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- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To force to work.
- (transitive) To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- Said of one's job title [with as].
- General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (transitive) To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
- (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
- To set into action.
- To exhaust, by working.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
- (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- (LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
- (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
- (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- provoke or excite
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- prepare for crops
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- operate in or through
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- behave in a certain way when handled
- move in an agitated manner
- move into or onto
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- cause to work
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- proceed along a path
- shape, form, or improve a material
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give a workout to
- cause to operate or function
- go sour or spoil
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- perform as expected when applied
- be employed
- have and exert influence or effect
- cause to undergo fermentation
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- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- The place where one is employed.
- (LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (countable) A fortification.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (prison slang) Prison gang violence.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- (euphemistic) Cosmetic surgery.
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
- (by extension) One's employer.
- the occupation for which you are paid
- a place where work is done
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
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- To set on; to incite.
- (of rain or other water) To fall; to beat (against something).
- To slap or strike; to beat, pummel; to hurl or throw down violently.
- (British, dialectal) To split; to crack.
- To construct or provide with slats.
- To throw (something, especially water or liquid) down; to slam or splash (something) down.
- close the slats of (windows)
- equip or bar with slats
noun
- (skiing, slang) A ski.
- A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.
- A drop (of rain or water), a splash.
- (aviation) A control surface that extends forwards and downwards from the leading edge of a wing, leaving a gap between it and the leading edge, in order to modify the airflow around the wing so as to allow flight at a higher angle of attack without stalling, lowering the aircraft's stall speed.
- A thin piece of stone; a slate.
- a thin strip (wood or metal)
verb
- To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hope.
- To portray someone to advantage.
- (usually reflexive) To cheer or please (with the idea that); congratulate oneself, especially when the perception is false.
- To enhance or gratify someone's vanity by praising them.
- To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.
- praise somewhat dishonestly
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- (mythology, literature) The place where light and dark meet.
- (psychology) The unrest that exists in us all which forces us into the unknown, leading to self-destruction and/or self-discovery.
- (psychology, spirituality, mythology, literature) The journey and transition from innocence to experience; part of the process of individuation.
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- To encourage, conduce to
- To look upon fondly; to prefer.
- To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward.
- (in dialects, including Southern US and Cajun) To resemble; especially, to look like (another person).
- To treat or use (something) gently
- To use more often.
- bestow a privilege upon
- promote over another
- treat gently or carefully
- consider as the favorite
noun
- The object of regard; person or thing favoured.
- Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
- (law) Partiality; bias
- A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
- (historical) A ribbon or similar small item that is worn as an adornment, especially in celebration of an event.
- A small gift; a party favor.
- Goodwill; benevolent regard.
- an inclination to approve
- an act of gracious kindness
- an advantage to the benefit of someone or something
- a feeling of favorable regard
- souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party
noun
- An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
- An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.
- The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
- The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator, or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.
- (hunting) The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.
- A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
- (US) An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot.
- (sports) An attempt to take possession; a tackle.
- A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
- A bid to overcome something.
- (law, rare) A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).
- The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.
- a call to engage in a contest or fight
- a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
- questioning a statement and demanding an explanation
- a demanding or stimulating situation
- a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
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- (Canada, US, transitive) To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.
- To call something into question or dispute.
- (US, transitive) To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter.
- (transitive) To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.
- (military, transitive) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
- (transitive) To dispute (something); to contest.
- (law, transitive) To make a formal objection to a juror.
- (transitive) To be difficult or challenging for.
- (transitive) To dare (someone).
- ask for identification
- raise a formal objection in a court of law
- issue a challenge to
- take exception to
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- someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on
- (slang) A spur (for riding a horse).
- (television) An electrode that directs electrons into a multiplier.
- One who, or that which, persuades, literally or figuratively.
- (mechanics, construction, informal, euphemistic) A hammer; any tool used improvisationally to strike a recalcitrant object.
- (printing, historical, colloquial) A tool used to pack the type into the form.
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- The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.
- A person deported to a penal colony.
- (law) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
- A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and gray stripes.
- a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
- a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense
verb
- To influence towards a belief, a conclusion, etc.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.
- (intransitive) To be a cause of. [with to]
- (intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- (transitive, climbing) To lead climb.
- (figuratively): To direct; to counsel; to instruct.
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- (transitive, card games, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with
- Misspelling of led.
- (baseball) To step off base and move towards the next base.
- Used in phrasal verbs: lead off, lead on, lead out, lead to (“be the cause of, bring about”), lead up, lead up to.
- (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
- (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain spatial direction, or to a certain place.
- (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- (shooting) To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- (intransitive) To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- (intransitive) To proceed in front of others; to go first.
- (transitive, usually with "life") To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
- (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
- lead, extend, or afford access
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- cause to undertake a certain action
- take somebody somewhere
- tend to or result in
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- produce as a result or residue
- preside over
- be ahead of others; be the first
- be in charge of
- be conducive to
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
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- (countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- (medicine, in the plural) X-ray protective clothing lined with lead.
- (countable) A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- (UK, countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- (electricity) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- (countable, mining) A lode.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
- (US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
- (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- (business) The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
- (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- (music) A primary synth, often composed of square, sawtooth, triangle or sine waveforms.
- (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
- (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- (acting, theater) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- (electricity) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
- (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- an actor who plays a principal role
- the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- the introductory section of a story
- (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
- the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
- a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase ‘take the lead’)
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- a news story of major importance
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
- the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
- thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
- a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
- mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
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- An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction.
- Movement or tendency in the wrong direction.
- (UK, law) An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court.
- the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
- management that is careless or inefficient
- incorrect directions or instructions
- an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge
noun
- The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.
- Something that provokes; a provocative act.
- (emergency medicine) The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms MOI or NOI improve or deteriorate.
- something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
- needed encouragement
- unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
verb
- To inspire or stimulate (an action, a feeling, etc.).
- To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be excited or roused.
- (rare) To inspire or stimulate.
- To stimulate or assist the fermentation of (an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.).
- To put (someone or something) in a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to excite, to rouse.
- (transitive, rare) To apply quicksilver (mercury) to (something); to combine (something) with quicksilver; to quicksilver.
- To grow bright; to brighten.
- Of an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.: to ferment.
- (also figuratively) Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move.
- To give life; to make alive.
- To make (something) quicker or faster; to hasten, speed up.
- (literary, also figuratively) To give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead); to animate, to resurrect, to revive.
- To come back to life, to receive life.
- (intransitive) To become quicker or faster.
- show signs of life
- give new life or energy to
- make keen or more acute
- move faster
- give life or energy to
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- (chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also (chiefly in the plural), the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.
- (chiefly Ireland, Northern England) In full quicken tree: the European rowan, rowan, or mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia).
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- cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier
- cause to unlearn
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to unlearn; to make (someone) forget something they have been taught, or recognize it as erroneous, etc.
- (transitive) To cause (something previously learned) to be forgotten, or recognized as an error, etc.
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- (literally) To lead astray, in a false direction.
- To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression.
- To deceptively trick into something wrong.
- (loosely) To accidentally or intentionally confuse.
- give false or misleading information to
- lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
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- qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
- anything that serves as an enticement
- something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
- A velvet smoothing brush.
- (fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
- (music) Alternative form of lur.
- (also figurative) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
- (falconry) A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
verb
- provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
- try presumptuously
- induce into action by using one's charm
- dispose or incline or entice to
- try to seduce
- give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
- (transitive) To attract; to allure.
- (transitive) To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
- (transitive) To provoke something; to court.
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- the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire
- qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
- something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
- The act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting.
- That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; an alluring object.
noun
- the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire
- the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid
- something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
- Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement, seducement, or enticement.
- The act of tempting.
- The condition of being tempted.
- Pressure applied to one's thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.
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- To lead astray or frame; to cause to get into trouble.
- To dry out with heat or harsh chemicals; to desiccate.
- (by extension) To damage or treat with smoke.
- (cooking) To prepare (a herring or similar fish) by splitting, salting, and smoking.
- To punish by spanking or caning.
- To utterly defeat or humiliate.
- To drink or give a drink of alcohol, especially to intoxication.
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- A split, salted and smoked herring or salmon.
- (Australia) A young Aboriginal man who has been initiated into to the rights of manhood.
- (endearing) A child or young person.
- (UK, slang) The vagina.
- (UK, informal, humorous, often with capital) A member or supporter of UKIP (UK Independence Party).
- A male salmon after spawning.
- (military, RAF World War II code name) A patrol to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air.
- (UK, naval slang) A torpedo.
- (Australia, slang) An Englishman who has moved to Australia.
- A fool.
- salted and smoked herring
noun
- an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent
- (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner
- a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- a cunning or deceitful action or device
- a prostitute's customer
- an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
- a period of work or duty
- Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
- An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
- (card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
- (nautical) A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
- A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
- (slang) A customer or client of a prostitute.
- (heraldry) A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.
- An entertaining difficult physical action.
- (Western Pennsylvania) A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
- Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
- (slang, vulgar) A term of abuse.
- (slang) A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
- A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
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- Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.
- (literature, art) The ironic use of such failure for satiric or humorous effect.
- A banality: an unaffectingly clichéd or trite treatment of a topic.
- An anticlimax: an abrupt transition in style or subject from high to low.
- (literature, art) A risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to:
- (uncommon) A nadir, a low point particularly in one's career.
- Immaturity: a lack of serious treatment of a topic.
- A hyperbole: excessiveness.
- insincere pathos
- triteness or triviality of style
- a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
noun
- The act of promoting or encouraging something.
- The condition of being the foster child.
- The act of caring for another human being or animal.
- The act of fostering another's child as if it were one's own.
- encouragement; aiding the development of something
- helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
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- An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
- An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.
- The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
- The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator, or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.
- (hunting) The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.
- A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
- (US) An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot.
- (sports) An attempt to take possession; a tackle.
- A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
- A bid to overcome something.
- (law, rare) A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).
- The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.
- a call to engage in a contest or fight
- a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
- questioning a statement and demanding an explanation
- a demanding or stimulating situation
- a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
verb
- (Canada, US, transitive) To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.
- To call something into question or dispute.
- (US, transitive) To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter.
- (transitive) To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.
- (military, transitive) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
- (transitive) To dispute (something); to contest.
- (law, transitive) To make a formal objection to a juror.
- (transitive) To be difficult or challenging for.
- (transitive) To dare (someone).
- ask for identification
- raise a formal objection in a court of law
- issue a challenge to
- take exception to
noun
- someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on
- (slang) A spur (for riding a horse).
- (television) An electrode that directs electrons into a multiplier.
- One who, or that which, persuades, literally or figuratively.
- (mechanics, construction, informal, euphemistic) A hammer; any tool used improvisationally to strike a recalcitrant object.
- (printing, historical, colloquial) A tool used to pack the type into the form.
noun
- An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction.
- Movement or tendency in the wrong direction.
- (UK, law) An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court.
- the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
- management that is careless or inefficient
- incorrect directions or instructions
- an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge
noun
- The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.
- Something that provokes; a provocative act.
- (emergency medicine) The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms MOI or NOI improve or deteriorate.
- something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
- needed encouragement
- unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
noun
adj
noun
- the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire
- qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
- something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
- The act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting.
- That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; an alluring object.
noun
- the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire
- the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid
- something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
- Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement, seducement, or enticement.
- The act of tempting.
- The condition of being tempted.
- Pressure applied to one's thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.
noun
- an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent
- (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner
- a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- a cunning or deceitful action or device
- a prostitute's customer
- an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
- a period of work or duty
- Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
- An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
- (card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
- (nautical) A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
- A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
- (slang) A customer or client of a prostitute.
- (heraldry) A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.
- An entertaining difficult physical action.
- (Western Pennsylvania) A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
- Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
- (slang, vulgar) A term of abuse.
- (slang) A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
- A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
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adj
noun
- Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.
- (literature, art) The ironic use of such failure for satiric or humorous effect.
- A banality: an unaffectingly clichéd or trite treatment of a topic.
- An anticlimax: an abrupt transition in style or subject from high to low.
- (literature, art) A risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to:
- (uncommon) A nadir, a low point particularly in one's career.
- Immaturity: a lack of serious treatment of a topic.
- A hyperbole: excessiveness.
- insincere pathos
- triteness or triviality of style
- a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
noun
- The act of promoting or encouraging something.
- The condition of being the foster child.
- The act of caring for another human being or animal.
- The act of fostering another's child as if it were one's own.
- encouragement; aiding the development of something
- helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
verb
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To force to work.
- (transitive) To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- Said of one's job title [with as].
- General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (transitive) To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
- (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
- To set into action.
- To exhaust, by working.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
- (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- (LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
- (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
- (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- provoke or excite
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- prepare for crops
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- operate in or through
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- behave in a certain way when handled
- move in an agitated manner
- move into or onto
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- cause to work
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- proceed along a path
- shape, form, or improve a material
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give a workout to
- cause to operate or function
- go sour or spoil
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- perform as expected when applied
- be employed
- have and exert influence or effect
- cause to undergo fermentation
noun
- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- The place where one is employed.
- (LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (countable) A fortification.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (prison slang) Prison gang violence.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- (euphemistic) Cosmetic surgery.
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
- (by extension) One's employer.
- the occupation for which you are paid
- a place where work is done
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
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noun
verb
- To set on; to incite.
- (of rain or other water) To fall; to beat (against something).
- To slap or strike; to beat, pummel; to hurl or throw down violently.
- (British, dialectal) To split; to crack.
- To construct or provide with slats.
- To throw (something, especially water or liquid) down; to slam or splash (something) down.
- close the slats of (windows)
- equip or bar with slats
noun
- (skiing, slang) A ski.
- A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.
- A drop (of rain or water), a splash.
- (aviation) A control surface that extends forwards and downwards from the leading edge of a wing, leaving a gap between it and the leading edge, in order to modify the airflow around the wing so as to allow flight at a higher angle of attack without stalling, lowering the aircraft's stall speed.
- A thin piece of stone; a slate.
- a thin strip (wood or metal)
verb
- To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hope.
- To portray someone to advantage.
- (usually reflexive) To cheer or please (with the idea that); congratulate oneself, especially when the perception is false.
- To enhance or gratify someone's vanity by praising them.
- To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.
- praise somewhat dishonestly
adj
noun
verb
- To encourage, conduce to
- To look upon fondly; to prefer.
- To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward.
- (in dialects, including Southern US and Cajun) To resemble; especially, to look like (another person).
- To treat or use (something) gently
- To use more often.
- bestow a privilege upon
- promote over another
- treat gently or carefully
- consider as the favorite
noun
- The object of regard; person or thing favoured.
- Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
- (law) Partiality; bias
- A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
- (historical) A ribbon or similar small item that is worn as an adornment, especially in celebration of an event.
- A small gift; a party favor.
- Goodwill; benevolent regard.
- an inclination to approve
- an act of gracious kindness
- an advantage to the benefit of someone or something
- a feeling of favorable regard
- souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party
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verb
noun
- The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.
- A person deported to a penal colony.
- (law) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
- A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and gray stripes.
- a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
- a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense
verb
- To influence towards a belief, a conclusion, etc.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.
- (intransitive) To be a cause of. [with to]
- (intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- (transitive, climbing) To lead climb.
- (figuratively): To direct; to counsel; to instruct.
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- (transitive, card games, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with
- Misspelling of led.
- (baseball) To step off base and move towards the next base.
- Used in phrasal verbs: lead off, lead on, lead out, lead to (“be the cause of, bring about”), lead up, lead up to.
- (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
- (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain spatial direction, or to a certain place.
- (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- (shooting) To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- (intransitive) To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- (intransitive) To proceed in front of others; to go first.
- (transitive, usually with "life") To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
- (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
- lead, extend, or afford access
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- cause to undertake a certain action
- take somebody somewhere
- tend to or result in
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- produce as a result or residue
- preside over
- be ahead of others; be the first
- be in charge of
- be conducive to
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
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noun
- (countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- (medicine, in the plural) X-ray protective clothing lined with lead.
- (countable) A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- (UK, countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- (electricity) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- (countable, mining) A lode.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
- (US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
- (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- (business) The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
- (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- (music) A primary synth, often composed of square, sawtooth, triangle or sine waveforms.
- (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
- (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- (acting, theater) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- (electricity) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
- (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- an actor who plays a principal role
- the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- the introductory section of a story
- (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
- the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
- a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase ‘take the lead’)
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- a news story of major importance
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
- the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
- thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
- a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
- mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
verb
- To inspire or stimulate (an action, a feeling, etc.).
- To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be excited or roused.
- (rare) To inspire or stimulate.
- To stimulate or assist the fermentation of (an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.).
- To put (someone or something) in a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to excite, to rouse.
- (transitive, rare) To apply quicksilver (mercury) to (something); to combine (something) with quicksilver; to quicksilver.
- To grow bright; to brighten.
- Of an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.: to ferment.
- (also figuratively) Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move.
- To give life; to make alive.
- To make (something) quicker or faster; to hasten, speed up.
- (literary, also figuratively) To give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead); to animate, to resurrect, to revive.
- To come back to life, to receive life.
- (intransitive) To become quicker or faster.
- show signs of life
- give new life or energy to
- make keen or more acute
- move faster
- give life or energy to
noun
- (chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also (chiefly in the plural), the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.
- (chiefly Ireland, Northern England) In full quicken tree: the European rowan, rowan, or mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia).
verb
- cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier
- cause to unlearn
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to unlearn; to make (someone) forget something they have been taught, or recognize it as erroneous, etc.
- (transitive) To cause (something previously learned) to be forgotten, or recognized as an error, etc.
verb
- (literally) To lead astray, in a false direction.
- To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression.
- To deceptively trick into something wrong.
- (loosely) To accidentally or intentionally confuse.
- give false or misleading information to
- lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
noun
verb
noun
- qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
- anything that serves as an enticement
- something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
- A velvet smoothing brush.
- (fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
- (music) Alternative form of lur.
- (also figurative) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
- (falconry) A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
verb
- provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
- try presumptuously
- induce into action by using one's charm
- dispose or incline or entice to
- try to seduce
- give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
- (transitive) To attract; to allure.
- (transitive) To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
- (transitive) To provoke something; to court.
verb
- To lead astray or frame; to cause to get into trouble.
- To dry out with heat or harsh chemicals; to desiccate.
- (by extension) To damage or treat with smoke.
- (cooking) To prepare (a herring or similar fish) by splitting, salting, and smoking.
- To punish by spanking or caning.
- To utterly defeat or humiliate.
- To drink or give a drink of alcohol, especially to intoxication.
adj
noun
- A split, salted and smoked herring or salmon.
- (Australia) A young Aboriginal man who has been initiated into to the rights of manhood.
- (endearing) A child or young person.
- (UK, slang) The vagina.
- (UK, informal, humorous, often with capital) A member or supporter of UKIP (UK Independence Party).
- A male salmon after spawning.
- (military, RAF World War II code name) A patrol to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air.
- (UK, naval slang) A torpedo.
- (Australia, slang) An Englishman who has moved to Australia.
- A fool.
- salted and smoked herring
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- (mythology, literature) The place where light and dark meet.
- (psychology) The unrest that exists in us all which forces us into the unknown, leading to self-destruction and/or self-discovery.
- (psychology, spirituality, mythology, literature) The journey and transition from innocence to experience; part of the process of individuation.