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noun
- a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
- a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
- the leaf of a conifer
- a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
- (programming) A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)
- A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
- (entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.
- A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph.
- A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.
- Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
- (informal) A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
- (gymnastics) A move in which the performer begins with two hands and one leg on the floor, then kicks the other leg into a full split.
- (informal, usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
- A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
verb
noun
- a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- a very high narrow heel on women's shoes
- sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes
- a large stout nail
- a transient variation in voltage or current
- a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline
- fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
- each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)
- a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)
- (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
- (slang, historical) The casual ward of a workhouse.
- (theater) A mark indicating where a prop or other item should be placed on stage.
- (volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- The rod-like protrusion from a woman's high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
- (Anglicanism) An excessively high church Anglican.
- A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.
- A long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.
- (botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
- (software engineering, XP) A small project that uses the simplest possible program to explore potential solutions.
- (zoology) An adolescent male deer.
- (music, lutherie) Synonym of endpin.
- A sort of very large nail.
- (virology) a structure projecting from the surface of an enveloped virus, which binds to host cells.
- A sharp peak in a graph.
- An ear of corn or grain.
- Spike lavender.
- (informal, chiefly in the plural) A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.
- (by extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
- A surge in power or in the price of a commodity, etc.; any sudden and brief change that would be represented by a sharp peak on a graph.
verb
- secure with spikes
- stand in the way of
- manifest a sharp increase
- bring forth a spike or spikes
- add alcohol to (beverages)
- pierce with a sharp stake or point
- To add alcohol or a drug into a drink, especially if covertly.
- To add a small amount of one substance to another.
- To increase sharply.
- (volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- (slang) To inject a drug with a syringe.
- (military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
- (figurative, journalism) To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
- To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
- To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
- To set or furnish with spikes.
- To fix on a spike.
- (American football slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.
noun
- A device or tool that projects a substance.
- A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.
- (colloquial, metonymic) A person who carries or uses a gun (rifle, shotgun or handgun), particularly with reference to how quickly the person can draw and fire the gun.
- A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
- (surfing) A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).
- (television) An electron gun.
- A device or tool that applies something rather than projecting it.
- (figurative) A firearm or cannon used for saluting or signalling.^(21-gun salute)
- (military) A cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum nominal bore diameter and tube length 30 calibers or more.
- Any implement designed to fire a projectile from a tube.
- (cellular automata) A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
- (military) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, skilful, or cool.
- A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.
- (nautical, in the plural) Violent blasts of wind.
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) The biceps.
- the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
- a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
- a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- large but transportable armament
- a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol; forces grease into parts of a machine
verb
- (ambitransitive, US, prison slang, of a male prisoner) Synonym of gun down (“to masturbate while making sustained eye contact with someone — typically a female prison officer — as a form of intimidation”).
- (transitive) To cause to speed up.
- Nonstandard spelling of going to.
- To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone; used with for.
- (informal) (gunning for something or gunning to do something) make a great effort.
- To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning.
- (informal) To offer vigorous support to (a person or cause).
- shoot with a gun
noun
- A tool for pricking.
- Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; greenbrier.
- (nautical) A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.
- One who spurs forward; a light-horseman.
- One who pricks.
- A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.
- A prickle or thorn.
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws
noun
- A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- a device that requires skill for proper use
- (law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
- A device used to produce music.
- A means or agency for achieving an aspect.
- A measuring or displaying device.
- (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
- (aviation, usually in the plural) Ellipsis of flight instrument.
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- a person used by another to gain an end
- any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
- the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
- (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
verb
noun
- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- (computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- The means by which something is physically attached.
- A dependence, especially a strong one.
- (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
- A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
- a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
- a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
- the act of attaching or affixing something
- a supplementary part or accessory
- a connection that fastens things together
- the act of fastening things together
noun
- A tool used to make something smooth or even.
- (printing) A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device.
- (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily fluid produced by an omega in heat.
- A wide paring chisel used in joinery.
- (sports, automotive) A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.
- Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.
- Alternative form of schlich.
- (slang) A silver coin that has been worn to the point its surface feels smooth to the touch.
- (US, military slang) A helicopter.
- A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
- (publishing, slang) A glossy magazine.
- a slippery smoothness
- a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
- a trowel used to make a surface slick
- a magazine printed on good quality paper
adj
- Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
- Sleek; smooth.
- Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
- (US, West Coast slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
- Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
- (often sarcastic) Clever, making an apparently hard task look easy.
- having only superficial plausibility
- marked by skill in deception
- made slick by e.g. ice or grease
- superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
- having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk
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verb
noun
- a device that makes grooves by cutting or punching
- A device that makes grooves in surfaces.
- (colloquial) A groovy piece of music.
- (US, slang) A small portable toilet often used on multiday river trips in protected wilderness areas, so named because the original versions were metal boxes whose rims left a groove in the skin of the user.
- (colloquial) One who grooves, or enjoys rhythmic music.
noun
- an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
- the act of brushing your hair
- conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
- a dense growth of bushes
- a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)
- contact with something dangerous or undesirable
- a minor short-term fight
- the act of brushing your teeth
- momentary contact
- A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks.
- (zoology) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
- (music) An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
- A short, possibly recurrent encounter or experience.
- (computer graphics) A set of defined design and parameters that produce drawn strokes of a certain texture and quality.
- (poker, slang) The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
- (video games) In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area.
- The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
- (computer graphics) An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.
- A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
- (North Wisconsin, uncountable) Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in making wreaths.
- The act of brushing something.
- An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
- (uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland.
verb
- clean with a brush
- touch lightly and briefly
- cover by brushing
- remove with or as if with a brush
- rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
- sweep across or over
- (transitive) To clean with a brush.
- (transitive) To apply with a brush.
- (transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.
- (ambitransitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
- (transitive) To remove with a sweeping motion.
- (intransitive) To clean one's teeth by brushing them.
noun
verb
- (transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
- (intransitive) To skid.
- (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
- simple past of slay
- (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
- (transitive, rail transport) To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
- (intransitive) To pivot.
- (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
noun
- A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
- A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
- Something overly artful or artificial.
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- the act of devising something
noun
- A part of a device that is intended to impart a striking action.
- A hammerstone or similar tool used for smashing, or chipping.
- (medicine) A physician who provides light blow to a body part as a diagnostic technique.
- (medicine) A small hammer-like tool that a physician uses to provide a light blow to a body part.
- (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
noun
- a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
- A sexually loose woman
- (when not otherwise specified) An agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds by hand.
- (Orkney, Shetland) The horned or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
- Any of several implements or machines usually called by their more specific names, for example, backhoe.
- (slang, derogatory) Alternative spelling of ho (“whore, prostitute”).
- A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.
verb
noun
- a device used for shaping metal
- A device for cutting into a specified shape.
- a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
- a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods
- (semiconductors, plural also dice) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
- A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
- A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
- An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
- An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and thrown in games of chance.
- The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
- Any small cubical or square body.
verb
- be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame
- lose sparkle or bouquet
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- suffer or face the pain of death
- suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)
- stop operating or functioning
- languish as with love or desire
- feel indifferent towards
- disappear or come to an end
- to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
- cut or shape with a die
- followed by of as an indication of direct cause; general use:
- (intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
- (intransitive, of a machine) To stop working; to break down or otherwise lose "vitality".
- (intransitive, figuratively) To yearn intensely.
- (intransitive, uncommon, idiomatic) To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
- (intransitive, colloquial, hyperbolic) To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
- (video games, slang) To lose or be eliminated from a game, particularly with a deathlike animation.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
- (in bare form) to die in a certain form.
- To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
- To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
- (now sometimes proscribed) followed by to as an indication of direct cause (like from):
- (still current) followed by with as an indication of manner:
- (transitive) To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
- (intransitive, of a legislative bill or resolution) To expire at the end of the session of a legislature without having been brought to a vote.
- (intransitive, figurative, hyperbolic) To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
- followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes:
- (of a stand-up comedian or a joke, slang) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
- (often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
- followed by from as an indication of direct cause; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences:
- (intransitive, of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
- (architecture) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
- To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
adv
noun
- A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
- (algebraic geometry) An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.
- (figurative) Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).
- (animation) The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
- A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
- (zoology) A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
- Of a rope, the stickiness when in contact with another rope as in a knot.
- (botany) A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
- A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
- something resembling the tooth of an animal
- a means of enforcement
- toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell
- one of a number of uniform projections on a gear
- hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
verb
noun
- A sharp, needle-like piece.
- A small spike of flowers.
- A needle-like mating structure found only in male nematodes.
- (biology) Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges.
- A tiny glass flake formed during the manufacture of glass vials.
- (astronomy) A jet of matter ejected from the photosphere of the sun.
- (historical) A unit of mass equal to 125 pounds.
- small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals
noun
- A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.
- A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing.
- A hairpin.
- A dagger.
- (printing) A sharp tool, like an awl, formerly used for pressing down individual type characters (e.g. letters) from a column or page in making corrections.
- A type of long thin arrowhead.
- a small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric
- a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
- formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head
- a dagger with a slender blade
adv
noun
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- The sharp tip of an object.
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- (video games, board games) A unit of various numerical parameters used in a game, e.g. health, experience, stamina, mana.
- (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
- (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
- (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- Ellipsis of percentage point.
- A peninsula or promontory.
- (by extension) An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
- (UK) An electric power socket.
- (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- Ellipsis of point man.
- (archaeology) A spearhead or similar object hafted to a handle.
- (lacrosse, ice hockey, countable, uncountable) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
- (heraldry) One of the "corners" of the escutcheon: the base (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter, point dexter base, point sinister, point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured. (Compare terrace, point champaine, enté en point.)
- (typography) A unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
- The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
- (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- (cricket, countable, uncountable) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
- (mathematics, sciences) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition; a count
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
- A tine or snag of an antler.
- (heraldry, by extension) An ordinary similar to a pile (but sometimes shorter), extending upward from the base. (Often termed a point pointed.)
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
- (by extension) A note; a tune.
- (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
- (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
- (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
- (automotive, chiefly in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- Any projecting extremity of an object.
- (rail transport, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- (baseball, countable, uncountable) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
- Lace worked by the needle.
- The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- a wall socket
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- an instant of time
- sharp end
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
- a geometric element that has position but no extension
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- a V shape
- an outstanding characteristic
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- a very small circular shape
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- the object of an activity
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- the gun muzzle's direction
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
- (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
- (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
- (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- (ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
- (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
- (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
- (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
- (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
- (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- mark with diacritics
- be positionable in a specified manner
- sail close to the wind
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- direct into a position for use
- repair the joints of bricks
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- give a point to
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- be oriented
noun
- A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.
- The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
- (video games) A speedrunner.
- The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
- A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
- A streamlet.
- (poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.
- (Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland) A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
- In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
- Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
- Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
- (climbing) A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
- (chiefly in combination) A person or vessel that runs blockades or engages in smuggling.
- A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
- The blade of an ice skate.
- A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
- (slang, usually in the phrase do a runner) A quick escape away from a scene; (by extension) the person who gets away.
- Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
- (botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
- (film) An assistant.
- The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
- A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
- A running gag.
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
- (Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
- Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
- A long, narrow carpet for a high-traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
- One who runs away; a deserter or escapee.
- (nautical, sailing) A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
- (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
- In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
- An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
- The curved base of a rocking chair.
- (baseball, softball) A baserunner.
- (slang) An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
- (cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
- A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
- (slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
- A boat for transporting fish, oysters, etc.
- Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
- A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
- (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
- someone who travels on foot by running
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- someone who imports or exports without paying duties
- device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
- a long narrow carpet
- a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
- a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
- fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
- a trained athlete who competes in foot races
noun
- the striking part of a tool
- forward movement
- that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
- a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
- the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- a single domestic animal
- the part in the front or nearest the viewer
- (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
- (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
- a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
- the top of something
- the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
- (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
- the front of a military formation or procession
- the pressure exerted by a fluid
- a person who is in charge
- the source of water from which a stream arises
- a difficult juncture
- an individual person
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
- a user of (usually soft) drugs
- oral stimulation of the genitals
- a rounded compact mass
- a projection out from one end
- a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
- the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
- the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
- the subject matter at issue
- (lacrosse) The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- (UK, Ireland, metonymic) A headteacher.
- (automotive) The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
- A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
- (journalism) Ellipsis of headline.
- A headdress; a covering for the head.
- (slang, countable) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- Topic; subject.
- A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
- The antlers of a deer.
- The larger-diameter end of an unused rivet, properly the factory head or ambiguously the shop head, as opposed to the bucktail which is passed through the items to be fastened and then upset into an appropriate shape, generally pancake-shaped for a solid rivet or doughnut-shaped for a blind rivet, called the field head or ambiguously the shop head.
- (coopering) The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
- (billiards) The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
- An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
- (social, countable, metonymic) A leader or expert.
- (British, geology) Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
- (plural head) A single animal; measure word for livestock and game.
- The place of honor or command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
- (jazz) The principal melody or theme of a piece.
- Either, or in plural both, ends of a used rivet, the factory head and the field head.
- (medicine) The end of an abscess where pus collects.
- (computing) The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
- (machining) A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
- The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
- A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
- The population of game.
- (nautical) The toilet of a ship.
- The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- (figurative, metonymic) Mind; one's own thoughts.
- (slang) The glans penis.
- (figurative, metonymic) An individual person.
- (linguistics) A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
- (chemistry) The first fraction of a distillation run, having a low boiling point.
- (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- (uncountable, countable) The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- Headway; progress.
- The leafy top part of a tree.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- A title or heading in a book or other document.
- (anatomy) The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- The top edge of a sail.
- (in the plural) Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
- (geology) The uppermost part of a valley.
- (only in the singular) Denouement; crisis.
- (music) A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
- (music) The headstock of a guitar.
- The bow of a vessel.
- The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- (British) A headland.
- (music, slang, figurative, metonymic) A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
- (uncountable, countable) A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
- (engineering) The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
verb
- form a head or come or grow to a head
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- take its rise
- to go or travel towards
- be in the front of or on top of
- remove the head of
- be in charge of
- be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
- (transitive) To strike with the head
- (by extension) To check or restrain.
- (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
- (fishing, transitive) To remove the head from (a fish).
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- (transitive, of hardware) To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.
- (transitive) To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- (transitive) To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
- (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To set on the head.
- (intransitive) To form a head.
- (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To go in front of.
adj
noun
- a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
- the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
- informal terms for a meal
- (cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
- (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- (Scotland) A small pebble.
- A clucking sound.
- (informal) A casual throw.
- (slang) A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
- A gentle touch or tap.
- (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
- (slang) An act or instance of vomiting.
- (cricket, informal) A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
- A pair of nunchaku, especially when using two.
- Abbreviation of woodchuck.
verb
- pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
- throw carelessly
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- throw away
- (intransitive, cricket) To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
- To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
- To make a clucking sound.
- (transitive, informal) To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
- (transitive, informal) To discard, to throw away.
- To touch or tap gently.
- To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
- (South Africa, slang, intransitive) To leave; to depart; to bounce.
- (intransitive, slang) To vomit.
- To call, as a hen her chickens.
- (transitive, informal) To jilt; to dump.
- (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
noun
- A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
- A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted.
- (surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.
- A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown.
- A central facility providing a range of related services, such as a medical hub or an educational hub.
- A block for scotching a wheel.
- The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.
- (US) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.
- (networking) A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.
- (video games) An area in a video game from which individual levels are accessed.
- A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.
- A screw hob.
- a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve
- the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc.) through which the shaft or axle passes
name
noun
- a tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets
- a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively
- an argument that is conclusive
- That which clinches; that which makes something final or firm; a decisive factor.
- (cycling) A tyre with a bead around the edge to attach to the rim of the wheel when inflated.
noun
- an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
- (informal) A dismissal or rejection.
- A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
- An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
- (finance) A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.
- (slang, music) A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
- (figurative) A drastic reduction or cutback.
verb
noun
- A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
- A disc with downward legs and a vertical handle, used for agitating laundry.
- A device turned on a vertical axis by a handle or a winch, giving a circular motion to ore being washed.
- (film) A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.
- A small truck without means of steering, to be slipped under a load.
- (cooking) A roughly cylindrical wooden object used as a base when molding pie crust.
- (childish, colloquial) A doll.
- An unpowered vehicle (trailer) designed for connection to a tractor unit, truck or prime mover vehicle, with strong traction power.
- (gambling) A marker placed on the winning number by the dealer at roulette.
- A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.
- (India) An offering of fruit or flowers.
- (slang) A young woman, especially one who is frivolous or vapid.
- In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.
- Ellipsis of dolly shop.
- A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
- conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects
- conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
- a small replica of a person; used as a toy
adj
verb
- (transitive) To crush ore with a dolly.
- (transitive) To move (an object) using a dolly.
- (transitive, cricket) To hit a dolly.
- (transitive) To beat (red-hot metal) with a hammer.
- (intransitive) To move a camera (usually toward or away from its subject) using a dolly.
- (transitive) To wash (laundry) in a tub using the stirring device called a dolly.
noun
- an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
- A part of some ploughs, next to the ploughshare, that helps cut into the soil and deal with obstructions such as rocks, roots, and stems.
- Gravel.
- (usually in the plural) Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.
- A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.
- A part of any of various tools or devices that has an analogous purpose, cutting raw material or a workpiece during the process that the tool or device performs.
verb
- engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
- carve with a chisel
- deprive somebody of something by deceit
- (transitive, figurative) To make small changes to (something), bit by bit, resulting in change over time.
- (ambitransitive, informal) To beg or pressure somebody into giving up (something); to haggle excessively; to cheat; to obtain something from (someone) by cheating.
- (intransitive) To use a chisel.
- (transitive) To work something with a chisel.
noun
- A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.
- (historical) The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.
- A male ferret.
- A rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The top cooking surface on a cooker; a cooktop. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), also known as 'rings'.
- The hub of a wheel.
- a shelf beside an open fire where something can be kept warm
- (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
- (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
- a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears
verb
noun
- a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it
- a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water
- any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
- music in three-four time for dancing a jig
- (music) A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
- (mining) An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
- A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.
- (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.
- (traditional English Morris dance) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
verb
- dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
- (mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
- To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
- (fishing) To fish with a jig.
- To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
- To sing to the tune of a jig.
- To skip school or be truant.
- To move briskly, especially as a dance.
- To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
noun
verb
noun
- A tool for making an edge or surface round.
- A railroad man who worked at a roundhouse, operating the turntable.
- A Methodist preacher traveling a circuit, also referred to as a circuit rider.
- A person who earns a living by playing cards
- (Canada, US, informal, in combination) A sports league draft selection in a specified round or the player drafted with that selection.
- (in combination) A fight lasting a specified number of rounds.
- A person who makes the rounds of bars, saloons, and similar establishments; figuratively, a debaucher or roué
- One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.
- a tool for rounding corners or edges
- a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
adj
noun
- A tongue-shaped implement.
- A tongue-like organ found on tunicates.
- A valve flap associated with the byssus of a mollusk.
- A type of decorative hood used on a woman's bodice in the seventeenth century.
- An elongated samara that occurs alone.
- bony tongue-shaped structure on the mandible
- A tongue-shaped design used to decorate Ancient Greek pottery.
- fleshy tongue-shaped structure
- The tongue of a reed on a harmonium.
noun
- A small implement with a pointed end used for engraving and tracing.
- (botany) Synonym of style.
- A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.
- A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction.
- A pointed device formerly used to produce a groove in a record when recording sound.
- (computing) A small device resembling a pen used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen.
- A hard-pointed pen-shaped instrument for marking on stencils used in a mimeograph machine.
- (writing) An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.
- a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
- a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player
noun
- a machine for cutting; usually with a revolving blade
- knife especially designed for slicing particular foods, as cheese
- a golfer whose shots typically curve right (for right-handed golfers)
- A slicing cucumber.
- A broad, flat knife.
- A piece of software that converts a model into a series of thin layers for 3D printing.
- Someone or something that slices.
- (cooking) A machine that cuts meats, also named a deli slicer.
- (computing) A kind of data filter used in data visualization.
noun
- A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus.
- A style name.
- (by extension from sense 1.1) A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.
- (computing) A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as boldface or italics.
- A legal or traditional term or formula of words used to address or refer to a person, especially a monarch or a person holding a post or having a title.
- A particular way in which one grooms, adorns, dresses, or carries oneself; (specifically) a way thought to be attractive or fashionable.
- A particular manner of acting or behaving; (specifically) one regarded as fashionable or skilful; flair, grace.
- (historical) A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsolete) an instrument used to write with ink; a pen.
- (botany) The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.
- (printing, publishing) A set of rules regarding the presentation of text (spelling, typography, the citation of references, etc.) and illustrations that is applied by a publisher to the works it produces.
- A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
- (zoology) A small, thin, pointed body part.
- (entomology) A long, slender, bristle-like process near the anal region.
- The gnomon or pin of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.
- (surgery) A kind of surgical instrument with a blunt point, used for exploration.
- a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
- how something is done or how it happens
- a slender bristlelike or tubular process
- (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
- a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
- editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
- a particular kind (as to appearance)
- distinctive and stylish elegance
- the popular taste at a given time
verb
- (intransitive, US, informal) To act in a way which seeks to show that one possesses style.
- (transitive, informal) To create for, or give to, someone a style, fashion, or image, particularly one which is regarded as attractive, tasteful, or trendy.
- (transitive) To design, fashion, make, or arrange in a certain way or form (style).
- (transitive, formal) To call or give a name or title to.
- make consistent with certain rules of style
- designate by an identifying term
- make consistent with a certain fashion or style
noun
- A device or instrument used to assist in making tracings.
- (chemistry) A compound, element, or isotope used to track the progress or history of a natural process.
- A person who traces something.
- The act or state of tracking or investigating something.
- A request to trace the movements of a person or an object, such as a shipment.
- (computing) A process that traces something, such as the path of execution of a program during debugging.
- A round of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired in the dark.
- ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke
- an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods
- an instrument used to make tracings
- (radiology) any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes
noun
- a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
- (Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.
- (rare) One who, or that which, spans.
- (graph theory) A (usually sparse) graph whose shortest path distances approximate those in a dense graph or other metric space.
- (UK, Ireland, mildly derogatory) A stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language.
- (UK, Ireland) A problem, dilemma or obstacle; something unexpected or troublesome (in the phrase spanner in the works)
- (weaponry) A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket.
- (Canada, US) Any of certain types of such a tool that have a pin or hook to engage the driven object.
verb
noun
- a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
- a jerky pulling movement
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- (physics) In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
- (UK) An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
- A violent emotional change caused by separation.
- (US, Canada, Philippines) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes.
- An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
- A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
- In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.
- A distorting change from the original meaning.
verb
- twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
- make a sudden twisting motion
- (transitive) To pull or twist violently.
- (transitive) To rack with pain; to make hurt or distressed.
- (transitive) To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench.
- (transitive) To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent.
- (transitive) To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.
- (transitive) To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- (engineering) A mechanical cutout device.
- A faux pas, a social error.
- The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.
- A stumble or misstep.
- (colloquial) A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
- (by extension) Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.
- (electricity) A trip-switch or cut-out.
- A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
- A flock of wigeons.
- (nautical) A single tack while beating (sailing to windward).
- A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
- a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
- a light or nimble tread
- an exciting or stimulating experience
- an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
- a catch mechanism that acts as a switch
- a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
- (intransitive) To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
- (nautical) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
- (intransitive) To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.
- (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them.
- (transitive) To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.
- (intransitive) To be activated, as by a signal or an event
- Of an electrical circuit, to trip out (through overload, a short circuit).
- (nautical) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, most commonly used in the form tripping) To become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption.
- (intransitive) To journey, to make a trip.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) To act foolishly or irrationally.
- get high, stoned, or drugged
- miss a step and fall or nearly fall
- make a trip for pleasure
- cause to stumble
- put in motion or move to act
noun
- a long thin implement made of metal or wood
- a gangster's pistol
- any rod-shaped bacterium
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light
- a square rod of land
- A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
- (plumbing) A drain rod, being a set of segmented rods with interlocking connectors designed to remain attached even under rotation in use.
- A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
- A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.
- (fishing) A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.
- (ufology) A rod-shaped object that appears in photographs or videos traveling at high speed, not seen by the person recording the event, often associated with extraterrestrial entities.
- (rail transport) A coupling rod or connecting rod, which links the driving wheels of a steam locomotive, and some diesel shunters and early electric locomotives.
- (mathematics) A Cuisenaire rod.
- (slang) A pistol; a gun.
- (biology) Any of a number of long, slender microorganisms.
- (slang) A hot rod, an automobile or other passenger motor vehicle modified to run faster and often with exterior cosmetic alterations, especially one based originally on a pre-1940s model or (currently) denoting any older vehicle thus modified.
- (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a driveshaft.
- (anatomy) A rod cell: a rod-shaped cell in the eye that is sensitive to light.
- A stick used to measure distance, by using its established length or task-specific temporary marks along its length, or by dint of specific graduated marks.
- (chemistry) A stirring rod: a glass rod, typically about 6 inches to 1 foot long and ¹⁄₈ to ¹⁄₄ inch in diameter that can be used to stir liquids in flasks or beakers.
- An implement resembling and/or supplanting a rod (particularly a cane) that is used for corporal punishment, and metonymically called the rod, regardless of its actual shape and composition.
- An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+¹⁄₂ yards.
verb
noun
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
- any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
- a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
- a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
- A muscle spindle.
- Any long and slender stalk resembling a spindle from Euonymus.
- Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
- (biology) A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis.
- (computing) A plastic container for packaging optical discs such as CDs or DVDs, having a central column that passes through the central holes in the discs and keeps them in a stack.
- Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
- Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
- A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
- A sleep spindle.
- (cycling) The axle of a bottom bracket.
- A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
- (geometry) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
- An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
- (coastal New Jersey) A dragonfly.
- (spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
- A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
- The fusee of a watch.
verb
noun
- a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
- the body of teachers and administrators at a school
- a rod carried as a symbol
- (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
- building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
- personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
- (music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
- A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
- (military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
- A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
- A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
- (engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
- (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
- (surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
- (uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ
- (plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.
- Misspelling of staph.
verb
noun
- A mechanical device that cuts complex, irregular shapes by tracing a pattern.
- A device that analyzes something and builds up a profile.
- (computing) A software program that measures the performance of different portions of another program in order to locate bottlenecks.
- A person who creates a profile for something or someone, especially a psychological profile for an unknown criminal.
noun
verb
noun
- a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
- a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
- the leaf of a conifer
- a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
- (programming) A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)
- A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
- (entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.
- A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph.
- A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.
- Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
- (informal) A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
- (gymnastics) A move in which the performer begins with two hands and one leg on the floor, then kicks the other leg into a full split.
- (informal, usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
- A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
verb
noun
- a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- a very high narrow heel on women's shoes
- sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes
- a large stout nail
- a transient variation in voltage or current
- a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline
- fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
- each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)
- a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)
- (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
- (slang, historical) The casual ward of a workhouse.
- (theater) A mark indicating where a prop or other item should be placed on stage.
- (volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- The rod-like protrusion from a woman's high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
- (Anglicanism) An excessively high church Anglican.
- A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.
- A long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.
- (botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
- (software engineering, XP) A small project that uses the simplest possible program to explore potential solutions.
- (zoology) An adolescent male deer.
- (music, lutherie) Synonym of endpin.
- A sort of very large nail.
- (virology) a structure projecting from the surface of an enveloped virus, which binds to host cells.
- A sharp peak in a graph.
- An ear of corn or grain.
- Spike lavender.
- (informal, chiefly in the plural) A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.
- (by extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
- A surge in power or in the price of a commodity, etc.; any sudden and brief change that would be represented by a sharp peak on a graph.
verb
- secure with spikes
- stand in the way of
- manifest a sharp increase
- bring forth a spike or spikes
- add alcohol to (beverages)
- pierce with a sharp stake or point
- To add alcohol or a drug into a drink, especially if covertly.
- To add a small amount of one substance to another.
- To increase sharply.
- (volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- (slang) To inject a drug with a syringe.
- (military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
- (figurative, journalism) To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
- To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
- To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
- To set or furnish with spikes.
- To fix on a spike.
- (American football slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.
noun
- A device or tool that projects a substance.
- A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.
- (colloquial, metonymic) A person who carries or uses a gun (rifle, shotgun or handgun), particularly with reference to how quickly the person can draw and fire the gun.
- A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
- (surfing) A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).
- (television) An electron gun.
- A device or tool that applies something rather than projecting it.
- (figurative) A firearm or cannon used for saluting or signalling.^(21-gun salute)
- (military) A cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum nominal bore diameter and tube length 30 calibers or more.
- Any implement designed to fire a projectile from a tube.
- (cellular automata) A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
- (military) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, skilful, or cool.
- A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.
- (nautical, in the plural) Violent blasts of wind.
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) The biceps.
- the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
- a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
- a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- large but transportable armament
- a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol; forces grease into parts of a machine
verb
- (ambitransitive, US, prison slang, of a male prisoner) Synonym of gun down (“to masturbate while making sustained eye contact with someone — typically a female prison officer — as a form of intimidation”).
- (transitive) To cause to speed up.
- Nonstandard spelling of going to.
- To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone; used with for.
- (informal) (gunning for something or gunning to do something) make a great effort.
- To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning.
- (informal) To offer vigorous support to (a person or cause).
- shoot with a gun
noun
- A tool for pricking.
- Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; greenbrier.
- (nautical) A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.
- One who spurs forward; a light-horseman.
- One who pricks.
- A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.
- A prickle or thorn.
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws
noun
- A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- a device that requires skill for proper use
- (law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
- A device used to produce music.
- A means or agency for achieving an aspect.
- A measuring or displaying device.
- (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
- (aviation, usually in the plural) Ellipsis of flight instrument.
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- a person used by another to gain an end
- any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
- the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
- (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
verb
noun
- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- (computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- The means by which something is physically attached.
- A dependence, especially a strong one.
- (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
- A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
- a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
- a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
- the act of attaching or affixing something
- a supplementary part or accessory
- a connection that fastens things together
- the act of fastening things together
noun
- A tool used to make something smooth or even.
- (printing) A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device.
- (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily fluid produced by an omega in heat.
- A wide paring chisel used in joinery.
- (sports, automotive) A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.
- Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.
- Alternative form of schlich.
- (slang) A silver coin that has been worn to the point its surface feels smooth to the touch.
- (US, military slang) A helicopter.
- A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
- (publishing, slang) A glossy magazine.
- a slippery smoothness
- a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
- a trowel used to make a surface slick
- a magazine printed on good quality paper
adj
- Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
- Sleek; smooth.
- Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
- (US, West Coast slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
- Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
- (often sarcastic) Clever, making an apparently hard task look easy.
- having only superficial plausibility
- marked by skill in deception
- made slick by e.g. ice or grease
- superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
- having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk
adv
verb
noun
- a device that makes grooves by cutting or punching
- A device that makes grooves in surfaces.
- (colloquial) A groovy piece of music.
- (US, slang) A small portable toilet often used on multiday river trips in protected wilderness areas, so named because the original versions were metal boxes whose rims left a groove in the skin of the user.
- (colloquial) One who grooves, or enjoys rhythmic music.
noun
- an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
- the act of brushing your hair
- conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
- a dense growth of bushes
- a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)
- contact with something dangerous or undesirable
- a minor short-term fight
- the act of brushing your teeth
- momentary contact
- A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks.
- (zoology) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
- (music) An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
- A short, possibly recurrent encounter or experience.
- (computer graphics) A set of defined design and parameters that produce drawn strokes of a certain texture and quality.
- (poker, slang) The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
- (video games) In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area.
- The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
- (computer graphics) An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.
- A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
- (North Wisconsin, uncountable) Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in making wreaths.
- The act of brushing something.
- An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
- (uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland.
verb
- clean with a brush
- touch lightly and briefly
- cover by brushing
- remove with or as if with a brush
- rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
- sweep across or over
- (transitive) To clean with a brush.
- (transitive) To apply with a brush.
- (transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.
- (ambitransitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
- (transitive) To remove with a sweeping motion.
- (intransitive) To clean one's teeth by brushing them.
noun
verb
- (transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
- (intransitive) To skid.
- (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
- simple past of slay
- (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
- (transitive, rail transport) To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
- (intransitive) To pivot.
- (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
noun
- A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
- A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
- Something overly artful or artificial.
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- the act of devising something
noun
- A part of a device that is intended to impart a striking action.
- A hammerstone or similar tool used for smashing, or chipping.
- (medicine) A physician who provides light blow to a body part as a diagnostic technique.
- (medicine) A small hammer-like tool that a physician uses to provide a light blow to a body part.
- (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
noun
- a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
- A sexually loose woman
- (when not otherwise specified) An agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds by hand.
- (Orkney, Shetland) The horned or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
- Any of several implements or machines usually called by their more specific names, for example, backhoe.
- (slang, derogatory) Alternative spelling of ho (“whore, prostitute”).
- A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.
verb
noun
- a device used for shaping metal
- A device for cutting into a specified shape.
- a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
- a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods
- (semiconductors, plural also dice) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
- A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
- A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
- An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
- An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and thrown in games of chance.
- The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
- Any small cubical or square body.
verb
- be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame
- lose sparkle or bouquet
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- suffer or face the pain of death
- suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)
- stop operating or functioning
- languish as with love or desire
- feel indifferent towards
- disappear or come to an end
- to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
- cut or shape with a die
- followed by of as an indication of direct cause; general use:
- (intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
- (intransitive, of a machine) To stop working; to break down or otherwise lose "vitality".
- (intransitive, figuratively) To yearn intensely.
- (intransitive, uncommon, idiomatic) To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
- (intransitive, colloquial, hyperbolic) To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
- (video games, slang) To lose or be eliminated from a game, particularly with a deathlike animation.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
- (in bare form) to die in a certain form.
- To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
- To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
- (now sometimes proscribed) followed by to as an indication of direct cause (like from):
- (still current) followed by with as an indication of manner:
- (transitive) To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
- (intransitive, of a legislative bill or resolution) To expire at the end of the session of a legislature without having been brought to a vote.
- (intransitive, figurative, hyperbolic) To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
- followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes:
- (of a stand-up comedian or a joke, slang) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
- (often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
- followed by from as an indication of direct cause; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences:
- (intransitive, of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
- (architecture) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
- To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
adv
noun
- A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
- (algebraic geometry) An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.
- (figurative) Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).
- (animation) The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
- A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
- (zoology) A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
- Of a rope, the stickiness when in contact with another rope as in a knot.
- (botany) A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
- A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
- something resembling the tooth of an animal
- a means of enforcement
- toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell
- one of a number of uniform projections on a gear
- hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
verb
noun
- A sharp, needle-like piece.
- A small spike of flowers.
- A needle-like mating structure found only in male nematodes.
- (biology) Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges.
- A tiny glass flake formed during the manufacture of glass vials.
- (astronomy) A jet of matter ejected from the photosphere of the sun.
- (historical) A unit of mass equal to 125 pounds.
- small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals
noun
- A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.
- A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing.
- A hairpin.
- A dagger.
- (printing) A sharp tool, like an awl, formerly used for pressing down individual type characters (e.g. letters) from a column or page in making corrections.
- A type of long thin arrowhead.
- a small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric
- a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
- formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head
- a dagger with a slender blade
adv
noun
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- The sharp tip of an object.
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- (video games, board games) A unit of various numerical parameters used in a game, e.g. health, experience, stamina, mana.
- (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
- (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
- (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- Ellipsis of percentage point.
- A peninsula or promontory.
- (by extension) An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
- (UK) An electric power socket.
- (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- Ellipsis of point man.
- (archaeology) A spearhead or similar object hafted to a handle.
- (lacrosse, ice hockey, countable, uncountable) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
- (heraldry) One of the "corners" of the escutcheon: the base (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter, point dexter base, point sinister, point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured. (Compare terrace, point champaine, enté en point.)
- (typography) A unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
- The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
- (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- (cricket, countable, uncountable) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
- (mathematics, sciences) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition; a count
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
- A tine or snag of an antler.
- (heraldry, by extension) An ordinary similar to a pile (but sometimes shorter), extending upward from the base. (Often termed a point pointed.)
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
- (by extension) A note; a tune.
- (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
- (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
- (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
- (automotive, chiefly in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- Any projecting extremity of an object.
- (rail transport, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- (baseball, countable, uncountable) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
- Lace worked by the needle.
- The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- a wall socket
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- an instant of time
- sharp end
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
- a geometric element that has position but no extension
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- a V shape
- an outstanding characteristic
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- a very small circular shape
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- the object of an activity
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- the gun muzzle's direction
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
- (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
- (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
- (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- (ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
- (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
- (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
- (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
- (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
- (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- mark with diacritics
- be positionable in a specified manner
- sail close to the wind
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- direct into a position for use
- repair the joints of bricks
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- give a point to
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- be oriented
noun
- A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.
- The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
- (video games) A speedrunner.
- The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
- A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
- A streamlet.
- (poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.
- (Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland) A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
- In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
- Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
- Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
- (climbing) A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
- (chiefly in combination) A person or vessel that runs blockades or engages in smuggling.
- A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
- The blade of an ice skate.
- A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
- (slang, usually in the phrase do a runner) A quick escape away from a scene; (by extension) the person who gets away.
- Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
- (botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
- (film) An assistant.
- The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
- A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
- A running gag.
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
- (Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
- Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
- A long, narrow carpet for a high-traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
- One who runs away; a deserter or escapee.
- (nautical, sailing) A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
- (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
- In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
- An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
- The curved base of a rocking chair.
- (baseball, softball) A baserunner.
- (slang) An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
- (cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
- A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
- (slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
- A boat for transporting fish, oysters, etc.
- Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
- A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
- (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
- someone who travels on foot by running
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- someone who imports or exports without paying duties
- device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
- a long narrow carpet
- a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
- a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
- fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
- a trained athlete who competes in foot races
noun
- the striking part of a tool
- forward movement
- that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
- a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
- the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- a single domestic animal
- the part in the front or nearest the viewer
- (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
- (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
- a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
- the top of something
- the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
- (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
- the front of a military formation or procession
- the pressure exerted by a fluid
- a person who is in charge
- the source of water from which a stream arises
- a difficult juncture
- an individual person
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
- a user of (usually soft) drugs
- oral stimulation of the genitals
- a rounded compact mass
- a projection out from one end
- a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
- the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
- the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
- the subject matter at issue
- (lacrosse) The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- (UK, Ireland, metonymic) A headteacher.
- (automotive) The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
- A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
- (journalism) Ellipsis of headline.
- A headdress; a covering for the head.
- (slang, countable) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- Topic; subject.
- A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
- The antlers of a deer.
- The larger-diameter end of an unused rivet, properly the factory head or ambiguously the shop head, as opposed to the bucktail which is passed through the items to be fastened and then upset into an appropriate shape, generally pancake-shaped for a solid rivet or doughnut-shaped for a blind rivet, called the field head or ambiguously the shop head.
- (coopering) The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
- (billiards) The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
- An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
- (social, countable, metonymic) A leader or expert.
- (British, geology) Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
- (plural head) A single animal; measure word for livestock and game.
- The place of honor or command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
- (jazz) The principal melody or theme of a piece.
- Either, or in plural both, ends of a used rivet, the factory head and the field head.
- (medicine) The end of an abscess where pus collects.
- (computing) The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
- (machining) A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
- The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
- A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
- The population of game.
- (nautical) The toilet of a ship.
- The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- (figurative, metonymic) Mind; one's own thoughts.
- (slang) The glans penis.
- (figurative, metonymic) An individual person.
- (linguistics) A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
- (chemistry) The first fraction of a distillation run, having a low boiling point.
- (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- (uncountable, countable) The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- Headway; progress.
- The leafy top part of a tree.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- A title or heading in a book or other document.
- (anatomy) The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- The top edge of a sail.
- (in the plural) Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
- (geology) The uppermost part of a valley.
- (only in the singular) Denouement; crisis.
- (music) A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
- (music) The headstock of a guitar.
- The bow of a vessel.
- The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- (British) A headland.
- (music, slang, figurative, metonymic) A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
- (uncountable, countable) A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
- (engineering) The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
verb
- form a head or come or grow to a head
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- take its rise
- to go or travel towards
- be in the front of or on top of
- remove the head of
- be in charge of
- be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
- (transitive) To strike with the head
- (by extension) To check or restrain.
- (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
- (fishing, transitive) To remove the head from (a fish).
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- (transitive, of hardware) To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.
- (transitive) To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- (transitive) To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
- (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To set on the head.
- (intransitive) To form a head.
- (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To go in front of.
adj
noun
- a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
- the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
- informal terms for a meal
- (cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
- (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- (Scotland) A small pebble.
- A clucking sound.
- (informal) A casual throw.
- (slang) A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
- A gentle touch or tap.
- (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
- (slang) An act or instance of vomiting.
- (cricket, informal) A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
- A pair of nunchaku, especially when using two.
- Abbreviation of woodchuck.
verb
- pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
- throw carelessly
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- throw away
- (intransitive, cricket) To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
- To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
- To make a clucking sound.
- (transitive, informal) To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
- (transitive, informal) To discard, to throw away.
- To touch or tap gently.
- To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
- (South Africa, slang, intransitive) To leave; to depart; to bounce.
- (intransitive, slang) To vomit.
- To call, as a hen her chickens.
- (transitive, informal) To jilt; to dump.
- (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
noun
- A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
- A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted.
- (surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.
- A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown.
- A central facility providing a range of related services, such as a medical hub or an educational hub.
- A block for scotching a wheel.
- The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.
- (US) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.
- (networking) A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.
- (video games) An area in a video game from which individual levels are accessed.
- A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.
- A screw hob.
- a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve
- the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc.) through which the shaft or axle passes
name
noun
- a tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets
- a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively
- an argument that is conclusive
- That which clinches; that which makes something final or firm; a decisive factor.
- (cycling) A tyre with a bead around the edge to attach to the rim of the wheel when inflated.
noun
- an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
- (informal) A dismissal or rejection.
- A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
- An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
- (finance) A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.
- (slang, music) A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
- (figurative) A drastic reduction or cutback.
verb
noun
- A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
- A disc with downward legs and a vertical handle, used for agitating laundry.
- A device turned on a vertical axis by a handle or a winch, giving a circular motion to ore being washed.
- (film) A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.
- A small truck without means of steering, to be slipped under a load.
- (cooking) A roughly cylindrical wooden object used as a base when molding pie crust.
- (childish, colloquial) A doll.
- An unpowered vehicle (trailer) designed for connection to a tractor unit, truck or prime mover vehicle, with strong traction power.
- (gambling) A marker placed on the winning number by the dealer at roulette.
- A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.
- (India) An offering of fruit or flowers.
- (slang) A young woman, especially one who is frivolous or vapid.
- In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.
- Ellipsis of dolly shop.
- A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
- conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects
- conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
- a small replica of a person; used as a toy
adj
verb
- (transitive) To crush ore with a dolly.
- (transitive) To move (an object) using a dolly.
- (transitive, cricket) To hit a dolly.
- (transitive) To beat (red-hot metal) with a hammer.
- (intransitive) To move a camera (usually toward or away from its subject) using a dolly.
- (transitive) To wash (laundry) in a tub using the stirring device called a dolly.
noun
- an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
- A part of some ploughs, next to the ploughshare, that helps cut into the soil and deal with obstructions such as rocks, roots, and stems.
- Gravel.
- (usually in the plural) Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.
- A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.
- A part of any of various tools or devices that has an analogous purpose, cutting raw material or a workpiece during the process that the tool or device performs.
verb
- engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
- carve with a chisel
- deprive somebody of something by deceit
- (transitive, figurative) To make small changes to (something), bit by bit, resulting in change over time.
- (ambitransitive, informal) To beg or pressure somebody into giving up (something); to haggle excessively; to cheat; to obtain something from (someone) by cheating.
- (intransitive) To use a chisel.
- (transitive) To work something with a chisel.
noun
- A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.
- (historical) The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.
- A male ferret.
- A rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The top cooking surface on a cooker; a cooktop. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), also known as 'rings'.
- The hub of a wheel.
- a shelf beside an open fire where something can be kept warm
- (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
- (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
- a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears
verb
noun
- a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it
- a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water
- any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
- music in three-four time for dancing a jig
- (music) A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
- (mining) An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
- A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.
- (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.
- (traditional English Morris dance) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
verb
- dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
- (mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
- To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
- (fishing) To fish with a jig.
- To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
- To sing to the tune of a jig.
- To skip school or be truant.
- To move briskly, especially as a dance.
- To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
noun
verb
noun
- A tool for making an edge or surface round.
- A railroad man who worked at a roundhouse, operating the turntable.
- A Methodist preacher traveling a circuit, also referred to as a circuit rider.
- A person who earns a living by playing cards
- (Canada, US, informal, in combination) A sports league draft selection in a specified round or the player drafted with that selection.
- (in combination) A fight lasting a specified number of rounds.
- A person who makes the rounds of bars, saloons, and similar establishments; figuratively, a debaucher or roué
- One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.
- a tool for rounding corners or edges
- a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
adj
noun
- A tongue-shaped implement.
- A tongue-like organ found on tunicates.
- A valve flap associated with the byssus of a mollusk.
- A type of decorative hood used on a woman's bodice in the seventeenth century.
- An elongated samara that occurs alone.
- bony tongue-shaped structure on the mandible
- A tongue-shaped design used to decorate Ancient Greek pottery.
- fleshy tongue-shaped structure
- The tongue of a reed on a harmonium.
noun
- A small implement with a pointed end used for engraving and tracing.
- (botany) Synonym of style.
- A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.
- A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction.
- A pointed device formerly used to produce a groove in a record when recording sound.
- (computing) A small device resembling a pen used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen.
- A hard-pointed pen-shaped instrument for marking on stencils used in a mimeograph machine.
- (writing) An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.
- a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
- a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player
noun
- a machine for cutting; usually with a revolving blade
- knife especially designed for slicing particular foods, as cheese
- a golfer whose shots typically curve right (for right-handed golfers)
- A slicing cucumber.
- A broad, flat knife.
- A piece of software that converts a model into a series of thin layers for 3D printing.
- Someone or something that slices.
- (cooking) A machine that cuts meats, also named a deli slicer.
- (computing) A kind of data filter used in data visualization.
noun
- A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus.
- A style name.
- (by extension from sense 1.1) A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.
- (computing) A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as boldface or italics.
- A legal or traditional term or formula of words used to address or refer to a person, especially a monarch or a person holding a post or having a title.
- A particular way in which one grooms, adorns, dresses, or carries oneself; (specifically) a way thought to be attractive or fashionable.
- A particular manner of acting or behaving; (specifically) one regarded as fashionable or skilful; flair, grace.
- (historical) A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsolete) an instrument used to write with ink; a pen.
- (botany) The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.
- (printing, publishing) A set of rules regarding the presentation of text (spelling, typography, the citation of references, etc.) and illustrations that is applied by a publisher to the works it produces.
- A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
- (zoology) A small, thin, pointed body part.
- (entomology) A long, slender, bristle-like process near the anal region.
- The gnomon or pin of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.
- (surgery) A kind of surgical instrument with a blunt point, used for exploration.
- a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
- how something is done or how it happens
- a slender bristlelike or tubular process
- (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
- a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
- editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
- a particular kind (as to appearance)
- distinctive and stylish elegance
- the popular taste at a given time
verb
- (intransitive, US, informal) To act in a way which seeks to show that one possesses style.
- (transitive, informal) To create for, or give to, someone a style, fashion, or image, particularly one which is regarded as attractive, tasteful, or trendy.
- (transitive) To design, fashion, make, or arrange in a certain way or form (style).
- (transitive, formal) To call or give a name or title to.
- make consistent with certain rules of style
- designate by an identifying term
- make consistent with a certain fashion or style
noun
- A device or instrument used to assist in making tracings.
- (chemistry) A compound, element, or isotope used to track the progress or history of a natural process.
- A person who traces something.
- The act or state of tracking or investigating something.
- A request to trace the movements of a person or an object, such as a shipment.
- (computing) A process that traces something, such as the path of execution of a program during debugging.
- A round of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired in the dark.
- ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke
- an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods
- an instrument used to make tracings
- (radiology) any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes
noun
- a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
- (Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.
- (rare) One who, or that which, spans.
- (graph theory) A (usually sparse) graph whose shortest path distances approximate those in a dense graph or other metric space.
- (UK, Ireland, mildly derogatory) A stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language.
- (UK, Ireland) A problem, dilemma or obstacle; something unexpected or troublesome (in the phrase spanner in the works)
- (weaponry) A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket.
- (Canada, US) Any of certain types of such a tool that have a pin or hook to engage the driven object.
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- a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
- a jerky pulling movement
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- (physics) In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
- (UK) An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
- A violent emotional change caused by separation.
- (US, Canada, Philippines) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes.
- An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
- A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
- In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.
- A distorting change from the original meaning.
verb
- twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
- make a sudden twisting motion
- (transitive) To pull or twist violently.
- (transitive) To rack with pain; to make hurt or distressed.
- (transitive) To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench.
- (transitive) To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent.
- (transitive) To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.
- (transitive) To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.
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- (engineering) A mechanical cutout device.
- A faux pas, a social error.
- The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.
- A stumble or misstep.
- (colloquial) A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
- (by extension) Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.
- (electricity) A trip-switch or cut-out.
- A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
- A flock of wigeons.
- (nautical) A single tack while beating (sailing to windward).
- A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
- a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
- a light or nimble tread
- an exciting or stimulating experience
- an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
- a catch mechanism that acts as a switch
- a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs
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- (intransitive) To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
- (intransitive) To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
- (nautical) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
- (intransitive) To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.
- (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them.
- (transitive) To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.
- (intransitive) To be activated, as by a signal or an event
- Of an electrical circuit, to trip out (through overload, a short circuit).
- (nautical) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, most commonly used in the form tripping) To become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption.
- (intransitive) To journey, to make a trip.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) To act foolishly or irrationally.
- get high, stoned, or drugged
- miss a step and fall or nearly fall
- make a trip for pleasure
- cause to stumble
- put in motion or move to act
noun
- a long thin implement made of metal or wood
- a gangster's pistol
- any rod-shaped bacterium
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light
- a square rod of land
- A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
- (plumbing) A drain rod, being a set of segmented rods with interlocking connectors designed to remain attached even under rotation in use.
- A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
- A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.
- (fishing) A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.
- (ufology) A rod-shaped object that appears in photographs or videos traveling at high speed, not seen by the person recording the event, often associated with extraterrestrial entities.
- (rail transport) A coupling rod or connecting rod, which links the driving wheels of a steam locomotive, and some diesel shunters and early electric locomotives.
- (mathematics) A Cuisenaire rod.
- (slang) A pistol; a gun.
- (biology) Any of a number of long, slender microorganisms.
- (slang) A hot rod, an automobile or other passenger motor vehicle modified to run faster and often with exterior cosmetic alterations, especially one based originally on a pre-1940s model or (currently) denoting any older vehicle thus modified.
- (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a driveshaft.
- (anatomy) A rod cell: a rod-shaped cell in the eye that is sensitive to light.
- A stick used to measure distance, by using its established length or task-specific temporary marks along its length, or by dint of specific graduated marks.
- (chemistry) A stirring rod: a glass rod, typically about 6 inches to 1 foot long and ¹⁄₈ to ¹⁄₄ inch in diameter that can be used to stir liquids in flasks or beakers.
- An implement resembling and/or supplanting a rod (particularly a cane) that is used for corporal punishment, and metonymically called the rod, regardless of its actual shape and composition.
- An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+¹⁄₂ yards.
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- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
- any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
- a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
- a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
- A muscle spindle.
- Any long and slender stalk resembling a spindle from Euonymus.
- Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
- (biology) A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis.
- (computing) A plastic container for packaging optical discs such as CDs or DVDs, having a central column that passes through the central holes in the discs and keeps them in a stack.
- Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
- Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
- A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
- A sleep spindle.
- (cycling) The axle of a bottom bracket.
- A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
- (geometry) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
- An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
- (coastal New Jersey) A dragonfly.
- (spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
- A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
- The fusee of a watch.
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- a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
- the body of teachers and administrators at a school
- a rod carried as a symbol
- (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
- building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
- personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
- (music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
- A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
- (military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
- A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
- A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
- (engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
- (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
- (surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
- (uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ
- (plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.
- Misspelling of staph.
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- A mechanical device that cuts complex, irregular shapes by tracing a pattern.
- A device that analyzes something and builds up a profile.
- (computing) A software program that measures the performance of different portions of another program in order to locate bottlenecks.
- A person who creates a profile for something or someone, especially a psychological profile for an unknown criminal.
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