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- The base of a pillar.
- (historical) An iron hoop attached to a person's boot in cases of hip-joint disease.
- (now British dialectal) An ice skate.
- Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.
- (now historical) One of various wooden attachments used to lift a shoe above wet or muddy ground.
- footwear usually with wooden soles
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- (bodybuilding) The body from the hips over the core to the shoulders.
- (figuratively) An essential part of something that provides support.
- Something resembling such a structure.
- (Roman Catholicism) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
- (geology) A vertical, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation.
- The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
- (architecture) A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
- a fundamental principle or practice
- a prominent supporter
- (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
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- (architecture) A ring-shaped molding at the top of a column.
- (heraldry) A small circle borne as a charge in coats of arms.
- Charissa obscurata (also Scotch annulet), a moth of the family Geometridae.
- A small ring.
- molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column
- (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a small ring
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- (architecture) The shaft of a column.
- The snipe itself.
- The basal part, more specifically known as the oviscape, of the ovipositor of an insect.
- The cry of the snipe when flushed.
- (architecture) The apophyge of a shaft.
- (botany) A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.
- The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body).
- erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
- (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
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- (architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
- A ventilation or heating conduit.
- The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
- (meteorology) A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.
- (literary) A beam or ray of light.
- The main axis of a feather.
- One of the poles between which a draught animal is harnessed to a vehicle.
- (anatomy) The main cylindrical part of the penis.
- A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator.
- (weaving) A component of a loom which holds the heddles and is raised by treadles to create the shed.
- The chamber of a blast furnace.
- (lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
- A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine.
- (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A rotating machine element used to transmit power; a driveshaft
- (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- obscene terms for penis
- the main (mid) section of a long bone
- a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
- the hollow spine of a feather
- a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
- a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
- (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
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- (architecture) The section of a pedestal above the base.
- (architecture) The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
- (carpentry) The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.
- the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase
- a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it
- panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall
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- an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
- a support or foundation
- a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)
- (bridge building) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
- (figuratively) A place of reverence or honor.
- (rail transport) A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
- (architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
- (electronics) The measured value when no input signal is given.
- (telecommunications) A ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.
- (machining) A pillow block; a low housing.
- The tough protuberant pad covering a dromedary's sternum, which, when the camel lies down, causes the abdomen to be slightly above the hot ground.
- (photography) An item upon which television cameras are mounted.
- (aviation) The central part of the cockpit, between the pilots, where various controls are located.
- (steam heating) a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
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- (architecture) A concrete column with a thickened portion at the top, used to support a slab.
- A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.
- Any of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards.
- Ellipsis of mushroom cloud.
- (figurative) Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly.
- Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).
- Champignon or Agaricus bisporus, the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking.
- mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)
- a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
- fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi
- common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
- any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium
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- (intransitive) To form the shape of a mushroom.
- (intransitive) To gather mushrooms.
- (intransitive, figurative) To grow quickly to a large size or rapidly increase in scope or scale.
- (ballistics, of a bullet) To form the shape of a mushroom when striking a soft target.
- grow and spread fast
- pick or gather mushrooms
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- (architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
- (informal) A drumstick (of chicken, turkey, etc).
- (US) Synonym of construction barrel.
- (now historical) A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
- A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
- Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
- (architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
- (Australia slang) A tip; a piece of information.
- (slang, chiefly UK) A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel.
- A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
- (music) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
- a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
- a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
- small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
- the sound of a drum
- a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids
- a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
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- Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming.
- (intransitive) To beat a drum.
- To throb, as the heart.
- To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.
- (ambitransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
- (transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
- study intensively, as before an exam
- make a rhythmic sound
- play a percussion instrument
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- (architecture) The top part of a column, pillar, pier, wall, etc. that supports an arch.
- (horse racing, slang) The weight that must be carried by a horse in a race; the handicap.
- (chiefly historical) A tax, tariff or duty that is imposed, especially on merchandise.
- money collected under a tariff
- the lowest stone in an arch — from which it springs
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- (architecture) A monumental pillar, particularly the Buddhist columns erected in East India.
- (UK slang, usually in the plural) A latrine: a rudimentary or military facility for urination and defecation.
- (numismatics, historical) The gold-backed monetary unit of Latvia from August 1922 until April 1941, when it was replaced by the Soviet ruble; it was typically pegged at about 25 to the British pound.
- A coin or bill of either currency.
- (weaponry, rare) A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind.
- (slang, usually in the plural) A latissimus dorsi muscle.
- (numismatics, historical) The floating fiat monetary unit of Latvia from 1992 until January 2014, when it was replaced by the euro.
- (geography, informal) Clipping of latitude.
- a broad flat muscle on either side of the back
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- the molding at the top of a column
- (historical) Synonym of gorget (“armor”).
- (architecture) In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings.
- Synonym of gorget (“wimple (clothing); necklace, neck-ornamentation”).
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- the molding at the top of a column
- affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
- A behavior among male giraffes where they hold combat for social dominance using their necks as weapons.
- (slang) Making out; kissing profusely, especially on the neck.
- (slang) Chugging beer.
- (architecture) A neckmould.
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- (now chiefly dialectal) A column; pillar.
- A strainer or colander for liquids
- A sieve.
- (now chiefly dialectal) The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.
- That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.
- A young herring.
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- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To go; pass.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To boil gently; simmer.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To settle down; calm or compose oneself.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England) To pour with rain.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.
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- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
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- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- something crucial for explaining
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
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- a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
- a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used
- (virology) An RNA structure similar to a viroid, with a rod-like secondary structure, which comprises its own phylogenetic group.
- (historical) A symbol resembling a horizontal line (–), sometimes together with one or two dots (for example, ⨪ or ÷), which was used in ancient manuscripts and texts to mark a word or passage as doubtful or spurious, or redundant.
- (architecture) A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument.
- A dagger symbol (†), which is used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a footnote, marginal note, etc.; beside a person's name to indicate that the person is deceased; or beside a date to indicate that it is a person's death date.
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- of Saturn's moon Atlas
- Of or like the Greek titan Atlas, who carries the heavens on his shoulders, as in Atlantean strength
- (figuratively) flooded or submerged, especially in case of a natural disaster, reminiscent of the way Atlantis sank into the ocean
- (figuratively) Of the celestial spheres carried by Atlas
- Of the mythical island of Atlantis, its people, or its civilization.
- Of an architectural atlas or atlantid, or reminiscent of such: atlantean figures
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- the keystone of an arch
- expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase
- A a corner of a crystal formed by the intersection of three or more faces at a point (in crystallography)
- A projecting corner or angle; a cornerstone.
- An original angular elevation of land around which continental growth has taken place (in geology)
- The keystone of an arch.
- A wedge used in typesetting.
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- the keystone of an arch
- expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase
- (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
- (printing, historical) A metal wedge which fits into the space between the type and the edge of a chase, and is tightened to fix the metal type in place.
- (firearms) A wedge of wood or iron put under the breech of heavy guns or the muzzle of siege-mortars to raise them to the proper level.
- The keystone of an arch.
- (horticulture) A number of apple varieties with a distinctive ribbed appearance, like corners of a coin.
- Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks.
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- (architecture) The part of a pilaster between the base and capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.
- (software engineering) In software projects under source control: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are compiled.
- The conspicuously extended, mobile, nose-like organ of an animal such as a sengi, a tapir or especially an elephant. The trunks of various kinds of animals might be adapted to probing and sniffing, as in the sengis, or be partly prehensile, as in the tapir, or be a versatile prehensile organ for manipulation, feeding, drinking and fighting as in the elephant.
- The usually single, more or less upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches.
- A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for holding or transporting clothes or other goods.
- (mining) A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.
- A large suitcase, chest, or similar receptacle for carrying or storing personal possessions, usually with a hinged, often domed lid, and handles at each end, so that generally it takes two persons to carry a full trunk.
- A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc.
- The main line or body of anything.
- (automotive) A storage compartment fitted behind the seat of a motorcycle.
- (transport) A main line in a river, canal, railroad, or highway system.
- The torso; especially, the human torso.
- (US, telecommunications) A major circuit between telephone switchboards or other switching equipment.
- (Canada, US, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon-style car.
- A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.
- A chute or conduit, or a watertight shaft connecting two or more decks.
- (in the plural) Ellipsis of swimming trunks.
- the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
- compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
- luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage
- a long flexible snout as of an elephant
- the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
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- (architecture) A leaf-shaped decoration used on the capitals of columns in late 12th-century Romanesque architecture
- (botany) Any plant of Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family.
- (paper technology) An absorbent unsized paper, somewhat like blotter paper.
- (botany) Any plant of the genus Hydrophyllum.
- A tropical plant (Talinum fruticosum), the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable.
- any of several plants of the genus Hydrophyllum
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- (architecture) A group of moldings.
- A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
- (anatomy) A fontanelle.
- A fungus that creates such furry growths.
- The shape or pattern of a mold.
- General shape or form.
- A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
- Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
- (UK, dialectal, chiefly plural) Earth, ground.
- Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
- Distinctive character or type.
- A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
- A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
- a distinctive nature, character, or type
- the process of becoming mildewed
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- sculpture produced by molding
- loose soil rich in organic matter
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
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- (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
- (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
- (transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
- (transitive) To ornament with moldings.
- (transitive) To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
- (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
- To cover with mold or soil.
- (intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
- (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- become moldy; spoil due to humidity
- fit tightly, follow the contours of
- shape or influence; give direction to
- form in clay, wax, etc
- make something, usually for a specific function
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- (architecture, of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
- (of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation
- Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
- Synonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”).
- Greatly interested.
- (military) being attacked or attacking
- (medicine, of a foetus) Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.
- Busy or employed.
- (British) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.
- (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
- built against or attached to a wall
- having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
- pledged to be married
- involved in military hostilities
- reserved in advance
- (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)
- having services contracted for
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- The base of a pillar.
- (historical) An iron hoop attached to a person's boot in cases of hip-joint disease.
- (now British dialectal) An ice skate.
- Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.
- (now historical) One of various wooden attachments used to lift a shoe above wet or muddy ground.
- footwear usually with wooden soles
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- (architecture) A ring-shaped molding at the top of a column.
- (heraldry) A small circle borne as a charge in coats of arms.
- Charissa obscurata (also Scotch annulet), a moth of the family Geometridae.
- A small ring.
- molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column
- (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a small ring
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- (architecture) The shaft of a column.
- The snipe itself.
- The basal part, more specifically known as the oviscape, of the ovipositor of an insect.
- The cry of the snipe when flushed.
- (architecture) The apophyge of a shaft.
- (botany) A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.
- The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body).
- erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
- (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
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- (architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
- A ventilation or heating conduit.
- The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
- (meteorology) A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.
- (literary) A beam or ray of light.
- The main axis of a feather.
- One of the poles between which a draught animal is harnessed to a vehicle.
- (anatomy) The main cylindrical part of the penis.
- A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator.
- (weaving) A component of a loom which holds the heddles and is raised by treadles to create the shed.
- The chamber of a blast furnace.
- (lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
- A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine.
- (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A rotating machine element used to transmit power; a driveshaft
- (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- obscene terms for penis
- the main (mid) section of a long bone
- a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
- the hollow spine of a feather
- a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
- a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
- (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
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- (architecture) The section of a pedestal above the base.
- (architecture) The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
- (carpentry) The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.
- the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase
- a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it
- panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall
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- an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
- a support or foundation
- a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)
- (bridge building) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
- (figuratively) A place of reverence or honor.
- (rail transport) A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
- (architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
- (electronics) The measured value when no input signal is given.
- (telecommunications) A ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.
- (machining) A pillow block; a low housing.
- The tough protuberant pad covering a dromedary's sternum, which, when the camel lies down, causes the abdomen to be slightly above the hot ground.
- (photography) An item upon which television cameras are mounted.
- (aviation) The central part of the cockpit, between the pilots, where various controls are located.
- (steam heating) a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
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- (architecture) A concrete column with a thickened portion at the top, used to support a slab.
- A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.
- Any of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards.
- Ellipsis of mushroom cloud.
- (figurative) Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly.
- Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).
- Champignon or Agaricus bisporus, the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking.
- mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)
- a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
- fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi
- common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
- any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium
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- (intransitive) To form the shape of a mushroom.
- (intransitive) To gather mushrooms.
- (intransitive, figurative) To grow quickly to a large size or rapidly increase in scope or scale.
- (ballistics, of a bullet) To form the shape of a mushroom when striking a soft target.
- grow and spread fast
- pick or gather mushrooms
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- (architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
- (informal) A drumstick (of chicken, turkey, etc).
- (US) Synonym of construction barrel.
- (now historical) A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
- A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
- Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
- (architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
- (Australia slang) A tip; a piece of information.
- (slang, chiefly UK) A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel.
- A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
- (music) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
- a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
- a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
- small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
- the sound of a drum
- a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids
- a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
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- Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming.
- (intransitive) To beat a drum.
- To throb, as the heart.
- To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.
- (ambitransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
- (transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
- study intensively, as before an exam
- make a rhythmic sound
- play a percussion instrument
noun
- (architecture) The top part of a column, pillar, pier, wall, etc. that supports an arch.
- (horse racing, slang) The weight that must be carried by a horse in a race; the handicap.
- (chiefly historical) A tax, tariff or duty that is imposed, especially on merchandise.
- money collected under a tariff
- the lowest stone in an arch — from which it springs
noun
- (architecture) A monumental pillar, particularly the Buddhist columns erected in East India.
- (UK slang, usually in the plural) A latrine: a rudimentary or military facility for urination and defecation.
- (numismatics, historical) The gold-backed monetary unit of Latvia from August 1922 until April 1941, when it was replaced by the Soviet ruble; it was typically pegged at about 25 to the British pound.
- A coin or bill of either currency.
- (weaponry, rare) A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind.
- (slang, usually in the plural) A latissimus dorsi muscle.
- (numismatics, historical) The floating fiat monetary unit of Latvia from 1992 until January 2014, when it was replaced by the euro.
- (geography, informal) Clipping of latitude.
- a broad flat muscle on either side of the back
noun
- the molding at the top of a column
- (historical) Synonym of gorget (“armor”).
- (architecture) In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings.
- Synonym of gorget (“wimple (clothing); necklace, neck-ornamentation”).
noun
- the molding at the top of a column
- affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
- A behavior among male giraffes where they hold combat for social dominance using their necks as weapons.
- (slang) Making out; kissing profusely, especially on the neck.
- (slang) Chugging beer.
- (architecture) A neckmould.
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- (now chiefly dialectal) A column; pillar.
- A strainer or colander for liquids
- A sieve.
- (now chiefly dialectal) The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.
- That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.
- A young herring.
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- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To go; pass.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To boil gently; simmer.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To settle down; calm or compose oneself.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England) To pour with rain.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.
noun
- a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
- a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used
- (virology) An RNA structure similar to a viroid, with a rod-like secondary structure, which comprises its own phylogenetic group.
- (historical) A symbol resembling a horizontal line (–), sometimes together with one or two dots (for example, ⨪ or ÷), which was used in ancient manuscripts and texts to mark a word or passage as doubtful or spurious, or redundant.
- (architecture) A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument.
- A dagger symbol (†), which is used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a footnote, marginal note, etc.; beside a person's name to indicate that the person is deceased; or beside a date to indicate that it is a person's death date.
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- of Saturn's moon Atlas
- Of or like the Greek titan Atlas, who carries the heavens on his shoulders, as in Atlantean strength
- (figuratively) flooded or submerged, especially in case of a natural disaster, reminiscent of the way Atlantis sank into the ocean
- (figuratively) Of the celestial spheres carried by Atlas
- Of the mythical island of Atlantis, its people, or its civilization.
- Of an architectural atlas or atlantid, or reminiscent of such: atlantean figures
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- the keystone of an arch
- expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase
- A a corner of a crystal formed by the intersection of three or more faces at a point (in crystallography)
- A projecting corner or angle; a cornerstone.
- An original angular elevation of land around which continental growth has taken place (in geology)
- The keystone of an arch.
- A wedge used in typesetting.
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- the keystone of an arch
- expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase
- (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
- (printing, historical) A metal wedge which fits into the space between the type and the edge of a chase, and is tightened to fix the metal type in place.
- (firearms) A wedge of wood or iron put under the breech of heavy guns or the muzzle of siege-mortars to raise them to the proper level.
- The keystone of an arch.
- (horticulture) A number of apple varieties with a distinctive ribbed appearance, like corners of a coin.
- Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks.
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- (architecture) The part of a pilaster between the base and capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.
- (software engineering) In software projects under source control: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are compiled.
- The conspicuously extended, mobile, nose-like organ of an animal such as a sengi, a tapir or especially an elephant. The trunks of various kinds of animals might be adapted to probing and sniffing, as in the sengis, or be partly prehensile, as in the tapir, or be a versatile prehensile organ for manipulation, feeding, drinking and fighting as in the elephant.
- The usually single, more or less upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches.
- A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for holding or transporting clothes or other goods.
- (mining) A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.
- A large suitcase, chest, or similar receptacle for carrying or storing personal possessions, usually with a hinged, often domed lid, and handles at each end, so that generally it takes two persons to carry a full trunk.
- A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc.
- The main line or body of anything.
- (automotive) A storage compartment fitted behind the seat of a motorcycle.
- (transport) A main line in a river, canal, railroad, or highway system.
- The torso; especially, the human torso.
- (US, telecommunications) A major circuit between telephone switchboards or other switching equipment.
- (Canada, US, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon-style car.
- A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.
- A chute or conduit, or a watertight shaft connecting two or more decks.
- (in the plural) Ellipsis of swimming trunks.
- the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
- compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
- luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage
- a long flexible snout as of an elephant
- the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
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- (architecture) A leaf-shaped decoration used on the capitals of columns in late 12th-century Romanesque architecture
- (botany) Any plant of Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family.
- (paper technology) An absorbent unsized paper, somewhat like blotter paper.
- (botany) Any plant of the genus Hydrophyllum.
- A tropical plant (Talinum fruticosum), the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable.
- any of several plants of the genus Hydrophyllum
noun
- (architecture) A group of moldings.
- A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
- (anatomy) A fontanelle.
- A fungus that creates such furry growths.
- The shape or pattern of a mold.
- General shape or form.
- A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
- Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
- (UK, dialectal, chiefly plural) Earth, ground.
- Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
- Distinctive character or type.
- A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
- A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
- a distinctive nature, character, or type
- the process of becoming mildewed
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- sculpture produced by molding
- loose soil rich in organic matter
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
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- (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
- (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
- (transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
- (transitive) To ornament with moldings.
- (transitive) To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
- (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
- To cover with mold or soil.
- (intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
- (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- become moldy; spoil due to humidity
- fit tightly, follow the contours of
- shape or influence; give direction to
- form in clay, wax, etc
- make something, usually for a specific function
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- (bodybuilding) The body from the hips over the core to the shoulders.
- (figuratively) An essential part of something that provides support.
- Something resembling such a structure.
- (Roman Catholicism) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
- (geology) A vertical, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation.
- The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
- (architecture) A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
- a fundamental principle or practice
- a prominent supporter
- (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
verb
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
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- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- something crucial for explaining
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
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- (architecture, of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
- (of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation
- Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
- Synonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”).
- Greatly interested.
- (military) being attacked or attacking
- (medicine, of a foetus) Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.
- Busy or employed.
- (British) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.
- (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
- built against or attached to a wall
- having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
- pledged to be married
- involved in military hostilities
- reserved in advance
- (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)
- having services contracted for