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noun
- The navigable part of a river.
- a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
- (communication) A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.
- The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
- (biochemistry) An ion channel: pore-forming proteins located in a cell membrane that allow specific ions to pass through.
- (communication) The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
- (electronics) A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
- (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.
- The part of a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
- A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
- (storage) The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.
- (nautical) The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
- Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.
- (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.
- A narrow body of water between two land masses.
- (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
- A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.
- (electronics) The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
- (Internet, historical) A means of delivering up-to-date Internet content via a push mechanism.
- (construction, mechanical engineering) A structural member with a cross section shaped like a squared-off letter C.
- The hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.
- (business, marketing) A distribution channel.
- (Internet) A particular area for conversations on an IRC or similar network, analogous to a chat room and often dedicated to a specific topic.
- (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.
- a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
- a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
- (often plural) a means of communication or access
- a path over which electrical signals can pass
- a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
- a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- a television station and its programs
verb
- (transitive) To follow as a model, especially in a performance.
- (transitive, of a spirit, as of a dead person) To serve as a medium for.
- (transitive) To direct or guide along a desired course.
- (transitive) To make or cut a channel or groove in.
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- direct the flow of
- send from one person or place to another
verb
adj
noun
- an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
- a level of existence or development
- (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape
- a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
- a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight.
- (entomology) The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.
- (geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof.
- A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.
- (countable) A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
- (computing, Unicode) Any of 17 designated ranges of 2¹⁶ (65,536) sequential code points each.
- An airplane; an aeroplane.
- (countable, carpentry) A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.
- (anatomy) An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
- A level or flat surface.
- A level of existence or development.
- (Northern UK) A sycamore.
verb
- travel on the surface of water
- examine hastily
- read superficially
- move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
- coat (a liquid) with a layer
- cause to skip over a surface
- remove from the surface
- (intransitive) To become coated over.
- To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
- (transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
- (transitive) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
- (intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
- To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
- (intransitive) To ricochet.
- (transitive) To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
- (transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.
- To hasten along with superficial attention.
- (transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- (transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.
adj
noun
noun
- a strip of land projecting into a body of water
- a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
- A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.
- (slang) A superhero.
- (geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
verb
noun
- The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
- (cooking) A stage of a meal.
- (masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.
- A racecourse.
- (roofing) A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
- A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
- (textiles) In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
- The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
- A normal or customary sequence.
- (golf) A golf course.
- The itinerary of a race.
- (India, historical) The drive usually frequented by Europeans at an Indian station.
- A path that something or someone moves along.
- (UK, Ireland, Philippines) an educational programme at a college or university leading to an academic degree or vocational qualification.
- (especially in medicine) A treatment plan.
- (education) A learning programme
- a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject
- (nautical) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
- (navigation) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
- Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
- A sequence of events.
- (nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
- (music) One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to be played together.
- (sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
- education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
- part of a meal served at one time
- a line or route along which something travels or moves
- general line of orientation
- a mode of action
- facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
- a connected series of events or actions or developments
- (construction) a layer of masonry
- a body of students who are taught together
adv
verb
- (transitive) To run through or over.
- To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
- (transitive) To cause to chase after or pursue game.
- (transitive) To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
- move along, of liquids
- move swiftly through or over
- hunt with hounds
noun
- A channel for water.
- The space between the teeth of a saw blade.
- The wide space under the pommel of a saddle; the hollow over the withers of a saddled animal.
- (cytology) The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
- A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
- The throat or esophagus.
- the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
verb
noun
- A narrow passage of water.
- (uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
- A person's emotional, visceral self.
- (informal) The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged.
- The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
- The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line.
- (informal) A class that is not demanding or challenging.
- a narrow channel or strait
- a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery
- the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
adj
verb
noun
adj
- lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious
- not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
- lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
- (tennis) Not far forward, close to the net.
- Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
- Lacking interest or substance; flat; one-dimensional.
- Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
- Extending not far downward.
- (of an angle) Not steep; close to horizontal.
- Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.
verb
noun
- a stretch of shallow water
- a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
- a large group of fish
- A shallow in a body of water.
- Any large number of persons or things.
- A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.
- (collective) A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.
verb
verb
- travel through water
- be covered with or submerged in a liquid
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- move as if gliding through water
- be dizzy or giddy
- (intransitive) To have a great quantity of something.
- (transitive, uncommon) To cause to swim.
- (intransitive) To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid.
- (intransitive) To glide along with a waving motion.
- (intransitive) To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion.
- (transitive) To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to use a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.
- (intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
- (intransitive) To be overflowed or drenched.
- (transitive, historical) To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.
- (intransitive) To move around freely because of excess space.
- (transitive) To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
noun
- the act of swimming
- An act or instance of swimming.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of someone who isn't me, used as a way to avoid self-designation or self-incrimination, especially in online drug forums.
- The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
- A dizziness; swoon.
- (UK) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
- A dance or dance move of the 1960s in which the arms are moved in imitation of various swimming strokes, such as freestyle, breaststroke, etc.
- (figurative) The flow of events; being in the swim of things.
noun
- A water main
- A showerhead.
- (uncountable) Hydrocephalus
- The amount of water or water pressure provided by a waterhead (reservoir or portion of a device that stores water).
- A reservoir or natural source of water that is put to use.
- A spring or headwater.
- A stupid and/or ugly person.
- A burst of water.
- The enlarged head of a person or animal with hydrocephalus.
- A hydrocephalic person or animal
- The place where water enters or exits a device or system
- An area of high elevation, viewed as the catchment basin for a region.
- A portion of a device or system where water is stored before it is used, such as a header tank.
verb
noun
- An artificial channel for marine navigation, as distinguished from a navigable river.
- (slang, uncountable) That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
- (card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
- (slang) An insult.
- An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
- (slang) A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
- An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
- (card games) The card obtained by dividing the pack.
- The manner or style in which a garment, other article of clothing, or sail is fashioned.
- A decrease or deletion.
- (archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
- (Internet) A dividing line in a Tumblr post, the content below which is hidden until the reader reveals it.
- A haircut.
- (bodybuilding) A time period when one attempts to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
- (literal, figurative) The act of cutting.
- Such a wound through human skin.
- A sleeveless vest worn by members of a motorcycle club.
- (fashion) A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
- (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
- (especially theater, film) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
- (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
- (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
- A skein of yarn.
- Such a passage dug for a roadway for a paved road or railroad, a canal, a runway, etc.
- A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
- (golf) In a stroke play competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
- A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
- A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
- (literal, figurative) The result of cutting.
- (film) A particular version or edit of a film.
- (sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
- A slab or slice, especially of meat.
- (rail transport) A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
- (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
- An unkind act; a cruelty.
- A share or portion of profits.
- (petrochemistry) The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
- a wound made by cutting
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a share of the profits
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- the style in which a garment is cut
- a step on some scale
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- an unexcused absence from class
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
adj
- (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
- (slang, New Zealand, formerly UK) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
- (participial adjective) Having been cut.
- (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
- Reduced.
- (informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Upset, angry; emotionally hurt.
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
- mixed with water
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
- (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
- with parts removed
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
intj
verb
- To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
- (intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
- (transitive, cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave abruptly.
- (intransitive) To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
- To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
- To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
- (slang) To wound with a knife.
- To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
- (transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
- (intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
- To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
- (transitive, social) To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
- To perform (an elaborate dancing movement etc.).
- (transitive) To exhibit (a figure having some trait).
- To reduce, especially intentionally.
- (ambitransitive) To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
- (bodybuilding) To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
- (transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
- (sports) To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
- To castrate or geld.
- (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
- (slang, intransitive) To run or hurry.
- (transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
- (intransitive, film) To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
- (transitive, slang) To make, negotiate; to finalise, conclude; to issue.
- (transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.
- To form or shape by cutting.
- (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- (transitive) To renounce or give up.
- To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
- To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
- (transitive) To stop, disengage, or cease.
- penetrate injuriously
- function as a cutting instrument
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- fell by sawing; hew
- refuse to acknowledge
- discharge from a group
- allow incision or separation
- record a performance on (a medium)
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- pass directly and often in haste
- stop filming
- intentionally fail to attend
- grow through the gums
- cut and assemble the components of
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- give the appearance or impression of
- make an incision or separation
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- have a reducing effect
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- pass through or across
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make out and issue
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- make a recording of
- reap or harvest
- create by duplicating data
- move (one's fist)
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- cease, stop
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- perform or carry out
- have grow through the gums
noun
- The waterline of a ship.
- The level of a body of water, especially when measured above a datum line.
- (also attributive) (Relating to) an instrument to show the level by means of the surface of water in a trough, or in upright tubes connected by a pipe.
- The level of the water table below ground.
- (attributive) Of a route that follows a riverbank or shoreline.
- underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water
- a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship
- the level of the surface of a body of water
- a water gauge that shows the level by showing the surface of the water in a trough or U-shaped tube
noun
- A narrow channel of water.
- (British Columbia) A serving of beer smaller than a pint, typically measuring between 12 and 16 ounces.
- Sleave; untwisted thread.
- A protective jacket or case, especially for a record, containing art and information about the contents; also the analogous leaflet found in a packaged CD.
- (electrical engineering) A double tube of copper into which the ends of bare wires are pushed so that when the tube is twisted an electrical connection is made. The joint thus made is called a McIntire joint.
- A (usually tubular) covering or lining to protect a piece of machinery etc.
- The part of a garment that covers the arm.
- A tattoo covering the whole arm.
- (US) A long, cylindrical plastic bag of cookies or crackers, or a similar package of disposable drinking cups.
- the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
- small case into which an object fits
verb
noun
- A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
- (golf) The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
- (finance) Carried interest.
- (UK, dialect) The sky; cloud-drift.
- (finance) The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
- the act of carrying something
verb
- To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
- (transitive) To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
- (transitive) To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- (transitive) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
- (transitive) To have on one’s person.
- (Southern US) To physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)
- (intransitive) To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
- (Canada, US) To bear a firearm, such as a gun.
- (transitive) To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
- (transitive) To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
- (gaming, sports) (transitive or, rarely, intransitive) To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success or for counteracting teammates' underperformance.
- (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- To bear or uphold successfully, especially through conflict, for example a leader or principle
- To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- (transitive) To lead or guide.
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
- (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- To be pregnant (with).
- (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
- (intransitive, cricket) For the ball, having been hit in the air, to reach a fielder without touching the ground (whether or not the fielder catches it).
- (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- (transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
- pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- include, as on a list
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have or possess something abstract
- sing or play against other voices or parts
- contain or hold; have within
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- be able to feed
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
- be pregnant with
- win approval or support for
- propel or give impetus to
- transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication
- have on the surface or on the skin
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- extend to a certain degree
- pass on a communication
- cover a certain distance or advance beyond
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- serve as a means for expressing something
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- be successful in
- have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence
- be conveyed over a certain distance
- move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
- compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
- capture after a fight
- be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
- keep up with financial support
- win in an election
- be equipped with (a mast or sail)
- propel
- take further or advance
- have on hand
- continue or extend
- bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
- have a certain range
- bear (a crop)
noun
- A voyage across a body of water.
- (Philippines) Ellipsis of pedestrian crossing.
- Opposition; thwarting.
- Cross-breeding.
- (architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it.
- An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
- (graph theory) A pair of intersecting edges.
- A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque.
- Movement into a crossed position.
- The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.
- A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
- (sociolinguistics) The appropriation of a form of language by somebody who is not a member of the group that speaks it.
- (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
- a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
- traveling across
- a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
- a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
- a junction where one street or road crosses another
adj
verb
name
- A coastal sea area that includes the mouth of this river
- A river in the counties of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear, in north east England. The city of Newcastle upon Tyne is found upon its northern bank and Gateshead is found upon its southern bank.
- A river in East Lothian council area, in southern Scotland.
noun
adj
noun
- An unobstructed waterway allowing passage for ships.
- (uncountable) The act of going through; passage; travel, transit.
- (now rare except in certain set phrases) A passage; a way through.
- A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street.
- a public road from one place to another
noun
- A transportation ship that is water-based.
- (usually historical) A person who carries water from a spring or well, especially in antiquity and pre-modern era when it was a common job.
- (figuratively, colloquial) A person doing simple, ordinary work, usually in opposition to somebody considered more valuable.
- A pipe or tube that conveys water.
- An arrangement of wires on which a bucket of water, raised from a well, etc., may be conveyed wherever required, as to a house.
- (cycling) A domestique.
- (astronomy, astrology) Aquarius, or a symbol for it.
noun
- A shallow body of water.
- (finance, slang) A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
- The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
- A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
- Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
- A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
- The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
- A total failure; a washout.
- The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
- (stagecraft) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.
- (nautical) The blade of an oar.
- The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.
- Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
- The breaking of waves on the shore; the onwards rush of shallow water towards a beach.
- A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
- A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
- In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
- (television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
- Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
- (idiomatic) A situation in which gains and losses or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent, or in which there is no net change.
- A liquid used for washing.
- (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
- (art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
- The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
- In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
- a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
- a thin coat of water-base paint
- the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
- the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
- the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
- garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
- any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
- the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
verb
- (intransitive) To bear without damage the operation of being washed; to be suitable for washing.
- (transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
- (transitive) To clean with water.
- (transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
- (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
- (transitive) To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
- (intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
- (chemistry, transitive) To pass or extract (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
- (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
- (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
- (mah-jong) To mix up tiles (before a new game) to make them random; to shuffle.
- (transitive) To carry away or erode by the force of water in motion.
- (transitive) To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
- move by or as if by water
- cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
- separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
- to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
- remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
- cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
- wash by removing particles
- admit to testing or proof
- form by erosion
- apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
- make moist
- wash or flow against
- be capable of being washed
- clean with some chemical process
noun
verb
- crash or crash-land
- forsake
- cut a trench in, as for drainage
- make an emergency landing on water
- throw away
- sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly
- (intransitive) To dig ditches.
- (ambitransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
- (transitive) To dig ditches around.
- (transitive) To discard or abandon.
- (ambitransitive, aviation) To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.
- Alternative form of deech.
- (transitive) To throw into a ditch.
noun
- the land along the edge of a body of water
- Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
- a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
- A prop or strut supporting some structure or weight above it.
- (from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.
- (obsolete except Scotland) A sewer.
verb
noun
- A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.
- (medicine) Ellipsis of delta variant (variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus).
- (US military, US Space Force) A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF operations wing, or an army regiment.
- A type of cargo bike that has one wheel in front and two in back.
- (computing, informal) A small but noticeable effect. Compare epsilon.
- (physics) one of four baryons consisting of up and down quarks with a combined spin of 3/2: Δ⁺⁺ (uuu), Δ⁺ (uud), Δ⁰ (udd), or Δ⁻ (ddd)
- (chemistry) A value in delta notation indicating the relative abundances of isotopes.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Delta from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- (electricity, often attributive) The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, especially in a three-phase system.
- The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ.
- (surveying) The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc.
- (astronomy) a star that is usually the fourth brightest of a constellation.
- (computing) The set of differences between two versions of a file.
- (mathematics, physics, engineering) The symbol Δ; A change in a quantity, likely from "d" for "difference".
- (finance) The rate of change in an option value with respect to the underlying asset's price.
- the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
- an object shaped like an equilateral triangle
- a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
verb
noun
- A slender stream of water.
- (weaving) A piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.
- (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
- A continuing theme that modifies the whole discourse.
- A precarious condition; something that which offers no real or otherwise perceived security.
- A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.
- The continuing course of life; the thread of life.
- A line of reasoning, sequence of ideas, or train of thought.
- (engineering) A screw thread.
- A sequence of connections.
- (Internet) A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform.
- The line midway between the banks of a stream.
- Any of various natural (as spiderweb, etc.) or manufactured filaments (as glass, plastic, metal, etc.).
- the raised helical rib going around a screw
- a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
- any long object resembling a thin line
- the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together
verb
- (intransitive) Of boiling syrup: To form a threadlike stream when poured from a spoon.
- (transitive) To fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; to string.
- To cautiously make (one's way) through a precarious place or situation.
- (transitive) To interweave as if with thread; to intersperse.
- (transitive) To pass a thread through the eye of a needle.
- (ambitransitive) To feed (a sewing machine or otherwise a projecting or exposing mechanism, such as a projector, a camera, etc.) with film. [(usually) with up]
- (transitive, figurative) To pass through; to pierce through; to penetrate.
- (transitive) To pass (a film or tape) through a projector, recorder, etc. so as to correct its path.
- (ambitransitive) To remove (facial hair) by way of a looped thread that is tightly wound in the middle.
- (transitive) To form a screw thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) To make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles).
- pass a thread through
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- thread on or as if on a string
- remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
- pass through or into
noun
noun
- a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
- a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal
- any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments
- (dialectal) Play; sport; game; fun; glee.
- A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.
- A large amount of liquid.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.
- In the composition of colors for use in products intended for human consumption, made by extending on a substratum of alumina, a salt prepared from one of the certified water-soluble straight colors.
- In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermilion pigment derived from an organic colorant (cochineal or madder, for example) and an inorganic, generally metallic mordant.
verb
noun
- (nautical) The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
- (historical, Church of England) A yearly parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking.
- The disturbance which follows an object, person or animal moving through water.
- (physics) The perturbation behind a body moving through a fluid.
- (aviation) The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
- (figuratively) The area behind a moving person or object.
- A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.
- The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
- (collective) A number of vultures assembled together.
- a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
- the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
- the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
verb
- (intransitive, figurative) To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
- To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
- (intransitive) (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
- (transitive, figurative) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
- To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
- (transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
- cause to become awake or conscious
- be awake, be alert, be there
- to alert someone to something
- stop sleeping
- arouse or excite feelings and passions
noun
- The navigable part of a river.
- a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
- (communication) A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.
- The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
- (biochemistry) An ion channel: pore-forming proteins located in a cell membrane that allow specific ions to pass through.
- (communication) The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
- (electronics) A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
- (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.
- The part of a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
- A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
- (storage) The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.
- (nautical) The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
- Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.
- (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.
- A narrow body of water between two land masses.
- (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
- A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.
- (electronics) The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
- (Internet, historical) A means of delivering up-to-date Internet content via a push mechanism.
- (construction, mechanical engineering) A structural member with a cross section shaped like a squared-off letter C.
- The hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.
- (business, marketing) A distribution channel.
- (Internet) A particular area for conversations on an IRC or similar network, analogous to a chat room and often dedicated to a specific topic.
- (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.
- a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
- a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
- (often plural) a means of communication or access
- a path over which electrical signals can pass
- a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
- a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- a television station and its programs
verb
- (transitive) To follow as a model, especially in a performance.
- (transitive, of a spirit, as of a dead person) To serve as a medium for.
- (transitive) To direct or guide along a desired course.
- (transitive) To make or cut a channel or groove in.
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- direct the flow of
- send from one person or place to another
noun
- a strip of land projecting into a body of water
- a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
- A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.
- (slang) A superhero.
- (geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
verb
noun
- The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
- (cooking) A stage of a meal.
- (masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.
- A racecourse.
- (roofing) A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
- A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
- (textiles) In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
- The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
- A normal or customary sequence.
- (golf) A golf course.
- The itinerary of a race.
- (India, historical) The drive usually frequented by Europeans at an Indian station.
- A path that something or someone moves along.
- (UK, Ireland, Philippines) an educational programme at a college or university leading to an academic degree or vocational qualification.
- (especially in medicine) A treatment plan.
- (education) A learning programme
- a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject
- (nautical) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
- (navigation) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
- Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
- A sequence of events.
- (nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
- (music) One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to be played together.
- (sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
- education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
- part of a meal served at one time
- a line or route along which something travels or moves
- general line of orientation
- a mode of action
- facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
- a connected series of events or actions or developments
- (construction) a layer of masonry
- a body of students who are taught together
adv
verb
- (transitive) To run through or over.
- To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
- (transitive) To cause to chase after or pursue game.
- (transitive) To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
- move along, of liquids
- move swiftly through or over
- hunt with hounds
noun
- A channel for water.
- The space between the teeth of a saw blade.
- The wide space under the pommel of a saddle; the hollow over the withers of a saddled animal.
- (cytology) The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
- A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
- The throat or esophagus.
- the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
verb
noun
- A narrow passage of water.
- (uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
- A person's emotional, visceral self.
- (informal) The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged.
- The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
- The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line.
- (informal) A class that is not demanding or challenging.
- a narrow channel or strait
- a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery
- the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
adj
verb
noun
adj
- lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious
- not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
- lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
- (tennis) Not far forward, close to the net.
- Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
- Lacking interest or substance; flat; one-dimensional.
- Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
- Extending not far downward.
- (of an angle) Not steep; close to horizontal.
- Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.
verb
noun
- a stretch of shallow water
- a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide
- a large group of fish
- A shallow in a body of water.
- Any large number of persons or things.
- A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.
- (collective) A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.
verb
noun
- A water main
- A showerhead.
- (uncountable) Hydrocephalus
- The amount of water or water pressure provided by a waterhead (reservoir or portion of a device that stores water).
- A reservoir or natural source of water that is put to use.
- A spring or headwater.
- A stupid and/or ugly person.
- A burst of water.
- The enlarged head of a person or animal with hydrocephalus.
- A hydrocephalic person or animal
- The place where water enters or exits a device or system
- An area of high elevation, viewed as the catchment basin for a region.
- A portion of a device or system where water is stored before it is used, such as a header tank.
verb
noun
- An artificial channel for marine navigation, as distinguished from a navigable river.
- (slang, uncountable) That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
- (card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
- (slang) An insult.
- An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
- (slang) A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
- An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
- (card games) The card obtained by dividing the pack.
- The manner or style in which a garment, other article of clothing, or sail is fashioned.
- A decrease or deletion.
- (archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
- (Internet) A dividing line in a Tumblr post, the content below which is hidden until the reader reveals it.
- A haircut.
- (bodybuilding) A time period when one attempts to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
- (literal, figurative) The act of cutting.
- Such a wound through human skin.
- A sleeveless vest worn by members of a motorcycle club.
- (fashion) A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
- (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
- (especially theater, film) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
- (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
- (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
- A skein of yarn.
- Such a passage dug for a roadway for a paved road or railroad, a canal, a runway, etc.
- A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
- (golf) In a stroke play competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
- A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
- A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
- (literal, figurative) The result of cutting.
- (film) A particular version or edit of a film.
- (sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
- A slab or slice, especially of meat.
- (rail transport) A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
- (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
- An unkind act; a cruelty.
- A share or portion of profits.
- (petrochemistry) The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
- a wound made by cutting
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a share of the profits
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- the style in which a garment is cut
- a step on some scale
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- an unexcused absence from class
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
adj
- (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
- (slang, New Zealand, formerly UK) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
- (participial adjective) Having been cut.
- (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
- Reduced.
- (informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Upset, angry; emotionally hurt.
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
- mixed with water
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
- (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
- with parts removed
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
intj
verb
- To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
- (intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
- (transitive, cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave abruptly.
- (intransitive) To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
- To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
- To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
- (slang) To wound with a knife.
- To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
- (transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
- (intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
- To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
- (transitive, social) To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
- To perform (an elaborate dancing movement etc.).
- (transitive) To exhibit (a figure having some trait).
- To reduce, especially intentionally.
- (ambitransitive) To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
- (bodybuilding) To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
- (transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
- (sports) To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
- To castrate or geld.
- (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
- (slang, intransitive) To run or hurry.
- (transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
- (intransitive, film) To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
- (transitive, slang) To make, negotiate; to finalise, conclude; to issue.
- (transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.
- To form or shape by cutting.
- (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- (transitive) To renounce or give up.
- To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
- To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
- (transitive) To stop, disengage, or cease.
- penetrate injuriously
- function as a cutting instrument
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- fell by sawing; hew
- refuse to acknowledge
- discharge from a group
- allow incision or separation
- record a performance on (a medium)
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- pass directly and often in haste
- stop filming
- intentionally fail to attend
- grow through the gums
- cut and assemble the components of
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- give the appearance or impression of
- make an incision or separation
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- have a reducing effect
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- pass through or across
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make out and issue
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- make a recording of
- reap or harvest
- create by duplicating data
- move (one's fist)
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- cease, stop
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- perform or carry out
- have grow through the gums
noun
- The waterline of a ship.
- The level of a body of water, especially when measured above a datum line.
- (also attributive) (Relating to) an instrument to show the level by means of the surface of water in a trough, or in upright tubes connected by a pipe.
- The level of the water table below ground.
- (attributive) Of a route that follows a riverbank or shoreline.
- underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water
- a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship
- the level of the surface of a body of water
- a water gauge that shows the level by showing the surface of the water in a trough or U-shaped tube
noun
- A narrow channel of water.
- (British Columbia) A serving of beer smaller than a pint, typically measuring between 12 and 16 ounces.
- Sleave; untwisted thread.
- A protective jacket or case, especially for a record, containing art and information about the contents; also the analogous leaflet found in a packaged CD.
- (electrical engineering) A double tube of copper into which the ends of bare wires are pushed so that when the tube is twisted an electrical connection is made. The joint thus made is called a McIntire joint.
- A (usually tubular) covering or lining to protect a piece of machinery etc.
- The part of a garment that covers the arm.
- A tattoo covering the whole arm.
- (US) A long, cylindrical plastic bag of cookies or crackers, or a similar package of disposable drinking cups.
- the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
- small case into which an object fits
verb
noun
- A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
- (golf) The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
- (finance) Carried interest.
- (UK, dialect) The sky; cloud-drift.
- (finance) The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
- the act of carrying something
verb
- To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
- (transitive) To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
- (transitive) To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- (transitive) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
- (transitive) To have on one’s person.
- (Southern US) To physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)
- (intransitive) To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
- (Canada, US) To bear a firearm, such as a gun.
- (transitive) To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
- (transitive) To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
- (gaming, sports) (transitive or, rarely, intransitive) To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success or for counteracting teammates' underperformance.
- (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- To bear or uphold successfully, especially through conflict, for example a leader or principle
- To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- (transitive) To lead or guide.
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
- (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- To be pregnant (with).
- (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
- (intransitive, cricket) For the ball, having been hit in the air, to reach a fielder without touching the ground (whether or not the fielder catches it).
- (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- (transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
- pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- include, as on a list
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have or possess something abstract
- sing or play against other voices or parts
- contain or hold; have within
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- be able to feed
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
- be pregnant with
- win approval or support for
- propel or give impetus to
- transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication
- have on the surface or on the skin
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- extend to a certain degree
- pass on a communication
- cover a certain distance or advance beyond
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- serve as a means for expressing something
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- be successful in
- have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence
- be conveyed over a certain distance
- move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
- compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
- capture after a fight
- be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
- keep up with financial support
- win in an election
- be equipped with (a mast or sail)
- propel
- take further or advance
- have on hand
- continue or extend
- bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
- have a certain range
- bear (a crop)
noun
- A voyage across a body of water.
- (Philippines) Ellipsis of pedestrian crossing.
- Opposition; thwarting.
- Cross-breeding.
- (architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it.
- An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
- (graph theory) A pair of intersecting edges.
- A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque.
- Movement into a crossed position.
- The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.
- A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
- (sociolinguistics) The appropriation of a form of language by somebody who is not a member of the group that speaks it.
- (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
- a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
- traveling across
- a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
- a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
- a junction where one street or road crosses another
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adj
noun
- An unobstructed waterway allowing passage for ships.
- (uncountable) The act of going through; passage; travel, transit.
- (now rare except in certain set phrases) A passage; a way through.
- A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street.
- a public road from one place to another
noun
- A transportation ship that is water-based.
- (usually historical) A person who carries water from a spring or well, especially in antiquity and pre-modern era when it was a common job.
- (figuratively, colloquial) A person doing simple, ordinary work, usually in opposition to somebody considered more valuable.
- A pipe or tube that conveys water.
- An arrangement of wires on which a bucket of water, raised from a well, etc., may be conveyed wherever required, as to a house.
- (cycling) A domestique.
- (astronomy, astrology) Aquarius, or a symbol for it.
noun
- A shallow body of water.
- (finance, slang) A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
- The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
- A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
- Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
- A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
- The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
- A total failure; a washout.
- The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
- (stagecraft) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.
- (nautical) The blade of an oar.
- The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.
- Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
- The breaking of waves on the shore; the onwards rush of shallow water towards a beach.
- A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
- A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
- In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
- (television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
- Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
- (idiomatic) A situation in which gains and losses or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent, or in which there is no net change.
- A liquid used for washing.
- (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
- (art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
- The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
- In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
- a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
- a thin coat of water-base paint
- the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
- the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
- the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
- garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
- any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
- the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
verb
- (intransitive) To bear without damage the operation of being washed; to be suitable for washing.
- (transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
- (transitive) To clean with water.
- (transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
- (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
- (transitive) To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
- (intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
- (chemistry, transitive) To pass or extract (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
- (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
- (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
- (mah-jong) To mix up tiles (before a new game) to make them random; to shuffle.
- (transitive) To carry away or erode by the force of water in motion.
- (transitive) To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
- move by or as if by water
- cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
- separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
- to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
- remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
- cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
- wash by removing particles
- admit to testing or proof
- form by erosion
- apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
- make moist
- wash or flow against
- be capable of being washed
- clean with some chemical process
noun
verb
- crash or crash-land
- forsake
- cut a trench in, as for drainage
- make an emergency landing on water
- throw away
- sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly
- (intransitive) To dig ditches.
- (ambitransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
- (transitive) To dig ditches around.
- (transitive) To discard or abandon.
- (ambitransitive, aviation) To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.
- Alternative form of deech.
- (transitive) To throw into a ditch.
noun
- the land along the edge of a body of water
- Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
- a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
- A prop or strut supporting some structure or weight above it.
- (from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.
- (obsolete except Scotland) A sewer.
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- A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.
- (medicine) Ellipsis of delta variant (variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus).
- (US military, US Space Force) A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF operations wing, or an army regiment.
- A type of cargo bike that has one wheel in front and two in back.
- (computing, informal) A small but noticeable effect. Compare epsilon.
- (physics) one of four baryons consisting of up and down quarks with a combined spin of 3/2: Δ⁺⁺ (uuu), Δ⁺ (uud), Δ⁰ (udd), or Δ⁻ (ddd)
- (chemistry) A value in delta notation indicating the relative abundances of isotopes.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Delta from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- (electricity, often attributive) The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, especially in a three-phase system.
- The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ.
- (surveying) The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc.
- (astronomy) a star that is usually the fourth brightest of a constellation.
- (computing) The set of differences between two versions of a file.
- (mathematics, physics, engineering) The symbol Δ; A change in a quantity, likely from "d" for "difference".
- (finance) The rate of change in an option value with respect to the underlying asset's price.
- the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
- an object shaped like an equilateral triangle
- a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
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- A slender stream of water.
- (weaving) A piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.
- (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
- A continuing theme that modifies the whole discourse.
- A precarious condition; something that which offers no real or otherwise perceived security.
- A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.
- The continuing course of life; the thread of life.
- A line of reasoning, sequence of ideas, or train of thought.
- (engineering) A screw thread.
- A sequence of connections.
- (Internet) A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform.
- The line midway between the banks of a stream.
- Any of various natural (as spiderweb, etc.) or manufactured filaments (as glass, plastic, metal, etc.).
- the raised helical rib going around a screw
- a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
- any long object resembling a thin line
- the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together
verb
- (intransitive) Of boiling syrup: To form a threadlike stream when poured from a spoon.
- (transitive) To fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; to string.
- To cautiously make (one's way) through a precarious place or situation.
- (transitive) To interweave as if with thread; to intersperse.
- (transitive) To pass a thread through the eye of a needle.
- (ambitransitive) To feed (a sewing machine or otherwise a projecting or exposing mechanism, such as a projector, a camera, etc.) with film. [(usually) with up]
- (transitive, figurative) To pass through; to pierce through; to penetrate.
- (transitive) To pass (a film or tape) through a projector, recorder, etc. so as to correct its path.
- (ambitransitive) To remove (facial hair) by way of a looped thread that is tightly wound in the middle.
- (transitive) To form a screw thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) To make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles).
- pass a thread through
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- thread on or as if on a string
- remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
- pass through or into
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- a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
- a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal
- any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments
- (dialectal) Play; sport; game; fun; glee.
- A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.
- A large amount of liquid.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.
- In the composition of colors for use in products intended for human consumption, made by extending on a substratum of alumina, a salt prepared from one of the certified water-soluble straight colors.
- In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermilion pigment derived from an organic colorant (cochineal or madder, for example) and an inorganic, generally metallic mordant.
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- (nautical) The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
- (historical, Church of England) A yearly parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking.
- The disturbance which follows an object, person or animal moving through water.
- (physics) The perturbation behind a body moving through a fluid.
- (aviation) The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
- (figuratively) The area behind a moving person or object.
- A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.
- The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
- (collective) A number of vultures assembled together.
- a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
- the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
- the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
verb
- (intransitive, figurative) To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
- To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
- (intransitive) (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
- (transitive, figurative) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
- To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
- (transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
- cause to become awake or conscious
- be awake, be alert, be there
- to alert someone to something
- stop sleeping
- arouse or excite feelings and passions
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- an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
- a level of existence or development
- (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape
- a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
- a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight.
- (entomology) The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.
- (geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof.
- A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.
- (countable) A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
- (computing, Unicode) Any of 17 designated ranges of 2¹⁶ (65,536) sequential code points each.
- An airplane; an aeroplane.
- (countable, carpentry) A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.
- (anatomy) An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
- A level or flat surface.
- A level of existence or development.
- (Northern UK) A sycamore.
verb
- travel on the surface of water
- examine hastily
- read superficially
- move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
- coat (a liquid) with a layer
- cause to skip over a surface
- remove from the surface
- (intransitive) To become coated over.
- To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
- (transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
- (transitive) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
- (intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
- To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
- (intransitive) To ricochet.
- (transitive) To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
- (transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.
- To hasten along with superficial attention.
- (transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- (transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.
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- travel through water
- be covered with or submerged in a liquid
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- move as if gliding through water
- be dizzy or giddy
- (intransitive) To have a great quantity of something.
- (transitive, uncommon) To cause to swim.
- (intransitive) To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid.
- (intransitive) To glide along with a waving motion.
- (intransitive) To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion.
- (transitive) To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to use a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.
- (intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
- (intransitive) To be overflowed or drenched.
- (transitive, historical) To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.
- (intransitive) To move around freely because of excess space.
- (transitive) To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
noun
- the act of swimming
- An act or instance of swimming.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of someone who isn't me, used as a way to avoid self-designation or self-incrimination, especially in online drug forums.
- The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
- A dizziness; swoon.
- (UK) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
- A dance or dance move of the 1960s in which the arms are moved in imitation of various swimming strokes, such as freestyle, breaststroke, etc.
- (figurative) The flow of events; being in the swim of things.