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noun
- people living in a large densely populated municipality
- a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
- an incorporated administrative district established by state charter
- (UK, historical in Ireland and Commonwealth) A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.
- (Australia) The central business district; downtown.
- (slang) A large amount of something (used after the noun).
- A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
noun
- people living in a large densely populated municipality
- a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
- (history, especially Ancient Greece) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.
- (ecology) A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals.
- (Orthodox Christianity) The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.
- A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
verb
- fill with inhabitants
- be an inhabitant of or reside in
- (intransitive) To increase in number; to breed.
- (transitive) To supply with inhabitants; to people.
- (computing, ambitransitive) To fill initially empty items in a collection.
- (transitive) To live in; to inhabit.
- (electronics) To fill initially empty slots or sockets on a circuit board or similar.
noun
- Population.
- (colloquial) A lollipop.
- (US, mostly in plural) A small, immature peanut, boiled as a snack.
- (colloquial, in the phrase "a pop") A quantity dispensed; a portion; apiece.
- (Russian Orthodoxy, uncommon) A Russian Orthodox parish priest.
- (physics) The sixth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, jounce, crackle), i.e. the rate of change of crackle.
- A bird, the European redwing.
- (computing) The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.
- (countable) A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.
- (professional wrestling slang) A (usually very) loud audience reaction.
- Something that stands out or is distinctive to the mind or senses.
- Pop music.
- (colloquial) Ellipsis of freeze pop.
- (music) The pulling of a string away from the fretboard and releasing it so that it snaps back.
- (uncountable, regional, Midwestern US, Canada, Inland Northern American, Midlands, Northwestern US, Western Pennsylvania, Northern England) An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
- (colloquial, endearing) One's father.
- A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.
- (countable, regional, Midwestern US, Inland Northern American, Northwestern US, Canada, Western Pennsylvania) A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; a soda pop.
- a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork
- an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
- music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love
adj
intj
verb
- (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate; to orgasm.
- (transitive, slang) To pawn (something) (to raise money).
- (transitive, slang) To shoot (usually somebody) with a firearm.
- (intransitive, slang) To give birth.
- (intransitive, with in, out, upon, etc.) To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (a data item) from the top of a stack.
- (intransitive) To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.
- (transitive, informal) To perform (a move or stunt) while riding a board or vehicle.
- (transitive, UK, Australia) To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.
- (intransitive, of the ears) To undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open.
- (African-American Vernacular) To sexually penetrate.
- (ergative) To burst (something) with a popping sound.
- (transitive, slang) To arrest.
- (dance) To perform the popping style of dance.
- (intransitive) To stand out; to be distinctive to the senses.
- (music) To pull a string away from the fretboard and release it so that it snaps back.
- (transitive) To hit (something or someone).
- (intransitive, often with over, round, along, in, etc.) To make a short trip or visit.
- (transitive, slang) To swallow or consume (especially a tablet of a drug, sometimes extended to other small items such as sweets or candy).
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) To occur or happen.
- appear suddenly or unexpectedly; happen unexpectedly
- cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound
- put or thrust suddenly and forcefully
- burst open with a sharp, explosive sound
- hit or strike
- bulge outward
- fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise
- release suddenly
- take drugs, especially orally
- drink down entirely
- cause to make a sharp explosive sound
- make a sharp explosive noise
- hit a pop-fly
adv
noun
- an overcrowded residential area
- a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits
- a colony of rabbits
- (figuratively) A mazelike place of passages and/or rooms in which it's easy to lose oneself; especially one that may be overcrowded.
- A system of burrows in which rabbits live.
- (historical) The right to maintain and hunt an area of small beasts, similar to a free warren, but with certain limitations, such as restricting the right to hunt on parts of the land held by freeholders.
- A place legally authorized for the keeping, breeding and hunting of beasts of warren, especially rabbits.
noun
- (countable) An extremely large building or complex, sufficient to maintain an internal ecology as well as an extremely high human population density.
- (urban studies, uncountable) Urban development theory proposed by Paolo Soleri involving three-dimensional building methods and efficient use of space and resources.
adj
- (of an area of land) Having buildings, especially having residences and high population density.
- Made of sections or layers, one on top of the other.
- Constructed or enhanced.
- (Europe) (of an area of land) Having specific traffic signaling and therefore usually subject to a maximum 50 km/h speed limit.
- (British) (of an area of land) Having street lights and therefore subject to a 30 mph speed limit.
- Having increased in size, quantity, or intensity over time; accumulated.
- peopled with settlers
adj
- (of a city) Populous.
- Popular.
- Of great size, large.
- (informal) Important or significant.
- Having large muscles, especially visible ones such as the chest and arm muscles.
- (informal) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous. [with of ‘someone’]
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
- (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein; often capitalized; sometimes humorous) Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
- Specifically, big-breasted.
- (informal, slang, rare, of someone's age) Old, mature. Used to imply that someone is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
- Having a large penis.
- (informal) Enthusiastic (about). [with on ‘someone/something’]
- (informal) Fat.
- (sometimes figurative) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
- (informal) Adult; (of a child) older.
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- exhibiting self-importance
- given or giving freely
- generous and understanding and tolerant
- prodigious
- above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- serious or severe
- (of animals) fully developed
- feeling self-importance
- significant
- loud and firm
- marked by intense physical force
- conspicuous in position or importance
adv
noun
- (university slang) An initiated member of a sorority or fraternity who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).
- (ageplay) The participant in age roleplay who acts out the older role.
- An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
- Someone or something that is large in stature.
- (in the plural) The big leagues, big time.
noun
- The proportion of a region's population that live in towns and cities; the rate at which this proportion is growing.
- the condition of being urbanized
- The process of the formation and growth of cities.
- The change in a country or region when its population migrates from rural to urban areas.
- the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban
noun
- excessive crowding
- excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part
- (medicine) Blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive.
- Edema, water retention, swelling, enlargement of a body part because of fluid retention in tissues and vessels.
- (medicine) An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.
- An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.
- An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.
noun
- (figuratively) A situation of overcrowding and extremely harsh conditions.
- a situation characterized by crowding and extremely harsh conditions
- A camp where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners, prisoners of war, refugees etc., are detained for the purpose of confining them in one place, typically with inadequate or inhumane facilities.
- A camp where troops are assembled, prior to combat or transport.
- a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)
noun
- a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population
- a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in
- a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
- The action of irrupting or breaking into; a violent entry or invasion; an inbreaking; an intrusion.
- (by extension) An abrupt increase in the size of a movement or organization.
- (ecology) An abrupt increase of an animal population.
adj
- relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area
- located in or characteristic of a city or city life
- (US, UK, euphemistic, offensive) Of an inhabitant or resident: black; African-American.
- Having authority or jurisdiction over a city or town.
- Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place, especially when contrasted with the countryside.
- Living in a city or town.
adj
- Having relatively high density.
- Thick; difficult to penetrate.
- Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
- (mathematics, topology, of a subset S of a topological space T, not comparable) Such that its closure in T is T.
- Compact; crowded together.
- Obscure or difficult to understand.
- Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence. (of a person)
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- hard to pass through because of dense growth
- having high relative density or specific gravity
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- having component parts closely crowded together
noun
noun
- (geography) The excessive concentration of population and development in a single centre, to the detriment of other areas.
- (medicine) A condition in which the head is abnormally large.
- an abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical
adj
- Densely crowded or packed.
- (slang, chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
- Heavy in build; thickset.
- Impenetrable to sight.
- Deep, intense, or profound.
- Having a viscous consistency.
- Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
- Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
- (informal) Friendly or intimate.
- (informal) Stupid.
- Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
- Abounding in number.
- Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
- (academic) Detailed and expansive; substantive.
- (used informally) associated on close terms
- spoken as if with a thick tongue
- not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
- abounding; having a lot of
- (of darkness) densely dark
- relatively dense in consistency
- hard to pass through because of dense growth
- (used informally) stupid
- having a short and solid form or stature
- having component parts closely crowded together
adv
det
noun
adj
noun
- Moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof.
- The illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs.
- The commercial transportation or exchange of goods, or the movement of passengers or people.
- The exchange or flux of information, messages or data, as in a computer or telephone network.
- (advertising) The amount of attention paid to a particular printed page etc., in a publication.
- The commodities of the market.
- (radio) Of CB radio, formal written messages relayed on behalf of others.
- the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time
- buying and selling; especially illicit trade
- the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
- social or verbal interchange (usually followed by ‘with’)
verb
- (intransitive) To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.
- (intransitive) To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods.
- (transitive) To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.
- deal illegally
- trade or deal a commodity
noun
noun
- A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century)
- The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
- A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
- (UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
- (law) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
- (informal, real estate) A townhouse.
- (colloquial, used without an article) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
- Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference.
- an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
- an administrative division of a county
- the people living in a municipality smaller than a city
adj
- of relatively large extent and density
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number
- slow and laborious because of weight
- prodigious
- full and loud and deep
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- of comparatively great physical weight or density
- darkened by clouds
- full of; bearing great weight
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- sharply inclined
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
- marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
- requiring or showing effort
- made of fabric having considerable thickness
- large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
- lacking lightness or liveliness
- of great intensity or power or force
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- (of a person) Heavyset: overweight.
- Not raised or leavened.
- (of weather) Hot and humid.
- Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
- (of any physical thing) Having great weight.
- (oil industry) Of petroleum, having high viscosity.
- (of a topic) Serious, somber.
- (nautical, military) Heavily-armed.
- (of music) Loud, distorted, or intense.
- (of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.
- (physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.
- (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
- Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
- (of the eyes) With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
- Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
- Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
- (slang) Armed.
- (finance) Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
- Having the heaves.
- Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
- Having a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 300,000 tons, as almost all widebodies do, generating high wake turbulence.
- (of a rate of flow) High, great.
- Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
noun
- an actor who plays villainous roles
- a serious (or tragic) role in a play
- (journalism, slang, chiefly in the plural) A newspaper of the quality press.
- (aviation) A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
- (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
- (slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
- (military, historical) A member of the heavy cavalry.
- A prominent figure; a "major player".
adv
verb
adj
- crowded with or characterized by much activity
- actively or fully engaged or occupied
- overcrowded or cluttered with detail
- (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (‘engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line)
- intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
- Having much work to do; having much to get done.
- Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
- Officious; meddling.
- Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
- Engaged with or preoccupied by an activity or person.
verb
noun
adj
noun
noun
- the spatial property of being crowded together
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- bringing together military forces
- increase in density
- great and constant diligence and attention
- strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material
- the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume
- The direction of attention to a specific object.
- (physical chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))
- The matching game pelmanism.
- The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
- The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.
- A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
- The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
- The proportion of a substance in a whole.
noun
- the spatial property of being crowded together
- the amount per unit size
- (physics) A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume.
- The ratio of one quantity, representing something of interest, to another quantity representing space, area, or extent in which the thing of interest is distributed.
- Stupidity.
- (mathematics, statistics) The probability that an outcome will fall into a given range, per unit of that range; the relative likelihood of possible values of a continuous random variable.
noun
- the change in a country or region when its population migrates from urban to rural areas
- the proportion of a region's population that live in villages and small communities; the rate at which this proportion is growing
- the process of making rural.
- the process of the formation of villages and the decline of big cities
noun
- people living in a large densely populated municipality
- a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
- an incorporated administrative district established by state charter
- (UK, historical in Ireland and Commonwealth) A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.
- (Australia) The central business district; downtown.
- (slang) A large amount of something (used after the noun).
- A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
noun
- people living in a large densely populated municipality
- a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
- (history, especially Ancient Greece) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.
- (ecology) A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals.
- (Orthodox Christianity) The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.
- A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
noun
- Population.
- (colloquial) A lollipop.
- (US, mostly in plural) A small, immature peanut, boiled as a snack.
- (colloquial, in the phrase "a pop") A quantity dispensed; a portion; apiece.
- (Russian Orthodoxy, uncommon) A Russian Orthodox parish priest.
- (physics) The sixth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, jounce, crackle), i.e. the rate of change of crackle.
- A bird, the European redwing.
- (computing) The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.
- (countable) A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.
- (professional wrestling slang) A (usually very) loud audience reaction.
- Something that stands out or is distinctive to the mind or senses.
- Pop music.
- (colloquial) Ellipsis of freeze pop.
- (music) The pulling of a string away from the fretboard and releasing it so that it snaps back.
- (uncountable, regional, Midwestern US, Canada, Inland Northern American, Midlands, Northwestern US, Western Pennsylvania, Northern England) An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
- (colloquial, endearing) One's father.
- A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.
- (countable, regional, Midwestern US, Inland Northern American, Northwestern US, Canada, Western Pennsylvania) A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; a soda pop.
- a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork
- an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
- music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love
adj
intj
verb
- (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate; to orgasm.
- (transitive, slang) To pawn (something) (to raise money).
- (transitive, slang) To shoot (usually somebody) with a firearm.
- (intransitive, slang) To give birth.
- (intransitive, with in, out, upon, etc.) To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (a data item) from the top of a stack.
- (intransitive) To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.
- (transitive, informal) To perform (a move or stunt) while riding a board or vehicle.
- (transitive, UK, Australia) To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.
- (intransitive, of the ears) To undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open.
- (African-American Vernacular) To sexually penetrate.
- (ergative) To burst (something) with a popping sound.
- (transitive, slang) To arrest.
- (dance) To perform the popping style of dance.
- (intransitive) To stand out; to be distinctive to the senses.
- (music) To pull a string away from the fretboard and release it so that it snaps back.
- (transitive) To hit (something or someone).
- (intransitive, often with over, round, along, in, etc.) To make a short trip or visit.
- (transitive, slang) To swallow or consume (especially a tablet of a drug, sometimes extended to other small items such as sweets or candy).
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) To occur or happen.
- appear suddenly or unexpectedly; happen unexpectedly
- cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound
- put or thrust suddenly and forcefully
- burst open with a sharp, explosive sound
- hit or strike
- bulge outward
- fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise
- release suddenly
- take drugs, especially orally
- drink down entirely
- cause to make a sharp explosive sound
- make a sharp explosive noise
- hit a pop-fly
adv
noun
- an overcrowded residential area
- a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits
- a colony of rabbits
- (figuratively) A mazelike place of passages and/or rooms in which it's easy to lose oneself; especially one that may be overcrowded.
- A system of burrows in which rabbits live.
- (historical) The right to maintain and hunt an area of small beasts, similar to a free warren, but with certain limitations, such as restricting the right to hunt on parts of the land held by freeholders.
- A place legally authorized for the keeping, breeding and hunting of beasts of warren, especially rabbits.
noun
- (countable) An extremely large building or complex, sufficient to maintain an internal ecology as well as an extremely high human population density.
- (urban studies, uncountable) Urban development theory proposed by Paolo Soleri involving three-dimensional building methods and efficient use of space and resources.
noun
- The proportion of a region's population that live in towns and cities; the rate at which this proportion is growing.
- the condition of being urbanized
- The process of the formation and growth of cities.
- The change in a country or region when its population migrates from rural to urban areas.
- the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban
noun
- excessive crowding
- excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part
- (medicine) Blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive.
- Edema, water retention, swelling, enlargement of a body part because of fluid retention in tissues and vessels.
- (medicine) An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.
- An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.
- An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.
noun
- (figuratively) A situation of overcrowding and extremely harsh conditions.
- a situation characterized by crowding and extremely harsh conditions
- A camp where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners, prisoners of war, refugees etc., are detained for the purpose of confining them in one place, typically with inadequate or inhumane facilities.
- A camp where troops are assembled, prior to combat or transport.
- a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)
noun
- a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population
- a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in
- a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
- The action of irrupting or breaking into; a violent entry or invasion; an inbreaking; an intrusion.
- (by extension) An abrupt increase in the size of a movement or organization.
- (ecology) An abrupt increase of an animal population.
noun
- (geography) The excessive concentration of population and development in a single centre, to the detriment of other areas.
- (medicine) A condition in which the head is abnormally large.
- an abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical
noun
noun
- A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century)
- The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
- A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
- (UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
- (law) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
- (informal, real estate) A townhouse.
- (colloquial, used without an article) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
- Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference.
- an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
- an administrative division of a county
- the people living in a municipality smaller than a city
noun
- the spatial property of being crowded together
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- bringing together military forces
- increase in density
- great and constant diligence and attention
- strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material
- the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume
- The direction of attention to a specific object.
- (physical chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))
- The matching game pelmanism.
- The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
- The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.
- A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
- The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
- The proportion of a substance in a whole.
noun
- the spatial property of being crowded together
- the amount per unit size
- (physics) A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume.
- The ratio of one quantity, representing something of interest, to another quantity representing space, area, or extent in which the thing of interest is distributed.
- Stupidity.
- (mathematics, statistics) The probability that an outcome will fall into a given range, per unit of that range; the relative likelihood of possible values of a continuous random variable.
noun
- the change in a country or region when its population migrates from urban to rural areas
- the proportion of a region's population that live in villages and small communities; the rate at which this proportion is growing
- the process of making rural.
- the process of the formation of villages and the decline of big cities
verb
- fill with inhabitants
- be an inhabitant of or reside in
- (intransitive) To increase in number; to breed.
- (transitive) To supply with inhabitants; to people.
- (computing, ambitransitive) To fill initially empty items in a collection.
- (transitive) To live in; to inhabit.
- (electronics) To fill initially empty slots or sockets on a circuit board or similar.
adj
- (of an area of land) Having buildings, especially having residences and high population density.
- Made of sections or layers, one on top of the other.
- Constructed or enhanced.
- (Europe) (of an area of land) Having specific traffic signaling and therefore usually subject to a maximum 50 km/h speed limit.
- (British) (of an area of land) Having street lights and therefore subject to a 30 mph speed limit.
- Having increased in size, quantity, or intensity over time; accumulated.
- peopled with settlers
adj
- (of a city) Populous.
- Popular.
- Of great size, large.
- (informal) Important or significant.
- Having large muscles, especially visible ones such as the chest and arm muscles.
- (informal) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous. [with of ‘someone’]
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
- (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein; often capitalized; sometimes humorous) Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
- Specifically, big-breasted.
- (informal, slang, rare, of someone's age) Old, mature. Used to imply that someone is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
- Having a large penis.
- (informal) Enthusiastic (about). [with on ‘someone/something’]
- (informal) Fat.
- (sometimes figurative) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
- (informal) Adult; (of a child) older.
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- exhibiting self-importance
- given or giving freely
- generous and understanding and tolerant
- prodigious
- above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- serious or severe
- (of animals) fully developed
- feeling self-importance
- significant
- loud and firm
- marked by intense physical force
- conspicuous in position or importance
adv
noun
- (university slang) An initiated member of a sorority or fraternity who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).
- (ageplay) The participant in age roleplay who acts out the older role.
- An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
- Someone or something that is large in stature.
- (in the plural) The big leagues, big time.
adj
- relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area
- located in or characteristic of a city or city life
- (US, UK, euphemistic, offensive) Of an inhabitant or resident: black; African-American.
- Having authority or jurisdiction over a city or town.
- Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place, especially when contrasted with the countryside.
- Living in a city or town.
adj
- Having relatively high density.
- Thick; difficult to penetrate.
- Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
- (mathematics, topology, of a subset S of a topological space T, not comparable) Such that its closure in T is T.
- Compact; crowded together.
- Obscure or difficult to understand.
- Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence. (of a person)
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- hard to pass through because of dense growth
- having high relative density or specific gravity
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- having component parts closely crowded together
noun
adj
- Densely crowded or packed.
- (slang, chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
- Heavy in build; thickset.
- Impenetrable to sight.
- Deep, intense, or profound.
- Having a viscous consistency.
- Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
- Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
- (informal) Friendly or intimate.
- (informal) Stupid.
- Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
- Abounding in number.
- Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
- (academic) Detailed and expansive; substantive.
- (used informally) associated on close terms
- spoken as if with a thick tongue
- not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
- abounding; having a lot of
- (of darkness) densely dark
- relatively dense in consistency
- hard to pass through because of dense growth
- (used informally) stupid
- having a short and solid form or stature
- having component parts closely crowded together
adv
det
noun
adj
noun
- Moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof.
- The illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs.
- The commercial transportation or exchange of goods, or the movement of passengers or people.
- The exchange or flux of information, messages or data, as in a computer or telephone network.
- (advertising) The amount of attention paid to a particular printed page etc., in a publication.
- The commodities of the market.
- (radio) Of CB radio, formal written messages relayed on behalf of others.
- the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time
- buying and selling; especially illicit trade
- the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
- social or verbal interchange (usually followed by ‘with’)
verb
- (intransitive) To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.
- (intransitive) To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods.
- (transitive) To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.
- deal illegally
- trade or deal a commodity
adj
- of relatively large extent and density
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number
- slow and laborious because of weight
- prodigious
- full and loud and deep
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- of comparatively great physical weight or density
- darkened by clouds
- full of; bearing great weight
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- sharply inclined
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
- marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
- requiring or showing effort
- made of fabric having considerable thickness
- large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
- lacking lightness or liveliness
- of great intensity or power or force
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- (of a person) Heavyset: overweight.
- Not raised or leavened.
- (of weather) Hot and humid.
- Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
- (of any physical thing) Having great weight.
- (oil industry) Of petroleum, having high viscosity.
- (of a topic) Serious, somber.
- (nautical, military) Heavily-armed.
- (of music) Loud, distorted, or intense.
- (of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.
- (physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.
- (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
- Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
- (of the eyes) With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
- Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
- Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
- (slang) Armed.
- (finance) Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
- Having the heaves.
- Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
- Having a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 300,000 tons, as almost all widebodies do, generating high wake turbulence.
- (of a rate of flow) High, great.
- Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
noun
- an actor who plays villainous roles
- a serious (or tragic) role in a play
- (journalism, slang, chiefly in the plural) A newspaper of the quality press.
- (aviation) A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
- (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
- (slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
- (military, historical) A member of the heavy cavalry.
- A prominent figure; a "major player".
adv
verb
adj
- crowded with or characterized by much activity
- actively or fully engaged or occupied
- overcrowded or cluttered with detail
- (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (‘engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line)
- intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
- Having much work to do; having much to get done.
- Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
- Officious; meddling.
- Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
- Engaged with or preoccupied by an activity or person.