unbalance one’s opponent and then bring him back down to the ground, especially into a position behind the thrower.
- (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
- (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
- (transitive, figuratively) To send hastily or desperately.
- (transitive) To imprison.
- (transitive, ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
- (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
- (transitive, veterinary medicine) Of animals: to give birth to (young).
- (American football) Synonym of pass.
- (transitive) To project or send forth.
- (transitive) To organize an event, especially a party.
- (transitive) To change (one’s voice) in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else, or coming from a different place.
- (transitive) To install (a bridge).
- (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
- (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
- To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
- (transitive, cricket, of a bowler) To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
- (ambitransitive) To roll (a die or dice).
- (transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
- (transitive, bridge) To discard.
- (sports, video games) To intentionally lose a game.
- (sports, transitive) (of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a match).
- (transitive, of a punch or boxing combination) To deliver.
noun
- the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- a single chance or instance
- casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly
- bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something
- (informal) A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
- One’s ability to throw.
- The act of throwing something.
- (historical) A hand-operated lathe, especially a small lathe used by clockmakers.
- The flight of a thrown object.
- A distance travelled in general; displacement.
- Any of the projections integral to a crankshaft that receive or impart cranking motion from a connecting rod or similar component.
- (martial arts) A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.
- A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
- The distance travelled by something thrown.
noun
- the act or means of getting rid of something
- a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
- the power to use something or someone
- a kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage
- (uncountable) The power to use something or someone.
- (countable) A garbage disposal
- (countable, Australian rules football) A kick or a handball of the ball during a game.
- (Internet slang, paraphilia, furry fandom) A sexual paraphilia, as in art, fiction, and role-playing, that involves a character consuming and digesting another and disposing their remains as bodily fluids, typically as via ejaculation or defecation.
- (countable) A disposition; an arrangement, categorization, or classification of things.
noun
- the act or means of getting rid of something
- a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing
- an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- your usual mood
- (law) Provision; clause.
- (law) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
- Control over something, especially with regard to disposing or dispensing with an action item (disposal of a concern, allocation of disbursed funds) or control over the arrangement or placement of certain things.
- (music) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.
- (medicine) The destination of a patient after medical treatment, especially after emergency triage, first line treatment, or surgery; the choice made for the next venue of care.
- (law) Final decision or settlement.
- Temperament, temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
- Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
- The arrangement or placement of certain things.
verb
verb
noun
- A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
- (anatomy, immunology) In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.
- a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses
- a feeling of resentful anger
verb
noun
verb
adj
noun
- The name of the Latin script letter X/x.
- (Canada) Clipping of exhibition.
- (colloquial) A former partner or spouse; an ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, ex-wife, or ex-husband.
- a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife
- the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet
- a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband
verb
- (transitive) To get rid of or dispose of.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (something previously loaded) from memory.
- (transitive) To remove (the load or cargo) from a vehicle, etc.
- (transitive) To discharge, pour, or expel.
- (transitive, slang) To ejaculate, particularly within an orifice.
- (transitive, aviation) To reduce the vertical load factor on (an airplane's wing or other lifting surface), typically by pitching downwards toward the ground to decrease angle of attack and reduce the amount of lift generated.
- (transitive) To remove the charge from; to discharge.
- (intransitive) To deposit one's load or cargo.
- (transitive) To deliver forcefully.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To sell or dispose of (something) with the intent to deceive; to attempt to pass off a counterfeit or inferior product as genuine.
- (transitive) To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.).
- (transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To give vent to or express; to unburden oneself of.
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- remove the load from (a container or vehicle)
verb
- (transitive) To cause to go away; to get rid of.
- (transitive, idiomatic, US) To flabbergast; to impress greatly.
- (intransitive) To disperse or to depart on currents of air.
- (transitive, computing, informal) To delete (data, files, etc.).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, away.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To kill (someone) by shooting them with a firearm.
- (intransitive, figurative) To leave, depart.
- (transitive) To overwhelm.
- (transitive) To cause to go away by blowing, or by wind.
- (transitive, idiomatic, by extension) To utterly destroy, especially with overwhelming force.
verb
- get rid of as if by submerging
- be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation
- kill by submerging in water
- be covered with or submerged in a liquid
- cover completely or make imperceptible
- die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
- (transitive) To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.
- (transitive, figurative) To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.
- (intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
- (transitive, figurative, usually passive voice) To obscure, particularly amid an overwhelming volume of other items.
- (intransitive) To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
verb
- delete or remove
- cease operating
- strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out
- intercept (a player)
- cut off and stop
- form and create by cutting out
- (transitive) To oust; to replace.
- (nautical) To take a ship out of a harbor etc. by getting between her and the shore.
- (transitive) To intercept.
- (transitive) To remove; to omit.
- (usually passive voice) To arrange or prepare.
- (intransitive) To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand) To separate (an animal) from the herd.
- (intransitive) To leave suddenly.
- (transitive, informal) To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something).
- (intransitive, Australia, slang) To serve time in prison as an alternative to paying fines.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever.
adj
verb
- dispose of
- get rid of something abstract
- shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
- remove from a position or an office
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- stay away or leave
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- cause to leave
- (transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
- To dismiss or discharge from office.
- (transitive) To murder.
- (transitive) To move from one place to another, especially to take away.
- (transitive) To delete.
- (cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.
noun
- degree of figurative distance or separation
- (cooking, now chiefly historical) A dish served to replace an earlier one during a meal; a part of a new course.
- (British) (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last
- The act of removing something.
- The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
- (figurative, by extension) Emotional distance or indifference.
- A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove")
- (figurative, by extension) State of mind allowing for a certain degree of objectivity in evaluating things.
- Distance in time or space; interval.
verb
- dispose of
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- use inefficiently or inappropriately
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- cause to grow thin or weak
- run off as waste
- become physically weaker
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- spend extravagantly
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
- (intransitive) To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
- (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
- (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.
- (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
- (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
- (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
- (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.
adj
noun
- any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- the trait of wasting resources
- useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
- Gradual loss or decay.
- (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
- Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- Excrement or urine.
- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
- A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
- A disused mine or part of one.
- A vast expanse of water.
- (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To discard; to get rid of something one no longer wants.
- (transitive, computing) To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.
- (transitive) To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.
- (transitive, computing) To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug.
- (transitive, Australia) Of a surf wave, to crash a swimmer, surfer, etc., heavily downwards.
- (transitive) To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.
- (transitive) To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it
- (transitive, US) To precipitate (especially snow) heavily.
- (transitive, informal) To end a romantic relationship with.
- throw away as refuse
- sell at artificially low prices
- drop (stuff) in a heap or mass
- knock down with force
- fall abruptly
- sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly
noun
- That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.
- (mining) A pile of ore or rock.
- (historical, Australia, Canada) A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin (called a holey dollar).
- A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
- (usually in the plural) A sad, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; despondency.
- (computing) A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced automatically by a failing program.
- (slang, often with the verb "take", euphemistic) An act of defecation; a defecating.
- A storage place for supplies, especially military.
- (slang) An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring, or depressing looking place.
- A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
- (marketing) A temporary display case that holds many copies of an item being sold.
- (computing) An act of dumping, or its result.
- (Northern England) A deep hole in a river bed; a pool.
- Absence of mind; reverie.
- (Internet slang) A disorganized collection of images posted on social media.
- a coarse term for defecation
- (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs
- a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
- a place where supplies can be stored
verb
- eliminate completely and without a trace
- use up (resources or materials)
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- wipe out the effect of something
- kill in large numbers
- remove from memory or existence
- (transitive, informal) To bankrupt (a person or company); to empty (a bank account); to erase (a bank balance).
- (transitive) To do away with; to cause to disappear.
- (transitive) To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.
- (transitive, informal) To exhaust (someone); to tire (them) out.
- (intransitive) To crash; to fall over or fall off (especially in board sports such as surfing, skateboarding, etc.).
- (transitive) To physically erase (writing, computer data, etc.).
- (surfing, transitive) To knock (a surfer) off their board.
noun
verb
- get out of quickly
- transfer
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- alight from (a horse)
- cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case
- get high, stoned, or drugged
- leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
- be relieved of one's duties temporarily
- send via the postal service
- deliver verbally
- enjoy in a sexual way
- (intransitive) To escape serious or severe consequences; to receive only mild or no punishment (or injuries, etc) for something one has done or been accused of.
- (transitive) To help someone to escape serious or severe consequences and receive only mild or no punishment.
- (transitive) To stop using a piece of equipment, such as a telephone or computer.
- (intransitive, slang) To experience great pleasure, especially sexual pleasure; in particular, to experience an orgasm.
- (transitive, especially in an interrogative sentence) To find enjoyment (in behaving in a presumptuous, rude, or intrusive manner).
- (intransitive) To stop touching or physically interfering with something or someone.
- (transitive) To make or help someone be ready to leave a place (especially to go to another place).
- (intransitive) Indicates annoyance or dismissiveness.
- (transitive) To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it.
- (intransitive, slang, UK) To kiss; to smooch.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to stop touching or interfering with (something else).
- (transitive, UK) To make (someone) fall asleep.
- (intransitive, slang) To get high (on a drug).
- (transitive) To acquire (something) from (someone).
- (transitive, slang) To masturbate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus or train; to depart from (a path, highway, etc).
- (intransitive, UK) To fall asleep.
- (transitive) To reserve or have a period of time as a vacation from work.
- (transitive, intransitive) To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
- (transitive, intransitive) To leave one's job, or leave school, as scheduled or with permission.
- (transitive, slang) To excite or arouse, especially in a sexual manner, as to cause to experience orgasm.
- (transitive) To (write and) send (something); to discharge.
- (transitive, slang) To quit using a drug.
verb
noun
verb
- To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
- (transitive) To put money or funds into an account.
- To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
- To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
- (transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.
- put into a bank account
- put, fix, force, or implant
- put (something somewhere) firmly
noun
- (law) Bailment of personal property to be kept gratuitously for the bailor (depositor) and without any benefit to the bailee (depositary), e.g. for storage, carriage, repair, etc.
- (geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
- A place of deposit; a depository.
- (banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
- A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit
- Anything left behind on a surface.
- (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
- a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
- a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
- a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met
- the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
- the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
- money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
- money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use
- matter that has been deposited by some natural process
- the act of putting something somewhere
verb
- eliminate
- empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out
- overwhelm with admiration
- knock unconscious or senseless
- destroy or break forcefully
- (transitive) To eliminate from a contest or similar.
- (intransitive, informal, idiomatic) To fall asleep, especially suddenly.
- (transitive) To communicate (a message) by knocking.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To cause a mechanism to become non-functional by damaging or destroying it.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat or kill (someone).
- (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To exhaust.
- (transitive, informal) To complete, especially in haste; knock off.
- (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To impress, surpass or overwhelm (someone).
- (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To put to sleep.
- (transitive, slang, UK) To sell.
- (transitive) To strike or bump (someone or something) out.
- (transitive, Australia) To obtain or earn (something, often money or food).
- To lose the scent of hounds in fox-hunting.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head.
verb
noun
- a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
- worthless people
- (derogatory, slang) A reprehensible person or persons.
- (uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
- The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.
- (uncountable, slang, chiefly US) Semen.
- (uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds
verb
- To forget, ignore, or get rid of.
- (nautical, intransitive) To drop away from the correct course.
- (informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
- (Australia, slang) To criticise sarcastically.
- (transitive) To furnish or load with a bag.
- (transitive, medicine) To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
- (slang) To arrest.
- (transitive, medicine) To fit with a bag to collect urine.
- To hang like an empty bag.
- (transitive) To put into a bag.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) To take a woman away with one as a romantic or sexual interest.
- (slang) To steal.
- To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
- hang loosely, like an empty bag
- put into a bag
- bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
- take unlawfully
- capture or kill, as in hunting
noun
- (UK) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
- (informal) A large number or amount.
- (vulgar) The scrotum.
- (mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
- The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
- A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.
- A small envelope that contains drugs, especially narcotics.
- An udder, especially the pendulous one of a dairy cow.
- (colloquial) One's preference.
- (baseball) First, second, or third base.
- A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, briefcases, handbags, backpacks, etc.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) £1000, a grand.
- (chiefly in the plural) A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc.
- (preceded by the) A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
- (US, gay slang, derogatory) A fellow gay man.
- (countable, uncountable) In certain phrases: money.
- A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
- (now historical) A pouch tied behind a man's head to hold the back-hair of a wig; a bag wig.
- (derogatory) An ugly woman.
- (baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
- (usually in the plural) The human female breast.
- a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
- a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
- an ugly or ill-tempered woman
- the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)
- a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- a flexible container with a single opening
- an activity that you like or at which you are superior
- the quantity that a bag will hold
- mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
verb
- get rid of something abstract
- take out or remove
- take from a person or place
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- take away a part from; diminish
- remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
- buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food
- To remove a person, usually a family member or other close friend or acquaintance, by kidnapping or killing the person.
- To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.
- (of a person) To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's consent.
- (of a person) To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something.
- To remove something and put it in a different place.
- To subtract or diminish something.
- To leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later.
noun
prep
noun
- getting rid of something that is regarded as useless or undesirable
- (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit
- anything that is cast aside or discarded
- A discarded playing card in a card game.
- (programming) A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.
- Anything discarded.
verb
noun
- Removal, taking away.
- (philosophy) In Hegelian philosophy, the situation where a tension between contradictory opposites is resolved by the addition of a new term which pushes the old opposition into its relation.
- (chemistry) A flotation method in which the material to be separated is adsorbed on the surface of gas bubbles in a liquid and is collected on an upper layer of an immiscible liquid
noun
- the act or means of getting rid of something
- a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
- the power to use something or someone
- a kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage
- (uncountable) The power to use something or someone.
- (countable) A garbage disposal
- (countable, Australian rules football) A kick or a handball of the ball during a game.
- (Internet slang, paraphilia, furry fandom) A sexual paraphilia, as in art, fiction, and role-playing, that involves a character consuming and digesting another and disposing their remains as bodily fluids, typically as via ejaculation or defecation.
- (countable) A disposition; an arrangement, categorization, or classification of things.
noun
- the act or means of getting rid of something
- a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing
- an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- your usual mood
- (law) Provision; clause.
- (law) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
- Control over something, especially with regard to disposing or dispensing with an action item (disposal of a concern, allocation of disbursed funds) or control over the arrangement or placement of certain things.
- (music) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.
- (medicine) The destination of a patient after medical treatment, especially after emergency triage, first line treatment, or surgery; the choice made for the next venue of care.
- (law) Final decision or settlement.
- Temperament, temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
- Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
- The arrangement or placement of certain things.
verb
noun
verb
- get rid of
- move with or as if with a tremor
- shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
- move or cause to move back and forth
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- undermine or cause to waver
- shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
- bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
- move back and forth or sideways
- (intransitive, figurative) To be agitated; to lose firmness.
- (transitive, figurative) To threaten to overthrow.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
- (intransitive) To move from side to side.
- (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
- (transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
- (transitive) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
- (transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
- (intransitive) To dance.
- (intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
noun
- frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
- a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- building material used as siding or roofing
- causing to move repeatedly from side to side
- a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
- grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
- (building material) A thin shingle.
- A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
- The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
- A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
- A shook of staves and headings.
- (usually preceded by definite article) A dance popular in the 1960s in which the head, limbs, and body are shaken.
- (UK, dialect) The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
- (US, slang, uncountable) An adulterant added to cocaine powder.
- (music) In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
- (music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
- (nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
- A shock or disturbance.
- (usually in the plural) A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
- Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
- A milkshake.
- (historical, nuclear physics) An informal unit of time equal to 10 nanoseconds.
- A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
- (informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
- A fissure in rock or earth.
verb
- get rid of
- to remove
- To fling away.
- To deduct from a price in order to compensate for problems.
- (backgammon) Synonym of bear off.
- (slang, Australia) To insult or verbally abuse (someone).
- To give forth in an unpremeditated manner.
- (informal, transitive) To remove (clothing) haphazardly and tossing it on the floor.
- (idiomatic) To confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.
- To split off.
- (transitive) Of a horse, to eject its rider.
- To expel, reject, or renounce.
- (idiomatic) To introduce errors or inaccuracies; to skew.
noun
verb
verb
- get rid of something
- (transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
- eliminate from the body
- terminate, end, or take out
- remove from a contest or race
- remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
- kill in large numbers
- dismiss from consideration or a contest
- (transitive) To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
- (ambitransitive, physiology) To excrete (waste products).
- (transitive, military) To render (a facility) unusable, to destroy it; to disable (a soldier), make them unable to fight (typically but not necessarily by killing)
- (transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal).
- (accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
verb
- get rid of something
- prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
- (transitive) To avoid (a future problem or difficult situation).
- (transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To get rid of; to dispense with.
- (transitive, European Union) To have available, or at one's disposal.
- (transitive) To settle or conclusively deal with, e.g. a dispute; to dispose.
- (transitive) To transfer to another's control.
- (transitive) To arrange in an orderly way.
- (transitive) To deal with conclusively, e.g. a threat, a difficult situation.
- deal with or settle
verb
- sell to get rid of
- go away or disappear
- free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment
- make a way or path by removing objects
- remove the occupants of
- settle, as of a debt
- go unchallenged; be approved
- make as a net profit
- be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts
- clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.
- rid of instructions or data
- free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
- make clear, bright, light, or translucent
- grant authorization or clearance for
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- remove (people) from a building
- become clear
- yield as a net profit
- remove debris from
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- pass by, over, or under without making contact
- pass an inspection or receive authorization
- rid of obstructions
- (transitive, firearms) To unload a firearm, or undergo an unloading procedure, in order to prevent negligent discharge; for safety reasons, to check whether one's firearm is loaded or unloaded.
- (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
- (transitive, computing) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.
- (transitive, video games) To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).
- (transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
- (transitive) To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.
- (intransitive) To obtain a clearance.
- (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
- (intransitive) To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.
- (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
- (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
- (transitive) To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
- (transitive, activities such as jumping or throwing) To exceed a stated mark.
- (transitive) To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.
- (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
- (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
- To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
- (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.
- (intransitive) To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
- (transitive, intransitive, sports) To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
adj
- freed from any question of guilt
- free from contact or proximity or connection
- (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law
- allowing light to pass through
- clear of charges or deductions
- clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible
- free of restrictions or qualifications
- free from flaw or blemish or impurity
- readily apparent to the mind
- free from clouds or mist or haze
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)
- easily deciphered
- free from confusion or doubt
- affording free passage or view
- characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving
- accurately stated or described
- Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
- (MLE) Better than, superior to.
- (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
- (MLE) Good, the best.
- Able to perceive straightforwardly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
- Transparent in colour.
- Unmixed; entirely pure.
- Without clouds.
- Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.
- Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
- (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
- (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
- (of a railway signal) Showing a green aspect, allowing a train to proceed past it.
- Without diminution; in full; net.
- Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
- Free of ambiguity or doubt; easily understood.
- Free of obstacles.
- (Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
- Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
- Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
noun
- a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- the state of being free of suspicion
- (Scientology) A person who is free from the influence of engrams.
- (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.
- (video games) The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.
adv
verb
noun
- (UK) Someone who ousts.
- (now chiefly US) The forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; a coup; an ousting.
- (property law) Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
- (historical) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
- a person who ousts or supplants someone else
- the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
- a wrongful dispossession
verb
- To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
- To gather, collect.
- (by extension) To kill (animals, etc).
- To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
- (computer graphics) To selectively not render or process certain objects, such as polygons.
- To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
- look for and gather
- remove something that has been rejected
noun
- (seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
- A selection.
- (slang, dialectal) A fool, gullible person; a dupe.
- A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
- An organized killing of selected animals.
- (agriculture) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
- the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
verb
- (transitive) To discard; to get rid of.
- (intransitive) To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
- to fight
- (transitive) To dispose of at a scrapyard.
- (transitive) To make into scrap.
- (transitive, of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
- make into scrap or refuse
- dispose of (something useless or old)
- have a disagreement over something
noun
- A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
- (usually in the plural) Leftover food.
- (UK, in the plural) A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
- (uncountable) Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, such as sweepings left over from handling higher grades.
- The smallest amount.
- A fight, tussle, skirmish.
- (ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang.
- (uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
- The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used
- the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
- worthless material that is to be disposed of
verb
- do away with completely, without leaving a trace
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
- remove completely from recognition or memory
- (philately) To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused.
- (biology, pathology, surgery, chiefly passive voice) To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue).
- (biology, pathology) Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction.
- To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace.
- To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
- To hide (something) by covering it; to conceal, to obscure.
- (also figuratively) To make (a drawing, text which is printed or written, etc.) indecipherable, either by erasing or obscuring it; to blot out, to efface, to delete.
adj
verb
- To remove.
- take out or remove
- (transitive) To obtain by application by a legal or other official process.
- (idiomatic, slang) To kill or destroy.
- (idiomatic, slang) To stun, amaze; to kill.
- (idiomatic) To immobilize with force; to subdue; to incapacitate.
- To escort someone on a date.
- (colloquial) To win a sporting event, competition, premiership, etc.
- remove from its packing
- take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
- purchase prepared food to be eaten at home
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- make a date
- prevent from being included or considered or accepted
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- remove something from a container or an enclosed space
- cause to leave
- obtain by legal or official process
- buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- take liquid out of a container or well
noun
verb
- to remove
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- deposit
- formulate in a particular style or language
- assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- choose at random
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
- put or send forth
- throw forcefully
- (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.
- To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
- (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
- To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
- To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
- (botany) To shed leaves or fruit prematurely.
- (transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance).
- (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- (dated outside accounting) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
- To throw down or aside.
- (media) To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
- (transitive) To describe in an opinionated way. Mostly used with a metaphor involving light.
- (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
- (obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes).
- To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- (astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
- (now somewhat literary) To throw.
- To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- (transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
- (nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
noun
- the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
- object formed by a mold
- the actors in a play
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- the act of throwing dice
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- a violent throw
- bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
- The casting procedure.
- (firearms) The measurement of the angle of a shotgun stock from a top-view center line, used to align the shotgun to the shooter's eye.
- Visual appearance.
- A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- (art) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- (fishing) An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
- A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- The mould used to make cast objects.
- The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
- An object made in a mould.
- An act of throwing.
- Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- A squint.
- A chance or attempt at something.
- A group of crabs.
adj
verb
- to remove
- make the last row of stitches when knitting
- (ambitransitive, nautical) To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.
- (printing, historical) To estimate the amount of space required by the type used for the given copy.
- (transitive) To discard or reject something.
- (intransitive, knitting) To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
verb
- to remove
- pay out
- utter with seeming casualness
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- change from one level to another
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- stop pursuing or acting
- to fall vertically
- let fall to the ground
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- grow progressively worse
- stop associating with
- leave undone or leave out
- let or cause to fall in drops
- go down in value
- lose (a game)
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- give birth; used for animals
- hang loosely
- terminate an association with
- (cooking) To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- (intransitive, computing) To enter a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down; to kill.
- (intransitive, physiology, informal) Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- (transitive) To reduce; to make smaller.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- (intransitive) Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- (transitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- (intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- (intransitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- (transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- (originally US) To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- (intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.
- (intransitive, online gaming, video games) Of an item: To appear for the player to pick up, usually after an enemy has been defeated.
- To impart (something).
- (intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- (intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- (rugby) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- (transitive) To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
- To perform (rap music).
- (transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- (transitive) To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- (transitive) To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- (transitive, computing) To present (the user) with a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- (cricket) Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- (intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- (transitive, ergative, also figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- (transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- (intransitive) Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- (transitive, online gaming, video games) Of a defeated enemy or container: To leave behind an item that the player can collect.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- (intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.
- (transitive) Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- (transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- (transitive) To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- (US, Singapore, ergative, military, slang) To make someone, or be made to do push-ups or some other form of exercise on the ground as punishment.
- (intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
noun
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- a steep high face of rock
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- the act of dropping something
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- (online gaming, video games) An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- (pinball) Ellipsis of drop target.
- (rugby) Ellipsis of drop kick.
- (pharmacology, chiefly in the plural) A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- (agriculture) A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- (informal) Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on: an advantage.
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- (nautical) The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- (electrics, telecommunications) An overhead electrical line running from a utility pole to a customer's building or other premises.
- (American football) A dropped pass.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- (law enforcement) The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- (theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- (slang, US) An automobile with a drop-top roof, a convertible.
- Licorice in confectionery form.
- Ellipsis of drop hammer or drop press.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- (law enforcement, informal) Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
- (music) A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trance, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- (figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- (law enforcement) A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- (pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- (surfing) A near vertical decent down the face of a breaking wave.
- (cricket) A place (specified by an ordinal) in the batting order after the openers.
- (architecture) An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- (American football) Ellipsis of drop-back.
- (gambling) The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- (chiefly British) Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- (golf) Ellipsis of drop shot.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- (chiefly Australia, British) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
verb
- to remove
- pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities
- cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
- cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
- (ambitransitive) To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, cast, let fall, be divested of.
- To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
- (transitive, UK, dialectal) To part, separate or divide.
- (transitive) To radiate, cast, give off (light).
- (weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
- (transitive) To allow to flow or fall.
- (transitive) To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed.
- (transitive, music) To woodshed.
adj
noun
- an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage
- A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.
- (obsolete outside of compounds) An area of land as distinguished from those around it.
- (music, slang) Alternative form of woodshed.
- (British, rail transport, informal) A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.
- (weaving) An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
- (British, derogatory, informal) An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.
- (nuclear physics) A unit of area equivalent to 10⁻⁵² square meters.
- A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.
verb
- to remove
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly
- make on a potter's wheel
- throw (a die) out onto a flat surface
- place or put with great energy
- move violently, energetically, or carelessly
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
- utter with force; utter vehemently
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- put or send forth
- cause to be confused emotionally
- cause to fall off
- organize or be responsible for
- propel through the air
- To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
- (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
- (martial arts) To lift or unbalance one’s opponent and then bring him back down to the ground, especially into a position behind the thrower.
- (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
- (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
- (transitive, figuratively) To send hastily or desperately.
- (transitive) To imprison.
- (transitive, ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
- (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
- (transitive, veterinary medicine) Of animals: to give birth to (young).
- (American football) Synonym of pass.
- (transitive) To project or send forth.
- (transitive) To organize an event, especially a party.
- (transitive) To change (one’s voice) in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else, or coming from a different place.
- (transitive) To install (a bridge).
- (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
- (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
- To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
- (transitive, cricket, of a bowler) To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
- (ambitransitive) To roll (a die or dice).
- (transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
- (transitive, bridge) To discard.
- (sports, video games) To intentionally lose a game.
- (sports, transitive) (of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a match).
- (transitive, of a punch or boxing combination) To deliver.
noun
- the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- a single chance or instance
- casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly
- bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something
- (informal) A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
- One’s ability to throw.
- The act of throwing something.
- (historical) A hand-operated lathe, especially a small lathe used by clockmakers.
- The flight of a thrown object.
- A distance travelled in general; displacement.
- Any of the projections integral to a crankshaft that receive or impart cranking motion from a connecting rod or similar component.
- (martial arts) A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.
- A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
- The distance travelled by something thrown.
verb
noun
- A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
- (anatomy, immunology) In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.
- a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses
- a feeling of resentful anger
verb
noun
verb
adj
noun
- The name of the Latin script letter X/x.
- (Canada) Clipping of exhibition.
- (colloquial) A former partner or spouse; an ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, ex-wife, or ex-husband.
- a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife
- the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet
- a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband
verb
- (transitive) To get rid of or dispose of.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (something previously loaded) from memory.
- (transitive) To remove (the load or cargo) from a vehicle, etc.
- (transitive) To discharge, pour, or expel.
- (transitive, slang) To ejaculate, particularly within an orifice.
- (transitive, aviation) To reduce the vertical load factor on (an airplane's wing or other lifting surface), typically by pitching downwards toward the ground to decrease angle of attack and reduce the amount of lift generated.
- (transitive) To remove the charge from; to discharge.
- (intransitive) To deposit one's load or cargo.
- (transitive) To deliver forcefully.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To sell or dispose of (something) with the intent to deceive; to attempt to pass off a counterfeit or inferior product as genuine.
- (transitive) To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.).
- (transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To give vent to or express; to unburden oneself of.
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- remove the load from (a container or vehicle)
verb
- (transitive) To cause to go away; to get rid of.
- (transitive, idiomatic, US) To flabbergast; to impress greatly.
- (intransitive) To disperse or to depart on currents of air.
- (transitive, computing, informal) To delete (data, files, etc.).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, away.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To kill (someone) by shooting them with a firearm.
- (intransitive, figurative) To leave, depart.
- (transitive) To overwhelm.
- (transitive) To cause to go away by blowing, or by wind.
- (transitive, idiomatic, by extension) To utterly destroy, especially with overwhelming force.
verb
- get rid of as if by submerging
- be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation
- kill by submerging in water
- be covered with or submerged in a liquid
- cover completely or make imperceptible
- die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
- (transitive) To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.
- (transitive, figurative) To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.
- (intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
- (transitive, figurative, usually passive voice) To obscure, particularly amid an overwhelming volume of other items.
- (intransitive) To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
verb
- delete or remove
- cease operating
- strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out
- intercept (a player)
- cut off and stop
- form and create by cutting out
- (transitive) To oust; to replace.
- (nautical) To take a ship out of a harbor etc. by getting between her and the shore.
- (transitive) To intercept.
- (transitive) To remove; to omit.
- (usually passive voice) To arrange or prepare.
- (intransitive) To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand) To separate (an animal) from the herd.
- (intransitive) To leave suddenly.
- (transitive, informal) To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something).
- (intransitive, Australia, slang) To serve time in prison as an alternative to paying fines.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever.
adj
verb
- dispose of
- get rid of something abstract
- shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
- remove from a position or an office
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- stay away or leave
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- cause to leave
- (transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
- To dismiss or discharge from office.
- (transitive) To murder.
- (transitive) To move from one place to another, especially to take away.
- (transitive) To delete.
- (cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.
noun
- degree of figurative distance or separation
- (cooking, now chiefly historical) A dish served to replace an earlier one during a meal; a part of a new course.
- (British) (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last
- The act of removing something.
- The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
- (figurative, by extension) Emotional distance or indifference.
- A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove")
- (figurative, by extension) State of mind allowing for a certain degree of objectivity in evaluating things.
- Distance in time or space; interval.
verb
- dispose of
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- use inefficiently or inappropriately
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- cause to grow thin or weak
- run off as waste
- become physically weaker
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- spend extravagantly
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
- (intransitive) To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
- (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
- (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.
- (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
- (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
- (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
- (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.
adj
noun
- any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- the trait of wasting resources
- useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
- Gradual loss or decay.
- (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
- Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- Excrement or urine.
- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
- A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
- A disused mine or part of one.
- A vast expanse of water.
- (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
verb
- (transitive) To discard; to get rid of something one no longer wants.
- (transitive, computing) To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.
- (transitive) To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.
- (transitive, computing) To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug.
- (transitive, Australia) Of a surf wave, to crash a swimmer, surfer, etc., heavily downwards.
- (transitive) To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.
- (transitive) To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it
- (transitive, US) To precipitate (especially snow) heavily.
- (transitive, informal) To end a romantic relationship with.
- throw away as refuse
- sell at artificially low prices
- drop (stuff) in a heap or mass
- knock down with force
- fall abruptly
- sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly
noun
- That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.
- (mining) A pile of ore or rock.
- (historical, Australia, Canada) A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin (called a holey dollar).
- A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
- (usually in the plural) A sad, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; despondency.
- (computing) A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced automatically by a failing program.
- (slang, often with the verb "take", euphemistic) An act of defecation; a defecating.
- A storage place for supplies, especially military.
- (slang) An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring, or depressing looking place.
- A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
- (marketing) A temporary display case that holds many copies of an item being sold.
- (computing) An act of dumping, or its result.
- (Northern England) A deep hole in a river bed; a pool.
- Absence of mind; reverie.
- (Internet slang) A disorganized collection of images posted on social media.
- a coarse term for defecation
- (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs
- a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
- a place where supplies can be stored
verb
- eliminate completely and without a trace
- use up (resources or materials)
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- wipe out the effect of something
- kill in large numbers
- remove from memory or existence
- (transitive, informal) To bankrupt (a person or company); to empty (a bank account); to erase (a bank balance).
- (transitive) To do away with; to cause to disappear.
- (transitive) To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.
- (transitive, informal) To exhaust (someone); to tire (them) out.
- (intransitive) To crash; to fall over or fall off (especially in board sports such as surfing, skateboarding, etc.).
- (transitive) To physically erase (writing, computer data, etc.).
- (surfing, transitive) To knock (a surfer) off their board.
noun
verb
- get out of quickly
- transfer
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- alight from (a horse)
- cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case
- get high, stoned, or drugged
- leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
- be relieved of one's duties temporarily
- send via the postal service
- deliver verbally
- enjoy in a sexual way
- (intransitive) To escape serious or severe consequences; to receive only mild or no punishment (or injuries, etc) for something one has done or been accused of.
- (transitive) To help someone to escape serious or severe consequences and receive only mild or no punishment.
- (transitive) To stop using a piece of equipment, such as a telephone or computer.
- (intransitive, slang) To experience great pleasure, especially sexual pleasure; in particular, to experience an orgasm.
- (transitive, especially in an interrogative sentence) To find enjoyment (in behaving in a presumptuous, rude, or intrusive manner).
- (intransitive) To stop touching or physically interfering with something or someone.
- (transitive) To make or help someone be ready to leave a place (especially to go to another place).
- (intransitive) Indicates annoyance or dismissiveness.
- (transitive) To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it.
- (intransitive, slang, UK) To kiss; to smooch.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to stop touching or interfering with (something else).
- (transitive, UK) To make (someone) fall asleep.
- (intransitive, slang) To get high (on a drug).
- (transitive) To acquire (something) from (someone).
- (transitive, slang) To masturbate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus or train; to depart from (a path, highway, etc).
- (intransitive, UK) To fall asleep.
- (transitive) To reserve or have a period of time as a vacation from work.
- (transitive, intransitive) To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
- (transitive, intransitive) To leave one's job, or leave school, as scheduled or with permission.
- (transitive, slang) To excite or arouse, especially in a sexual manner, as to cause to experience orgasm.
- (transitive) To (write and) send (something); to discharge.
- (transitive, slang) To quit using a drug.
verb
noun
verb
- To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
- (transitive) To put money or funds into an account.
- To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
- To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
- (transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.
- put into a bank account
- put, fix, force, or implant
- put (something somewhere) firmly
noun
- (law) Bailment of personal property to be kept gratuitously for the bailor (depositor) and without any benefit to the bailee (depositary), e.g. for storage, carriage, repair, etc.
- (geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
- A place of deposit; a depository.
- (banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
- A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit
- Anything left behind on a surface.
- (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
- a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
- a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
- a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met
- the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
- the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
- money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
- money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use
- matter that has been deposited by some natural process
- the act of putting something somewhere
verb
- eliminate
- empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out
- overwhelm with admiration
- knock unconscious or senseless
- destroy or break forcefully
- (transitive) To eliminate from a contest or similar.
- (intransitive, informal, idiomatic) To fall asleep, especially suddenly.
- (transitive) To communicate (a message) by knocking.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To cause a mechanism to become non-functional by damaging or destroying it.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat or kill (someone).
- (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To exhaust.
- (transitive, informal) To complete, especially in haste; knock off.
- (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To impress, surpass or overwhelm (someone).
- (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To put to sleep.
- (transitive, slang, UK) To sell.
- (transitive) To strike or bump (someone or something) out.
- (transitive, Australia) To obtain or earn (something, often money or food).
- To lose the scent of hounds in fox-hunting.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head.
verb
noun
- a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
- worthless people
- (derogatory, slang) A reprehensible person or persons.
- (uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
- The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.
- (uncountable, slang, chiefly US) Semen.
- (uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds
verb
- To forget, ignore, or get rid of.
- (nautical, intransitive) To drop away from the correct course.
- (informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
- (Australia, slang) To criticise sarcastically.
- (transitive) To furnish or load with a bag.
- (transitive, medicine) To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
- (slang) To arrest.
- (transitive, medicine) To fit with a bag to collect urine.
- To hang like an empty bag.
- (transitive) To put into a bag.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) To take a woman away with one as a romantic or sexual interest.
- (slang) To steal.
- To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
- hang loosely, like an empty bag
- put into a bag
- bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
- take unlawfully
- capture or kill, as in hunting
noun
- (UK) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
- (informal) A large number or amount.
- (vulgar) The scrotum.
- (mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
- The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
- A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.
- A small envelope that contains drugs, especially narcotics.
- An udder, especially the pendulous one of a dairy cow.
- (colloquial) One's preference.
- (baseball) First, second, or third base.
- A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, briefcases, handbags, backpacks, etc.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) £1000, a grand.
- (chiefly in the plural) A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc.
- (preceded by the) A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
- (US, gay slang, derogatory) A fellow gay man.
- (countable, uncountable) In certain phrases: money.
- A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
- (now historical) A pouch tied behind a man's head to hold the back-hair of a wig; a bag wig.
- (derogatory) An ugly woman.
- (baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
- (usually in the plural) The human female breast.
- a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
- a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
- an ugly or ill-tempered woman
- the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)
- a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- a flexible container with a single opening
- an activity that you like or at which you are superior
- the quantity that a bag will hold
- mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
verb
- get rid of something abstract
- take out or remove
- take from a person or place
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- take away a part from; diminish
- remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
- buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food
- To remove a person, usually a family member or other close friend or acquaintance, by kidnapping or killing the person.
- To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.
- (of a person) To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's consent.
- (of a person) To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something.
- To remove something and put it in a different place.
- To subtract or diminish something.
- To leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later.
noun
prep
adv
- so as to be removed or gotten rid of
- at a distance in space or time
- from a particular thing or place or position (‘forth’ is obsolete)
- out of existence
- indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily
- in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)
- in reserve; not for immediate use
- out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
- in a different direction
- freely or at will
- from one's possession
- From a place, hence.
- Without restraint.
- So as to remove or use up something.
- In or to something's usual or proper storage place.
- From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
- (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.
- On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.
- Aside, so as to discard something.
- In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place.
- Aside; off; in another direction.
- At a stated distance in time or space.
adj
- used of an opponent's ground
- not present; having left
- (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
- At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
- Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
- (chiefly sports) Not on one's home territory.
- Misspelling of aweigh.
- (golf) Being the player whose ball lies farthest from the hole (or, in disc golf, whose disc lies farthest from the target).
- (baseball, following the noun modified) Out.