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noun
- an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- the act of providing approval and support
- (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- (law enforcement) Reinforcements.
- An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow.
- A reserve or substitute.
- (music) Accompaniment.
- (computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is damaged or destroyed.
- Corroboration.
- Any support or extra help.
adj
verb
adj
- Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
- (of a person) Heavyset: overweight.
- Not raised or leavened.
- (of weather) Hot and humid.
- Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
- (of any physical thing) Having great weight.
- (oil industry) Of petroleum, having high viscosity.
- (of a topic) Serious, somber.
- (nautical, military) Heavily-armed.
- (of music) Loud, distorted, or intense.
- (of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.
- (physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.
- (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
- Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
- (of the eyes) With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
- Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
- Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
- (slang) Armed.
- (finance) Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
- Having the heaves.
- Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
- Having a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 300,000 tons, as almost all widebodies do, generating high wake turbulence.
- (of a rate of flow) High, great.
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number
- slow and laborious because of weight
- prodigious
- of relatively large extent and density
- full and loud and deep
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- of comparatively great physical weight or density
- darkened by clouds
- full of; bearing great weight
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- sharply inclined
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
- marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
- requiring or showing effort
- made of fabric having considerable thickness
- large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
- lacking lightness or liveliness
- of great intensity or power or force
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
adv
noun
- (journalism, slang, chiefly in the plural) A newspaper of the quality press.
- (aviation) A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
- (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
- (slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
- (military, historical) A member of the heavy cavalry.
- A prominent figure; a "major player".
- an actor who plays villainous roles
- a serious (or tragic) role in a play
verb
verb
noun
- a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping
- a fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured
- a strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached
- An athletic shoe equipped with cleats.
- A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
- A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.
- A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe or wheel meant for better traction.
- (nautical) A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To become clogged.
- (intransitive, basketball, soccer) To commit a foul.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a ball outside of the baselines.
- (transitive, baseball) To hit outside of the baselines.
- (transitive, basketball, soccer) To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.
- (transitive) To make dirty.
- (transitive) To besmirch.
- To come into contact or collide with.
- (intransitive) To become entangled.
- (transitive, nautical) To entangle.
- (transitive, intransitive) To obstruct, block, or otherwise interfere with (something), for example by clogging (a drain, gun barrel, chimney, etc) or by being in the way of (a gunshot, etc).
- make unclean
- hit a foul ball
- commit a foul; break the rules
- become or cause to become obstructed
- make impure
- spot, stain, or pollute
- become soiled and dirty
adj
- Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
- Unpleasant, stormy or rainy. (of the weather)
- (nautical) Entangled and therefore restricting free movement, not clear.
- (baseball) Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.
- Disgusting, repulsive; causing disgust.
- Dishonest or not conforming to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.
- Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome.
- (of words or a way of speaking) Obscene, vulgar or abusive.
- (technical) (with "of") Positioned on, in, or near enough to (a specified area) so as to obstruct it.
- offensively malodorous
- especially of a ship's lines etc
- (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- violating accepted standards or rules
- disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
- (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
- characterized by obscenity
noun
- (bowling) A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released the ball.
- (sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.
- (baseball) A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.
- an act that violates the rules of a sport
verb
- impede with a clog or as if with a clog
- fill to excess so that function is impaired
- become or cause to become obstructed
- dance a clog dance
- impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden
- coalesce or unite in a mass
- (intransitive) To perform a clog dance.
- To block or slow passage through (often with 'up').
- To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
- (law) To enforce a mortgage lender right that prevents a borrower from exercising a right to redeem.
- To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
noun
- a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps
- footwear usually with wooden soles
- any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
- A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
- A blockage.
- (UK, colloquial) A shoe of any type.
- A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion.
- That which hinders or impedes motion; an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment of any kind.
verb
noun
- (figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
- The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
- (by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
- (music) A portion of a bottleneck placed on the finger and used as a guitar slide.
- the narrow part of a bottle near the top
- a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
verb
verb
- make tight; secure against leakage
- (transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.
- affix a seal to
- cover with varnish
- hunt seals
- close with or as if with a seal
- decide irrevocably
- To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
- (dialectal) To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
- (Christianity) To form a sacred commitment.
- (Mormonism) To bind eternally as family members.
- (transitive) To place in a sealed container.
- (cooking, transitive) To fry (meat) at a high temperature to retain the juices.
- (transitive) To place a seal on (a document).
- (transitive) To guarantee.
- To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
- (intransitive) To hunt seals.
- To close by means of a seal.
- (transitive, chess) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
- (transitive) To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
- (transitive) To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
noun
- a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture
- a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it)
- fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
- any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions
- a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents
- the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal
- an indication of approved or superior status
- fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure
- Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
- A facsimile of an impression of such stamp that is a mark or symbol of an office or organisation.
- (figurative) Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.
- Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
- A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
- A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
- Anything that secures or authenticates.
- A chakra.
- An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
- A tight closure, secure against leakage.
verb
- stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
- change to ice
- stop moving or become immobilized
- change from a liquid to a solid when cold
- be very cold, below the freezing point
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- cause to freeze
- anesthetize by cold
- be cold
- suddenly behave coldly and formally
- (intransitive, idiomatic) Of a person or other animal, to stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
- (figuratively) To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
- (transitive, ice hockey) To trap (the puck) so that it cannot be played.
- (intransitive, computing, software, idiomatic) Of a machine or system, to come to a sudden halt, to stop working (functioning).
- To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
- (transitive) To cause someone to become motionless.
- (intransitive) To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
- (intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
- (ambitransitive) To prevent from showing any visible change.
- (transitive) To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
- Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
- (transitive) To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
- (intransitive, informal) To be affected by extreme cold.
noun
- fixing (of prices or wages etc.) at a particular level
- weather cold enough to cause freezing
- an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
- the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
- (computing) The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
- A halt of a regular operation.
- (curling) A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.
- (business, finance) A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
- A period of intensely cold weather.
verb
- stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
- hang freely
- bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
- cause to be held in suspension in a fluid
- make inoperative or stop
- render temporarily ineffective
- To halt something temporarily.
- To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
- (travel, aviation) To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.
- To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
- To hang freely; underhang.
- To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.
- (chemistry) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
- To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
verb
- fasten or fix with a clamp
- impose or inflict forcefully
- (transitive) To hold or grip tightly.
- (transitive, intransitive) To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.
- (transitive) To modify (a numeric value) so it lies within a specific range by replacing values outside the range with the closest value within the range.
- (transitive) To immobilise (a vehicle) by means of a wheel clamp.
noun
- a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
- (medicine) An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.
- (electronics) An electronic circuit that fixes either the positive or the negative peak excursions of a signal to a defined value by shifting its DC value.
- A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
- A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are apart together.
- (agriculture) A compact pile of agricultural produce (such as root vegetables or silage) used for temporary storage (often covered with straw, earth, or both).
- A pile of materials to be heated in a controlled way, stacked or heaped together with fuel so that the fire permeates the pile; the material of interest may be bricks to be fired, ore for roasting, coal for coking, or wood to be charcoalized.
- (UK) A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
verb
- To fix on a spike.
- 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.
- (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.
- 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
noun
- (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.
- 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
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- 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
- a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
verb
noun
- (countable, geology) A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- (uncountable, by extension) Any material with similar physical characteristics, regardless of its origins or transport.
- (uncountable) Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
- mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
verb
- surround with a cloister
- surround with a cloister, as of a garden
- seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
- (transitive) To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
- (transitive) To protect or isolate.
- (transitive) To provide with a cloister or cloisters.
- (intransitive) To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
- (intransitive) To become a Roman Catholic religious.
noun
- residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
- a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
- A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
- such an arcade fitted with representations of the stages of Christ's Passion.
- such an arcade in a monastery;
- (figuratively) The monastic life.
noun
- A threshold or brink across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
- (UK) A young herring.
- (construction) A threshold; horizontal structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings, or lying on the ground, and bearing the upright portion of a frame; a sill plate.
- (geology) A stratum of rock, especially an intrusive layer of igneous rock lying parallel to surrounding strata.
- (military, historical) The inner edge of the bottom of an embrasure.
- (architecture, also "window sill") A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window.
- The shaft or thill of a carriage.
- (anatomy) A raised area at the base of the nasal aperture in the skull.
- (geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock
- structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
adj
verb
- To fix in place; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
- To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
- To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
- To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
- make certain of
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
- assure payment of
- cause to be firmly attached
- get by special effort
- furnish with battens
adj
- Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
- Free from attack or danger; protected.
- Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
- Free from the danger of theft; safe.
- Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
- Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
- Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of.
- Certain to be achieved or gained; assured.
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- financially safe
- free from fear or doubt; easy in mind
- free from danger or risk
- not likely to fail or give way
noun
verb
noun
- (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- (countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- (countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
- (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
- (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
- (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- (countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- (countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- (countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- (countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
- (countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- (countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
- (countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- the quantity that was caught
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
verb
- (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- (transitive) To become infected by (an illness).
- (intransitive) To get pregnant.
- (transitive) To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- (transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- (transitive) To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- (intransitive, agriculture) To germinate and set down roots.
- (transitive) To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- (transitive) To grip or entangle.
- (transitive) To travel by means of.
- (transitive, rare) To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- (transitive) To be hit by something.
- (intransitive) To spread by infection or similar means.
- (intransitive) To be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- (transitive, of fire) To spread or be conveyed to.
- (transitive) To have something be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
- (intransitive) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- (transitive, computing) To handle an exception.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- (transitive, cricket) To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- (transitive) To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- (transitive, rowing) To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- (transitive) To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- (intransitive) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- (transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- (transitive) To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To notice.
- (intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- (transitive, informal) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- (transitive) To charm or entrance.
- (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- (transitive) To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or influence.
- (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- reach in time
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- to hook or entangle
- suffer from the receipt of
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- attract; cause to be enamored
- perceive by hearing
- be struck or affected by
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- come down with
- be the catcher
- attract and fix
- detect a blunder or misstep
- start burning
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- become aware of
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- check oneself during an action
- spread or be communicated
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- see or watch
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- take in and retain
verb
verb
noun
- a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- prevents access or progress
- (chess) The act of preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it.
- The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
- (biology, medicine) Inhibition of the activity (function) of chemical messengers or their receptors, such as (often) receptor antagonism.
- (backgammon) Synonym of prime.
- (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
- (by extension) Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
verb
- (transitive) To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
- (transitive) To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine.
- (transitive) To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).
- (intransitive) To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion.
- (golf, baseball, transitive) To hold the club or bat lower on the shaft in order to shorten one's swing.
- (transitive) To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning.
- (transitive) To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
- (intransitive, fluid mechanics, of a duct) To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).
- (transitive) To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking.
- To make or install a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
- (intransitive) To be checked or stopped, as if by choking
- (transitive) To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
- (transitive) To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
- (intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
- check or slow down the action or effect of
- reduce the air supply
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- wring the neck of
- constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- become or cause to become obstructed
- cause to retch or choke
- suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
- fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- be too tight; rub or press
- breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
noun
- A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.
- (electronics) A choking coil.
- A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
- (sports) In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
- The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.
- A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
- A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
- a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
- a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
adj
- Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.
- (of a person, telephone number, IP address, etc.) Banned or barred from connecting or logging on.
- Unable to move owing to an obstruction.
- (crosswording) With black squares separating the lights and marking the ends of words.
- (of a computer account or similar) Disabled or disconnected, so as to prevent access or from performing certain actions.
- (Ireland, slang) Drunk.
- completely obstructed or closed off
- closed to traffic
verb
verb
adj
adv
noun
- The act of overflushing.
- The act or process of forcing overflush into a system in order to clear out active fluids.
- Surplus assets.
- A flush (series of obstacles to ski between) that covers a slope
- A displacement fluid that is forced into a system in order to clear out active fluids that are used in a treatment, such as fracking, desalinization, etc.
- An excess of something.
- A flush or tinge of color that appears over the base color.
- A sudden rush of feeling that appears expressed in the face.
noun
verb
- To copy (a drawing) by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt stylus or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held.
- Alternative form of caulk (“to take a short sleep, nap”).
- To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice.
- injure with a calk
- provide with calks
- seal with caulking
verb
noun
noun
- an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- the act of providing approval and support
- (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- (law enforcement) Reinforcements.
- An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow.
- A reserve or substitute.
- (music) Accompaniment.
- (computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is damaged or destroyed.
- Corroboration.
- Any support or extra help.
adj
verb
noun
- A threshold or brink across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
- (UK) A young herring.
- (construction) A threshold; horizontal structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings, or lying on the ground, and bearing the upright portion of a frame; a sill plate.
- (geology) A stratum of rock, especially an intrusive layer of igneous rock lying parallel to surrounding strata.
- (military, historical) The inner edge of the bottom of an embrasure.
- (architecture, also "window sill") A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window.
- The shaft or thill of a carriage.
- (anatomy) A raised area at the base of the nasal aperture in the skull.
- (geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock
- structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
adj
noun
verb
noun
- (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- (countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- (countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
- (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
- (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
- (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- (countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- (countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- (countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- (countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
- (countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- (countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
- (countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- the quantity that was caught
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
verb
- (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- (transitive) To become infected by (an illness).
- (intransitive) To get pregnant.
- (transitive) To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- (transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- (transitive) To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- (intransitive, agriculture) To germinate and set down roots.
- (transitive) To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- (transitive) To grip or entangle.
- (transitive) To travel by means of.
- (transitive, rare) To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- (transitive) To be hit by something.
- (intransitive) To spread by infection or similar means.
- (intransitive) To be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- (transitive, of fire) To spread or be conveyed to.
- (transitive) To have something be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
- (intransitive) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- (transitive, computing) To handle an exception.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- (transitive, cricket) To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- (transitive) To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- (transitive, rowing) To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- (transitive) To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- (intransitive) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- (transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- (transitive) To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To notice.
- (intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- (transitive, informal) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- (transitive) To charm or entrance.
- (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- (transitive) To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or influence.
- (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- reach in time
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- to hook or entangle
- suffer from the receipt of
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- attract; cause to be enamored
- perceive by hearing
- be struck or affected by
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- come down with
- be the catcher
- attract and fix
- detect a blunder or misstep
- start burning
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- become aware of
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- check oneself during an action
- spread or be communicated
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- see or watch
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- take in and retain
noun
verb
- To copy (a drawing) by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt stylus or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held.
- Alternative form of caulk (“to take a short sleep, nap”).
- To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice.
- injure with a calk
- provide with calks
- seal with caulking
verb
noun
- a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping
- a fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured
- a strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached
- An athletic shoe equipped with cleats.
- A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
- A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.
- A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe or wheel meant for better traction.
- (nautical) A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.
verb
- (intransitive) To become clogged.
- (intransitive, basketball, soccer) To commit a foul.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a ball outside of the baselines.
- (transitive, baseball) To hit outside of the baselines.
- (transitive, basketball, soccer) To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.
- (transitive) To make dirty.
- (transitive) To besmirch.
- To come into contact or collide with.
- (intransitive) To become entangled.
- (transitive, nautical) To entangle.
- (transitive, intransitive) To obstruct, block, or otherwise interfere with (something), for example by clogging (a drain, gun barrel, chimney, etc) or by being in the way of (a gunshot, etc).
- make unclean
- hit a foul ball
- commit a foul; break the rules
- become or cause to become obstructed
- make impure
- spot, stain, or pollute
- become soiled and dirty
adj
- Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
- Unpleasant, stormy or rainy. (of the weather)
- (nautical) Entangled and therefore restricting free movement, not clear.
- (baseball) Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.
- Disgusting, repulsive; causing disgust.
- Dishonest or not conforming to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.
- Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome.
- (of words or a way of speaking) Obscene, vulgar or abusive.
- (technical) (with "of") Positioned on, in, or near enough to (a specified area) so as to obstruct it.
- offensively malodorous
- especially of a ship's lines etc
- (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- violating accepted standards or rules
- disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
- (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
- characterized by obscenity
noun
- (bowling) A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released the ball.
- (sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.
- (baseball) A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.
- an act that violates the rules of a sport
verb
- impede with a clog or as if with a clog
- fill to excess so that function is impaired
- become or cause to become obstructed
- dance a clog dance
- impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden
- coalesce or unite in a mass
- (intransitive) To perform a clog dance.
- To block or slow passage through (often with 'up').
- To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
- (law) To enforce a mortgage lender right that prevents a borrower from exercising a right to redeem.
- To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
noun
- a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps
- footwear usually with wooden soles
- any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
- A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
- A blockage.
- (UK, colloquial) A shoe of any type.
- A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion.
- That which hinders or impedes motion; an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment of any kind.
verb
noun
- (figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
- The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
- (by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
- (music) A portion of a bottleneck placed on the finger and used as a guitar slide.
- the narrow part of a bottle near the top
- a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
verb
verb
- make tight; secure against leakage
- (transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.
- affix a seal to
- cover with varnish
- hunt seals
- close with or as if with a seal
- decide irrevocably
- To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
- (dialectal) To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
- (Christianity) To form a sacred commitment.
- (Mormonism) To bind eternally as family members.
- (transitive) To place in a sealed container.
- (cooking, transitive) To fry (meat) at a high temperature to retain the juices.
- (transitive) To place a seal on (a document).
- (transitive) To guarantee.
- To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
- (intransitive) To hunt seals.
- To close by means of a seal.
- (transitive, chess) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
- (transitive) To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
- (transitive) To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
noun
- a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture
- a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it)
- fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
- any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions
- a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents
- the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal
- an indication of approved or superior status
- fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure
- Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
- A facsimile of an impression of such stamp that is a mark or symbol of an office or organisation.
- (figurative) Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.
- Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
- A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
- A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
- Anything that secures or authenticates.
- A chakra.
- An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
- A tight closure, secure against leakage.
verb
- stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
- change to ice
- stop moving or become immobilized
- change from a liquid to a solid when cold
- be very cold, below the freezing point
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- cause to freeze
- anesthetize by cold
- be cold
- suddenly behave coldly and formally
- (intransitive, idiomatic) Of a person or other animal, to stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
- (figuratively) To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
- (transitive, ice hockey) To trap (the puck) so that it cannot be played.
- (intransitive, computing, software, idiomatic) Of a machine or system, to come to a sudden halt, to stop working (functioning).
- To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
- (transitive) To cause someone to become motionless.
- (intransitive) To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
- (intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
- (ambitransitive) To prevent from showing any visible change.
- (transitive) To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
- Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
- (transitive) To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
- (intransitive, informal) To be affected by extreme cold.
noun
- fixing (of prices or wages etc.) at a particular level
- weather cold enough to cause freezing
- an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
- the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
- (computing) The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
- A halt of a regular operation.
- (curling) A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.
- (business, finance) A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
- A period of intensely cold weather.
verb
- stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
- hang freely
- bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
- cause to be held in suspension in a fluid
- make inoperative or stop
- render temporarily ineffective
- To halt something temporarily.
- To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
- (travel, aviation) To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.
- To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
- To hang freely; underhang.
- To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.
- (chemistry) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
- To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
verb
- fasten or fix with a clamp
- impose or inflict forcefully
- (transitive) To hold or grip tightly.
- (transitive, intransitive) To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.
- (transitive) To modify (a numeric value) so it lies within a specific range by replacing values outside the range with the closest value within the range.
- (transitive) To immobilise (a vehicle) by means of a wheel clamp.
noun
- a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
- (medicine) An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.
- (electronics) An electronic circuit that fixes either the positive or the negative peak excursions of a signal to a defined value by shifting its DC value.
- A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
- A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are apart together.
- (agriculture) A compact pile of agricultural produce (such as root vegetables or silage) used for temporary storage (often covered with straw, earth, or both).
- A pile of materials to be heated in a controlled way, stacked or heaped together with fuel so that the fire permeates the pile; the material of interest may be bricks to be fired, ore for roasting, coal for coking, or wood to be charcoalized.
- (UK) A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
verb
- To fix on a spike.
- 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.
- (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.
- 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
noun
- (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.
- 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
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- 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
- a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
verb
noun
- (countable, geology) A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- (uncountable, by extension) Any material with similar physical characteristics, regardless of its origins or transport.
- (uncountable) Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
- mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
verb
- surround with a cloister
- surround with a cloister, as of a garden
- seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
- (transitive) To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
- (transitive) To protect or isolate.
- (transitive) To provide with a cloister or cloisters.
- (intransitive) To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
- (intransitive) To become a Roman Catholic religious.
noun
- residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
- a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
- A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
- such an arcade fitted with representations of the stages of Christ's Passion.
- such an arcade in a monastery;
- (figuratively) The monastic life.
verb
- To fix in place; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
- To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
- To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
- To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
- make certain of
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
- assure payment of
- cause to be firmly attached
- get by special effort
- furnish with battens
adj
- Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
- Free from attack or danger; protected.
- Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
- Free from the danger of theft; safe.
- Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
- Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
- Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of.
- Certain to be achieved or gained; assured.
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- financially safe
- free from fear or doubt; easy in mind
- free from danger or risk
- not likely to fail or give way
verb
verb
noun
- a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- prevents access or progress
- (chess) The act of preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it.
- The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
- (biology, medicine) Inhibition of the activity (function) of chemical messengers or their receptors, such as (often) receptor antagonism.
- (backgammon) Synonym of prime.
- (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
- (by extension) Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
verb
- (transitive) To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
- (transitive) To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine.
- (transitive) To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).
- (intransitive) To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion.
- (golf, baseball, transitive) To hold the club or bat lower on the shaft in order to shorten one's swing.
- (transitive) To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning.
- (transitive) To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
- (intransitive, fluid mechanics, of a duct) To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).
- (transitive) To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking.
- To make or install a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
- (intransitive) To be checked or stopped, as if by choking
- (transitive) To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
- (transitive) To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
- (intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
- check or slow down the action or effect of
- reduce the air supply
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- wring the neck of
- constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- become or cause to become obstructed
- cause to retch or choke
- suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
- fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- be too tight; rub or press
- breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
noun
- A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.
- (electronics) A choking coil.
- A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
- (sports) In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
- The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.
- A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
- A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
- a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
- a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
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- The act of overflushing.
- The act or process of forcing overflush into a system in order to clear out active fluids.
- Surplus assets.
- A flush (series of obstacles to ski between) that covers a slope
- A displacement fluid that is forced into a system in order to clear out active fluids that are used in a treatment, such as fracking, desalinization, etc.
- An excess of something.
- A flush or tinge of color that appears over the base color.
- A sudden rush of feeling that appears expressed in the face.
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- Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
- (of a person) Heavyset: overweight.
- Not raised or leavened.
- (of weather) Hot and humid.
- Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
- (of any physical thing) Having great weight.
- (oil industry) Of petroleum, having high viscosity.
- (of a topic) Serious, somber.
- (nautical, military) Heavily-armed.
- (of music) Loud, distorted, or intense.
- (of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.
- (physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.
- (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
- Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
- (of the eyes) With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
- Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
- Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
- (slang) Armed.
- (finance) Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
- Having the heaves.
- Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
- Having a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 300,000 tons, as almost all widebodies do, generating high wake turbulence.
- (of a rate of flow) High, great.
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number
- slow and laborious because of weight
- prodigious
- of relatively large extent and density
- full and loud and deep
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- of comparatively great physical weight or density
- darkened by clouds
- full of; bearing great weight
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- sharply inclined
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
- marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
- requiring or showing effort
- made of fabric having considerable thickness
- large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
- lacking lightness or liveliness
- of great intensity or power or force
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
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- (journalism, slang, chiefly in the plural) A newspaper of the quality press.
- (aviation) A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
- (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
- (slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
- (military, historical) A member of the heavy cavalry.
- A prominent figure; a "major player".
- an actor who plays villainous roles
- a serious (or tragic) role in a play
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- Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.
- (of a person, telephone number, IP address, etc.) Banned or barred from connecting or logging on.
- Unable to move owing to an obstruction.
- (crosswording) With black squares separating the lights and marking the ends of words.
- (of a computer account or similar) Disabled or disconnected, so as to prevent access or from performing certain actions.
- (Ireland, slang) Drunk.
- completely obstructed or closed off
- closed to traffic