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verb
- To write or draw with a scribe.
- To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
- To write.
- (carpentry) To cut (something) in order to fit it closely to an irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc.
- To record, as a scribe.
- To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
- score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking
noun
- A person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession.ᵂ
- A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
- (informal) A journalist.
- Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
- a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
- someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
- informal terms for journalists
noun
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verb
noun
noun
- Handwriting; style of penmanship.
- something written by hand
- A round of a card game.
- A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
- Promise, word; especially of a betrothal.
- (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
- Personal possession; ownership.
- (chiefly in the plural) Management, domain, control.
- An instance of helping.
- (card games) The set of cards held by a player.
- The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
- (colloquial, chiefly in the negative plural) A hand which is free to assist; especially due to having one's hands full or otherwise fully preoccupied.
- Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
- (especially in compounds) An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty.
- Applause.
- (collective) A bunch of bananas, a typical retail amount, where individual fruits are fingers.
- A performer more or less skilful.
- (chiefly in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth.
- A person's autograph or signature.
- A whole rhizome of ginger.
- The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
- A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
- (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
- (tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
- An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
- a member of the crew of a ship
- a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
- a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
- one of two sides of an issue
- the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
- terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)
- a round of applause to signify approval
- ability
- physical assistance
- a position given by its location to the side of an object
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- a card player in a game of bridge
verb
- (transitive, nautical) To furl (a sail).
- (ditransitive) To give, pass or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
- (transitive) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
- (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
- guide or conduct or usher somewhere
- place into the hands or custody of
noun
- something written by hand
- the activity of writing by hand
- (by extension) A characteristic trait or hallmark by which somebody may be recognised.
- The characteristic writing of a particular person.
- The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.
- Text that was written by hand.
verb
noun
- something written by hand
- (typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
- a particular orthography or writing system
- a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- (linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
- (psychology) Ellipsis of behavioral script, a sequence of actions in a given situation.
- (countable, law) An original instrument or document.
- (countable) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.
- (countable) A writing; a written document.
- (computing) A brief and simple program.
- (informal) Clipping of prescription (for drugs or medicine).
- Written characters; style of writing.
- (computing) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
verb
noun
- a writing implement for making a mark
- some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something
- a distinguishing symbol
- (figurative) A personal favor owed to someone, whether written or not.
- (competition law) A formal certification that a company was the first to approach a competition authority to reveal the existence of a cartel, generally entitling it to greater leniency during the cartel's dissolution and punishment.
- (linguistics) Ellipsis of discourse marker.
- Any of various objects that mark a place on the landscape, such as a milepost, blaze, or surveyor's cairn.
- (uncountable, colloquial) The ink marks or residue of a felt-tipped pen.
- (Philippines, informal, basketball, volleyball) A point, unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- A scorekeeper, especially one who tallies billiard scores.
- (military) The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column or marks the direction of an alignment.
- A direction issued by a camera operator for actors to be on their locations in readiness for a take.
- A sewing machine attachment that creases the fabric to mark a line
- (UK) Someone who assigns marks on tests, examinations, etc.; a grader.
- A real or virtual objective, something to be aimed for.
- (film, theater) A location on a stage or set where an actor is to stand or move to during a scene, usually indicated by a small X design placed on the floor.
- A counter, especially one used in card games or backgammon.
- (paintball) A device that fires a paintball.
- (sports) A player on defense used to mark one or more offensive players.
- Someone or something used to mark a position or amount, particularly
- (biology) A gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species.
- (linguistics) A free or bound morpheme indicating a grammatical function.
- (biology, medicine) A substance used as an indicator for diagnosis or other analysis, a biomarker.
- (US, slang) Synonym of IOU, an informal record of a debt.
- A felt-tipped pen, a marker pen.
verb
adj
- written or drawn or engraved
- relating to or presented by a graph
- describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail
- of or relating to the graphic arts
- evoking lifelike images within the mind
- Drawn, pictorial.
- (geology) Having a texture that resembles writing, commonly created by exsolution, devitrification and immiscibility processes in igneous rocks.
- Explicit, vivid, descriptive, often in relation to depictions of sex or violence.
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noun
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- (linguistics, calligraphy, typography) A line making up a written character.
- (by extension) The rower nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rhythm for the other rowers; the position in the boat occupied by this rower.
- An amount of work; specifically, a large amount of business or work.
- (sciences) An individual discharge of lightning, particularly if causing damage.
- An act of moving one's hand or an object along a surface in one direction, touching it lightly; a caress.
- (by extension) A thrust of the penis during sexual intercourse.
- One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.
- (swimming) A movement of the arms and legs which propels a swimmer through the water; a specific combination of such movements, constituting a swimming style.
- An act of striking with a weapon; a blow.
- A single movement of a paintbrush, chisel, pen, pencil, or similar implement; a line or mark made by such an implement.
- A gesture of assurance given as encouragement; specifically (psychoanalysis) in transactional analysis: a (generally positive) reaction expressed to a person which fulfils their desires or needs.
- A beat or throb, as of the heart or pulse.
- (cricket) The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot.
- A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done or produced; also, something accomplished by such an effort; an achievement, a feat.
- (chiefly US) A flattering or friendly act, comment, etc., done or made to a person to influence them.
- (technology) A single movement or thrust of a reciprocating device (such as a piston or connecting rod); the length of this movement.
- An act causing hurt or death, especially when seen as divine punishment.
- (turn-based games) A masterful or effective action.
- A distinctive expression in a written composition; a touch.
- (golf) A single act of striking at the ball with a club; also, at matchplay, a shot deducted from a player's score at a hole as a result of a handicapping system.
- (computing) In Unicode: the formal name of the individual horizontal strikethroughs (as in "A̶").
- An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The oblique, slash, or virgule ("/").
- The movement of an oar or paddle through water: either the cycle of movement as a whole, or the propelling phase (as opposed to the return); the manner in which such movements are made; a rowing style.
- (medicine) A sudden interruption of blood supply to the brain, causing minor to major brain damage and possible death.
- (squash) A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.
- The hitting of a bell or similar by the clapper or hammer of a clock; the sound thereof; the time when this occurs.
- A damaging occurrence, especially if sudden; a blow, a calamity.
- A single movement with a tool; also, an impact of a tool on an object.
- An individual social interaction whereby one gives another attention or recognition.
- (tennis) The hitting of a ball with a racket; also, the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact.
- any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing
- a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
- a single complete movement
- (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew
- a light touch with the hands
- anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club
- a light touch
- a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush
verb
- To draw the horizontal line across the upright part (of the letter t).
- To act as the stroke (“rower who is nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rowing rhythm for the other rowers”) of (a boat or its crew).
- To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.
- (poetic, rare) Of a bell or clock: to chime or sound to indicate (the hour, the time, etc.).
- (agriculture) To milk (a cow or other animal); especially, to squeeze the teat of (a cow, etc.) to extract the last bit of milk from the udder; to strap (dialectal), to strip.
- (swimming) To strike (the water) with one's arms and legs when swimming.
- (by extension, chiefly US, politics) To influence (someone) by convincing or flattering them.
- (ball games) To hit or kick (the ball) with a flowing or smooth motion; also, to score (a goal, a point, etc.) by doing so.
- (also figuratively) To bring (something) to a certain condition by stroking (sense 1).
- (masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to (stone) by carving it with a tool.
- Of a rower or a crew: to row at (a rate of a certain number of strokes (“movements of the oar through water”) per minute).
- (swimming) To swim by making co-ordinated movements with the arms and legs.
- (rare) To mark (something) with lines or stripes; to stripe.
- (especially psychoanalysis) To give assurance to (someone) through encouragement.
- (medicine) Chiefly followed by out: to suffer loss of brain function when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted; to have a stroke (noun sense 4).
- Followed by out or through: to draw a line or lines through (text) to indicate that it is deleted; to cancel, to strike or strike out.
- (by extension, vulgar, uncommon, intransitive) To masturbate.
- touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions
- treat gingerly or carefully
- row at a particular rate
- strike a ball with a smooth blow
verb
noun
- a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point
- a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face
- a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication
- (optics) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
- (gambling) Ellipsis of power of the pencil.
- A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper.
- (geometry) A family of geometric objects with a common property, such as the set of lines that pass through a given point in a projective plane.
- (now chiefly historical) A paintbrush.
verb
- (intransitive) To scribble.
- (transitive) To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble on.
- (intransitive) To move with difficulty by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws.
- (transitive) To gather hastily.
- (intransitive) To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws.
- write down quickly without much attention to detail
- feel searchingly
noun
verb
- write, draw, or trace with chalk
- To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.
- (figurative) To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.
- To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
- To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.
- To manure (land) with chalk.
- To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.
noun
- a pure flat white with little reflectance
- a soft whitish calcite
- an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
- a piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on blackboards or other flat surfaces
- (US, sports, chiefly basketball) The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.
- Tailor's chalk.
- (US, sports, chiefly basketball, horse racing) The favorite in a sporting event.
- (uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃).
- (US, military, countable) A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.
- (countable) A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO₄), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).
- (uncountable, climbing, gymnastics) A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, or losing grip in weight-lifting or gymnastics, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk, often magnesium carbonate (MgCO₃).
noun
- text handwritten in the style of printed matter
- all the copies of a work printed at one time
- reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication
- the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution
- (uncountable) Synonym of printed matter.
- (uncountable) The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.
- (countable) Synonym of print run (“all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch”).
- (uncountable) Handwritten characters that are not joined up.
verb
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verb
noun
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- good repute
- an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
- a written symbol that is used to represent speech
- (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
- a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
- (countable) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
- (countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
- (countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.
- (countable, computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
- (countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene.
- (countable, informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown.
- (uncountable, countable) A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
- (uncountable) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
- (countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
- (countable, mathematics) An assignment of complex numbers to each element of a group, in particular a finite abelian group. More precisely, a group homomorphism into the group of units of a field (usually ℂ).
adj
- Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
- (poker slang) Of a board or flop: enabling the creation of many or of strong hands; e.g. containing connectors or suited cards. (Compare dry).
- (slang, euphemistic) Involving assassination or "wet work".
- (retronym) Permitting alcoholic beverages.
- Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
- (biology, chemistry) Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
- (aviation) Using afterburners or water injection for increased engine thrust.
- With a usual complement or consummation; potent.
- (chemistry) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
- (slang) Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
- (British, slang) Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
- Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
- Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
- (slang, vulgar, of a female) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
- Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
- Of weather or a time period: rainy.
- covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
- consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor
- producing or secreting milk
- very drunk
- supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- containing moisture or volatile components
noun
- Rainy weather.
- (colloquial, derogatory) A weak or sentimental person; a wimp or softie.
- (motor racing, in the plural) A tyre for use in wet weather.
- (colloquial) An alcoholic drink.
- Liquid or moisture.
- (Australia) Rainy season. (often capitalized)
- (US, colloquial) One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
- (British, UK politics, derogatory) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- Alternative form of wat (“stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea”).
- wetness caused by water
verb
- Misspelling of whet.
- (transitive) To make (oneself, clothing, a bed, etc.) wet by accidental urination.
- (transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.
- (transitive, informal) To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become wet.
- (US, MLE, MTE, slang) To kill or seriously injure.
- (transitive, soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
- cause to become wet
- make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating
verb
- make an etching of
- carve or cut a design or letters into
- cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible
- carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block
- selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons
- To sketch; to delineate.
- To engrave a surface.
- To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
- (figuratively) To make a lasting impression.
noun
adj
noun
- a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
- writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
- Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph.
- (by extension) Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol.
- (chiefly in the plural) A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds, often as a rebus.
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noun
noun
- Handwriting; style of penmanship.
- something written by hand
- A round of a card game.
- A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
- Promise, word; especially of a betrothal.
- (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
- Personal possession; ownership.
- (chiefly in the plural) Management, domain, control.
- An instance of helping.
- (card games) The set of cards held by a player.
- The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
- (colloquial, chiefly in the negative plural) A hand which is free to assist; especially due to having one's hands full or otherwise fully preoccupied.
- Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
- (especially in compounds) An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty.
- Applause.
- (collective) A bunch of bananas, a typical retail amount, where individual fruits are fingers.
- A performer more or less skilful.
- (chiefly in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth.
- A person's autograph or signature.
- A whole rhizome of ginger.
- The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
- A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
- (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
- (tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
- An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
- a member of the crew of a ship
- a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
- a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
- one of two sides of an issue
- the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
- terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)
- a round of applause to signify approval
- ability
- physical assistance
- a position given by its location to the side of an object
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- a card player in a game of bridge
verb
- (transitive, nautical) To furl (a sail).
- (ditransitive) To give, pass or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
- (transitive) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
- (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
- guide or conduct or usher somewhere
- place into the hands or custody of
noun
- something written by hand
- the activity of writing by hand
- (by extension) A characteristic trait or hallmark by which somebody may be recognised.
- The characteristic writing of a particular person.
- The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.
- Text that was written by hand.
verb
noun
- something written by hand
- (typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
- a particular orthography or writing system
- a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- (linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
- (psychology) Ellipsis of behavioral script, a sequence of actions in a given situation.
- (countable, law) An original instrument or document.
- (countable) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.
- (countable) A writing; a written document.
- (computing) A brief and simple program.
- (informal) Clipping of prescription (for drugs or medicine).
- Written characters; style of writing.
- (computing) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
verb
noun
- a writing implement for making a mark
- some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something
- a distinguishing symbol
- (figurative) A personal favor owed to someone, whether written or not.
- (competition law) A formal certification that a company was the first to approach a competition authority to reveal the existence of a cartel, generally entitling it to greater leniency during the cartel's dissolution and punishment.
- (linguistics) Ellipsis of discourse marker.
- Any of various objects that mark a place on the landscape, such as a milepost, blaze, or surveyor's cairn.
- (uncountable, colloquial) The ink marks or residue of a felt-tipped pen.
- (Philippines, informal, basketball, volleyball) A point, unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- A scorekeeper, especially one who tallies billiard scores.
- (military) The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column or marks the direction of an alignment.
- A direction issued by a camera operator for actors to be on their locations in readiness for a take.
- A sewing machine attachment that creases the fabric to mark a line
- (UK) Someone who assigns marks on tests, examinations, etc.; a grader.
- A real or virtual objective, something to be aimed for.
- (film, theater) A location on a stage or set where an actor is to stand or move to during a scene, usually indicated by a small X design placed on the floor.
- A counter, especially one used in card games or backgammon.
- (paintball) A device that fires a paintball.
- (sports) A player on defense used to mark one or more offensive players.
- Someone or something used to mark a position or amount, particularly
- (biology) A gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species.
- (linguistics) A free or bound morpheme indicating a grammatical function.
- (biology, medicine) A substance used as an indicator for diagnosis or other analysis, a biomarker.
- (US, slang) Synonym of IOU, an informal record of a debt.
- A felt-tipped pen, a marker pen.
verb
noun
- (linguistics, calligraphy, typography) A line making up a written character.
- (by extension) The rower nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rhythm for the other rowers; the position in the boat occupied by this rower.
- An amount of work; specifically, a large amount of business or work.
- (sciences) An individual discharge of lightning, particularly if causing damage.
- An act of moving one's hand or an object along a surface in one direction, touching it lightly; a caress.
- (by extension) A thrust of the penis during sexual intercourse.
- One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.
- (swimming) A movement of the arms and legs which propels a swimmer through the water; a specific combination of such movements, constituting a swimming style.
- An act of striking with a weapon; a blow.
- A single movement of a paintbrush, chisel, pen, pencil, or similar implement; a line or mark made by such an implement.
- A gesture of assurance given as encouragement; specifically (psychoanalysis) in transactional analysis: a (generally positive) reaction expressed to a person which fulfils their desires or needs.
- A beat or throb, as of the heart or pulse.
- (cricket) The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot.
- A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done or produced; also, something accomplished by such an effort; an achievement, a feat.
- (chiefly US) A flattering or friendly act, comment, etc., done or made to a person to influence them.
- (technology) A single movement or thrust of a reciprocating device (such as a piston or connecting rod); the length of this movement.
- An act causing hurt or death, especially when seen as divine punishment.
- (turn-based games) A masterful or effective action.
- A distinctive expression in a written composition; a touch.
- (golf) A single act of striking at the ball with a club; also, at matchplay, a shot deducted from a player's score at a hole as a result of a handicapping system.
- (computing) In Unicode: the formal name of the individual horizontal strikethroughs (as in "A̶").
- An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The oblique, slash, or virgule ("/").
- The movement of an oar or paddle through water: either the cycle of movement as a whole, or the propelling phase (as opposed to the return); the manner in which such movements are made; a rowing style.
- (medicine) A sudden interruption of blood supply to the brain, causing minor to major brain damage and possible death.
- (squash) A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.
- The hitting of a bell or similar by the clapper or hammer of a clock; the sound thereof; the time when this occurs.
- A damaging occurrence, especially if sudden; a blow, a calamity.
- A single movement with a tool; also, an impact of a tool on an object.
- An individual social interaction whereby one gives another attention or recognition.
- (tennis) The hitting of a ball with a racket; also, the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact.
- any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing
- a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
- a single complete movement
- (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew
- a light touch with the hands
- anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club
- a light touch
- a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush
verb
- To draw the horizontal line across the upright part (of the letter t).
- To act as the stroke (“rower who is nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rowing rhythm for the other rowers”) of (a boat or its crew).
- To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.
- (poetic, rare) Of a bell or clock: to chime or sound to indicate (the hour, the time, etc.).
- (agriculture) To milk (a cow or other animal); especially, to squeeze the teat of (a cow, etc.) to extract the last bit of milk from the udder; to strap (dialectal), to strip.
- (swimming) To strike (the water) with one's arms and legs when swimming.
- (by extension, chiefly US, politics) To influence (someone) by convincing or flattering them.
- (ball games) To hit or kick (the ball) with a flowing or smooth motion; also, to score (a goal, a point, etc.) by doing so.
- (also figuratively) To bring (something) to a certain condition by stroking (sense 1).
- (masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to (stone) by carving it with a tool.
- Of a rower or a crew: to row at (a rate of a certain number of strokes (“movements of the oar through water”) per minute).
- (swimming) To swim by making co-ordinated movements with the arms and legs.
- (rare) To mark (something) with lines or stripes; to stripe.
- (especially psychoanalysis) To give assurance to (someone) through encouragement.
- (medicine) Chiefly followed by out: to suffer loss of brain function when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted; to have a stroke (noun sense 4).
- Followed by out or through: to draw a line or lines through (text) to indicate that it is deleted; to cancel, to strike or strike out.
- (by extension, vulgar, uncommon, intransitive) To masturbate.
- touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions
- treat gingerly or carefully
- row at a particular rate
- strike a ball with a smooth blow
noun
- text handwritten in the style of printed matter
- all the copies of a work printed at one time
- reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication
- the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution
- (uncountable) Synonym of printed matter.
- (uncountable) The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.
- (countable) Synonym of print run (“all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch”).
- (uncountable) Handwritten characters that are not joined up.
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- To write or draw with a scribe.
- To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
- To write.
- (carpentry) To cut (something) in order to fit it closely to an irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc.
- To record, as a scribe.
- To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
- score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking
noun
- A person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession.ᵂ
- A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
- (informal) A journalist.
- Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
- a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
- someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
- informal terms for journalists
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- a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point
- a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face
- a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication
- (optics) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
- (gambling) Ellipsis of power of the pencil.
- A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper.
- (geometry) A family of geometric objects with a common property, such as the set of lines that pass through a given point in a projective plane.
- (now chiefly historical) A paintbrush.
verb
- (intransitive) To scribble.
- (transitive) To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble on.
- (intransitive) To move with difficulty by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws.
- (transitive) To gather hastily.
- (intransitive) To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws.
- write down quickly without much attention to detail
- feel searchingly
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- write, draw, or trace with chalk
- To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.
- (figurative) To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.
- To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
- To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.
- To manure (land) with chalk.
- To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.
noun
- a pure flat white with little reflectance
- a soft whitish calcite
- an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
- a piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on blackboards or other flat surfaces
- (US, sports, chiefly basketball) The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.
- Tailor's chalk.
- (US, sports, chiefly basketball, horse racing) The favorite in a sporting event.
- (uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃).
- (US, military, countable) A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.
- (countable) A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO₄), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).
- (uncountable, climbing, gymnastics) A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, or losing grip in weight-lifting or gymnastics, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk, often magnesium carbonate (MgCO₃).
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- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- good repute
- an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
- a written symbol that is used to represent speech
- (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
- a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
- (countable) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
- (countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
- (countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.
- (countable, computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
- (countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene.
- (countable, informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown.
- (uncountable, countable) A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
- (uncountable) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
- (countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
- (countable, mathematics) An assignment of complex numbers to each element of a group, in particular a finite abelian group. More precisely, a group homomorphism into the group of units of a field (usually ℂ).
verb
- make an etching of
- carve or cut a design or letters into
- cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible
- carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block
- selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons
- To sketch; to delineate.
- To engrave a surface.
- To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
- (figuratively) To make a lasting impression.
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- written or drawn or engraved
- relating to or presented by a graph
- describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail
- of or relating to the graphic arts
- evoking lifelike images within the mind
- Drawn, pictorial.
- (geology) Having a texture that resembles writing, commonly created by exsolution, devitrification and immiscibility processes in igneous rocks.
- Explicit, vivid, descriptive, often in relation to depictions of sex or violence.
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- Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
- (poker slang) Of a board or flop: enabling the creation of many or of strong hands; e.g. containing connectors or suited cards. (Compare dry).
- (slang, euphemistic) Involving assassination or "wet work".
- (retronym) Permitting alcoholic beverages.
- Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
- (biology, chemistry) Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
- (aviation) Using afterburners or water injection for increased engine thrust.
- With a usual complement or consummation; potent.
- (chemistry) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
- (slang) Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
- (British, slang) Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
- Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
- Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
- (slang, vulgar, of a female) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
- Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
- Of weather or a time period: rainy.
- covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
- consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor
- producing or secreting milk
- very drunk
- supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- containing moisture or volatile components
noun
- Rainy weather.
- (colloquial, derogatory) A weak or sentimental person; a wimp or softie.
- (motor racing, in the plural) A tyre for use in wet weather.
- (colloquial) An alcoholic drink.
- Liquid or moisture.
- (Australia) Rainy season. (often capitalized)
- (US, colloquial) One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
- (British, UK politics, derogatory) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- Alternative form of wat (“stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea”).
- wetness caused by water
verb
- Misspelling of whet.
- (transitive) To make (oneself, clothing, a bed, etc.) wet by accidental urination.
- (transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.
- (transitive, informal) To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become wet.
- (US, MLE, MTE, slang) To kill or seriously injure.
- (transitive, soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
- cause to become wet
- make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating
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- a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
- writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
- Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph.
- (by extension) Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol.
- (chiefly in the plural) A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds, often as a rebus.