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verb
noun
- A tool for scraping.
- (US, Pennsylvania, Appalachia, Blue Ridge) A mush of pork scraps, particularly head parts, and cornmeal or flour, which is boiled and poured into a mold, where the rendered gelatinous broth from cooking jells the mixture into a loaf.
- scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying
verb
noun
- sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles
- a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
- a bird's foot
- a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
- (colloquial) A human fingernail, particularly one extending well beyond the fingertip.
- A foot equipped with such.
- (graph theory) A tree with one internal vertex and three leaves.
- The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod.
- A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
- (juggling) The act of catching a ball overhand.
- A curved, pointed, horny projection on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
- (botany) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.
noun
- One who grubs.
- (rugby) An attacking short-distance kick in behind the defence in which the ball is bounced along the ground, using the uneven bounce of the ball to make it difficult for the defence to retrieve.
- (cricket) A ball that bounces unusually low such that it is difficult for the batsman to hit properly.
- A tool, implement, or machine of the nature of a grub axe, grub hook, etc; (dialectal) a cultivator.
verb
noun
- A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
- (Canada, education) A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level).
- (systematics) A taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade.
- A rating.
- (Canada, US, Philippines, education) A level of primary and secondary education.
- (medicine) The degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale.
- A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage
- (geometry) In a linear system of divisors on an n-dimensional variety, the number of free intersection points of n generic divisors.
- A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
- An area that has been flattened by a grader (construction machine).
- The level of the ground.
- (mathematics) A gradian.
- (linguistics) Degree (any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb).
- (Philippines, ophthalmology) An eyeglass prescription.
- (chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
- a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
- a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed
- a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
- a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- the gradient of a slope or road or other surface
- a degree of ablaut
- the height of the ground on which something stands
- one-hundredth of a right angle
- a body of students who are taught together
verb
- (linguistics) To describe, modify or inflect so as to classify as to degree.
- (sewing) To remove or trim part of a seam allowance from a finished seam so as to reduce bulk and make the finished piece more even when turned right side out.
- (chiefly Canada, US) To assign scores to the components of an academic test, or to overall academic performance.
- (intransitive) To pass imperceptibly from one grade into another.
- To organize in grades.
- To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface, especially with a grader.
- To apply classifying labels to data (typically by a manual rather than automatic process).
- (patternmaking) To increase or decrease the dimensions of a garment pattern from the initial base size in such a way that the overall proportions of the silhouette are maintained across all sizes.
- assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
- determine the grade of or assign a grade to
- assign a rank or rating to
- level to the right gradient
verb
noun
verb
- To make scratches or cuts on.
- (horticulture) To remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
- To break up, loosen, or roughen the surface of a field or road or a hard surface.
- To scratch, etch, burn, or cut designs into one's skin as a form of body modification.
- (uncommon) To frighten; to scare, to terrify.
- (figurative) To harrow the feelings.
- (horticulture) To damage the testa (seed coat) of a seed by cutting, scraping, chemicals, hot water, or fire to allow permeation of water and faster germination.
- scratch the surface of
- puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals
- break up
verb
noun
- (Scotland, uncommon) A (sudden) shower of rain or mist.
- A scurf; a scale.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A slipper.
- (sometimes attributive) A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
- The back part of the neck; the scruff.
- The sound of a scuff or scrape.
- a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
- the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)
verb
noun
noun
- Grub, slop, swill
- Slimy mud, sludge.
- (poker) The pile of discarded cards.
- Soft (or slimy) manure.
- (slang) Semen.
- Anything filthy or vile. Dirt; something that makes another thing dirty.
- (Ottawa Valley Dialect) Food, especially that eaten quickly.
- (Scotland, slang) Heroin.
- (slang) Pornography.
- fecal matter of animals
- any thick, viscous matter
verb
- (Australia, informal, intransitive) To vomit.
- To do a dirty job.
- (poker, colloquial) To pass, to fold without showing one's cards, often done when a better hand has already been revealed.
- (transitive) To manure with muck.
- (transitive) To shovel muck from.
- (Canada, slang) To eat; to devour or guzzle.
- remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine
- soil with mud, muck, or mire
- spread manure, as for fertilization
verb
- (of a surface) To get such scratches.
- (music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
- (ambitransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
- To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- (billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- (swimming, athletics) To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that one was previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- cause friction
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
adj
- (sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
- (computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
- For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
- Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
noun
- A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- Poor handwriting; especially, illegibly so.
- (music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
- A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
- A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
- A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
- (in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- (meiosis) A minor injury.
- A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- (cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
- An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
- Nothing, zero. Used especially in card games or sports, but also expressions like "from scatch".
- (now historical) A scratch wig.
- (horse racing) A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
- (slang) Money; especially, cash.
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- informal terms for money
- (golf) a handicap of zero strokes
- a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
- an indication of damage
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- dry mash for poultry
- poor handwriting
adj
- Characterised by scrabbling, or digging around.
- Rough, poor and uncultured.
- Scribbly.
- Impoverished, hardscrabble
- Having a rough texture; scratchy.
- Stunted.
- Of poor quality; poorly maintained.
- Sparse and scraggly.
- Thrown together; disorganized or slapdash.
- Covered in loose rocks or crumbling soil.
- Characterized by sparse, stunted vegetation, infertile.
- Difficult to negotiate; requiring scrambling.
- sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush
verb
- (transitive, cooking) To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.
- furnish with a grate
- (by extension, transitive) To annoy.
- (intransitive) To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something.
- (transitive) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.
- (by extension, intransitive) To get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy.
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
- reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface
- gnaw into; make resentful or angry
- scratch repeatedly
noun
- A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
- (historical) A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.
- A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
- a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
- a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something
verb
- scrape with a rasp
- utter in a grating voice
- (intransitive) To use a rasp.
- (transitive) To work something with a rasp.
- To say in a raspy voice.
- (intransitive) To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.
- (ambitransitive, figurative) To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.
noun
- uttering in an irritated tone
- a coarse file with sharp pointed projections
- A coarse file or filelike tool, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
- The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.
noun
- The loose material that comes from something being grated.
- The sound made by something that grates against something else.
- (nautical, in the plural) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.
- A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
- A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
- An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.
- a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
- optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum
adj
verb
noun
- Something that scoops.
- The avocet, a bird that scoops up the mud to obtain food.
- (aviation, firefighting, informal) A type of air tanker waterbomber airplane, which is capable of landing on water, and directly scooping up water to fill its tanks, by skimming the water's surface with scoops delopyed.
- A person who scoops.
- An engraver's tool.
- A journalist who obtains a scoop, or exclusive.
noun
verb
- To bring something to the surface with a dredge.
- (transitive, usually with "up") To unearth.
- (cooking, transitive) To sprinkle (food) with spices or seasonings, using a dredge.
- To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.
- search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
- remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water
- cover before cooking
noun
- A dredging machine.
- Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
- (uncountable) A mixture of oats and barley.
- (cooking, countable) A large shaker for sprinkling spices or seasonings during food preparation.
- The act of dredging.
- An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
- A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
- a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
noun
- a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
- the act of clipping or snipping
- The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
- (onomatopoeia) An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by scissors.
- (definite, the snip, euphemistic) A vasectomy.
- A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
- A piece cut out by snipping.
- (informal) Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.
- (informal) A small or weak person, especially a young one.
- A small amount of something; a pinch.
- A white marking on a horse's muzzle, between the nostrils.
verb
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- (informal) To perform a vasectomy.
- (Internet) To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
- To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
- (informal) To circumcise.
- To speak or say in a snippish manner.
- To break off; to snatch away.
- To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
noun
verb
noun
- Something to be peeled.
- A person who works by peeling the bark off trees.
- Someone who breaks horses.
- One who peels.
- (surfing) An ideal wave.
- Something that is peeling, about to peel, or prone to peeling.
- An industrial food-processing machine for removing the peels or skins.
- (derogatory, slang) A stripper; one who disrobes for entertainment.
- A household utensil for peeling fruit or vegetables.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A police officer.
- (horticulture) A plant which impoverishes the soil by demanding high value nutrients and so requires the use of fertilizers.
- An edible crab that is about to shed its shell.
- A person whose job it is to peel fruit or vegetable produce.
- a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables
- a device for peeling vegetables or fruits
- a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music
noun
- Something removed by being scraped.
- (computing) Automated collection of data, data scraping.
- The sound or action of something being scraped.
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)
- (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected
verb
adj
noun
- (sailing) A small sailboat lacking a bowsprit, of a type found primarily in the Massachusetts area.
- A person living in rough, violent conditions.
- (entertainment) A slapstick comedian or comedy.
- (circus) A tumbler.
- A worker habitually engaged in casual employment.
- Clothing suitable for rough use.
- (sports, informal) An act of playing a sport casually or informally.
- a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit
noun
verb
verb
- To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
- (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
- (intransitive) To check out, make sense or prove to be the case after verification or interrogation.
- (transitive) To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
- (transitive) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
- To act as a curb or restraint.
- (informal, transitive) To scold or rebuke someone.
- (transitive) To mark with a check pattern.
- (poker, transitive) To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
- (transitive) To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
- (intransitive, with at) To make a stop; to pause.
- (transitive) To control, limit, or halt.
- (street basketball, transitive) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
- (chess, transitive) To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
- (transitive, US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
- (transitive) To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
- (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
- (sports, transitive) To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
- (transitive) To verify or compare with a source of information.
- (transitive) To leave in safekeeping.
- (transitive) To inspect; to examine.
- place into check
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- slow the growth or development of
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey
- hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution
- block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- consign for shipment on a vehicle
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- stop in a chase especially when scent is lost
- make an examination or investigation
- verify by consulting a source or authority
- make cracks or chinks in
- examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
- write out a check on a bank account
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
- decline to initiate betting
- arrest the motion (of something) abruptly
adj
intj
noun
- An inspection or examination.
- (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. [from 15th c.]
- A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
- Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
- A small chink or crack.
- (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
- A token used instead of cash in various contexts, including sign-out of company property or collection of rations (dated), in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
- (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
- (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
- (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
- A control; a limit or stop.
- A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
- (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
- (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
- a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)
- obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
- the act of inspecting or verifying
- a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
- the bill in a restaurant
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
- the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
- an appraisal of the state of affairs
- a written order directing a bank to pay money
- a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
verb
- (machining) To take a rough cut, quickly removing material; to hog out.
- (transitive, informal) To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
- (transitive) To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
- (Herefordshire) (of a hedge) to trim up closely
- (nautical) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
- (transitive) To process (bark, etc.) into hog fuel.
- (transitive, nautical) To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
- take greedily; take more than one's share
noun
- Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
- (UK) A young sheep that has not been shorn.
- (informal) A quahog (clam).
- A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made.
- (specifically) An adult swine (contrasted with a pig, a young swine).
- (vulgar) A penis.
- (slang) A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson.
- (nautical) The effect of the middle of the hull of a ship rising while the ends droop.
- (informal) A greedy person or thing; one who refuses to share; a gluttonous one.
- (nautical) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
- a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared
- a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
- domestic swine
verb
- make by scraping
- bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
- scratch repeatedly
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
- (transitive) To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
- (intransitive) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
- (transitive) To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
- To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.
- (intransitive) To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
- (ambitransitive) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
- (transitive) To barely manage to achieve or attain.
- (computing, transitive) To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
- (transitive) To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
- (ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
noun
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- an indication of damage
- (heraldry) A diminutive of the bend (especially of the bend sinister) which is half its width.
- A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
- A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
- (British, slang) A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
- An awkward set of circumstances.
- An intermittent shallow pond in a wetland or floodplain, often artificially created to attract birds.
- (military) A shallow pit dug as a hideout.
- (slang) A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
- (UK, slang) A shave.
- The sound or action of something being scraped.
- Something removed by being scraped; a thin layer of something such as butter on bread.
verb
noun
- An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip.
- (countable) The lash of a whip.
- (figurative) An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock.
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)
noun
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.
- (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
- (Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario) A hamburger.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- (mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A nipple, usually of a woman.
- A playful bite.
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a small drink of liquor
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a tart spicy quality
- the property of being moderately cold
verb
- To taunt.
- (slang, vulgar) To have erect nipples.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- (informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- give a small sharp bite to
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
verb
noun
- A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
- An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
- A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
- A case or outbreak of boils or sores.
- A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; a conglomeration; hodgepodge.
- an embarrassing mistake
verb
- scrape with the paws
- touch clumsily
- (transitive, by extension) To touch (someone) in a sexual way.
- (transitive, by extension) To clumsily dig (through something).
- (transitive) Of an animal, to draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
- (transitive) Of an animal, to dig through (something, such as a garbage can) with paws.
noun
- the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
- (humorous, also furry fandom) A hand.
- (nonstandard or rustic) Alternative form of pa (“father”).
- The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.
verb
- To break or chip off in a flake.
- To lay out on a flake for drying.
- (US, law enforcement, slang) To plant evidence to facilitate a corrupt arrest.
- (Ireland, slang) To hit (another person).
- (technical) To store an item such as rope or sail in layers
- (colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.
- cover with flakes or as if with flakes
- come off in flakes or thin small pieces
- form into flakes
noun
- A scale of a fish or similar animal
- A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.
- (archaeology) A prehistoric tool chipped out of stone.
- (nautical) A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on while calking, etc.
- (UK, dialect) A paling; a hurdle.
- (UK) Dogfish.
- (US, law enforcement, slang) A corrupt arrest, e.g. to extort money for release or merely to fulfil a quota.
- (informal) A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living.
- (Australia) The meat of the gummy shark.
- A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
- A wire rack for drying fish.
- A carnation with only two colours in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
- (nautical) Alternative form of fake (“turn or coil of cable or hawser”).
- A flat turn or tier of rope.
- a crystal of snow
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- a person with an unusual or odd personality
noun
- An abraded, scraped, or worn area.
- (geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
- An act of abrasiveness.
- The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
- (dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
- (medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.
- the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- erosion by friction
noun
- An instance of pawning something.
- (uncountable) The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
- (rare) A pawnshop; pawnbroker.
- A gallery.
- (chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
- (idiomatic) A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.
- Alternative form of paan.
- borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan
- an article deposited as security
- (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank
- a person used by another to gain an end
verb
noun
- Something skimmed from a surface etc.
- (uncountable) The sport of skimboarding.
- (uncountable, economics) Ellipsis of cream skimming.
- (crime) The act of fraudulently copying a magnetic stripe from a magnetic stripe card, such as found on credit cards and bank cards, through the use of a skimmer
- (uncountable, finance) Ellipsis of price skimming.
- A motion or action that skims.
- failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it
- reading or glancing through quickly
- the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
- the act of brushing against while passing
verb
noun
- One who grubs.
- (rugby) An attacking short-distance kick in behind the defence in which the ball is bounced along the ground, using the uneven bounce of the ball to make it difficult for the defence to retrieve.
- (cricket) A ball that bounces unusually low such that it is difficult for the batsman to hit properly.
- A tool, implement, or machine of the nature of a grub axe, grub hook, etc; (dialectal) a cultivator.
noun
- A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
- (Canada, education) A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level).
- (systematics) A taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade.
- A rating.
- (Canada, US, Philippines, education) A level of primary and secondary education.
- (medicine) The degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale.
- A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage
- (geometry) In a linear system of divisors on an n-dimensional variety, the number of free intersection points of n generic divisors.
- A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
- An area that has been flattened by a grader (construction machine).
- The level of the ground.
- (mathematics) A gradian.
- (linguistics) Degree (any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb).
- (Philippines, ophthalmology) An eyeglass prescription.
- (chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
- a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
- a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed
- a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
- a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- the gradient of a slope or road or other surface
- a degree of ablaut
- the height of the ground on which something stands
- one-hundredth of a right angle
- a body of students who are taught together
verb
- (linguistics) To describe, modify or inflect so as to classify as to degree.
- (sewing) To remove or trim part of a seam allowance from a finished seam so as to reduce bulk and make the finished piece more even when turned right side out.
- (chiefly Canada, US) To assign scores to the components of an academic test, or to overall academic performance.
- (intransitive) To pass imperceptibly from one grade into another.
- To organize in grades.
- To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface, especially with a grader.
- To apply classifying labels to data (typically by a manual rather than automatic process).
- (patternmaking) To increase or decrease the dimensions of a garment pattern from the initial base size in such a way that the overall proportions of the silhouette are maintained across all sizes.
- assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
- determine the grade of or assign a grade to
- assign a rank or rating to
- level to the right gradient
noun
- Grub, slop, swill
- Slimy mud, sludge.
- (poker) The pile of discarded cards.
- Soft (or slimy) manure.
- (slang) Semen.
- Anything filthy or vile. Dirt; something that makes another thing dirty.
- (Ottawa Valley Dialect) Food, especially that eaten quickly.
- (Scotland, slang) Heroin.
- (slang) Pornography.
- fecal matter of animals
- any thick, viscous matter
verb
- (Australia, informal, intransitive) To vomit.
- To do a dirty job.
- (poker, colloquial) To pass, to fold without showing one's cards, often done when a better hand has already been revealed.
- (transitive) To manure with muck.
- (transitive) To shovel muck from.
- (Canada, slang) To eat; to devour or guzzle.
- remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine
- soil with mud, muck, or mire
- spread manure, as for fertilization
verb
noun
- A tool for scraping.
- (US, Pennsylvania, Appalachia, Blue Ridge) A mush of pork scraps, particularly head parts, and cornmeal or flour, which is boiled and poured into a mold, where the rendered gelatinous broth from cooking jells the mixture into a loaf.
- scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying
noun
- The loose material that comes from something being grated.
- The sound made by something that grates against something else.
- (nautical, in the plural) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.
- A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
- A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
- An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.
- a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
- optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum
adj
verb
noun
- Something that scoops.
- The avocet, a bird that scoops up the mud to obtain food.
- (aviation, firefighting, informal) A type of air tanker waterbomber airplane, which is capable of landing on water, and directly scooping up water to fill its tanks, by skimming the water's surface with scoops delopyed.
- A person who scoops.
- An engraver's tool.
- A journalist who obtains a scoop, or exclusive.
noun
noun
- a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
- the act of clipping or snipping
- The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
- (onomatopoeia) An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by scissors.
- (definite, the snip, euphemistic) A vasectomy.
- A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
- A piece cut out by snipping.
- (informal) Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.
- (informal) A small or weak person, especially a young one.
- A small amount of something; a pinch.
- A white marking on a horse's muzzle, between the nostrils.
verb
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- (informal) To perform a vasectomy.
- (Internet) To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
- To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
- (informal) To circumcise.
- To speak or say in a snippish manner.
- To break off; to snatch away.
- To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
noun
verb
noun
- Something to be peeled.
- A person who works by peeling the bark off trees.
- Someone who breaks horses.
- One who peels.
- (surfing) An ideal wave.
- Something that is peeling, about to peel, or prone to peeling.
- An industrial food-processing machine for removing the peels or skins.
- (derogatory, slang) A stripper; one who disrobes for entertainment.
- A household utensil for peeling fruit or vegetables.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A police officer.
- (horticulture) A plant which impoverishes the soil by demanding high value nutrients and so requires the use of fertilizers.
- An edible crab that is about to shed its shell.
- A person whose job it is to peel fruit or vegetable produce.
- a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables
- a device for peeling vegetables or fruits
- a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music
noun
- Something removed by being scraped.
- (computing) Automated collection of data, data scraping.
- The sound or action of something being scraped.
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)
- (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.
- (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
- (Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario) A hamburger.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- (mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A nipple, usually of a woman.
- A playful bite.
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a small drink of liquor
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a tart spicy quality
- the property of being moderately cold
verb
- To taunt.
- (slang, vulgar) To have erect nipples.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- (informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- give a small sharp bite to
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
noun
- An abraded, scraped, or worn area.
- (geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
- An act of abrasiveness.
- The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
- (dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
- (medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.
- the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- erosion by friction
noun
- An instance of pawning something.
- (uncountable) The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
- (rare) A pawnshop; pawnbroker.
- A gallery.
- (chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
- (idiomatic) A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.
- Alternative form of paan.
- borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan
- an article deposited as security
- (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank
- a person used by another to gain an end
verb
noun
- Something skimmed from a surface etc.
- (uncountable) The sport of skimboarding.
- (uncountable, economics) Ellipsis of cream skimming.
- (crime) The act of fraudulently copying a magnetic stripe from a magnetic stripe card, such as found on credit cards and bank cards, through the use of a skimmer
- (uncountable, finance) Ellipsis of price skimming.
- A motion or action that skims.
- failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it
- reading or glancing through quickly
- the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
- the act of brushing against while passing
verb
verb
noun
- A tool for scraping.
- (US, Pennsylvania, Appalachia, Blue Ridge) A mush of pork scraps, particularly head parts, and cornmeal or flour, which is boiled and poured into a mold, where the rendered gelatinous broth from cooking jells the mixture into a loaf.
- scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying
verb
noun
- sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles
- a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
- a bird's foot
- a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
- (colloquial) A human fingernail, particularly one extending well beyond the fingertip.
- A foot equipped with such.
- (graph theory) A tree with one internal vertex and three leaves.
- The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod.
- A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
- (juggling) The act of catching a ball overhand.
- A curved, pointed, horny projection on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
- (botany) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.
verb
verb
noun
verb
- To make scratches or cuts on.
- (horticulture) To remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
- To break up, loosen, or roughen the surface of a field or road or a hard surface.
- To scratch, etch, burn, or cut designs into one's skin as a form of body modification.
- (uncommon) To frighten; to scare, to terrify.
- (figurative) To harrow the feelings.
- (horticulture) To damage the testa (seed coat) of a seed by cutting, scraping, chemicals, hot water, or fire to allow permeation of water and faster germination.
- scratch the surface of
- puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals
- break up
verb
noun
- (Scotland, uncommon) A (sudden) shower of rain or mist.
- A scurf; a scale.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A slipper.
- (sometimes attributive) A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
- The back part of the neck; the scruff.
- The sound of a scuff or scrape.
- a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
- the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)
verb
noun
verb
- (of a surface) To get such scratches.
- (music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
- (ambitransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
- To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- (billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- (swimming, athletics) To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that one was previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- cause friction
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
adj
- (sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
- (computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
- For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
- Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
noun
- A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- Poor handwriting; especially, illegibly so.
- (music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
- A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
- A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
- A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
- (in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- (meiosis) A minor injury.
- A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- (cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
- An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
- Nothing, zero. Used especially in card games or sports, but also expressions like "from scatch".
- (now historical) A scratch wig.
- (horse racing) A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
- (slang) Money; especially, cash.
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- informal terms for money
- (golf) a handicap of zero strokes
- a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
- an indication of damage
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- dry mash for poultry
- poor handwriting
verb
- (transitive, cooking) To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.
- furnish with a grate
- (by extension, transitive) To annoy.
- (intransitive) To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something.
- (transitive) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.
- (by extension, intransitive) To get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy.
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
- reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface
- gnaw into; make resentful or angry
- scratch repeatedly
noun
- A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
- (historical) A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.
- A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
- a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
- a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something
verb
- scrape with a rasp
- utter in a grating voice
- (intransitive) To use a rasp.
- (transitive) To work something with a rasp.
- To say in a raspy voice.
- (intransitive) To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.
- (ambitransitive, figurative) To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.
noun
- uttering in an irritated tone
- a coarse file with sharp pointed projections
- A coarse file or filelike tool, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
- The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.
verb
- To bring something to the surface with a dredge.
- (transitive, usually with "up") To unearth.
- (cooking, transitive) To sprinkle (food) with spices or seasonings, using a dredge.
- To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.
- search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
- remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water
- cover before cooking
noun
- A dredging machine.
- Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
- (uncountable) A mixture of oats and barley.
- (cooking, countable) A large shaker for sprinkling spices or seasonings during food preparation.
- The act of dredging.
- An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
- A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds.
- a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
verb
- To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
- (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
- (intransitive) To check out, make sense or prove to be the case after verification or interrogation.
- (transitive) To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
- (transitive) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
- To act as a curb or restraint.
- (informal, transitive) To scold or rebuke someone.
- (transitive) To mark with a check pattern.
- (poker, transitive) To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
- (transitive) To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
- (intransitive, with at) To make a stop; to pause.
- (transitive) To control, limit, or halt.
- (street basketball, transitive) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
- (chess, transitive) To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
- (transitive, US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
- (transitive) To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
- (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
- (sports, transitive) To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
- (transitive) To verify or compare with a source of information.
- (transitive) To leave in safekeeping.
- (transitive) To inspect; to examine.
- place into check
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- slow the growth or development of
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey
- hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution
- block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- consign for shipment on a vehicle
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- stop in a chase especially when scent is lost
- make an examination or investigation
- verify by consulting a source or authority
- make cracks or chinks in
- examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
- write out a check on a bank account
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
- decline to initiate betting
- arrest the motion (of something) abruptly
adj
intj
noun
- An inspection or examination.
- (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. [from 15th c.]
- A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
- Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
- A small chink or crack.
- (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
- A token used instead of cash in various contexts, including sign-out of company property or collection of rations (dated), in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
- (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
- (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
- (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
- A control; a limit or stop.
- A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
- (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
- (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
- a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)
- obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
- the act of inspecting or verifying
- a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
- the bill in a restaurant
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
- the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
- an appraisal of the state of affairs
- a written order directing a bank to pay money
- a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
verb
- (machining) To take a rough cut, quickly removing material; to hog out.
- (transitive, informal) To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
- (transitive) To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
- (Herefordshire) (of a hedge) to trim up closely
- (nautical) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
- (transitive) To process (bark, etc.) into hog fuel.
- (transitive, nautical) To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
- take greedily; take more than one's share
noun
- Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
- (UK) A young sheep that has not been shorn.
- (informal) A quahog (clam).
- A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made.
- (specifically) An adult swine (contrasted with a pig, a young swine).
- (vulgar) A penis.
- (slang) A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson.
- (nautical) The effect of the middle of the hull of a ship rising while the ends droop.
- (informal) A greedy person or thing; one who refuses to share; a gluttonous one.
- (nautical) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
- a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared
- a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
- domestic swine
verb
- make by scraping
- bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
- scratch repeatedly
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
- (transitive) To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
- (intransitive) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
- (transitive) To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
- To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.
- (intransitive) To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
- (ambitransitive) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
- (transitive) To barely manage to achieve or attain.
- (computing, transitive) To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
- (transitive) To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
- (ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
noun
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- an indication of damage
- (heraldry) A diminutive of the bend (especially of the bend sinister) which is half its width.
- A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
- A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
- (British, slang) A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
- An awkward set of circumstances.
- An intermittent shallow pond in a wetland or floodplain, often artificially created to attract birds.
- (military) A shallow pit dug as a hideout.
- (slang) A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
- (UK, slang) A shave.
- The sound or action of something being scraped.
- Something removed by being scraped; a thin layer of something such as butter on bread.
verb
noun
- An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip.
- (countable) The lash of a whip.
- (figurative) An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock.
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)
verb
noun
- A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
- An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
- A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
- A case or outbreak of boils or sores.
- A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; a conglomeration; hodgepodge.
- an embarrassing mistake
verb
- scrape with the paws
- touch clumsily
- (transitive, by extension) To touch (someone) in a sexual way.
- (transitive, by extension) To clumsily dig (through something).
- (transitive) Of an animal, to draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
- (transitive) Of an animal, to dig through (something, such as a garbage can) with paws.
noun
- the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
- (humorous, also furry fandom) A hand.
- (nonstandard or rustic) Alternative form of pa (“father”).
- The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.
verb
- To break or chip off in a flake.
- To lay out on a flake for drying.
- (US, law enforcement, slang) To plant evidence to facilitate a corrupt arrest.
- (Ireland, slang) To hit (another person).
- (technical) To store an item such as rope or sail in layers
- (colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.
- cover with flakes or as if with flakes
- come off in flakes or thin small pieces
- form into flakes
noun
- A scale of a fish or similar animal
- A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.
- (archaeology) A prehistoric tool chipped out of stone.
- (nautical) A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on while calking, etc.
- (UK, dialect) A paling; a hurdle.
- (UK) Dogfish.
- (US, law enforcement, slang) A corrupt arrest, e.g. to extort money for release or merely to fulfil a quota.
- (informal) A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living.
- (Australia) The meat of the gummy shark.
- A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
- A wire rack for drying fish.
- A carnation with only two colours in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
- (nautical) Alternative form of fake (“turn or coil of cable or hawser”).
- A flat turn or tier of rope.
- a crystal of snow
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- a person with an unusual or odd personality
adj
- Characterised by scrabbling, or digging around.
- Rough, poor and uncultured.
- Scribbly.
- Impoverished, hardscrabble
- Having a rough texture; scratchy.
- Stunted.
- Of poor quality; poorly maintained.
- Sparse and scraggly.
- Thrown together; disorganized or slapdash.
- Covered in loose rocks or crumbling soil.
- Characterized by sparse, stunted vegetation, infertile.
- Difficult to negotiate; requiring scrambling.
- sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush
adj
noun
- (sailing) A small sailboat lacking a bowsprit, of a type found primarily in the Massachusetts area.
- A person living in rough, violent conditions.
- (entertainment) A slapstick comedian or comedy.
- (circus) A tumbler.
- A worker habitually engaged in casual employment.
- Clothing suitable for rough use.
- (sports, informal) An act of playing a sport casually or informally.
- a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit