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verb
noun
- (countable, US, slang) A beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain.
- A diabolo trick where one of the sticks is released and allowed to rotate 360° round the diabolo until it is caught by the hand that released it.
- (figuratively) An action that could cause the literal or figurative death of a person or organization, although death is not the aim of the action.
- (countable) A particular instance of a person intentionally killing oneself, or of multiple people doing so.
- (countable) A person who has intentionally killed themself.
- A children's game of throwing a ball against a wall and at other players, who are eliminated by being struck.
- (countable) A run comprising a series of sprints of increasing lengths, each followed immediately by a return to the start, with no pause between one sprint and the next.
- (attributive) Pertaining to a suicide bombing.
- (uncountable) The act of intentionally killing oneself.
- the act of killing yourself
- a person who kills themself intentionally
verb
- (intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
- (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
- (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
- (intransitive, figurative) To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
- (transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
- (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
- (intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold.
- (transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
- (transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
- (intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.
- (intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To plagiarize, to imitate.
- (intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
- (stative, slang) To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
- (intransitive, transitive, of an insect) To sting.
- (intransitive, chiefly in the negative) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
- penetrate or cut, as with a knife
- deliver a sting to
noun
- The act of biting.
- (printing) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
- The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
- (television) Ellipsis of sound bite.
- (slang) Something unpleasant.
- (slang) A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.
- (figuratively, uncountable) incisiveness, provocativeness, exactness.
- A small meal or snack.
- (slang) An act of plagiarism.
- (figuratively, uncountable) Aggression.
- (cricket) The turn that a spin bowler imparts to a pitch.
- A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
- The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
- The wound left behind after having been bitten.
- a strong odor or taste property
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
- (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- a light informal meal
- a portion removed from the whole
- a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
- wit having a sharp and caustic quality
- the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
verb
- (intransitive) To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
- To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
- (intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
- (transitive, cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave abruptly.
- To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
- To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
- (slang) To wound with a knife.
- To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
- (transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
- (intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
- To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
- (transitive, social) To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
- To perform (an elaborate dancing movement etc.).
- (transitive) To exhibit (a figure having some trait).
- To reduce, especially intentionally.
- (ambitransitive) To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
- (bodybuilding) To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
- (transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
- (sports) To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
- To castrate or geld.
- (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
- (slang, intransitive) To run or hurry.
- (transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
- (intransitive, film) To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
- (transitive, slang) To make, negotiate; to finalise, conclude; to issue.
- (transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.
- To form or shape by cutting.
- (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- (transitive) To renounce or give up.
- To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
- To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
- (transitive) To stop, disengage, or cease.
- penetrate injuriously
- function as a cutting instrument
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- fell by sawing; hew
- refuse to acknowledge
- discharge from a group
- allow incision or separation
- record a performance on (a medium)
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- pass directly and often in haste
- stop filming
- intentionally fail to attend
- grow through the gums
- cut and assemble the components of
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- give the appearance or impression of
- make an incision or separation
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- have a reducing effect
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- pass through or across
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make out and issue
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- make a recording of
- reap or harvest
- create by duplicating data
- move (one's fist)
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- cease, stop
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- perform or carry out
- have grow through the gums
adj
- (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
- (slang, New Zealand, formerly UK) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
- (participial adjective) Having been cut.
- (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
- Reduced.
- (informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Upset, angry; emotionally hurt.
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
- mixed with water
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
- (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
- with parts removed
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
intj
noun
- (slang, uncountable) That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
- (card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
- (slang) An insult.
- An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
- (slang) A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
- An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
- (card games) The card obtained by dividing the pack.
- The manner or style in which a garment, other article of clothing, or sail is fashioned.
- A decrease or deletion.
- (archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
- (Internet) A dividing line in a Tumblr post, the content below which is hidden until the reader reveals it.
- A haircut.
- (bodybuilding) A time period when one attempts to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
- (literal, figurative) The act of cutting.
- Such a wound through human skin.
- A sleeveless vest worn by members of a motorcycle club.
- (fashion) A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
- (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
- (especially theater, film) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
- (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
- (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
- A skein of yarn.
- Such a passage dug for a roadway for a paved road or railroad, a canal, a runway, etc.
- A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
- (golf) In a stroke play competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
- A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
- A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
- (literal, figurative) The result of cutting.
- (film) A particular version or edit of a film.
- (sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
- A slab or slice, especially of meat.
- (rail transport) A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
- (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
- An unkind act; a cruelty.
- A share or portion of profits.
- An artificial channel for marine navigation, as distinguished from a navigable river.
- (petrochemistry) The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
- a wound made by cutting
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a share of the profits
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- the style in which a garment is cut
- a step on some scale
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- an unexcused absence from class
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
noun
- Initialism of self-injury.
- Initialism of subinspector (of police, etc).
- (Philippines, accounting, business) Initialism of sales invoice.
- Initialism of suicidal ideation.
- (UK, Canada, Australia, law) Initialism of statutory instrument.
- Initialism of synthetic intelligence.
- Initialism of supporting information.
- (finance) Initialism of systematic internaliser.
- Initialism of special intelligence.
- (electronics) Initialism of signal integrity.
- Initialism of swarm intelligence.
- (technology) Initialism of systems integration.
- (underwater diving) Initialism of surface interval.
- (fandom slang) Initialism of self-insertion (of the author into fan fiction).
- (mechanical engineering) Initialism of spark ignition.
- a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela)
adj
name
verb
- (transitive, informal) To injure (one's own body part).
- (transitive) To travel in or through, to tour, to make a circuit of.
- (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
- (dialectal) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
- (transitive) To impersonate or depict.
- (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
- (ditransitive) To have (as an effect).
- (transitive) To perform; to execute.
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)
- (ambitransitive) To finish.
- (transitive) To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (transitive, with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
- (transitive) To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
- (ditransitive, informal) To make or provide.
- (transitive) To treat in a certain way.
- (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
- (transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
- A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
- (transitive, informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
- (transitive, in the form be doing [somewhere]) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
- (transitive, finance) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
- (transitive) To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
- (DoggoLingo, used with nouns, verbs, and adjective) To perform something suggested by a following noun, verb, or adjective.
- A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
- A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
- (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
- (modal, interrogative, informal) Should; ought to (especially in respect of a task to be repeated).
- (transitive, informal) To provide as a service.
- (ambitransitive) To suffice.
- (especially England, intransitive) To fare well; to thrive; to prosper; (of livestock) to fatten.
- (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
- (transitive) To cook.
- (informal, transitive) To drive a vehicle at a certain speed, especially in regard to a speed limit.
- (transitive) To take (a drug).
- (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.
- proceed or get along
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- arrange attractively
- carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- travel or traverse (a distance)
- carry out or perform an action
- carry on or function
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- create or design, often in a certain way
- spend time in prison or in a labor camp
- engage in
- get (something) done
noun
- (chiefly fossilized) Something that can or should be done.
- (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
- (UK, informal) A party, celebration, social function; usually of moderate size and formality.
- (UK, slang) A homicide.
- (informal) Clipping of hairdo.
- an uproarious party
- the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
num
verb
- (ambitransitive) To self-inflict real injury or infection (to inflict self-harm) in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.
- (ambitransitive) To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.
- avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
verb
- (intransitive) To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.
- (transitive) To repay or requite by an act of the same kind.
- make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil
- take revenge for a perceived wrong
verb
- (transitive) To harm or injure by such action.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
- (transitive) To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
- (transitive, figuratively) To shock or surprise.
- (transitive) To preserve (food) in a jar.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
- (transitive, figuratively) To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
- (intransitive) To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
- be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
- shock physically
- place in a cylindrical vessel
- affect in a disagreeable way
noun
- (British, Ireland, colloquial, metonymic) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
- (originally) An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
- (countable) The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
- A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
- A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
- (countable, also figuratively) A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.
- (countable) A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
- (British, Ireland, colloquial) A pint glass
- (countable, by extension) A sense of alarm or dismay.
- a sudden jarring impact
- a cylindrical vessel, typically used for storing food
- the quantity contained in a jar
verb
- (intransitive) To be a victim of nonfatal but substantial harm and nonetheless to display the strength to heal; especially, after a crime or an illness, especially sexual or physical abuse or assault, cancer, or a natural disaster.
- (transitive) To live past (a life-threatening event)
- (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
- (transitive) To live longer than (someone); to outlive (someone or something); to outlast (something).
- (intransitive, sports) Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.
- (intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
- continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
- support oneself
- live longer than
- continue to live and avoid dying
verb
- (transitive) To physically harm, pain.
- (transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
- (intransitive) To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.
- (transitive or with "against") To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.
- (intransitive) To feel or become offended; to take insult.
- (transitive) To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.
- strike with disgust or revulsion
- cause to feel resentment or indignation
- hurt the feelings of
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
verb
- To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired.
- (figuratively) To damage seriously; to destroy.
- To release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless.
- (figuratively) To cause severe and disabling damage; to make unable to function normally.
- (slang, video games) To nerf something to the point of being underpowered.
- deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
- deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
noun
- (uncountable, dialect, Southern US except Louisiana) Scrapple.
- (offensive) A person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
- (among lumbermen) A rocky shallow in a stream.
- (by extension, figurative) A person who is severely impaired or deficient in some non-physical way.
- A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.
- someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
verb
noun
- (historical) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
- An instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath.
- (cartomancy) The tenth Lenormand card.
- an edge tool for cutting grass; has a long handle that must be held with both hands and a curved blade that moves parallel to the ground
noun
- (by extension) Self-destructive activity.
- Submission to an unwanted sexual act.
- An act of rape where the rapist identifies with or is the same as the victim.
- The act of inflicting obscene violence against oneself.
- (often derogatory) Masturbation.
- (by extension) Behaving contrary to one's own nature, usually as a result of outside pressure.
- Masturbation without self-love.
verb
verb
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noun
noun
- An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
- (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
- (gaming) Any of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.
- (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
- (audio) The amount of time taken for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
- (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
- (informal, by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.
- A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
- An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
- (computing) An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
- An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
- (South India) Short for heart attack.
- (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
- (wine) The initial sensory impact of a wine.
- (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
- intense adverse criticism
- an offensive move in a sport or game
- the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
- (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
- a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
- a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
- the act of attacking
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- strong criticism
adj
verb
- (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
- (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
- (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
- (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
- (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
- (physical chemistry) (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
- (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
- (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
- (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
- (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
- take the initiative and go on the offensive
- attack someone physically or emotionally
- launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
- begin to injure
- set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
- attack in speech or writing
verb
- (intransitive) To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
- (intransitive) To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately, whether mentally or physically.
- (transitive) To cause agony or anguish in someone.
- (transitive, biochemistry, pharmacology) To act as an agonist upon; to combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.
- cause to agonize
- suffer agony or anguish
verb
- (transitive) To incur (an injury).
- (American football) To be in a position to catch a forward pass.
- (transitive, intransitive) To accept into the mind; to understand.
- (tennis, badminton, squash) To be in a position to hit back a service.
- (transitive) To be given, sent, or paid something.
- (law) To take goods knowing them to be stolen.
- (telecommunications) To detect a signal from a transmitter.
- (transitive) To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
- To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
- have or give a reception
- receive as a retribution or punishment
- bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
- experience as a reaction
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- accept as true or valid
- register (perceptual input)
- get something; come into possession of
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs
- regard favorably or with disapproval
- convert into sounds or pictures
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
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noun
verb
- (intransitive) To suffer a breach.
- (transitive) To make a breach in.
- (transitive) To violate or break.
- (intransitive, of a whale or other sea creature) To leap out of the water.
- (law, informal, transitive, usually passive) To charge, convict or take legal action against someone due to not meeting a legal obligation.
- (transitive, nautical, of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
- make an opening or gap in
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
noun
- The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
- (figurative) A difference in opinions, social class, etc.
- (law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
- A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.
- A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves.
- A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.
- A breaking out upon; an assault.
- a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
- an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
verb
- (intransitive) To become bruised.
- (intransitive) Of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
- (transitive, figurative) To harm or injure somebody's feelings or self-esteem.
- (transitive) To damage the skin of (fruit or vegetables), in an analogous way.
- (transitive) To impair (gin) by shaking rather than stirring.
- (transitive) To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it; to contuse.
- (intransitive) To fight with the fists; to box.
- hurt the feelings of
- injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
- damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure
- break up into small pieces for food preparation
noun
noun
- the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
- a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
- a cause of pain or injury or loss
- a dangerous place
- (mainly outside US, rail transport) The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger").
- An instance or cause of likely harm.
- Exposure to likely harm; peril.
- (UK, derogatory) A contemptible person, especially one seen as perverted or mentally ill.
verb
- (intransitive) To carry out a violent or illegal action.
- (transitive) To make and ratify; to reach; to find.
- (intransitive) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
- (transitive) To create an impression.
- (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
- (transitive) To cause to ignite by friction.
- To touch; to act by appulse.
- (transitive) To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
- (transitive) To hit.
- (transitive, figurative) To impinge upon.
- To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- (intransitive) To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
- To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
- (sports) To score a goal.
- (transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- (transitive) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
- To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- (nautical) To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
- (intransitive, by extension) To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
- (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- (by extension) To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
- (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
- (transitive, finance) To balance (a ledger or account).
- To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
- (transitive) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
- (transitive) To impress, seem or appear to (a person).
- (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
- To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
- (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- (transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
- To infest the flesh of a living vertebrate.
- (transitive) To manufacture, as by stamping.
- To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
- (intransitive) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- (transitive, fishing) To hook (a fish) by a quick turn of the wrist.
- deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
- form by stamping, punching, or printing
- cause to experience suddenly
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
- hook by a pull on the line
- drive something violently into a location
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- pierce with force
- cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- find unexpectedly
- smooth with a strickle
- disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set
- occupy or take on
- stop work in order to press demands
- produce by ignition or a blow
- indicate (a certain time) by striking
- attain
noun
- (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
- A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
- The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
- (fishing) A nibble on the bait by a fish.
- (baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
- (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth or another solid celestial body.
- The discovery of a source of something.
- (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.
- (philately) A cancellation postmark.
- (printing, historical) An imperfect matrix for type.
- (military, by extension) An attack, not necessarily physical.
- An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- The strike plate of a door.
- (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
- (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
- A blow or application of physical force against something.
- (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
- a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
- a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
- a conspicuous success
- (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders
- a gentle blow
- an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
verb
- (intransitive) To escape serious or severe consequences; to receive only mild or no punishment (or injuries, etc) for something one has done or been accused of.
- (transitive) To help someone to escape serious or severe consequences and receive only mild or no punishment.
- (transitive) To stop using a piece of equipment, such as a telephone or computer.
- (intransitive, slang) To experience great pleasure, especially sexual pleasure; in particular, to experience an orgasm.
- (transitive, especially in an interrogative sentence) To find enjoyment (in behaving in a presumptuous, rude, or intrusive manner).
- (intransitive) To stop touching or physically interfering with something or someone.
- (transitive) To make or help someone be ready to leave a place (especially to go to another place).
- (intransitive) Indicates annoyance or dismissiveness.
- (transitive) To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it.
- (intransitive, slang, UK) To kiss; to smooch.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to stop touching or interfering with (something else).
- (transitive, UK) To make (someone) fall asleep.
- (intransitive, slang) To get high (on a drug).
- (transitive) To acquire (something) from (someone).
- (transitive, slang) To masturbate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus or train; to depart from (a path, highway, etc).
- (intransitive, UK) To fall asleep.
- (transitive) To reserve or have a period of time as a vacation from work.
- (transitive, intransitive) To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
- (transitive, intransitive) To leave one's job, or leave school, as scheduled or with permission.
- (transitive, slang) To excite or arouse, especially in a sexual manner, as to cause to experience orgasm.
- (transitive) To (write and) send (something); to discharge.
- (transitive, slang) To quit using a drug.
- transfer
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- alight from (a horse)
- cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case
- get high, stoned, or drugged
- leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
- be relieved of one's duties temporarily
- get out of quickly
- send via the postal service
- deliver verbally
- enjoy in a sexual way
verb
- (transitive) To damage; injure.
- (transitive, slang) To manhandle; beat up; rough up.
- (transitive, slang) To discombobulate, utterly confuse, or confound psychologically; to throw into a state of mental disarray.
- (intransitive) To make a mistake; to do something incorrectly; to perform poorly.
- (transitive) To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.
- (transitive) To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin.
- (transitive) To cause (another person) to make unwanted mistakes in a given task, usually through distraction or obnoxious behavior.
- (transitive) To botch, bungle; to perform poorly on.
- disturb the smoothness of
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- make a mess of or create disorder in
verb
- (intransitive, sometimes figurative) To hurt, to be in pain (physically or emotionally).
- (figurative) To cause harm or pain to.
- (ambitransitive) To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.
- (transitive, of an insect or arachnid) To puncture with the stinger.
- cause a stinging pain
- cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- deliver a sting to
noun
- The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
- A sharp, localized pain primarily on the epidermis.
- A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.
- The concluding point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
- A brief sequence of music used in films, TV, and video games as a form of scenic punctuation or to identify the broadcasting station.
- A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
- (botany) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles.
- A goad; incitement.
- A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.
- (law enforcement) A police operation in which the police pretend to engage in criminal activity in order to catch a criminal.
- A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
- A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.
- (figurative) The harmful or painful part of something.
- operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
- a mental pain or distress
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
verb
noun
- (idiomatic, by extension) An uncontrolled or unpredictable person, especially considered liable to cause unintentional or indiscriminate damage.
- (nautical) A cannon that breaks loose from its moorings on a ship during battle or storm, with the potential to cause serious damage to the ship and her crew.
- a person who is expected to perform a particular task but who is out of control and dangerous
verb
- To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
- (structural engineering) To tend to shear a structure (that is, force it to bend, lean, or move in different directions at different points).
- (nautical) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
- (slang, transitive) To strike in the testicles.
- To fly, as vapour or broken clouds.
- (figurative) To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
- (of a horse) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.
- (slang) To shoplift (especially in a megastore), often by taking off of a rack.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
- (firearms) To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- To place in or hang on a rack.
- (firearms) To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round.
- To torture (someone) on the rack.
- (mining) To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.
- (brewing) To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
- (by extension) To take that which belongs to another, without regard of right or permission.
- To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir.
- torment emotionally or mentally
- go at a rack
- work on a rack
- fly in high wind
- seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
- place in a rack
- put on a rack and pinion
- torture on the rack
- run before a gale
- draw off from the lees
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- stretch to the limits
noun
- (slang, vulgar) A woman's breasts.
- (billiards, snooker) A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.
- (climbing, slang) A climber's set of equipment for setting up protection and belays, consisting of runners, slings, carabiners, nuts, Friends, etc.
- (nautical) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes.
- A fast amble.
- A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other.
- A cranequin, a mechanism including a rack, pinion and pawl, providing both mechanical advantage and a ratchet, used to bend and cock a crossbow.
- A distaff.
- (algebra) A set with a distributive binary operation whose action on the set is invertible.
- A grate on which bacon is laid.
- Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapour in the sky.
- (slang, especially nautical) A bunk.
- Alternative form of arak.
- (nautical, by extension, slang, uncountable) Sleep.
- (mechanical engineering, rail transport) A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with those of a gearwheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive or be driven by it.
- (gambling) A plastic tray used for holding and moving chips.
- A set of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk).
- (climbing, caving) A friction device for abseiling, consisting of a frame with five or more metal bars, around which the rope is threaded.
- A cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs.
- (slang) A thousand dollars, especially if the proceeds are from a crime.
- Any of various kinds of frame for holding luggage or other objects on a vehicle or vessel.
- (historical) A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.
- (mechanical engineering) A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with a pawl as a ratchet allowing movement in one direction only, used for example in a handbrake or crossbow.
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
- rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
- the destruction or collapse of something
- a support for displaying or holding various articles
- a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
noun
- the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)
- The practice of intentionally killing a human being or animal in a humane way, especially in order to end suffering.
- (euphemistic, especially Nazism) The practice of killing a human being who is considered a liability to society, especially a disabled person.
verb
- (intransitive) To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.
- (intransitive) To die of hunger; to starve to death.
- (intransitive) To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to nearly perish.
- (transitive) To kill, or to cause great suffering to, by depriving or denying anything necessary.
- (transitive) To force, control, or constrain by famine.
- (transitive) To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to cause to be very hungry.
- deprive of food
- be hungry; go without food
- die of food deprivation
verb
noun
- (uncountable) A disease of horses caused by this bony swelling (etymology 1 sense 1.1).
- (countable) A bony swelling which develops in a horse's leg where the shank and splint bone meet, caused by inflammation of the cartilage connecting those bones; also, a similar swelling caused by inflammation of the hock bones.
- (mining) The stratum of earth underneath a coal deposit.
- (by extension, uncountable) A similar disease causing a person's leg to be lame.
- a swelling of the hock joint of a horse; resulting in lameness
verb
- (intransitive) To be involved in a wreck; to be damaged or destroyed.
- (transitive) To ruin or dilapidate.
- (transitive) To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.
- (transitive, Australia) To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts.
- (transitive) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
- smash or break forcefully
noun
- Something or someone that has been ruined.
- (ornithology) A large number of birds that have been brought to the ground, injured or dead, by extremely adverse weather.
- (law, uncountable) Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck.
- An event in which something is damaged through collision.
- The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.
- (specifically, nautical) A shipwreck: an event in which a ship is heavily damaged or destroyed.
- a ship that has been destroyed at sea
- an accident that destroys a ship at sea
- a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
- something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
verb
- (transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.
- (intransitive) To produce tears.
- (intransitive) To smash or enter something with great force.
- (transitive) To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
- (transitive) To make (an opening) with force or energy.
- (transitive, of structures, with down) To demolish.
- (transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
- (intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.
- (computing, intransitive) To be interrupted midway through.
- (intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
- (transitive, often with off or out) To remove by tearing, or with sudden great force.
- move quickly and violently
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- to separate or be separated by force
- strip of feathers
- fill with tears or shed tears
noun
- Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
- (glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
- (slang) A rampage.
- A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
- That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
- A hole or break caused by tearing.
- a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
- the act of tearing
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
- an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
verb
adj
adv
noun
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
- (transitive) To encourage or sanction (something).
- (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
- (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.
- To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
- To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
- (transitive) To provide for or nourish.
- (law, of a judge) To allow, accept, or admit (e.g. an objection or motion) as valid.
- lengthen or extend in duration or space
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- admit as valid
- supply with necessities and support
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- provide with nourishment
noun
verb
noun
- (countable) Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.
- (uncountable, colloquial) A counter or bartop.
- (countable, uncountable) Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
- (uncountable) The wood of this tree.
- (archaic except Caribbean, Guyana, South Africa, Australia) A pineapple.
- (sports, uncountable, colloquial) The bench, where players sit when not playing.
- straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus
- a coniferous tree
noun
- (informal) A person who practices self-injury by making cuts in the flesh.
- (television) A flag or similar instrument for blocking light.
- An animal yielding inferior meat, with little or no external fat and marbling.
- (Maine) An active child.
- (cricket) A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.
- (MLE) A knife.
- A light sleigh drawn by one horse.
- A foretooth; an incisor.
- A motorized vessel used in law enforcement purpose
- (wrestling) A three-quarters facelock bulldog move in which the attacker drives the opponent's head into the mat while falling onto their back.
- (medicine, colloquial, slang, humorous or derogatory) A surgeon.
- (slang) A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.
- (nautical) A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.
- (nautical) A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.
- (intactivism, derogatory) A supporter of infant circumcision or female genital mutilation; pro-circumcisionist.
- A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
- (baseball) A cut fastball.
- a boat for communication between ship and shore
- someone who carves the meat
- a cutting implement; a tool for cutting
- someone who cuts or carves stone
- someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)
- a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.
- Of a horse, to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle by using the legs.
- (intransitive, physics) Of waves, to be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed.
- (intransitive, with with) To sexually molest, especially of a child.
- get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force
- come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle
verb
- To cause (someone or something) persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble; to afflict, to torment.
- To drive, or force (a person, an animal, etc.) to move, with or as if with a scourge or whip.
- (Scotland, agriculture) Of a crop or a farmer: to deplete the fertility of (land or soil).
- To punish (a person, an animal, etc.); to chastise.
- To strike (a person, an animal, etc.) with a scourge (noun etymology 1 sense 1) or whip; to flog, to whip.
- whip
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- punish severely; excoriate
noun
- (weaponry, chiefly historical) A whip, often made of leather and having multiple tails; a lash.
- A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.
- A person or thing regarded as an agent of divine punishment.
- something causing misery or death
- a whip used to inflict punishment
- a person who inspires fear or dread
verb
- (intransitive) To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).
- (US, Canada, in professional sports) To discuss future contracts with a player, against league rules.
- (intransitive) To try to influence someone, usually in an illegal or devious way; to try to deal (with someone).
- play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
- intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
noun
- (rail transport) A railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast.
- A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
- An envelope of neutron-reflecting material in a nuclear weapon, used to delay the expansion of the reacting material and thus produce a longer-lasting and more energetic explosion.
- a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
noun
noun
- Initialism of self-injury.
- Initialism of subinspector (of police, etc).
- (Philippines, accounting, business) Initialism of sales invoice.
- Initialism of suicidal ideation.
- (UK, Canada, Australia, law) Initialism of statutory instrument.
- Initialism of synthetic intelligence.
- Initialism of supporting information.
- (finance) Initialism of systematic internaliser.
- Initialism of special intelligence.
- (electronics) Initialism of signal integrity.
- Initialism of swarm intelligence.
- (technology) Initialism of systems integration.
- (underwater diving) Initialism of surface interval.
- (fandom slang) Initialism of self-insertion (of the author into fan fiction).
- (mechanical engineering) Initialism of spark ignition.
- a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela)
adj
name
noun
- (by extension) Self-destructive activity.
- Submission to an unwanted sexual act.
- An act of rape where the rapist identifies with or is the same as the victim.
- The act of inflicting obscene violence against oneself.
- (often derogatory) Masturbation.
- (by extension) Behaving contrary to one's own nature, usually as a result of outside pressure.
- Masturbation without self-love.
verb
noun
- An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
- (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
- (gaming) Any of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.
- (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
- (audio) The amount of time taken for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
- (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
- (informal, by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.
- A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
- An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
- (computing) An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
- An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
- (South India) Short for heart attack.
- (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
- (wine) The initial sensory impact of a wine.
- (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
- intense adverse criticism
- an offensive move in a sport or game
- the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
- (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
- a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
- a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
- the act of attacking
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- strong criticism
adj
verb
- (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
- (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
- (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
- (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
- (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
- (physical chemistry) (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
- (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
- (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
- (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
- (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
- take the initiative and go on the offensive
- attack someone physically or emotionally
- launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
- begin to injure
- set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
- attack in speech or writing
noun
- the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
- a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
- a cause of pain or injury or loss
- a dangerous place
- (mainly outside US, rail transport) The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger").
- An instance or cause of likely harm.
- Exposure to likely harm; peril.
- (UK, derogatory) A contemptible person, especially one seen as perverted or mentally ill.
noun
- the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)
- The practice of intentionally killing a human being or animal in a humane way, especially in order to end suffering.
- (euphemistic, especially Nazism) The practice of killing a human being who is considered a liability to society, especially a disabled person.
noun
- (informal) A person who practices self-injury by making cuts in the flesh.
- (television) A flag or similar instrument for blocking light.
- An animal yielding inferior meat, with little or no external fat and marbling.
- (Maine) An active child.
- (cricket) A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.
- (MLE) A knife.
- A light sleigh drawn by one horse.
- A foretooth; an incisor.
- A motorized vessel used in law enforcement purpose
- (wrestling) A three-quarters facelock bulldog move in which the attacker drives the opponent's head into the mat while falling onto their back.
- (medicine, colloquial, slang, humorous or derogatory) A surgeon.
- (slang) A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.
- (nautical) A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.
- (nautical) A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.
- (intactivism, derogatory) A supporter of infant circumcision or female genital mutilation; pro-circumcisionist.
- A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
- (baseball) A cut fastball.
- a boat for communication between ship and shore
- someone who carves the meat
- a cutting implement; a tool for cutting
- someone who cuts or carves stone
- someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)
- a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop
noun
verb
noun
- (countable, US, slang) A beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain.
- A diabolo trick where one of the sticks is released and allowed to rotate 360° round the diabolo until it is caught by the hand that released it.
- (figuratively) An action that could cause the literal or figurative death of a person or organization, although death is not the aim of the action.
- (countable) A particular instance of a person intentionally killing oneself, or of multiple people doing so.
- (countable) A person who has intentionally killed themself.
- A children's game of throwing a ball against a wall and at other players, who are eliminated by being struck.
- (countable) A run comprising a series of sprints of increasing lengths, each followed immediately by a return to the start, with no pause between one sprint and the next.
- (attributive) Pertaining to a suicide bombing.
- (uncountable) The act of intentionally killing oneself.
- the act of killing yourself
- a person who kills themself intentionally
verb
- (intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
- (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
- (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
- (intransitive, figurative) To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
- (transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
- (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
- (intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold.
- (transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
- (transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
- (intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.
- (intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To plagiarize, to imitate.
- (intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
- (stative, slang) To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
- (intransitive, transitive, of an insect) To sting.
- (intransitive, chiefly in the negative) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
- penetrate or cut, as with a knife
- deliver a sting to
noun
- The act of biting.
- (printing) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
- The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
- (television) Ellipsis of sound bite.
- (slang) Something unpleasant.
- (slang) A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.
- (figuratively, uncountable) incisiveness, provocativeness, exactness.
- A small meal or snack.
- (slang) An act of plagiarism.
- (figuratively, uncountable) Aggression.
- (cricket) The turn that a spin bowler imparts to a pitch.
- A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
- The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
- The wound left behind after having been bitten.
- a strong odor or taste property
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
- (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- a light informal meal
- a portion removed from the whole
- a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
- wit having a sharp and caustic quality
- the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
verb
- (intransitive) To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
- To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
- (intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
- (transitive, cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave abruptly.
- To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
- To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
- (slang) To wound with a knife.
- To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
- (transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
- (intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
- To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
- (transitive, social) To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
- To perform (an elaborate dancing movement etc.).
- (transitive) To exhibit (a figure having some trait).
- To reduce, especially intentionally.
- (ambitransitive) To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
- (bodybuilding) To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
- (transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
- (sports) To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
- To castrate or geld.
- (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
- (slang, intransitive) To run or hurry.
- (transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
- (intransitive, film) To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
- (transitive, slang) To make, negotiate; to finalise, conclude; to issue.
- (transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.
- To form or shape by cutting.
- (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- (transitive) To renounce or give up.
- To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
- To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
- (transitive) To stop, disengage, or cease.
- penetrate injuriously
- function as a cutting instrument
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- fell by sawing; hew
- refuse to acknowledge
- discharge from a group
- allow incision or separation
- record a performance on (a medium)
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- pass directly and often in haste
- stop filming
- intentionally fail to attend
- grow through the gums
- cut and assemble the components of
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- give the appearance or impression of
- make an incision or separation
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- have a reducing effect
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- pass through or across
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make out and issue
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- make a recording of
- reap or harvest
- create by duplicating data
- move (one's fist)
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- cease, stop
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- perform or carry out
- have grow through the gums
adj
- (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
- (slang, New Zealand, formerly UK) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
- (participial adjective) Having been cut.
- (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
- Reduced.
- (informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Upset, angry; emotionally hurt.
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
- mixed with water
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
- (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
- with parts removed
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
intj
noun
- (slang, uncountable) That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
- (card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
- (slang) An insult.
- An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
- (slang) A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
- An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
- (card games) The card obtained by dividing the pack.
- The manner or style in which a garment, other article of clothing, or sail is fashioned.
- A decrease or deletion.
- (archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
- (Internet) A dividing line in a Tumblr post, the content below which is hidden until the reader reveals it.
- A haircut.
- (bodybuilding) A time period when one attempts to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
- (literal, figurative) The act of cutting.
- Such a wound through human skin.
- A sleeveless vest worn by members of a motorcycle club.
- (fashion) A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
- (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
- (especially theater, film) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
- (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
- (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
- A skein of yarn.
- Such a passage dug for a roadway for a paved road or railroad, a canal, a runway, etc.
- A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
- (golf) In a stroke play competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
- A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
- A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
- (literal, figurative) The result of cutting.
- (film) A particular version or edit of a film.
- (sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
- A slab or slice, especially of meat.
- (rail transport) A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
- (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
- An unkind act; a cruelty.
- A share or portion of profits.
- An artificial channel for marine navigation, as distinguished from a navigable river.
- (petrochemistry) The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
- a wound made by cutting
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a share of the profits
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- the style in which a garment is cut
- a step on some scale
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- an unexcused absence from class
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
verb
- (transitive, informal) To injure (one's own body part).
- (transitive) To travel in or through, to tour, to make a circuit of.
- (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
- (dialectal) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
- (transitive) To impersonate or depict.
- (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
- (ditransitive) To have (as an effect).
- (transitive) To perform; to execute.
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)
- (ambitransitive) To finish.
- (transitive) To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (transitive, with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
- (transitive) To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
- (ditransitive, informal) To make or provide.
- (transitive) To treat in a certain way.
- (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
- (transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
- A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
- (transitive, informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
- (transitive, in the form be doing [somewhere]) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
- (transitive, finance) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
- (transitive) To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
- (DoggoLingo, used with nouns, verbs, and adjective) To perform something suggested by a following noun, verb, or adjective.
- A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
- A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
- (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
- (modal, interrogative, informal) Should; ought to (especially in respect of a task to be repeated).
- (transitive, informal) To provide as a service.
- (ambitransitive) To suffice.
- (especially England, intransitive) To fare well; to thrive; to prosper; (of livestock) to fatten.
- (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
- (transitive) To cook.
- (informal, transitive) To drive a vehicle at a certain speed, especially in regard to a speed limit.
- (transitive) To take (a drug).
- (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.
- proceed or get along
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- arrange attractively
- carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- travel or traverse (a distance)
- carry out or perform an action
- carry on or function
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- create or design, often in a certain way
- spend time in prison or in a labor camp
- engage in
- get (something) done
noun
- (chiefly fossilized) Something that can or should be done.
- (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
- (UK, informal) A party, celebration, social function; usually of moderate size and formality.
- (UK, slang) A homicide.
- (informal) Clipping of hairdo.
- an uproarious party
- the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
num
verb
- (ambitransitive) To self-inflict real injury or infection (to inflict self-harm) in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.
- (ambitransitive) To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.
- avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
verb
- (intransitive) To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.
- (transitive) To repay or requite by an act of the same kind.
- make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil
- take revenge for a perceived wrong
verb
- (transitive) To harm or injure by such action.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
- (transitive) To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
- (transitive, figuratively) To shock or surprise.
- (transitive) To preserve (food) in a jar.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
- (transitive, figuratively) To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
- (intransitive) To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
- be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
- shock physically
- place in a cylindrical vessel
- affect in a disagreeable way
noun
- (British, Ireland, colloquial, metonymic) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
- (originally) An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
- (countable) The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
- A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
- A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
- (countable, also figuratively) A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.
- (countable) A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
- (British, Ireland, colloquial) A pint glass
- (countable, by extension) A sense of alarm or dismay.
- a sudden jarring impact
- a cylindrical vessel, typically used for storing food
- the quantity contained in a jar
verb
- (intransitive) To be a victim of nonfatal but substantial harm and nonetheless to display the strength to heal; especially, after a crime or an illness, especially sexual or physical abuse or assault, cancer, or a natural disaster.
- (transitive) To live past (a life-threatening event)
- (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
- (transitive) To live longer than (someone); to outlive (someone or something); to outlast (something).
- (intransitive, sports) Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.
- (intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
- continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
- support oneself
- live longer than
- continue to live and avoid dying
verb
- (transitive) To physically harm, pain.
- (transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
- (intransitive) To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.
- (transitive or with "against") To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.
- (intransitive) To feel or become offended; to take insult.
- (transitive) To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.
- strike with disgust or revulsion
- cause to feel resentment or indignation
- hurt the feelings of
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
verb
- To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired.
- (figuratively) To damage seriously; to destroy.
- To release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless.
- (figuratively) To cause severe and disabling damage; to make unable to function normally.
- (slang, video games) To nerf something to the point of being underpowered.
- deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
- deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
noun
- (uncountable, dialect, Southern US except Louisiana) Scrapple.
- (offensive) A person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
- (among lumbermen) A rocky shallow in a stream.
- (by extension, figurative) A person who is severely impaired or deficient in some non-physical way.
- A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.
- someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
verb
noun
- (historical) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
- An instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath.
- (cartomancy) The tenth Lenormand card.
- an edge tool for cutting grass; has a long handle that must be held with both hands and a curved blade that moves parallel to the ground
verb
intj
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
- (intransitive) To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately, whether mentally or physically.
- (transitive) To cause agony or anguish in someone.
- (transitive, biochemistry, pharmacology) To act as an agonist upon; to combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.
- cause to agonize
- suffer agony or anguish
verb
- (transitive) To incur (an injury).
- (American football) To be in a position to catch a forward pass.
- (transitive, intransitive) To accept into the mind; to understand.
- (tennis, badminton, squash) To be in a position to hit back a service.
- (transitive) To be given, sent, or paid something.
- (law) To take goods knowing them to be stolen.
- (telecommunications) To detect a signal from a transmitter.
- (transitive) To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
- To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
- have or give a reception
- receive as a retribution or punishment
- bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
- experience as a reaction
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- accept as true or valid
- register (perceptual input)
- get something; come into possession of
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs
- regard favorably or with disapproval
- convert into sounds or pictures
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
noun
verb
adj
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To suffer a breach.
- (transitive) To make a breach in.
- (transitive) To violate or break.
- (intransitive, of a whale or other sea creature) To leap out of the water.
- (law, informal, transitive, usually passive) To charge, convict or take legal action against someone due to not meeting a legal obligation.
- (transitive, nautical, of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
- make an opening or gap in
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
noun
- The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
- (figurative) A difference in opinions, social class, etc.
- (law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
- A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.
- A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves.
- A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.
- A breaking out upon; an assault.
- a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
- an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
verb
- (intransitive) To become bruised.
- (intransitive) Of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
- (transitive, figurative) To harm or injure somebody's feelings or self-esteem.
- (transitive) To damage the skin of (fruit or vegetables), in an analogous way.
- (transitive) To impair (gin) by shaking rather than stirring.
- (transitive) To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it; to contuse.
- (intransitive) To fight with the fists; to box.
- hurt the feelings of
- injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
- damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure
- break up into small pieces for food preparation
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To carry out a violent or illegal action.
- (transitive) To make and ratify; to reach; to find.
- (intransitive) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
- (transitive) To create an impression.
- (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
- (transitive) To cause to ignite by friction.
- To touch; to act by appulse.
- (transitive) To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
- (transitive) To hit.
- (transitive, figurative) To impinge upon.
- To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- (intransitive) To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
- To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
- (sports) To score a goal.
- (transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- (transitive) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
- To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- (nautical) To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
- (intransitive, by extension) To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
- (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- (by extension) To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
- (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
- (transitive, finance) To balance (a ledger or account).
- To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
- (transitive) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
- (transitive) To impress, seem or appear to (a person).
- (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
- To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
- (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- (transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
- To infest the flesh of a living vertebrate.
- (transitive) To manufacture, as by stamping.
- To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
- (intransitive) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- (transitive, fishing) To hook (a fish) by a quick turn of the wrist.
- deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
- form by stamping, punching, or printing
- cause to experience suddenly
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
- hook by a pull on the line
- drive something violently into a location
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- pierce with force
- cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- find unexpectedly
- smooth with a strickle
- disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set
- occupy or take on
- stop work in order to press demands
- produce by ignition or a blow
- indicate (a certain time) by striking
- attain
noun
- (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
- A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
- The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
- (fishing) A nibble on the bait by a fish.
- (baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
- (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth or another solid celestial body.
- The discovery of a source of something.
- (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.
- (philately) A cancellation postmark.
- (printing, historical) An imperfect matrix for type.
- (military, by extension) An attack, not necessarily physical.
- An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- The strike plate of a door.
- (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
- (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
- A blow or application of physical force against something.
- (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
- a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
- a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
- a conspicuous success
- (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders
- a gentle blow
- an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
verb
- (intransitive) To escape serious or severe consequences; to receive only mild or no punishment (or injuries, etc) for something one has done or been accused of.
- (transitive) To help someone to escape serious or severe consequences and receive only mild or no punishment.
- (transitive) To stop using a piece of equipment, such as a telephone or computer.
- (intransitive, slang) To experience great pleasure, especially sexual pleasure; in particular, to experience an orgasm.
- (transitive, especially in an interrogative sentence) To find enjoyment (in behaving in a presumptuous, rude, or intrusive manner).
- (intransitive) To stop touching or physically interfering with something or someone.
- (transitive) To make or help someone be ready to leave a place (especially to go to another place).
- (intransitive) Indicates annoyance or dismissiveness.
- (transitive) To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it.
- (intransitive, slang, UK) To kiss; to smooch.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to stop touching or interfering with (something else).
- (transitive, UK) To make (someone) fall asleep.
- (intransitive, slang) To get high (on a drug).
- (transitive) To acquire (something) from (someone).
- (transitive, slang) To masturbate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus or train; to depart from (a path, highway, etc).
- (intransitive, UK) To fall asleep.
- (transitive) To reserve or have a period of time as a vacation from work.
- (transitive, intransitive) To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
- (transitive, intransitive) To leave one's job, or leave school, as scheduled or with permission.
- (transitive, slang) To excite or arouse, especially in a sexual manner, as to cause to experience orgasm.
- (transitive) To (write and) send (something); to discharge.
- (transitive, slang) To quit using a drug.
- transfer
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- alight from (a horse)
- cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case
- get high, stoned, or drugged
- leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
- be relieved of one's duties temporarily
- get out of quickly
- send via the postal service
- deliver verbally
- enjoy in a sexual way
verb
- (transitive) To damage; injure.
- (transitive, slang) To manhandle; beat up; rough up.
- (transitive, slang) To discombobulate, utterly confuse, or confound psychologically; to throw into a state of mental disarray.
- (intransitive) To make a mistake; to do something incorrectly; to perform poorly.
- (transitive) To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.
- (transitive) To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin.
- (transitive) To cause (another person) to make unwanted mistakes in a given task, usually through distraction or obnoxious behavior.
- (transitive) To botch, bungle; to perform poorly on.
- disturb the smoothness of
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- make a mess of or create disorder in
verb
- (intransitive, sometimes figurative) To hurt, to be in pain (physically or emotionally).
- (figurative) To cause harm or pain to.
- (ambitransitive) To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.
- (transitive, of an insect or arachnid) To puncture with the stinger.
- cause a stinging pain
- cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- deliver a sting to
noun
- The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
- A sharp, localized pain primarily on the epidermis.
- A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.
- The concluding point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
- A brief sequence of music used in films, TV, and video games as a form of scenic punctuation or to identify the broadcasting station.
- A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
- (botany) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles.
- A goad; incitement.
- A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.
- (law enforcement) A police operation in which the police pretend to engage in criminal activity in order to catch a criminal.
- A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
- A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.
- (figurative) The harmful or painful part of something.
- operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
- a mental pain or distress
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
verb
noun
- (idiomatic, by extension) An uncontrolled or unpredictable person, especially considered liable to cause unintentional or indiscriminate damage.
- (nautical) A cannon that breaks loose from its moorings on a ship during battle or storm, with the potential to cause serious damage to the ship and her crew.
- a person who is expected to perform a particular task but who is out of control and dangerous
verb
- To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
- (structural engineering) To tend to shear a structure (that is, force it to bend, lean, or move in different directions at different points).
- (nautical) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
- (slang, transitive) To strike in the testicles.
- To fly, as vapour or broken clouds.
- (figurative) To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
- (of a horse) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.
- (slang) To shoplift (especially in a megastore), often by taking off of a rack.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
- (firearms) To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- To place in or hang on a rack.
- (firearms) To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round.
- To torture (someone) on the rack.
- (mining) To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.
- (brewing) To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
- (by extension) To take that which belongs to another, without regard of right or permission.
- To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir.
- torment emotionally or mentally
- go at a rack
- work on a rack
- fly in high wind
- seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
- place in a rack
- put on a rack and pinion
- torture on the rack
- run before a gale
- draw off from the lees
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- stretch to the limits
noun
- (slang, vulgar) A woman's breasts.
- (billiards, snooker) A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.
- (climbing, slang) A climber's set of equipment for setting up protection and belays, consisting of runners, slings, carabiners, nuts, Friends, etc.
- (nautical) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes.
- A fast amble.
- A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other.
- A cranequin, a mechanism including a rack, pinion and pawl, providing both mechanical advantage and a ratchet, used to bend and cock a crossbow.
- A distaff.
- (algebra) A set with a distributive binary operation whose action on the set is invertible.
- A grate on which bacon is laid.
- Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapour in the sky.
- (slang, especially nautical) A bunk.
- Alternative form of arak.
- (nautical, by extension, slang, uncountable) Sleep.
- (mechanical engineering, rail transport) A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with those of a gearwheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive or be driven by it.
- (gambling) A plastic tray used for holding and moving chips.
- A set of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk).
- (climbing, caving) A friction device for abseiling, consisting of a frame with five or more metal bars, around which the rope is threaded.
- A cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs.
- (slang) A thousand dollars, especially if the proceeds are from a crime.
- Any of various kinds of frame for holding luggage or other objects on a vehicle or vessel.
- (historical) A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.
- (mechanical engineering) A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with a pawl as a ratchet allowing movement in one direction only, used for example in a handbrake or crossbow.
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
- rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
- the destruction or collapse of something
- a support for displaying or holding various articles
- a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
verb
- (intransitive) To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.
- (intransitive) To die of hunger; to starve to death.
- (intransitive) To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to nearly perish.
- (transitive) To kill, or to cause great suffering to, by depriving or denying anything necessary.
- (transitive) To force, control, or constrain by famine.
- (transitive) To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to cause to be very hungry.
- deprive of food
- be hungry; go without food
- die of food deprivation
verb
noun
- (uncountable) A disease of horses caused by this bony swelling (etymology 1 sense 1.1).
- (countable) A bony swelling which develops in a horse's leg where the shank and splint bone meet, caused by inflammation of the cartilage connecting those bones; also, a similar swelling caused by inflammation of the hock bones.
- (mining) The stratum of earth underneath a coal deposit.
- (by extension, uncountable) A similar disease causing a person's leg to be lame.
- a swelling of the hock joint of a horse; resulting in lameness
verb
- (intransitive) To be involved in a wreck; to be damaged or destroyed.
- (transitive) To ruin or dilapidate.
- (transitive) To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.
- (transitive, Australia) To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts.
- (transitive) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
- smash or break forcefully
noun
- Something or someone that has been ruined.
- (ornithology) A large number of birds that have been brought to the ground, injured or dead, by extremely adverse weather.
- (law, uncountable) Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck.
- An event in which something is damaged through collision.
- The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.
- (specifically, nautical) A shipwreck: an event in which a ship is heavily damaged or destroyed.
- a ship that has been destroyed at sea
- an accident that destroys a ship at sea
- a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
- something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
verb
- (transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.
- (intransitive) To produce tears.
- (intransitive) To smash or enter something with great force.
- (transitive) To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
- (transitive) To make (an opening) with force or energy.
- (transitive, of structures, with down) To demolish.
- (transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
- (intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.
- (computing, intransitive) To be interrupted midway through.
- (intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
- (transitive, often with off or out) To remove by tearing, or with sudden great force.
- move quickly and violently
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- to separate or be separated by force
- strip of feathers
- fill with tears or shed tears
noun
- Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
- (glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
- (slang) A rampage.
- A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
- That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
- A hole or break caused by tearing.
- a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
- the act of tearing
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
- an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
verb
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verb
- (transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
- (transitive) To encourage or sanction (something).
- (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
- (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.
- To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
- To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
- (transitive) To provide for or nourish.
- (law, of a judge) To allow, accept, or admit (e.g. an objection or motion) as valid.
- lengthen or extend in duration or space
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- admit as valid
- supply with necessities and support
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- provide with nourishment
noun
verb
noun
- (countable) Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.
- (uncountable, colloquial) A counter or bartop.
- (countable, uncountable) Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
- (uncountable) The wood of this tree.
- (archaic except Caribbean, Guyana, South Africa, Australia) A pineapple.
- (sports, uncountable, colloquial) The bench, where players sit when not playing.
- straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus
- a coniferous tree
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.
- Of a horse, to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle by using the legs.
- (intransitive, physics) Of waves, to be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed.
- (intransitive, with with) To sexually molest, especially of a child.
- get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force
- come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle
verb
- To cause (someone or something) persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble; to afflict, to torment.
- To drive, or force (a person, an animal, etc.) to move, with or as if with a scourge or whip.
- (Scotland, agriculture) Of a crop or a farmer: to deplete the fertility of (land or soil).
- To punish (a person, an animal, etc.); to chastise.
- To strike (a person, an animal, etc.) with a scourge (noun etymology 1 sense 1) or whip; to flog, to whip.
- whip
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- punish severely; excoriate
noun
- (weaponry, chiefly historical) A whip, often made of leather and having multiple tails; a lash.
- A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.
- A person or thing regarded as an agent of divine punishment.
- something causing misery or death
- a whip used to inflict punishment
- a person who inspires fear or dread
verb
- (intransitive) To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).
- (US, Canada, in professional sports) To discuss future contracts with a player, against league rules.
- (intransitive) To try to influence someone, usually in an illegal or devious way; to try to deal (with someone).
- play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
- intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
noun
- (rail transport) A railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast.
- A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
- An envelope of neutron-reflecting material in a nuclear weapon, used to delay the expansion of the reacting material and thus produce a longer-lasting and more energetic explosion.
- a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)