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- To cause, by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- (transitive) To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.
- (transitive) To wake up earlier than.
- To make (someone) feel badly guilty and accuse (them) over something.
- (military, WW2 air pilots' usage) To repeatedly bomb a military target or targets.
- To get something done (derived from the idea of beating for game).
- (reflexive) To feel badly guilty and accuse (oneself) over something. (Usually followed by over or about.)
- gather
- give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
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- beat severely
- make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
- leave as a guarantee in return for money
- submerge in a liquid
- fill, soak, or imbue totally
- cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- heat a metal prior to working it
- become drunk or drink excessively
- (originally US slang, figurative, transitive) To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.
- (transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
- (figurative, transitive) To absorb; to drain.
- (transitive) (slang, boxing) To hit or strike.
- (metallurgy, transitive) To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
- (ceramics, transitive) To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
- (intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
- (transitive) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
- (slang, chiefly Mormonism) To engage in penetrative sex without hip thrusting.
- (intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
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- washing something by allowing it to soak
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
- (slang, British) A drunkard.
- An immersion in water etc.
- (slang) A carouse; a drinking session.
- (Australia) A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
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- A beating with a belt.
- A system of beltwork, as in a conveyor or other mechanical device.
- The material from which belts for machinery are made.
- (music, uncountable) The act of singing in chest voice above one's vocal break in a higher range typically sung in head voice.
- (figuratively) A thorough defeat; a thrashing.
- the material of which belts are made
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- beat severely with a whip or rod
- (transitive, British, regional) To punish by bringing a lawsuit against; to sue.
- (intransitive) To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
- (transitive) To beat severely; to thrash.
- (intransitive) To pass across or over; to traverse.
- (transitive) To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.
- (intransitive) To travel quickly over a long distance.
- (transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
- censure severely or angrily
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
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- A beating down, a putting down.
- Forcible entry of a stranger into an inheritance when the person seised of it dies, and before the heir or devisee can take possession; ouster.
- The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression.
- (Scotland) Waste of stuff in preparing to size.
- (heraldry) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon; any figure added to the coat of arms tending to lower the dignity or station of the bearer.
- A quashing, a judicial defeat, the rendering abortive by law.
- (law) The reduction of the proceeds of a will, when the debts have not yet been satisfied; the reduction of taxes due.
- An amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed; in particular from a tax.
- (law) The action of a person that abates, or without proper authority enters a residence after the death of the owner and before the heir takes possession.
- rebatement, real or imaginary marks of disgrace affixed to an escutcheon.
- (accounting) The deduction of minor revenues incidental to an operation in calculating the cost of the operation.
- the act of abating
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
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- injure badly by beating
- alter so as to make unrecognizable
- press with a mangle
- damage or injure severely
- (transitive, computing) To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.
- (transitive) To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.
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- clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers
- A forest of such trees.
- The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.
- Preceded by a descriptive word: any of various shrubs or trees of genera other than Rhizophora which resemble plants of this genus in appearance and habitat.
- Any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle).
- A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
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- a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
- A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
- (rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.
- (botany) The fruit of the Washingtonia species.
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- beat with force
- attack forcefully
- propel or hit with force
- (informal, transitive) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
- (chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
- (US, Scotland, British, dialect, slang) To whack or beat.
- (Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.
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- an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing
- A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
- A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.
- (often plural) Part of a rotating device, often used for cutting vegetation.
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- give a thrashing to; beat hard
- To beat mercilessly.
- move or stir about violently
- dance the slam dance
- beat the seeds out of a grain
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
- beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
- move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation
- (computing) In computer architecture, to cause or undergo poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system.
- (software) To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result.
- To defeat utterly.
- To thresh.
- To move about wildly or violently; to flail; to labour.
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- give a thrashing to; beat hard
- move or stir about violently
- beat the seeds out of a grain
- move like a flail; thresh about
- (intransitive, of a crop) To be so separated, or to be capable of being so separated.
- (transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.
- (transitive, literary) To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.
- (nautical) To drive through adverse conditions (wind, waves).
- (transitive, literary, usually with 'over') To belabor; to go over repeatedly, especially an argument.
- (intransitive, literary) To violently toss the limbs about.
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- Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.
- (informal) Drunk; inebriated.
- (cooking) Coated with batter (noun).
- Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.
- damaged by blows or hard usage
- exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury
- damaged especially by hard usage
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- beat severely with a whip or rod
- beat with a cane
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To steal something.
- (transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.
- (transitive, UK, slang) To sell.
- (theater) To beat away charcoal dust etc. using a flogger.
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly.
- (transitive, Australia, agriculture) To overexploit (land), as by overgrazing, overstocking, etc.
- (transitive) To use something to extreme; to abuse.
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- beat severely with a whip or rod
- lash or flick about sharply
- bind with a rope, chain, or cord
- strike as if by whipping
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- (intransitive) To strike vigorously; to let fly.
- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
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- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- A quantity, a great number or amount (e.g. of rain or milk).
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
- (botany) Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) An attempt; a go at something.
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- (machining, mechanical) Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
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- the froth produced by soaps or detergents
- the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)
- agitation resulting from active worry
- a workman who puts up laths
- (countable) A state of agitation.
- (countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
- (countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
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- beat severely with a whip or rod
- move or stir about violently
- cut open
- cut drastically
- cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
- (Scotland, intransitive) To work in wet conditions.
- To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
- (fashion) To create slashes in a garment.
- (ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- (cricket) To swing wildly at the ball.
- To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
- (figuratively) To reduce sharply.
- To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
- (intransitive, UK, slang) To piss, to urinate.
- (intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction.
- (US, Canada) To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
- To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
- (figuratively) To criticize cuttingly.
- To move quickly and violently.
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- an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
- a wound made by cutting
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
- (vulgar, slang) The vulva.
- (Scotland) A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- (botany) A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
- A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
- (fashion) A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.
- A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.
- (eastern US, uncommon) A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas.
- (eastern US) A swampy area; a swamp.
- (idiomatic, by extension) The conjunctions and or also (during a conversation).
- (UK) Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.
- (US and Canada) The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
- (UK, slang, vulgar, rare) Piss; urine.
- (originally US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
- (UK, slang, vulgar) A piss: an act of urination.
- (sports) A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.
- (figuratively) A sharp reduction in resources allotted.
- (US and Canada) A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
- (often proscribed) Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
- (fandom slang) Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
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- beat severely with a whip or rod
- secure (a sprained joint) with a strap
- tie with a strap
- sharpen with a strap
- (transitive) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap; to strop.
- (transitive) To fasten or bind with a strap.
- (transitive) To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
- (transitive) To slap or stroke the muscled areas of a horse with a cloth or pad, a form of massage meant to improve muscle tone.
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- an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
- hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it
- a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
- whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging
- A strap worn on the shoulder.
- (botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
- Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
- (finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bullish than a straddle.
- (journalism) Synonym of strapline.
- A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
- A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
- (nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
- (carpentry, machinery) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
- (slang, professional wrestling, with "the") A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
- (slang, LGBTQ) A strap-on.
- A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
- (slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
- (botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
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- a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
- a raised or strengthened seam
- In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
- A strip, especially one around the edge of something (for example, in some old heraldry).
- (shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
- A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow.
- In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
- A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
- In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
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- beat severely with a whip or rod
- defeat thoroughly
- whip with or as if with a wire whisk
- thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
- subject to harsh criticism
- strike as if by whipping
- (intransitive) To move very fast.
- (transitive, politics) To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
- (transitive, roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
- (transitive) To urge into action or obedience.
- To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
- (figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
- (transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
- (transitive, nautical) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
- (ambitransitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.
- To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
- (transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
- (transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
- (transitive, by extension) To hit with any flexible object.
- (intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.
- (transitive) To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
- (transitive) To hit with a whip.
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- a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
- a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
- an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
- (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- (African-American Vernacular, MTE) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
- Whipped cream.
- (music) A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions.
- (roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
- (politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
- (nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
- A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
- The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
- (UK politics, by extension) The regular status of an MP within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure.
- The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
- (UK politics, with definite article) A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.
- A blow administered with a whip.
- (historical) A coach driver; a coachman.
- (hunting) A whipper-in.
- A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.
- A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit
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- (slang) To beat up; to physically assault.
- (transitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To redecorate (a room, etc.); to make improvements to (a home or domestic property).
- (transitive) To style (someone's hair); to give (someone) an updo; to wear an updo.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To fasten (a piece of clothing, etc.); to tighten (a nut etc.)
- (transitive, idiomatic, informal) To execute a task or performance.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To pack together and envelop; to pack up.
- use special care in dressing, making-up, etc.
- wrap for decorative purposes
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- (slang) To beat up; to physically assault.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To substitute for somebody or something.
- (transitive, chiefly British) To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.
- (transitive) To fill; to replace material that is absent or has been removed.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information.
- be a substitute
- represent the effect of shade or shadow on
- write all the required information onto a form
- supply with information on a specific topic
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- (boxing, slang) A beating; a thrashing.
- (MLE, slang) A shotgun.
- (baseball) A game used by baseball players to warm up where fielders standing close to a batter rapidly return the batted ball to be hit again
- (cryptography) A randomly-generated value that is added to another value (such as a password) prior to hashing. Unlike a salt, a new one is generated for each value and it is held separately from the value.
- A plant of the family Piperaceae.
- (UK, US, Ireland and Canada) A fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in a wide range of mild (sweet, nonspicy) to hot (spicy) varieties.
- (uncountable) A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.
- any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
- climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
- pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
- sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum
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- (transitive) To strike with something made up of small particles.
- (cryptography) To use a pepper (type of value used prior to hashing).
- (transitive) To add pepper to.
- (transitive, MLE, slang) To shoot (upon) with the dotty.
- (transitive, slang) To beat or thrash.
- (transitive, slang) To write accents or disambiguating marks in script.
- (transitive) To cover with lots of (something made up of small things).
- (transitive) To add (something) at frequent intervals.
- add pepper to
- attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
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- Beating, or an instance of beating, consisting of lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as a whipping or scourging.
- beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
- (botany) The formation by plants of flagella, or their arrangement
- beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation
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- A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
- A horizontal timber used for supporting or retaining earth.
- The texture of a piece of fabric.
- (nautical) A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale, chainwale)
- A ridge or streak produced on skin by a cane or whip.
- A ridge or low barrier.
- (Scotland, Northern England) Something selected as being the best, preference; choice; choosing.
- A ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
- A raised rib in knitted goods or fabric, especially corduroy.
- thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
- a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
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- (slang) A beating or flogging.
- (nautical) A rope used to secure a cannon.
- A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney.
- (historical) The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time.
- (equestrianism) A component of horse harness or tack, enabling the horse to hold back a vehicle.
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- (informal, US) A beating; a thrashing.
- A processed secretion of the lac insect, Coccus lacca; used in polishes, varnishes etc.
- lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
- a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood
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- To cause, by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- (transitive) To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.
- (transitive) To wake up earlier than.
- To make (someone) feel badly guilty and accuse (them) over something.
- (military, WW2 air pilots' usage) To repeatedly bomb a military target or targets.
- To get something done (derived from the idea of beating for game).
- (reflexive) To feel badly guilty and accuse (oneself) over something. (Usually followed by over or about.)
- gather
- give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
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- A beating with a belt.
- A system of beltwork, as in a conveyor or other mechanical device.
- The material from which belts for machinery are made.
- (music, uncountable) The act of singing in chest voice above one's vocal break in a higher range typically sung in head voice.
- (figuratively) A thorough defeat; a thrashing.
- the material of which belts are made
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- beat severely with a whip or rod
- (transitive, British, regional) To punish by bringing a lawsuit against; to sue.
- (intransitive) To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
- (transitive) To beat severely; to thrash.
- (intransitive) To pass across or over; to traverse.
- (transitive) To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.
- (intransitive) To travel quickly over a long distance.
- (transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
- censure severely or angrily
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
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- A beating down, a putting down.
- Forcible entry of a stranger into an inheritance when the person seised of it dies, and before the heir or devisee can take possession; ouster.
- The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression.
- (Scotland) Waste of stuff in preparing to size.
- (heraldry) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon; any figure added to the coat of arms tending to lower the dignity or station of the bearer.
- A quashing, a judicial defeat, the rendering abortive by law.
- (law) The reduction of the proceeds of a will, when the debts have not yet been satisfied; the reduction of taxes due.
- An amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed; in particular from a tax.
- (law) The action of a person that abates, or without proper authority enters a residence after the death of the owner and before the heir takes possession.
- rebatement, real or imaginary marks of disgrace affixed to an escutcheon.
- (accounting) The deduction of minor revenues incidental to an operation in calculating the cost of the operation.
- the act of abating
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
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- (boxing, slang) A beating; a thrashing.
- (MLE, slang) A shotgun.
- (baseball) A game used by baseball players to warm up where fielders standing close to a batter rapidly return the batted ball to be hit again
- (cryptography) A randomly-generated value that is added to another value (such as a password) prior to hashing. Unlike a salt, a new one is generated for each value and it is held separately from the value.
- A plant of the family Piperaceae.
- (UK, US, Ireland and Canada) A fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in a wide range of mild (sweet, nonspicy) to hot (spicy) varieties.
- (uncountable) A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.
- any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
- climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
- pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
- sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum
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- (transitive) To strike with something made up of small particles.
- (cryptography) To use a pepper (type of value used prior to hashing).
- (transitive) To add pepper to.
- (transitive, MLE, slang) To shoot (upon) with the dotty.
- (transitive, slang) To beat or thrash.
- (transitive, slang) To write accents or disambiguating marks in script.
- (transitive) To cover with lots of (something made up of small things).
- (transitive) To add (something) at frequent intervals.
- add pepper to
- attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
noun
- Beating, or an instance of beating, consisting of lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as a whipping or scourging.
- beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
- (botany) The formation by plants of flagella, or their arrangement
- beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation
noun
- (slang) A beating or flogging.
- (nautical) A rope used to secure a cannon.
- A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney.
- (historical) The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time.
- (equestrianism) A component of horse harness or tack, enabling the horse to hold back a vehicle.
noun
- (informal, US) A beating; a thrashing.
- A processed secretion of the lac insect, Coccus lacca; used in polishes, varnishes etc.
- lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
- a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood
verb
verb
- beat severely
- make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
- leave as a guarantee in return for money
- submerge in a liquid
- fill, soak, or imbue totally
- cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- heat a metal prior to working it
- become drunk or drink excessively
- (originally US slang, figurative, transitive) To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.
- (transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
- (figurative, transitive) To absorb; to drain.
- (transitive) (slang, boxing) To hit or strike.
- (metallurgy, transitive) To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
- (ceramics, transitive) To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
- (intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
- (transitive) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
- (slang, chiefly Mormonism) To engage in penetrative sex without hip thrusting.
- (intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
noun
- washing something by allowing it to soak
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
- (slang, British) A drunkard.
- An immersion in water etc.
- (slang) A carouse; a drinking session.
- (Australia) A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
verb
- injure badly by beating
- alter so as to make unrecognizable
- press with a mangle
- damage or injure severely
- (transitive, computing) To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.
- (transitive) To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.
noun
- clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers
- A forest of such trees.
- The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.
- Preceded by a descriptive word: any of various shrubs or trees of genera other than Rhizophora which resemble plants of this genus in appearance and habitat.
- Any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle).
- A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
verb
noun
- a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
- A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
- (rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.
- (botany) The fruit of the Washingtonia species.
verb
- beat with force
- attack forcefully
- propel or hit with force
- (informal, transitive) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
- (chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
- (US, Scotland, British, dialect, slang) To whack or beat.
- (Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.
noun
verb
noun
- an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing
- A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
- A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.
- (often plural) Part of a rotating device, often used for cutting vegetation.
verb
- give a thrashing to; beat hard
- To beat mercilessly.
- move or stir about violently
- dance the slam dance
- beat the seeds out of a grain
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
- beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
- move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation
- (computing) In computer architecture, to cause or undergo poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system.
- (software) To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result.
- To defeat utterly.
- To thresh.
- To move about wildly or violently; to flail; to labour.
noun
verb
- give a thrashing to; beat hard
- move or stir about violently
- beat the seeds out of a grain
- move like a flail; thresh about
- (intransitive, of a crop) To be so separated, or to be capable of being so separated.
- (transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.
- (transitive, literary) To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.
- (nautical) To drive through adverse conditions (wind, waves).
- (transitive, literary, usually with 'over') To belabor; to go over repeatedly, especially an argument.
- (intransitive, literary) To violently toss the limbs about.
verb
adj
noun
noun
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- (transitive, British, regional) To punish by bringing a lawsuit against; to sue.
- (intransitive) To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
- (transitive) To beat severely; to thrash.
- (intransitive) To pass across or over; to traverse.
- (transitive) To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.
- (intransitive) To travel quickly over a long distance.
- (transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
- censure severely or angrily
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- beat with a cane
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To steal something.
- (transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.
- (transitive, UK, slang) To sell.
- (theater) To beat away charcoal dust etc. using a flogger.
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly.
- (transitive, Australia, agriculture) To overexploit (land), as by overgrazing, overstocking, etc.
- (transitive) To use something to extreme; to abuse.
noun
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- lash or flick about sharply
- bind with a rope, chain, or cord
- strike as if by whipping
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- (intransitive) To strike vigorously; to let fly.
- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
noun
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- A quantity, a great number or amount (e.g. of rain or milk).
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
- (botany) Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) An attempt; a go at something.
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- (machining, mechanical) Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
adj
verb
noun
- the froth produced by soaps or detergents
- the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)
- agitation resulting from active worry
- a workman who puts up laths
- (countable) A state of agitation.
- (countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
- (countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- move or stir about violently
- cut open
- cut drastically
- cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
- (Scotland, intransitive) To work in wet conditions.
- To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
- (fashion) To create slashes in a garment.
- (ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- (cricket) To swing wildly at the ball.
- To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
- (figuratively) To reduce sharply.
- To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
- (intransitive, UK, slang) To piss, to urinate.
- (intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction.
- (US, Canada) To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
- To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
- (figuratively) To criticize cuttingly.
- To move quickly and violently.
noun
- an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
- a wound made by cutting
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
- (vulgar, slang) The vulva.
- (Scotland) A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- (botany) A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
- A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
- (fashion) A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.
- A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.
- (eastern US, uncommon) A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas.
- (eastern US) A swampy area; a swamp.
- (idiomatic, by extension) The conjunctions and or also (during a conversation).
- (UK) Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.
- (US and Canada) The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
- (UK, slang, vulgar, rare) Piss; urine.
- (originally US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
- (UK, slang, vulgar) A piss: an act of urination.
- (sports) A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.
- (figuratively) A sharp reduction in resources allotted.
- (US and Canada) A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
- (often proscribed) Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
- (fandom slang) Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
adv
conj
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- secure (a sprained joint) with a strap
- tie with a strap
- sharpen with a strap
- (transitive) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap; to strop.
- (transitive) To fasten or bind with a strap.
- (transitive) To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
- (transitive) To slap or stroke the muscled areas of a horse with a cloth or pad, a form of massage meant to improve muscle tone.
noun
- an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
- hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it
- a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
- whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging
- A strap worn on the shoulder.
- (botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
- Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
- (finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bullish than a straddle.
- (journalism) Synonym of strapline.
- A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
- A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
- (nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
- (carpentry, machinery) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
- (slang, professional wrestling, with "the") A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
- (slang, LGBTQ) A strap-on.
- A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
- (slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
- (botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
verb
noun
- a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
- a raised or strengthened seam
- In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
- A strip, especially one around the edge of something (for example, in some old heraldry).
- (shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
- A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow.
- In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
- A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
- In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- defeat thoroughly
- whip with or as if with a wire whisk
- thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
- subject to harsh criticism
- strike as if by whipping
- (intransitive) To move very fast.
- (transitive, politics) To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
- (transitive, roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
- (transitive) To urge into action or obedience.
- To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
- (figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
- (transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
- (transitive, nautical) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
- (ambitransitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.
- To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
- (transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
- (transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
- (transitive, by extension) To hit with any flexible object.
- (intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.
- (transitive) To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
- (transitive) To hit with a whip.
noun
- a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
- a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
- an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
- (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- (African-American Vernacular, MTE) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
- Whipped cream.
- (music) A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions.
- (roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
- (politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
- (nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
- A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
- The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
- (UK politics, by extension) The regular status of an MP within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure.
- The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
- (UK politics, with definite article) A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.
- A blow administered with a whip.
- (historical) A coach driver; a coachman.
- (hunting) A whipper-in.
- A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.
- A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit
verb
- (slang) To beat up; to physically assault.
- (transitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To redecorate (a room, etc.); to make improvements to (a home or domestic property).
- (transitive) To style (someone's hair); to give (someone) an updo; to wear an updo.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To fasten (a piece of clothing, etc.); to tighten (a nut etc.)
- (transitive, idiomatic, informal) To execute a task or performance.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To pack together and envelop; to pack up.
- use special care in dressing, making-up, etc.
- wrap for decorative purposes
verb
- (slang) To beat up; to physically assault.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To substitute for somebody or something.
- (transitive, chiefly British) To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.
- (transitive) To fill; to replace material that is absent or has been removed.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information.
- be a substitute
- represent the effect of shade or shadow on
- write all the required information onto a form
- supply with information on a specific topic
verb
noun
- A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
- A horizontal timber used for supporting or retaining earth.
- The texture of a piece of fabric.
- (nautical) A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale, chainwale)
- A ridge or streak produced on skin by a cane or whip.
- A ridge or low barrier.
- (Scotland, Northern England) Something selected as being the best, preference; choice; choosing.
- A ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
- A raised rib in knitted goods or fabric, especially corduroy.
- thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
- a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
noun
verb
- To cause, by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- (transitive) To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.
- (transitive) To wake up earlier than.
- To make (someone) feel badly guilty and accuse (them) over something.
- (military, WW2 air pilots' usage) To repeatedly bomb a military target or targets.
- To get something done (derived from the idea of beating for game).
- (reflexive) To feel badly guilty and accuse (oneself) over something. (Usually followed by over or about.)
- gather
- give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
adj
adj
- Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.
- (informal) Drunk; inebriated.
- (cooking) Coated with batter (noun).
- Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.
- damaged by blows or hard usage
- exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury
- damaged especially by hard usage