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noun
- A cliff or rock outcrop.
- A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.
- (by extension) A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
- Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
- A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
- A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
- A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).
- a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
- an indication of damage
verb
noun
noun
noun
- a steep high face of rock
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- the act of dropping something
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- (online gaming, video games) An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- (pinball) Ellipsis of drop target.
- (rugby) Ellipsis of drop kick.
- (pharmacology, chiefly in the plural) A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- (agriculture) A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- (informal) Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on: an advantage.
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- (nautical) The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- (electrics, telecommunications) An overhead electrical line running from a utility pole to a customer's building or other premises.
- (American football) A dropped pass.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- (law enforcement) The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- (theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- (slang, US) An automobile with a drop-top roof, a convertible.
- Licorice in confectionery form.
- Ellipsis of drop hammer or drop press.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- (law enforcement, informal) Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
- (music) A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trance, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- (figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- (law enforcement) A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- (pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- (surfing) A near vertical decent down the face of a breaking wave.
- (cricket) A place (specified by an ordinal) in the batting order after the openers.
- (architecture) An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- (American football) Ellipsis of drop-back.
- (gambling) The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- (chiefly British) Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- (golf) Ellipsis of drop shot.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- (chiefly Australia, British) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
verb
- pay out
- utter with seeming casualness
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- change from one level to another
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- stop pursuing or acting
- to fall vertically
- let fall to the ground
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- grow progressively worse
- stop associating with
- leave undone or leave out
- let or cause to fall in drops
- to remove
- go down in value
- lose (a game)
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- give birth; used for animals
- hang loosely
- terminate an association with
- (cooking) To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- (intransitive, computing) To enter a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down; to kill.
- (intransitive, physiology, informal) Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- (transitive) To reduce; to make smaller.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- (intransitive) Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- (transitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- (intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- (intransitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- (transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- (originally US) To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- (intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.
- (intransitive, online gaming, video games) Of an item: To appear for the player to pick up, usually after an enemy has been defeated.
- To impart (something).
- (intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- (intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- (rugby) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- (transitive) To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
- To perform (rap music).
- (transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- (transitive) To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- (transitive) To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- (transitive, computing) To present (the user) with a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- (cricket) Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- (intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- (transitive, ergative, also figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- (transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- (intransitive) Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- (transitive, online gaming, video games) Of a defeated enemy or container: To leave behind an item that the player can collect.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- (intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.
- (transitive) Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- (transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- (transitive) To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- (US, Singapore, ergative, military, slang) To make someone, or be made to do push-ups or some other form of exercise on the ground as punishment.
- (intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
noun
- a steep high face of rock
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
- a change downward
- A time during which passengers, such as school children, are dropped off; the event or act of dropping them off.
- A delivery; the act of leaving a package, etc.
- The precipitous outer side of a coral reef, facing the open sea.
- (Internet) A visitor to a website who ceases to continue using and navigating around the site after reaching some specified page; or such an act of cessation.
- A decrease; especially, a sudden one.
- A sudden downward slope or cliff.
- (especially US) A space reserved outside a bus or railway station for vehicles stopping to drop off passengers for onward transit.
noun
- A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.
- (countable) One who bluffs; a bluffer.
- (poker, countable or uncountable) An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does.
- (countable or uncountable) An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one’s position in order to intimidate or deceive; braggadocio.
- (Canadian Prairies) A small wood or stand of trees, typically poplar or willow.
- the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards
- a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
- pretense that your position is stronger than it really is
adj
verb
- (by analogy) To frighten, deter, or deceive with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate or gain some advantage.
- (Manglish, Singlish) To give false information intentionally, to lie (to someone), to deceive; to put on an act.
- To fluff, puff or swell up.
- (poker) To make a bluff; to give the impression that one’s hand is stronger than it is.
- To perform or achieve by bluffing.
- deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand
- frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
noun
- a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
- (uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope.
- (countable) A slope made up of scree at the base of a cliff, mountain, etc.
- (uncountable, by extension) Similar debris made up of broken building material such as bricks, concrete, etc.
- A harsh, high-pitched sound or cry (as of a hawk).
- (Scotland) A coarse sieve.
verb
noun
- a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
- the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
- (geology) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
- (architecture) The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.
- (anatomy) The bone of the ankle.
noun
verb
noun
- A rocky outcrop.
- A short haircut.
- The lashing end of a whip.
- (figurative) A group, cluster, or collection of things occurring at the same time.
- A group of vesicles at the same stage of development in a disease.
- A photograph or other image that has been reduced by removing the outer parts.
- (mining) An outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.
- (agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
- (mining) Tin ore prepared for smelting.
- (architecture) The foliate part of a finial.
- An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding.
- The act of cropping.
- The production amount of such an output for a specific season or year, particularly of plants.
- (slang, in the plural) Marijuana.
- (anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation.
- An entire oxhide.
- the yield from plants in a single growing season
- a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
- the stock or handle of a whip
- a collection of people or things appearing together
- a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
- the output of something in a season
verb
- (transitive) To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.
- (transitive) To mow, reap or gather.
- (transitive) To beat with a crop, or riding-whip.
- (transitive) To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
- (intransitive) To yield harvest.
- (transitive) To cause to bear a crop.
- (transitive) To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
- prepare for crops
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- yield crops
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
- cut short
adj
- containing many mountains
- having hills and crags
- like a mountain in size and impressiveness
- (figurative, of a problem or task) Very difficult.
- Resembling a mountain, especially in size; huge; towering.
- Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.
noun
- (figurative) A tall, craggy, cliff.
- A ray of sunlight descending from between clouds.
- (figurative) A way to be worthy of heaven; virtue or virtuous living.
- A ladder leading to heaven.
- A flowering plant of the genus Polemonium.
- (figurative) A chain of reasoning or actions that progresses to something sublime.
noun
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- 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 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
- the striking part of a tool
- 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 sloping plain between mountain ridges.
- (countable) The actual thing wished for.
- (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
- (Northern England, Scotland) A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
- (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
- (Christianity, uncountable) The virtuous desire for future good.
- (countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
- a specific instance of feeling hopeful
- one of the three Christian virtues
- the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
- someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
- grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
verb
- (intransitive) To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].
- (catenative) To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].
- To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
- (transitive, dialectal, nonstandard) To wish.
- (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].
- be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
- intend with some possibility of fulfilment
- expect and wish
noun
- A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
- (gymnastics) A kind of handstand with chin tucked and back arched.
- (software engineering) Short for waterfall model
- (figuratively) A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.
- (slang, US) The action of drinking from a vessel without touching it with the lips, considered more sanitary for a shared vessel.
- a steep descent of the water of a river
verb
noun
- A rugged range of mountains.
- (uncountable) A relatively low-quality grade of Spanish saffron.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Sierra from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- A scombroid fish.
- a Spanish mackerel of western North America
- a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)
adj
- abounding in rocks or stones
- liable to rock
- causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- full of hardship or trials
- Like a rock; rigid, solid.
- In the style of rock music.
- Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
- (originally US) Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock).
- Encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress.
- Easily rocked; unstable.
- (Of an animal or plant) Having a habitat around or on rocks.
adj
- abounding in rocks or stones
- hard as granite
- showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
- As hard as stone.
- (figuratively, of a person) Lacking warmth and emotion.
- (figuratively, of an action or expression such as a look) Showing no warmth of emotion; (usually also) emotionally cold, silent, and motionless or nearly so.
- (UK and Australia, slang) Ellipsis of stony broke: without any money.
- Containing or made up of stones.
noun
- The edge of a high spot of land.
- (botany) A distinctive lower-appearing of the three true petals of an orchid.
- (zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
- (botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
- (music, colloquial) Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.
- (countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
- (slang, uncountable) Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
- (colloquial) Clipping of lipstick.
- (countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
- The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
- (by extension, countable) The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.
- (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
- either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell
- an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
- the top edge of a vessel or other container
verb
- (transitive) To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
- (intransitive) To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
- (transitive, music) To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.
- (transitive) To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
- (intransitive, transitive) To wash against a surface, lap.
- (sports) To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
- (transitive) To utter verbally.
- (transitive, figuratively, of an object) To touch lightly.
- (transitive) To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
noun
- A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand
- A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.
- The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.
- (UK, dialect, rare) A border, edge or rim; a strip, as of cloth.
- (programming) A random number.
- (basket-making) A single rod woven in and out of the stakes.
- The border of an area of land, now especially marshland.
- the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents
noun
- A mountain, especially a very high one.
- (mathematics) The amplitude of a sinusoid.
- The distance from the base to the top of something.
- (phonetics) A quality of vowels, indicating the vertical position of the tongue relative to the roof of the mouth; in practice, the first formant, associated with the height of the tongue.
- The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
- (figurative) The highest point or maximum degree.
- (geometry) The minimum distance from a vertex of a triangle to (the extension of) the edge opposite, namely along a line perpendicular to the edge.
- The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level.
- A high point.
- (Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface
- (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot
- the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
name
- A number of hills in various places.
- A suburb of Kenilworth, Warwick district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP3072).
- An eastern suburb of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3420).
- A hamlet in Woolaston parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST5699).
- A neighbourhood of Clifton, Staten Island, New York City.
- A hamlet near Rainford Junction, Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside (OS grid ref SD4602).
- A suburb and housing estate in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK3687).
- A neighbourhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
- A census-designated place in Cherokee County, Oklahoma.
- A historic district in North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
- A neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado.
- A neighbourhood of Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.
name
- A number of hills in various places.
- A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, previously in Ottery St Mary parish (OS grid ref SY0693).
- A neighbourhood and main road in Wandsworth, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2474).
- A suburb of Portishead, North Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4576).
- An unincorporated community in West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
- A hamlet near Whitley, Melksham Without parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8766).
- A census-designated place in Brookfield Township, Trumbull County, Ohio.
- A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- A historic district in West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.
- A suburb of Hastings, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ8210).
- A settlement in Wraxall and Failand parish, North Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4772).
- A suburb of Hednesford, Cannock Chase district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9912).
- A historic district in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
- A historic district in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa.
- A suburb of Wincanton, Somerset (OS grid ref ST7028).
- A suburb of Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA1666).
noun
- A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns.
- (military) A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.
- A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
- (biology) An even row of cells, e.g., palisade mesophyll cells.
- fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
verb
noun
- A cliff or rock outcrop.
- A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.
- (by extension) A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
- Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
- A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
- A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
- A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).
- a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
- an indication of damage
verb
noun
noun
noun
- a steep high face of rock
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- the act of dropping something
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- (online gaming, video games) An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- (pinball) Ellipsis of drop target.
- (rugby) Ellipsis of drop kick.
- (pharmacology, chiefly in the plural) A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- (agriculture) A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- (informal) Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on: an advantage.
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- (nautical) The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- (electrics, telecommunications) An overhead electrical line running from a utility pole to a customer's building or other premises.
- (American football) A dropped pass.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- (law enforcement) The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- (theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- (slang, US) An automobile with a drop-top roof, a convertible.
- Licorice in confectionery form.
- Ellipsis of drop hammer or drop press.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- (law enforcement, informal) Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
- (music) A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trance, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- (figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- (law enforcement) A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- (pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- (surfing) A near vertical decent down the face of a breaking wave.
- (cricket) A place (specified by an ordinal) in the batting order after the openers.
- (architecture) An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- (American football) Ellipsis of drop-back.
- (gambling) The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- (chiefly British) Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- (golf) Ellipsis of drop shot.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- (chiefly Australia, British) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
verb
- pay out
- utter with seeming casualness
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- change from one level to another
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- stop pursuing or acting
- to fall vertically
- let fall to the ground
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- grow progressively worse
- stop associating with
- leave undone or leave out
- let or cause to fall in drops
- to remove
- go down in value
- lose (a game)
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- give birth; used for animals
- hang loosely
- terminate an association with
- (cooking) To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- (intransitive, computing) To enter a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down; to kill.
- (intransitive, physiology, informal) Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- (transitive) To reduce; to make smaller.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- (intransitive) Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- (transitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- (intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- (intransitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- (transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- (originally US) To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- (intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.
- (intransitive, online gaming, video games) Of an item: To appear for the player to pick up, usually after an enemy has been defeated.
- To impart (something).
- (intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- (intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- (rugby) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- (transitive) To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
- To perform (rap music).
- (transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- (transitive) To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- (transitive) To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- (transitive, computing) To present (the user) with a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- (cricket) Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- (intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- (transitive, ergative, also figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- (transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- (intransitive) Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- (transitive, online gaming, video games) Of a defeated enemy or container: To leave behind an item that the player can collect.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- (intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.
- (transitive) Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- (transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- (transitive) To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- (US, Singapore, ergative, military, slang) To make someone, or be made to do push-ups or some other form of exercise on the ground as punishment.
- (intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
noun
- a steep high face of rock
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
- a change downward
- A time during which passengers, such as school children, are dropped off; the event or act of dropping them off.
- A delivery; the act of leaving a package, etc.
- The precipitous outer side of a coral reef, facing the open sea.
- (Internet) A visitor to a website who ceases to continue using and navigating around the site after reaching some specified page; or such an act of cessation.
- A decrease; especially, a sudden one.
- A sudden downward slope or cliff.
- (especially US) A space reserved outside a bus or railway station for vehicles stopping to drop off passengers for onward transit.
noun
- A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.
- (countable) One who bluffs; a bluffer.
- (poker, countable or uncountable) An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does.
- (countable or uncountable) An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one’s position in order to intimidate or deceive; braggadocio.
- (Canadian Prairies) A small wood or stand of trees, typically poplar or willow.
- the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards
- a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
- pretense that your position is stronger than it really is
adj
verb
- (by analogy) To frighten, deter, or deceive with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate or gain some advantage.
- (Manglish, Singlish) To give false information intentionally, to lie (to someone), to deceive; to put on an act.
- To fluff, puff or swell up.
- (poker) To make a bluff; to give the impression that one’s hand is stronger than it is.
- To perform or achieve by bluffing.
- deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand
- frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
noun
- a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
- (uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope.
- (countable) A slope made up of scree at the base of a cliff, mountain, etc.
- (uncountable, by extension) Similar debris made up of broken building material such as bricks, concrete, etc.
- A harsh, high-pitched sound or cry (as of a hawk).
- (Scotland) A coarse sieve.
verb
noun
- a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
- the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
- (geology) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
- (architecture) The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.
- (anatomy) The bone of the ankle.
noun
verb
noun
- A rocky outcrop.
- A short haircut.
- The lashing end of a whip.
- (figurative) A group, cluster, or collection of things occurring at the same time.
- A group of vesicles at the same stage of development in a disease.
- A photograph or other image that has been reduced by removing the outer parts.
- (mining) An outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.
- (agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
- (mining) Tin ore prepared for smelting.
- (architecture) The foliate part of a finial.
- An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding.
- The act of cropping.
- The production amount of such an output for a specific season or year, particularly of plants.
- (slang, in the plural) Marijuana.
- (anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation.
- An entire oxhide.
- the yield from plants in a single growing season
- a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
- the stock or handle of a whip
- a collection of people or things appearing together
- a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
- the output of something in a season
verb
- (transitive) To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.
- (transitive) To mow, reap or gather.
- (transitive) To beat with a crop, or riding-whip.
- (transitive) To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
- (intransitive) To yield harvest.
- (transitive) To cause to bear a crop.
- (transitive) To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
- prepare for crops
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- yield crops
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
- cut short
noun
- (figurative) A tall, craggy, cliff.
- A ray of sunlight descending from between clouds.
- (figurative) A way to be worthy of heaven; virtue or virtuous living.
- A ladder leading to heaven.
- A flowering plant of the genus Polemonium.
- (figurative) A chain of reasoning or actions that progresses to something sublime.
noun
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- 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 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
- the striking part of a tool
- 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 sloping plain between mountain ridges.
- (countable) The actual thing wished for.
- (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
- (Northern England, Scotland) A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
- (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
- (Christianity, uncountable) The virtuous desire for future good.
- (countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
- a specific instance of feeling hopeful
- one of the three Christian virtues
- the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
- someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
- grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
verb
- (intransitive) To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].
- (catenative) To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].
- To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
- (transitive, dialectal, nonstandard) To wish.
- (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].
- be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
- intend with some possibility of fulfilment
- expect and wish
noun
- A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
- (gymnastics) A kind of handstand with chin tucked and back arched.
- (software engineering) Short for waterfall model
- (figuratively) A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.
- (slang, US) The action of drinking from a vessel without touching it with the lips, considered more sanitary for a shared vessel.
- a steep descent of the water of a river
verb
noun
- A rugged range of mountains.
- (uncountable) A relatively low-quality grade of Spanish saffron.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Sierra from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- A scombroid fish.
- a Spanish mackerel of western North America
- a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)
noun
- The edge of a high spot of land.
- (botany) A distinctive lower-appearing of the three true petals of an orchid.
- (zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
- (botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
- (music, colloquial) Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.
- (countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
- (slang, uncountable) Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
- (colloquial) Clipping of lipstick.
- (countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
- The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
- (by extension, countable) The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.
- (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
- either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell
- an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
- the top edge of a vessel or other container
verb
- (transitive) To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
- (intransitive) To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
- (transitive, music) To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.
- (transitive) To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
- (intransitive, transitive) To wash against a surface, lap.
- (sports) To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
- (transitive) To utter verbally.
- (transitive, figuratively, of an object) To touch lightly.
- (transitive) To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
noun
- A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand
- A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.
- The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.
- (UK, dialect, rare) A border, edge or rim; a strip, as of cloth.
- (programming) A random number.
- (basket-making) A single rod woven in and out of the stakes.
- The border of an area of land, now especially marshland.
- the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents
noun
- A mountain, especially a very high one.
- (mathematics) The amplitude of a sinusoid.
- The distance from the base to the top of something.
- (phonetics) A quality of vowels, indicating the vertical position of the tongue relative to the roof of the mouth; in practice, the first formant, associated with the height of the tongue.
- The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
- (figurative) The highest point or maximum degree.
- (geometry) The minimum distance from a vertex of a triangle to (the extension of) the edge opposite, namely along a line perpendicular to the edge.
- The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level.
- A high point.
- (Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface
- (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot
- the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
noun
- A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns.
- (military) A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.
- A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
- (biology) An even row of cells, e.g., palisade mesophyll cells.
- fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
verb
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adj
- containing many mountains
- having hills and crags
- like a mountain in size and impressiveness
- (figurative, of a problem or task) Very difficult.
- Resembling a mountain, especially in size; huge; towering.
- Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.
adj
- abounding in rocks or stones
- liable to rock
- causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- full of hardship or trials
- Like a rock; rigid, solid.
- In the style of rock music.
- Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
- (originally US) Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock).
- Encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress.
- Easily rocked; unstable.
- (Of an animal or plant) Having a habitat around or on rocks.
adj
- abounding in rocks or stones
- hard as granite
- showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
- As hard as stone.
- (figuratively, of a person) Lacking warmth and emotion.
- (figuratively, of an action or expression such as a look) Showing no warmth of emotion; (usually also) emotionally cold, silent, and motionless or nearly so.
- (UK and Australia, slang) Ellipsis of stony broke: without any money.
- Containing or made up of stones.