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verb
noun
- (sometimes proscribed) An appalling event, situation or outcome (especially in relation to another outcome to which it is grossly inferior).
- An absurd, grotesque, misrepresentative or grossly inferior likeness or imitation.
- A pastiche, parody, or stylistic imitation; a burlesque literary or artistic imitation (typically of a more serious work).
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
verb
- (transitive) To make something less severe or tense.
- (intransitive, of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
- (intransitive) To rest and become relieved of stress.
- (transitive) To make something loose.
- (transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
- (intransitive) To become less severe or tense.
- (transitive) To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.
- (intransitive) To become loose.
- become loose or looser or less tight
- make less severe or strict
- become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
- make less taut
- become less severe or strict
- make less active or fast
- cause to feel relaxed
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
verb
noun
- (surgery) A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.
- (music) A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound.
- A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
- (veterinary medicine) A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
- (music) A snare drum.
- A mental or psychological trap.
- strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
- a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
- a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
- a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities
- something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
verb
adj
- Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.
- Pulled taut, without any slack.
- (phonetics, of a vowel) Produced with relative constriction of the vocal tract.
- Characterized by strain (on the nerves, emotions, etc). (Compare charged.)
- taut or rigid; stretched tight
- in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
- pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in ‘beat’)
noun
- (linguistics, uncountable) The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
- (grammar, countable, proscribed) A verb form or construction indicating a combination of tense, aspect, and mood.
- (grammar, countable, proscribed) A grammatical aspect.
- (linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
- a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
adj
- Melodramatic.
- Pruriently detailed and sensationalistic about something shocking or horrifying, especially with regard to violence or sex.
- Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance.
- (botany) Having a brown colour tinged with red.
- Being of a light yellow hue.
- shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke
- glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
- horrible in fierceness or savagery
- ghastly pale
verb
- (transitive) To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.
- (transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
- (intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
- (intransitive) To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
- form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
- cause to be interested or curious
noun
- The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
- A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to affect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
- Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair.
- a clandestine love affair
- a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
verb
- (transitive) To tell (a joke).
- (transitive) To overcome a security system or component.
- (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
- (intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- (intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- (transitive, figurative) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- (colloquial) To barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent).
- (transitive) To open slightly.
- (intransitive, transgender slang) To realize that one is transgender.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- (intransitive) To form cracks.
- (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- (transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- (mid 2020s slang) To have sex with, especially penetrative sex.
- (transitive, figurative) To solve a difficult problem.
- cause to become cracked
- break partially but keep its integrity
- tell spontaneously
- make a very sharp explosive sound
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- pass through (a barrier)
adj
noun
- (vulgar, slang) The vagina.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- (Cumbria, Northern UK) A chat.
- (figurative, humorous) Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A narrow opening.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.
- (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- (slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- (informal) The space between the buttocks.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- a long narrow cleft
- the act of cracking something
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
- a usually brief attempt
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
- a narrow opening
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a sudden sharp noise
- witty remark
- a chance to do something
verb
- (transitive, figuratively) To depict or portray.
- (transitive, slang) To defecate or soil with faeces during anal sex.
- (transitive, military or aviation, slang) To detect (something) with radar.
- (intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.
- (transitive) To create (an image) with paints.
- (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
- (transitive) To apply paint to.
- (transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
- (transitive, medicine) To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
- (intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
- make a painting
- make a painting of
- apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
- apply paint to; coat with paint
noun
- (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
- (uncountable, slang) Tattoo work.
- A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
- (uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.
- (basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with the.
- (uncountable) Makeup.
- The appearance of an object on a radar screen.
- (poker, slang) Synonym of face card (king, queen, or jack).
- (computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
- a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
verb
- (transitive) To make nice or subtle.
- (transitive) To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.
- (intransitive) To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.
- (ambitransitive) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
- (transitive) To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish.
- make more complex, intricate, or richer
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
- treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
- make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
- attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying
verb
- (transitive) To convert (something) real into a novel or other dramatic work.
- (transitive) To retell (something) real (e.g., an event or series of events) as if it were fiction; especially, to do so in a way that departs from reality in any extent from mild to extensive (from minor details to essential substance).
- convert into the form or the style of a novel
- make into fiction
verb
- (transitive) To devise.
- To digest in the stomach.
- (cooking) To make an infusion.
- (figurative) To heat as if by boiling.
- (figurative) To reduce or diminish.
- (cooking) To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- extract the essence of something by boiling it
- steep in hot water
verb
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To make sharp.
- (intransitive) To become sharp.
- become sharp or sharper
- put (an image) into focus
- make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
- make (one's senses) more acute
- raise the pitch of (musical notes)
- make crisp or more crisp and precise
- give a point to
- make sharp or sharper
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To exasperate.
- (transitive) To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.
- (transitive, figurative) To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
- (transitive, technical) To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
- (transitive, figurative) To bother or trouble.
- (ergative) To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
- become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- irritate or vex
noun
- (figurative, uncountable) Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
- (figurative, uncountable) A feeling of exasperation.
- (uncountable) Impudence or brazenness; temerity; chutzpah.
- (countable, technical) A pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
- A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
- (countable) A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
- (pathology, countable) A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister.
- (phytopathology) A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by various pathogens, especially the burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, such as that of the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii).
- a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
- abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury
- the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
- an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle
- a skin sore caused by chafing
- a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
verb
noun
- (crosswording) An additional puzzle within the crossword, typically involving a set of non-standard clues or answers.
- A concept with multiple instantiations.
- (music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
- A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
- (linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
- Any of various colors, or color palettes, in which a design is offered; (graphical user interface) any of various skins for an app, affecting the visuals and perhaps other elements such as sound effects.
- (linguistics) Topic, what is generally being talked about.
- A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
- (linguistics) Thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
- (film, television, video games) A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
- (grammar) The stem of a word.
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
verb
adj
noun
- (countable) A light parody.
- (countable) An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank.
- (countable, British, historical) A drinking game in which players hold up to three (or another specified number of) coins hidden in a fist and attempt to guess the total number of coins held.
- (uncountable) Nonsense.
- (computing) A cyberattack involving deception via impersonated identities; a digital asset used in such an attack.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Semen.
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To make spectacular.
- (transitive, figurative) To clarify or make something understandable.
- (intransitive) To be exposed to light.
- (transitive) To shine light on something.
- (intransitive) To glow; to light up.
- (transitive) To decorate something with lights.
- (transitive, military) To direct a radar beam toward.
- (transitive) To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.
- introduce light into
- add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To catch the attention of.
- (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
- (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
- (intransitive, medicine) To undergo cardiac arrest.
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- take into custody
- attract and fix
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
noun
- (law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
- The condition of being stopped, standstill.
- A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
- (nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
- A device to physically arrest motion.
- (farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
- A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To forget about.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To leave (a trace of something).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see leave, behind.
- (transitive) To pass.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To not live longer than; to be survived by.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To abandon.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To outdo; to progress faster than (someone or something else).
- be survived by after one's death
- leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
- depart and not take along
verb
noun
- (by extension) The circle of light shed by a spotlight.
- A bright, directional light or lamp, especially one used to illuminate the focus or center of attention on a stage.
- (figurative) The center of attention; the highlight or most important part.
- A showcase.
- a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
- a focus of public attention
verb
- (transitive) To evoke.
- (transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.
- (transitive) To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.
- (intransitive) To perform magic tricks.
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
- ask for or request earnestly
noun
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
- (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
- (transitive, rare) To fill with lies; to lie to.
- (transitive, rare) To call a liar; to accuse of falsehood.
- (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To show, evince or demonstrate (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
- (transitive) To give a false representation of.
- represent falsely
- be in contradiction with
verb
- (transitive, figuratively) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
- (transitive, figuratively) To admonish someone vigorously.
- To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
- (metalworking) To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
- (transitive) To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
- cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
- subject to laughter or ridicule
adj
noun
- A meal consisting of roast foods.
- An instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted.
- A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
- (slang) A creative insult as a response to something someone said.
- A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
- The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
- (Canada, US) A social event at which food is roasted and eaten.
- negative criticism
- a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (sometimes proscribed) An appalling event, situation or outcome (especially in relation to another outcome to which it is grossly inferior).
- An absurd, grotesque, misrepresentative or grossly inferior likeness or imitation.
- A pastiche, parody, or stylistic imitation; a burlesque literary or artistic imitation (typically of a more serious work).
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
verb
- (transitive) To make something less severe or tense.
- (intransitive, of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
- (intransitive) To rest and become relieved of stress.
- (transitive) To make something loose.
- (transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
- (intransitive) To become less severe or tense.
- (transitive) To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.
- (intransitive) To become loose.
- become loose or looser or less tight
- make less severe or strict
- become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
- make less taut
- become less severe or strict
- make less active or fast
- cause to feel relaxed
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
verb
noun
- (surgery) A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.
- (music) A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound.
- A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
- (veterinary medicine) A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
- (music) A snare drum.
- A mental or psychological trap.
- strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
- a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
- a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
- a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities
- something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
verb
adj
- Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.
- Pulled taut, without any slack.
- (phonetics, of a vowel) Produced with relative constriction of the vocal tract.
- Characterized by strain (on the nerves, emotions, etc). (Compare charged.)
- taut or rigid; stretched tight
- in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
- pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in ‘beat’)
noun
- (linguistics, uncountable) The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
- (grammar, countable, proscribed) A verb form or construction indicating a combination of tense, aspect, and mood.
- (grammar, countable, proscribed) A grammatical aspect.
- (linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
- a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
verb
- (transitive) To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.
- (transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
- (intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
- (intransitive) To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
- form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
- cause to be interested or curious
noun
- The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
- A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to affect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
- Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair.
- a clandestine love affair
- a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
verb
- (transitive) To tell (a joke).
- (transitive) To overcome a security system or component.
- (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
- (intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- (intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- (transitive, figurative) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- (colloquial) To barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent).
- (transitive) To open slightly.
- (intransitive, transgender slang) To realize that one is transgender.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- (intransitive) To form cracks.
- (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- (transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- (mid 2020s slang) To have sex with, especially penetrative sex.
- (transitive, figurative) To solve a difficult problem.
- cause to become cracked
- break partially but keep its integrity
- tell spontaneously
- make a very sharp explosive sound
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- pass through (a barrier)
adj
noun
- (vulgar, slang) The vagina.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- (Cumbria, Northern UK) A chat.
- (figurative, humorous) Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A narrow opening.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.
- (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- (slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- (informal) The space between the buttocks.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- a long narrow cleft
- the act of cracking something
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
- a usually brief attempt
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
- a narrow opening
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a sudden sharp noise
- witty remark
- a chance to do something
verb
- (transitive, figuratively) To depict or portray.
- (transitive, slang) To defecate or soil with faeces during anal sex.
- (transitive, military or aviation, slang) To detect (something) with radar.
- (intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.
- (transitive) To create (an image) with paints.
- (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
- (transitive) To apply paint to.
- (transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
- (transitive, medicine) To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
- (intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
- make a painting
- make a painting of
- apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
- apply paint to; coat with paint
noun
- (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
- (uncountable, slang) Tattoo work.
- A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
- (uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.
- (basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with the.
- (uncountable) Makeup.
- The appearance of an object on a radar screen.
- (poker, slang) Synonym of face card (king, queen, or jack).
- (computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
- a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
verb
- (transitive) To make nice or subtle.
- (transitive) To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.
- (intransitive) To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.
- (ambitransitive) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
- (transitive) To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish.
- make more complex, intricate, or richer
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
- treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
- make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
- attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying
verb
- (transitive) To convert (something) real into a novel or other dramatic work.
- (transitive) To retell (something) real (e.g., an event or series of events) as if it were fiction; especially, to do so in a way that departs from reality in any extent from mild to extensive (from minor details to essential substance).
- convert into the form or the style of a novel
- make into fiction
verb
- (transitive) To devise.
- To digest in the stomach.
- (cooking) To make an infusion.
- (figurative) To heat as if by boiling.
- (figurative) To reduce or diminish.
- (cooking) To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- extract the essence of something by boiling it
- steep in hot water
verb
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To make sharp.
- (intransitive) To become sharp.
- become sharp or sharper
- put (an image) into focus
- make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
- make (one's senses) more acute
- raise the pitch of (musical notes)
- make crisp or more crisp and precise
- give a point to
- make sharp or sharper
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To exasperate.
- (transitive) To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.
- (transitive, figurative) To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
- (transitive, technical) To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
- (transitive, figurative) To bother or trouble.
- (ergative) To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
- become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- irritate or vex
noun
- (figurative, uncountable) Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
- (figurative, uncountable) A feeling of exasperation.
- (uncountable) Impudence or brazenness; temerity; chutzpah.
- (countable, technical) A pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
- A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
- (countable) A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
- (pathology, countable) A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister.
- (phytopathology) A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by various pathogens, especially the burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, such as that of the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii).
- a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
- abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury
- the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
- an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle
- a skin sore caused by chafing
- a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
verb
noun
- (crosswording) An additional puzzle within the crossword, typically involving a set of non-standard clues or answers.
- A concept with multiple instantiations.
- (music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
- A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
- (linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
- Any of various colors, or color palettes, in which a design is offered; (graphical user interface) any of various skins for an app, affecting the visuals and perhaps other elements such as sound effects.
- (linguistics) Topic, what is generally being talked about.
- A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
- (linguistics) Thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
- (film, television, video games) A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
- (grammar) The stem of a word.
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
verb
adj
noun
- (countable) A light parody.
- (countable) An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank.
- (countable, British, historical) A drinking game in which players hold up to three (or another specified number of) coins hidden in a fist and attempt to guess the total number of coins held.
- (uncountable) Nonsense.
- (computing) A cyberattack involving deception via impersonated identities; a digital asset used in such an attack.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Semen.
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To make spectacular.
- (transitive, figurative) To clarify or make something understandable.
- (intransitive) To be exposed to light.
- (transitive) To shine light on something.
- (intransitive) To glow; to light up.
- (transitive) To decorate something with lights.
- (transitive, military) To direct a radar beam toward.
- (transitive) To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.
- introduce light into
- add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To catch the attention of.
- (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
- (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
- (intransitive, medicine) To undergo cardiac arrest.
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- take into custody
- attract and fix
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
noun
- (law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
- The condition of being stopped, standstill.
- A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
- (nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
- A device to physically arrest motion.
- (farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
- A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To forget about.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To leave (a trace of something).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see leave, behind.
- (transitive) To pass.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To not live longer than; to be survived by.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To abandon.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To outdo; to progress faster than (someone or something else).
- be survived by after one's death
- leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
- depart and not take along
verb
noun
- (by extension) The circle of light shed by a spotlight.
- A bright, directional light or lamp, especially one used to illuminate the focus or center of attention on a stage.
- (figurative) The center of attention; the highlight or most important part.
- A showcase.
- a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
- a focus of public attention
verb
- (transitive) To evoke.
- (transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.
- (transitive) To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.
- (intransitive) To perform magic tricks.
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
- ask for or request earnestly
noun
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
- (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
- (transitive, rare) To fill with lies; to lie to.
- (transitive, rare) To call a liar; to accuse of falsehood.
- (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To show, evince or demonstrate (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
- (transitive) To give a false representation of.
- represent falsely
- be in contradiction with
verb
- (transitive, figuratively) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
- (transitive, figuratively) To admonish someone vigorously.
- To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
- (metalworking) To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
- (transitive) To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
- cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
- subject to laughter or ridicule
adj
noun
- A meal consisting of roast foods.
- An instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted.
- A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
- (slang) A creative insult as a response to something someone said.
- A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
- The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
- (Canada, US) A social event at which food is roasted and eaten.
- negative criticism
- a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
adj
adj
- Melodramatic.
- Pruriently detailed and sensationalistic about something shocking or horrifying, especially with regard to violence or sex.
- Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance.
- (botany) Having a brown colour tinged with red.
- Being of a light yellow hue.
- shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke
- glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
- horrible in fierceness or savagery
- ghastly pale