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verb
- To kill; to snuff out.
- (intransitive) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public, revealed, or apparent.
- (transitive) To reveal (a secret).
- (transitive) To eject; to expel.
- (transitive) To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
- (transitive, LGBTQ) To reveal (a person) as LGBTQ+ (gay, trans, etc).
- reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
- be made known; be disclosed or revealed
- to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
adj
- (of the tide) At or near its lowest level.
- (of options) No longer acceptable or permissible.
- Without; no longer in possession of; not having any more.
- (of flowers) In bloom.
- Not in jail, prison, or captivity; freed from confinement.
- (in various games; used especially of a batsman or batter in cricket or baseball) Dismissed from play under the rules of the game.
- (of an organization, etc.) Temporarily not in operation, or not being attended as usual.
- No longer popular or in fashion.
- Freed from secrecy.
- (by extension, uncommon) Open, public; public about or openly acknowledging some (usually specified) identity.
- (LGBTQ) Openly acknowledging that one is LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
- (of lamps, fires etc.) Not shining or burning.
- (of the sun, moon or stars) Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds.
- Not inside or within a place, especially a place that someone or something was formerly inside or is customarily inside:
- Not fitted or inserted into something.
- (of a user of a service) Not having availability of a service, such as power or communications.
- (Australia, of calculations or measurements) Containing errors or discrepancies, or in error by a stated amount.
- Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
- Not at home, or not at one's office or place of employment.
- (sports, of the ball or other playing implement) Falling or passing or being situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.
- (of certain services, devices, or facilities) Not available; out of service.
- Unconscious.
- (of ideas, plans, etc.) Discarded; no longer a possibility.
- out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
- not allowed to continue to bat or run
- knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
- outside or external
- no longer fashionable
- directed outward or serving to direct something outward
- outer or outlying
- not worth considering as a possibility
- excluded from use or mention
- being out or having grown cold
adv
- Away from the doer, especially vigorously.
- (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
- Used to intensify or emphasize.
- To the end; completely; so that nothing remains.
- Outside; not indoors.
- Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus.
- Into a state of existence or visibility.
- Specifically, away from home or one's usual place.
- Shows that an activity has been completed to the point of exhaustion.
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- (sports) Of the ball or other playing implement, so as to pass or be situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.
- Away from the inside or centre.
- (cricket, baseball, of a player) So as to be disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket or a forced out in baseball).
- (informal) Away, or at a distance, in time (relative to, and usually after, the present or a stated event) (often preceded by a stated time period and followed by "from")
- moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
- away from home
- from one's possession
intj
noun
- (baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.
- A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
- (chiefly in the plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
- (poker) A card which can make a hand a winner.
- (film, colloquial) An outtake.
- A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
- (cricket) A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicket with the ball.
- (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
prep
verb
- (slang) To kill.
- (transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
- (transitive, neologism) To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable); to disinvite. Compare cancel culture.
- (transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.
- (transitive, media) To stop production of a programme.
- (transitive) To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
- (transitive) To offset or equalize something.
- (transitive, mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
- make invalid for use
- make up for
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- remove or make invisible
- declare null and void; make ineffective
noun
- (printing) The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
- (printing) The page thus suppressed.
- (US) A cancellation.
- A control message posted to Usenet that serves to cancel a previously posted message.
- (printing) The page that replaces it.
- a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
verb
adj
- (nautical) Keeping upright.
- (informal) Expensive, pricey.
- (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
- (professional wrestling, of a strike) Delivered more forcefully than needed, whether intentionally or accidentally, thus causing legitimate pain to the opponent.
- (of muscles or parts of the body) Painful or more rigid than usual as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
- (of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
- Potent.
- (informal) Dead, deceased.
- (golf) Of a shot, landing so close to the flagstick that it should be very easy to sink the ball with the next shot.
- (slang, of the penis) Erect.
- (mathematics) Of an equation, for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.
- (figurative, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.
- Having a dense consistency; thick; (by extension) Difficult to stir.
- (colloquial) Harsh, severe.
- (cooking, of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- strong, vigorous
- rigidly formal
- not moving or operating freely
- incapable of or resistant to bending
- marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- very drunk
adv
noun
- (prison slang) A note or letter surreptitiously sent by an inmate.
- (slang) A cadaver; a dead person.
- (slang) A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
- (slang, chiefly Canada, US) An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education.
- (slang) A flop; a commercial failure.
- (US, slang, by extension) A customer who does not leave a tip.
- (US, slang) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
- (finance, slang) Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.
- (blackjack) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
- the dead body of a human being
- an ordinary man
verb
intj
noun
verb
- kill without delay
- dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently
- send away towards a designated goal
- complete or carry out
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- (transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
- (transitive) To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
- (transitive) To defeat
- (transitive) To rid; to free.
- (transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.
- (transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
- (transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
- (transitive) To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
- (transitive) To eat, especially quickly.
- (transitive, computing) To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
noun
- the property of being prompt and efficient
- the act of sending off something
- an official report (usually sent in haste)
- killing a person or animal
- A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.
- A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.
- The act of doing something quickly.
- (computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.
verb
- put an end to; kill
- put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
- terminate, end, or take out
- extinguish by crushing
- kill in large numbers
- To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
- (intransitive, reflexive) To die out.
- (psychology) To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned reflex).
- (figurative) To suppress (something, as feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.); to quench.
- (figurative) To kill (someone).
- (figurative) To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
- (figurative) To eclipse or obscure (someone or something).
- (figurative, chiefly law) To abolish or make void (a law, a legal right, etc.); also, to cancel (a creditor's claim, a licence, etc.).
verb
- To kill.
- (transitive) To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
- (transitive) To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
- (transitive) In particular, to terminate (a lawsuit), usually out of court, by agreement of all parties.
- (intransitive) To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. Also used figuratively.)
- (transitive) To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
- (transitive, in particular) To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
- (transitive) To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
- (intransitive, with "in") To be established in a profession or in employment.
- (intransitive) To become compact due to sinking.
- (transitive) To put into (proper) place; to make sit or lie properly.
- (intransitive) To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
- (intransitive) To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.
- (transitive) To cause to sink down or to be deposited (dregs, sediment, etc).
- (intransitive, usually with "down", "in", "on" or another preposition) To become stationary or fixed; to come to rest.
- (intransitive) To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
- (transitive) In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
- (intransitive) To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
- (transitive) To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
- (British, dialectal) To silence, especially by force.
- (transitive) To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish or fix.
- (transitive) To cause to no longer be in a disturbed, confused or stormy; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).
- (intransitive) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
- (intransitive) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
- (intransitive) To become married, or a householder.
- (transitive, colloquial) To pay (a bill).
- (ambitransitive) Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.
- (transitive) To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or due.
- (transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
- (transitive, law) To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).
- (intransitive) To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
- (transitive) To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
- settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
- form a community
- come to terms
- sink down or precipitate
- end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
- become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
- bring to an end; settle conclusively
- accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
- arrange or fix in the desired order
- go under
- become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
- make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
- take up residence and become established
- cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
- fix firmly
- dispose of; make a financial settlement
- settle conclusively; come to terms
- come as if by falling
- become clear by the sinking of particles
- come to rest
- establish or develop as a residence
- get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
noun
noun
- The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
- A pawl or similar catch.
- (wrestling) A kind of throw.
- (graphical user interface) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
- Alternative spelling of klick (“kilometers; kilometers per hour”).
- (phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
- (UK, dialect) The latch of a door.
- (by extension) A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
- A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
- The sound made by a dolphin.
- (British) The act of snapping one's fingers.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
- (music, informal) A click track.
- A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
- a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
- a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- a short light metallic sound
- depression of a button on a computer mouse
intj
verb
- (transitive, computing, advertising) To visit (a website).
- (intransitive) To get along well.
- (computing) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
- (British) To snap one's fingers.
- (transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
- (intransitive) To make sense suddenly.
- (intransitive, India) Of a film, to be successful at the box office.
- (intransitive, graphical user interface) To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
- (transitive, India) To take (a photograph) with a camera.
- (intransitive) To emit a click.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
- (intransitive, India) To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.
- cause to make a snapping sound
- produce a click
- make a clicking or ticking sound
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- move or strike with a noise
- click repeatedly or uncontrollably
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
verb
noun
- A loose compartment of a backpack that straps on over the top opening.
- (informal) Mind.
- (plural only) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
- The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
- A part of the brain, especially associated with particular mental functions, abilities, etc.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Oral sex.
- By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
- (informal) An intelligent person.
- (in the singular) An intellectual or mental capacity.
- (in the plural) Intellect.
- that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
- mental ability
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the brain of certain animals used as meat
verb
- (transitive) To kill someone.
- (transitive, combat sports, by extension) To knock out an opponent.
- (baseball) To catch a fly ball or tag out a baserunner.
- (transitive, now formal or literary) To discard, divest oneself of.
- (transitive) To send (someone) to prison or mental asylum.
- (transitive) To store, add to one's stores for later use.
- (sports) To take a large lead in a game, especially enough to guarantee victory or make the game no longer competitive.
- (baseball) To strike out a batter.
- (transitive) To put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up.
- (tennis, pickleball) To hit the ball in such a way that the opponent cannot reach it; see passing shot.
- (transitive, colloquial) To consume (food or drink), especially in large quantities.
- eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
- throw or cast away
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
- kill gently, as with an injection
- turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- stop using
verb
noun
- (UK, slang, derogatory) A chav or ned; a stereotypically loud and aggressive person of lower social class.
- (Australia, slang, derogatory) A rough or unkempt woman.
- (Scotland) A scrog.
- A ragged, stunted tree or branch.
- a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
- lean end of the neck
- the lean end of a neck of veal
verb
- (transitive) To remove or end by death; to kill.
- (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
- (of a plant, etc.) To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- (transitive) To bind oneself by.
- (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- (transitive) To avail oneself of; to exploit.
- (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- (transitive) To experience or feel.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- (reflexive) To go.
- (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- (transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).
- (transitive) To assume (a form).
- (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- (transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
- (transitive) To exact.
- (transitive) To proceed to fill.
- (transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc.).
- (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- (transitive, mathematics, computing) To accept (zero or more arguments).
- (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- (of ink, dye, etc.) To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
- (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
- (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
- (transitive) To seize or capture.
- (transitive) To participate in.
- (transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- (transitive) To perform (a role).
- (transitive) To receive into some relationship.
- (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
- (transitive) To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- (transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- (intransitive, copulative) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- (transitive, of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
- (transitive) To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
- (transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
- (transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- (of a mechanical device) To catch; to engage.
- (transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- (transitive, grammar) To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).
- (transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- (transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- (transitive) To have sex with.
- (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- (transitive) To subtract.
- Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
- (transitive) To go or move into.
- (transitive) To fill, occupy, require, or use up (space).
- (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
- (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
- (transitive) To remove.
- (transitive) To require (a person, resource or thing in order to achieve an outcome).
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- (transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- (transitive) To deal with.
- (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- (transitive, Greece, Cyprus, informal) To buy.
- (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- (transitive, intransitive, law) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
- (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- (transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).
- (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- (transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.
- (transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
- admit into a group or community
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take somebody somewhere
- experience or feel or submit to
- develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation
- receive or obtain regularly
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- proceed along in a vehicle
- be a student of a certain subject
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- get into one's hands, take physically
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- be designed to hold or take
- take into one's possession
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- require (time or space)
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- obtain by winning
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- occupy or take on
- require as useful, just, or proper
- buy, select
- head into a specified direction
- make a film or photograph of something
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- receive willingly something given or offered
- carry out
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- engage for service under a term of contract
- conquer by force
- have sex with; archaic use
- be capable of holding or containing
noun
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.
- (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- The or an act of taking.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
- the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
verb
- (transitive) To kill brutally.
- (intransitive) To work as a butcher.
- (transitive) To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
- (transitive) To mess up hopelessly; to botch; to distort beyond recognition.
- (transitive) To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
- kill (animals) usually for food consumption
adj
noun
- (Cockney rhyming slang, from butcher's hook) A look.
- A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
- (figurative) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
- a brutal indiscriminate murderer
- a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
- a retailer of meat
- someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
verb
noun
verb
- cause to operate by flipping a switch
- to evoke sexual feelings
- get high, stoned, or drugged
- become hostile towards
- produce suddenly or automatically
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- be contingent on
- (transitive) To aim at.
- (transitive) To set a flow of fluid or gas running by rotating a tap or valve.
- (intransitive, slang) To take drugs.
- (intransitive, of a device) To start operating; to power up, to become on.
- (transitive, slang) To cause to take up drugs, especially hallucinogens.
- (transitive) To rebel against; to suddenly attack.
- (transitive) To power up, to put into operation, to start, to activate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
- (transitive) To sexually arouse.
- (transitive) To introduce (someone to something), and especially to fill them with enthusiasm (about it); to intoxicate, give pleasure to ( + to an object of interest or excitement).
- (ditransitive) To cause (someone) to rebel against or suddenly attack (someone else).
- (intransitive) To depend upon; to pivot around, to have as a central subject.
verb
noun
noun
- a switch that is used to select among alternatives
- a person who chooses or selects out
- (Australia, historical) A person who is entitled to choose a tract of Crown land to purchase.
- (Internet, historical) A text string transmitted to a Gopher server, identifying the resource to be retrieved.
- (music) A disc jockey.
- (computing) A pointer to a structure describing a segment of memory.
- (computing) A matching expression in a stylesheet determining which elements in the markup are affected by a style.
- (cricket) An administrator responsible for selecting which players will play for a side.
- Someone or something which selects or chooses.
verb
- (transitive) To strike down, kill, destroy.
- simple past of fall
- (sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
- (now colloquial) past participle of fall
- (transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
- pass away rapidly
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- sew a seam by folding the edges
adj
adv
noun
- (mining) The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.
- (textiles) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
- (archaic outside Northern England, Scotland) A wild field or upland moor.
- A cutting-down of timber.
- (geography) High and barren landscape feature such as a mountain range or mountain terrain above the tree line.
- The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
- (archaic outside Northern England, Scotland) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains, particularly in the British Isles or Fennoscandia.
- the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
- the act of felling something (as a tree)
- seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges
verb
- kill or destroy
- sell at a loss
- endure the loss of
- make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
- (Christianity) To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
- (religion) To offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity.
- (bridge) To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out but with insufficient time to put the runner(s) out.
- To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
- (chess) To intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
- To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically (sciences), to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test.
- (religion) To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
noun
- a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
- personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
- A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see etymology 1 sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
- Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
- (by extension) The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as (Protestantism) an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's crucifixion, or (Roman Catholicism) a perpetual re-presentation of Christ's sacrificial offering.
- Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
- (baseball) Ellipsis of sacrifice bunt or sacrifice hit (“a play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners”).
- (bridge) In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose.
- (chess) An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (figurative) The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer, thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.
verb
- (transitive) To attack or kill with poison gas.
- (transitive) To use poison gas in (a volume or area) to attack or kill someone or something.
- (intransitive) To emit gas.
- (transitive) To impregnate with gas.
- (US) To increase the fuel flow to a vehicle's engine in order to accelerate it.
- (transitive, slang) To impose upon by talking boastfully.
- (intransitive, slang) To talk in a boastful or vapid way; to chatter.
- (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
- (transitive) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
- attack with gas; subject to gas fumes
- show off
adj
noun
- (uncountable) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.
- (countable, physical chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
- (uncountable, military) Poison gas.
- (business, often attributive) The supply of natural gas, as a utility.
- (uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.
- (uncountable, by extension) Ellipsis of gas pedal; accelerator, throttle.
- (uncountable, physical chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
- (uncountable, Canada, US, New Zealand, Philippines) Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
- (slang, uncountable) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
- (baseball) A fastball.
- (countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
- (medicine, colloquial) Arterial or venous blood gas.
- (uncountable, cryptocurrencies) An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.
- (slang) Frothy or boastful talk; chatter.
- the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
- a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
- a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
- a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes
verb
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (transitive) To utter in a low, hoarse voice.
- (programming slang, Perl) To abort the current program indicating a user or caller error.
- (intransitive) To make a croak sound.
- (intransitive, of a frog, toad, raven, or various other birds or animals) To make its vocal sound.
- To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
- (slang) To die.
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- utter a hoarse sound, like a raven
- make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
noun
verb
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (transitive) To travel in or through, to tour, to make a circuit of.
- (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
- (dialectal) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
- (transitive) To impersonate or depict.
- (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
- (ditransitive) To have (as an effect).
- (transitive, informal) To injure (one's own body part).
- (transitive) To perform; to execute.
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)
- (ambitransitive) To finish.
- (transitive) To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
- (transitive, with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
- (transitive) To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
- (ditransitive, informal) To make or provide.
- (transitive) To treat in a certain way.
- (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
- (transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
- A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
- (transitive, informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
- (transitive, in the form be doing [somewhere]) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
- (transitive, finance) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
- (transitive) To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
- (DoggoLingo, used with nouns, verbs, and adjective) To perform something suggested by a following noun, verb, or adjective.
- A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
- A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
- (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
- (modal, interrogative, informal) Should; ought to (especially in respect of a task to be repeated).
- (transitive, informal) To provide as a service.
- (ambitransitive) To suffice.
- (especially England, intransitive) To fare well; to thrive; to prosper; (of livestock) to fatten.
- (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
- (transitive) To cook.
- (informal, transitive) To drive a vehicle at a certain speed, especially in regard to a speed limit.
- (transitive) To take (a drug).
- (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.
- proceed or get along
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- arrange attractively
- carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- travel or traverse (a distance)
- carry out or perform an action
- carry on or function
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- create or design, often in a certain way
- spend time in prison or in a labor camp
- engage in
- get (something) done
noun
- (chiefly fossilized) Something that can or should be done.
- (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
- (UK, informal) A party, celebration, social function; usually of moderate size and formality.
- (UK, slang) A homicide.
- (informal) Clipping of hairdo.
- an uproarious party
- the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
num
verb
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (of a graph) To experience significantly decreased rates of change compared to previous rates of change.
- (intransitive, medicine, cardiology, by extension) To die.
- (informal, transitive) To remain at the same level, without development; or, to fall.
- (intransitive, medicine, cardiology, of the heart) To stop beating.
- (fishing, intransitive) To fish using a flatline.
noun
- (fishing) A line that is run low to the water from the rod tip, generally off a release clip of some type.
- The disappearance of the rhythmic peaks displayed on a heart monitor.
- (also figurative) An unchanging state, as indicated in a graph of a variable over time.
- The disappearance of brain waves on an electroencephalogram.
verb
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (transitive, slang) To thrash or beat up; to overwhelm in a fight.
- (transitive) To remove (a crease or creases) with an iron.
- (transitive) To make (something) flat or smooth as if with an iron.
- (transitive, figurative) To resolve (a dispute); to solve (a problem).
- press and smooth with a heated iron
- settle or put right
verb
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (transitive, slang) To rob.
- To remove (something or someone) by hitting.
- (transitive) To assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar, British) To have sex with (a woman).
- (transitive) To make a copy of, as of a design.
- (transitive) To remove, as a discount or estimate.
- (sports, by extension) To defeat.
- (transitive, informal) To accomplish hastily.
- (ambitransitive, slang) To halt one's work or other activity.
- cut the price of
- stop pursuing or acting
- write quickly
- take by theft
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
noun
verb
adj
- (by extension, Australia, slang) Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent.
- Temporarily not attending a usual place, such as work or school, especially owing to illness or holiday.
- (predicative only) Inappropriate; untoward.
- Not correct; not properly formed; not logical, harmonious, etc.
- (British, in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
- (in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
- (chiefly UK) Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
- (predicative only) Presently unavailable. (of a dish on a menu)
- (predicative only) Inoperative, disabled.
- Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
- (poker slang) Offsuit.
- (predicative only) Cancelled; not happening.
- Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
- Started on the way.
- (in phrases such as 'well off', 'poorly off', 'comfortably off', etc., and in 'how?' questions) Circumstanced.
- (cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
- Not fitted; not being worn.
- Far; off to the side.
- below a satisfactory level
- (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
- not performing or scheduled for duties
- not in operation or operational
- in an unpalatable state
adv
- Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
- So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- (theater) Offstage.
- In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
- at a distance in space or time
- from a particular thing or place or position (‘forth’ is obsolete)
- no longer on or in contact or attached
noun
prep
- Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
- Removed or subtracted from.
- Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
- (colloquial, more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.
- Outside the area or region of.
- Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
- Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
- Not positioned upon, or away from a position upon.
- No longer wanting or taking.
- Temporarily not attending (a usual place), especially owing to illness or holiday.
- (slang, drugs) Under the influence of.
- (informal) As a result of.
name
- (slang) knife, switchblade.
- A village in Bureau County, Illinois.
- A town in Kentish council area, Tasmania, Australia.
- A small village in Selwyn district, Canterbury, New Zealand.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Missouri.
- Ellipsis of University of Sheffield.
- A census-designated place in Warren County, Pennsylvania.
- A city in Colbert County, Alabama.
- A city in Franklin County, Iowa.
- A hamlet in Penzance parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4526).
- A city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
- A town in Caledonia County, Vermont.
- A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
- A village in Lorain County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Pecos County, Texas.
noun
- The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
- A pawl or similar catch.
- (wrestling) A kind of throw.
- (graphical user interface) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
- Alternative spelling of klick (“kilometers; kilometers per hour”).
- (phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
- (UK, dialect) The latch of a door.
- (by extension) A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
- A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
- The sound made by a dolphin.
- (British) The act of snapping one's fingers.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
- (music, informal) A click track.
- A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
- a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
- a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- a short light metallic sound
- depression of a button on a computer mouse
intj
verb
- (transitive, computing, advertising) To visit (a website).
- (intransitive) To get along well.
- (computing) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
- (British) To snap one's fingers.
- (transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
- (intransitive) To make sense suddenly.
- (intransitive, India) Of a film, to be successful at the box office.
- (intransitive, graphical user interface) To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
- (transitive, India) To take (a photograph) with a camera.
- (intransitive) To emit a click.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
- (intransitive, India) To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.
- cause to make a snapping sound
- produce a click
- make a clicking or ticking sound
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- move or strike with a noise
- click repeatedly or uncontrollably
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
noun
- a switch that is used to select among alternatives
- a person who chooses or selects out
- (Australia, historical) A person who is entitled to choose a tract of Crown land to purchase.
- (Internet, historical) A text string transmitted to a Gopher server, identifying the resource to be retrieved.
- (music) A disc jockey.
- (computing) A pointer to a structure describing a segment of memory.
- (computing) A matching expression in a stylesheet determining which elements in the markup are affected by a style.
- (cricket) An administrator responsible for selecting which players will play for a side.
- Someone or something which selects or chooses.
verb
noun
verb
adj
noun
verb
- To kill; to snuff out.
- (intransitive) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public, revealed, or apparent.
- (transitive) To reveal (a secret).
- (transitive) To eject; to expel.
- (transitive) To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
- (transitive, LGBTQ) To reveal (a person) as LGBTQ+ (gay, trans, etc).
- reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
- be made known; be disclosed or revealed
- to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
adj
- (of the tide) At or near its lowest level.
- (of options) No longer acceptable or permissible.
- Without; no longer in possession of; not having any more.
- (of flowers) In bloom.
- Not in jail, prison, or captivity; freed from confinement.
- (in various games; used especially of a batsman or batter in cricket or baseball) Dismissed from play under the rules of the game.
- (of an organization, etc.) Temporarily not in operation, or not being attended as usual.
- No longer popular or in fashion.
- Freed from secrecy.
- (by extension, uncommon) Open, public; public about or openly acknowledging some (usually specified) identity.
- (LGBTQ) Openly acknowledging that one is LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
- (of lamps, fires etc.) Not shining or burning.
- (of the sun, moon or stars) Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds.
- Not inside or within a place, especially a place that someone or something was formerly inside or is customarily inside:
- Not fitted or inserted into something.
- (of a user of a service) Not having availability of a service, such as power or communications.
- (Australia, of calculations or measurements) Containing errors or discrepancies, or in error by a stated amount.
- Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
- Not at home, or not at one's office or place of employment.
- (sports, of the ball or other playing implement) Falling or passing or being situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.
- (of certain services, devices, or facilities) Not available; out of service.
- Unconscious.
- (of ideas, plans, etc.) Discarded; no longer a possibility.
- out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
- not allowed to continue to bat or run
- knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
- outside or external
- no longer fashionable
- directed outward or serving to direct something outward
- outer or outlying
- not worth considering as a possibility
- excluded from use or mention
- being out or having grown cold
adv
- Away from the doer, especially vigorously.
- (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
- Used to intensify or emphasize.
- To the end; completely; so that nothing remains.
- Outside; not indoors.
- Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus.
- Into a state of existence or visibility.
- Specifically, away from home or one's usual place.
- Shows that an activity has been completed to the point of exhaustion.
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- (sports) Of the ball or other playing implement, so as to pass or be situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.
- Away from the inside or centre.
- (cricket, baseball, of a player) So as to be disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket or a forced out in baseball).
- (informal) Away, or at a distance, in time (relative to, and usually after, the present or a stated event) (often preceded by a stated time period and followed by "from")
- moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
- away from home
- from one's possession
intj
noun
- (baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.
- A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
- (chiefly in the plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
- (poker) A card which can make a hand a winner.
- (film, colloquial) An outtake.
- A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
- (cricket) A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicket with the ball.
- (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
prep
verb
- (slang) To kill.
- (transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
- (transitive, neologism) To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable); to disinvite. Compare cancel culture.
- (transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.
- (transitive, media) To stop production of a programme.
- (transitive) To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
- (transitive) To offset or equalize something.
- (transitive, mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
- make invalid for use
- make up for
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- remove or make invisible
- declare null and void; make ineffective
noun
- (printing) The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
- (printing) The page thus suppressed.
- (US) A cancellation.
- A control message posted to Usenet that serves to cancel a previously posted message.
- (printing) The page that replaces it.
- a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
verb
adj
- (nautical) Keeping upright.
- (informal) Expensive, pricey.
- (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
- (professional wrestling, of a strike) Delivered more forcefully than needed, whether intentionally or accidentally, thus causing legitimate pain to the opponent.
- (of muscles or parts of the body) Painful or more rigid than usual as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
- (of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
- Potent.
- (informal) Dead, deceased.
- (golf) Of a shot, landing so close to the flagstick that it should be very easy to sink the ball with the next shot.
- (slang, of the penis) Erect.
- (mathematics) Of an equation, for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.
- (figurative, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.
- Having a dense consistency; thick; (by extension) Difficult to stir.
- (colloquial) Harsh, severe.
- (cooking, of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- strong, vigorous
- rigidly formal
- not moving or operating freely
- incapable of or resistant to bending
- marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- very drunk
adv
noun
- (prison slang) A note or letter surreptitiously sent by an inmate.
- (slang) A cadaver; a dead person.
- (slang) A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
- (slang, chiefly Canada, US) An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education.
- (slang) A flop; a commercial failure.
- (US, slang, by extension) A customer who does not leave a tip.
- (US, slang) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
- (finance, slang) Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.
- (blackjack) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
- the dead body of a human being
- an ordinary man
verb
intj
noun
verb
- kill without delay
- dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently
- send away towards a designated goal
- complete or carry out
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- (transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
- (transitive) To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
- (transitive) To defeat
- (transitive) To rid; to free.
- (transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.
- (transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
- (transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
- (transitive) To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
- (transitive) To eat, especially quickly.
- (transitive, computing) To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
noun
- the property of being prompt and efficient
- the act of sending off something
- an official report (usually sent in haste)
- killing a person or animal
- A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.
- A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.
- The act of doing something quickly.
- (computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.
verb
- put an end to; kill
- put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
- terminate, end, or take out
- extinguish by crushing
- kill in large numbers
- To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
- (intransitive, reflexive) To die out.
- (psychology) To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned reflex).
- (figurative) To suppress (something, as feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.); to quench.
- (figurative) To kill (someone).
- (figurative) To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
- (figurative) To eclipse or obscure (someone or something).
- (figurative, chiefly law) To abolish or make void (a law, a legal right, etc.); also, to cancel (a creditor's claim, a licence, etc.).
verb
- To kill.
- (transitive) To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
- (transitive) To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
- (transitive) In particular, to terminate (a lawsuit), usually out of court, by agreement of all parties.
- (intransitive) To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. Also used figuratively.)
- (transitive) To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
- (transitive, in particular) To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
- (transitive) To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
- (intransitive, with "in") To be established in a profession or in employment.
- (intransitive) To become compact due to sinking.
- (transitive) To put into (proper) place; to make sit or lie properly.
- (intransitive) To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
- (intransitive) To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.
- (transitive) To cause to sink down or to be deposited (dregs, sediment, etc).
- (intransitive, usually with "down", "in", "on" or another preposition) To become stationary or fixed; to come to rest.
- (intransitive) To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
- (transitive) In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
- (intransitive) To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
- (transitive) To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
- (British, dialectal) To silence, especially by force.
- (transitive) To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish or fix.
- (transitive) To cause to no longer be in a disturbed, confused or stormy; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).
- (intransitive) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
- (intransitive) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
- (intransitive) To become married, or a householder.
- (transitive, colloquial) To pay (a bill).
- (ambitransitive) Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.
- (transitive) To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or due.
- (transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
- (transitive, law) To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).
- (intransitive) To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
- (transitive) To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
- settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
- form a community
- come to terms
- sink down or precipitate
- end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
- become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
- bring to an end; settle conclusively
- accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
- arrange or fix in the desired order
- go under
- become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
- make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
- take up residence and become established
- cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
- fix firmly
- dispose of; make a financial settlement
- settle conclusively; come to terms
- come as if by falling
- become clear by the sinking of particles
- come to rest
- establish or develop as a residence
- get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
noun
verb
noun
- A loose compartment of a backpack that straps on over the top opening.
- (informal) Mind.
- (plural only) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
- The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
- A part of the brain, especially associated with particular mental functions, abilities, etc.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Oral sex.
- By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
- (informal) An intelligent person.
- (in the singular) An intellectual or mental capacity.
- (in the plural) Intellect.
- that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
- mental ability
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the brain of certain animals used as meat
verb
- (transitive) To kill someone.
- (transitive, combat sports, by extension) To knock out an opponent.
- (baseball) To catch a fly ball or tag out a baserunner.
- (transitive, now formal or literary) To discard, divest oneself of.
- (transitive) To send (someone) to prison or mental asylum.
- (transitive) To store, add to one's stores for later use.
- (sports) To take a large lead in a game, especially enough to guarantee victory or make the game no longer competitive.
- (baseball) To strike out a batter.
- (transitive) To put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up.
- (tennis, pickleball) To hit the ball in such a way that the opponent cannot reach it; see passing shot.
- (transitive, colloquial) To consume (food or drink), especially in large quantities.
- eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
- throw or cast away
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
- kill gently, as with an injection
- turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- stop using
verb
noun
- (UK, slang, derogatory) A chav or ned; a stereotypically loud and aggressive person of lower social class.
- (Australia, slang, derogatory) A rough or unkempt woman.
- (Scotland) A scrog.
- A ragged, stunted tree or branch.
- a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
- lean end of the neck
- the lean end of a neck of veal
verb
- (transitive) To remove or end by death; to kill.
- (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
- (of a plant, etc.) To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- (transitive) To bind oneself by.
- (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- (transitive) To avail oneself of; to exploit.
- (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- (transitive) To experience or feel.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- (reflexive) To go.
- (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- (transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).
- (transitive) To assume (a form).
- (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- (transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
- (transitive) To exact.
- (transitive) To proceed to fill.
- (transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc.).
- (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- (transitive, mathematics, computing) To accept (zero or more arguments).
- (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- (of ink, dye, etc.) To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
- (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
- (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
- (transitive) To seize or capture.
- (transitive) To participate in.
- (transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- (transitive) To perform (a role).
- (transitive) To receive into some relationship.
- (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
- (transitive) To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- (transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- (intransitive, copulative) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- (transitive, of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
- (transitive) To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
- (transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
- (transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- (of a mechanical device) To catch; to engage.
- (transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- (transitive, grammar) To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).
- (transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- (transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- (transitive) To have sex with.
- (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- (transitive) To subtract.
- Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
- (transitive) To go or move into.
- (transitive) To fill, occupy, require, or use up (space).
- (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
- (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
- (transitive) To remove.
- (transitive) To require (a person, resource or thing in order to achieve an outcome).
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- (transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- (transitive) To deal with.
- (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- (transitive, Greece, Cyprus, informal) To buy.
- (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- (transitive, intransitive, law) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
- (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- (transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).
- (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- (transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.
- (transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
- admit into a group or community
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take somebody somewhere
- experience or feel or submit to
- develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation
- receive or obtain regularly
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- proceed along in a vehicle
- be a student of a certain subject
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- get into one's hands, take physically
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- be designed to hold or take
- take into one's possession
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- require (time or space)
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- obtain by winning
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- occupy or take on
- require as useful, just, or proper
- buy, select
- head into a specified direction
- make a film or photograph of something
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- receive willingly something given or offered
- carry out
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- engage for service under a term of contract
- conquer by force
- have sex with; archaic use
- be capable of holding or containing
noun
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.
- (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- The or an act of taking.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
- the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
verb
- (transitive) To kill brutally.
- (intransitive) To work as a butcher.
- (transitive) To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
- (transitive) To mess up hopelessly; to botch; to distort beyond recognition.
- (transitive) To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
- kill (animals) usually for food consumption
adj
noun
- (Cockney rhyming slang, from butcher's hook) A look.
- A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
- (figurative) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
- a brutal indiscriminate murderer
- a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
- a retailer of meat
- someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
verb
noun
verb
- cause to operate by flipping a switch
- to evoke sexual feelings
- get high, stoned, or drugged
- become hostile towards
- produce suddenly or automatically
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- be contingent on
- (transitive) To aim at.
- (transitive) To set a flow of fluid or gas running by rotating a tap or valve.
- (intransitive, slang) To take drugs.
- (intransitive, of a device) To start operating; to power up, to become on.
- (transitive, slang) To cause to take up drugs, especially hallucinogens.
- (transitive) To rebel against; to suddenly attack.
- (transitive) To power up, to put into operation, to start, to activate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
- (transitive) To sexually arouse.
- (transitive) To introduce (someone to something), and especially to fill them with enthusiasm (about it); to intoxicate, give pleasure to ( + to an object of interest or excitement).
- (ditransitive) To cause (someone) to rebel against or suddenly attack (someone else).
- (intransitive) To depend upon; to pivot around, to have as a central subject.
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To strike down, kill, destroy.
- simple past of fall
- (sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
- (now colloquial) past participle of fall
- (transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
- pass away rapidly
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- sew a seam by folding the edges
adj
adv
noun
- (mining) The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.
- (textiles) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
- (archaic outside Northern England, Scotland) A wild field or upland moor.
- A cutting-down of timber.
- (geography) High and barren landscape feature such as a mountain range or mountain terrain above the tree line.
- The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
- (archaic outside Northern England, Scotland) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains, particularly in the British Isles or Fennoscandia.
- the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
- the act of felling something (as a tree)
- seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges
verb
- kill or destroy
- sell at a loss
- endure the loss of
- make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
- (Christianity) To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
- (religion) To offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity.
- (bridge) To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out but with insufficient time to put the runner(s) out.
- To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
- (chess) To intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
- To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically (sciences), to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test.
- (religion) To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
noun
- a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
- personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
- A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see etymology 1 sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
- Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
- (by extension) The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as (Protestantism) an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's crucifixion, or (Roman Catholicism) a perpetual re-presentation of Christ's sacrificial offering.
- Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
- (baseball) Ellipsis of sacrifice bunt or sacrifice hit (“a play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners”).
- (bridge) In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose.
- (chess) An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (figurative) The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer, thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.
verb
- (transitive) To attack or kill with poison gas.
- (transitive) To use poison gas in (a volume or area) to attack or kill someone or something.
- (intransitive) To emit gas.
- (transitive) To impregnate with gas.
- (US) To increase the fuel flow to a vehicle's engine in order to accelerate it.
- (transitive, slang) To impose upon by talking boastfully.
- (intransitive, slang) To talk in a boastful or vapid way; to chatter.
- (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
- (transitive) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
- attack with gas; subject to gas fumes
- show off
adj
noun
- (uncountable) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.
- (countable, physical chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
- (uncountable, military) Poison gas.
- (business, often attributive) The supply of natural gas, as a utility.
- (uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.
- (uncountable, by extension) Ellipsis of gas pedal; accelerator, throttle.
- (uncountable, physical chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
- (uncountable, Canada, US, New Zealand, Philippines) Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
- (slang, uncountable) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
- (baseball) A fastball.
- (countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
- (medicine, colloquial) Arterial or venous blood gas.
- (uncountable, cryptocurrencies) An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.
- (slang) Frothy or boastful talk; chatter.
- the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
- a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
- a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
- a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes
verb
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (transitive) To utter in a low, hoarse voice.
- (programming slang, Perl) To abort the current program indicating a user or caller error.
- (intransitive) To make a croak sound.
- (intransitive, of a frog, toad, raven, or various other birds or animals) To make its vocal sound.
- To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
- (slang) To die.
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- utter a hoarse sound, like a raven
- make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
noun
verb
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (transitive) To travel in or through, to tour, to make a circuit of.
- (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
- (dialectal) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
- (transitive) To impersonate or depict.
- (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
- (ditransitive) To have (as an effect).
- (transitive, informal) To injure (one's own body part).
- (transitive) To perform; to execute.
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)
- (ambitransitive) To finish.
- (transitive) To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
- (transitive, with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
- (transitive) To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
- (ditransitive, informal) To make or provide.
- (transitive) To treat in a certain way.
- (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
- (transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
- A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
- (transitive, informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
- (transitive, in the form be doing [somewhere]) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
- (transitive, finance) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
- (transitive) To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
- (DoggoLingo, used with nouns, verbs, and adjective) To perform something suggested by a following noun, verb, or adjective.
- A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
- A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
- (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
- (modal, interrogative, informal) Should; ought to (especially in respect of a task to be repeated).
- (transitive, informal) To provide as a service.
- (ambitransitive) To suffice.
- (especially England, intransitive) To fare well; to thrive; to prosper; (of livestock) to fatten.
- (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
- (transitive) To cook.
- (informal, transitive) To drive a vehicle at a certain speed, especially in regard to a speed limit.
- (transitive) To take (a drug).
- (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.
- proceed or get along
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- arrange attractively
- carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- travel or traverse (a distance)
- carry out or perform an action
- carry on or function
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- create or design, often in a certain way
- spend time in prison or in a labor camp
- engage in
- get (something) done
noun
- (chiefly fossilized) Something that can or should be done.
- (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
- (UK, informal) A party, celebration, social function; usually of moderate size and formality.
- (UK, slang) A homicide.
- (informal) Clipping of hairdo.
- an uproarious party
- the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
num
verb
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (of a graph) To experience significantly decreased rates of change compared to previous rates of change.
- (intransitive, medicine, cardiology, by extension) To die.
- (informal, transitive) To remain at the same level, without development; or, to fall.
- (intransitive, medicine, cardiology, of the heart) To stop beating.
- (fishing, intransitive) To fish using a flatline.
noun
- (fishing) A line that is run low to the water from the rod tip, generally off a release clip of some type.
- The disappearance of the rhythmic peaks displayed on a heart monitor.
- (also figurative) An unchanging state, as indicated in a graph of a variable over time.
- The disappearance of brain waves on an electroencephalogram.
verb
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (transitive, slang) To thrash or beat up; to overwhelm in a fight.
- (transitive) To remove (a crease or creases) with an iron.
- (transitive) To make (something) flat or smooth as if with an iron.
- (transitive, figurative) To resolve (a dispute); to solve (a problem).
- press and smooth with a heated iron
- settle or put right
verb
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (transitive, slang) To rob.
- To remove (something or someone) by hitting.
- (transitive) To assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar, British) To have sex with (a woman).
- (transitive) To make a copy of, as of a design.
- (transitive) To remove, as a discount or estimate.
- (sports, by extension) To defeat.
- (transitive, informal) To accomplish hastily.
- (ambitransitive, slang) To halt one's work or other activity.
- cut the price of
- stop pursuing or acting
- write quickly
- take by theft
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
noun
verb
adj
- (by extension, Australia, slang) Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent.
- Temporarily not attending a usual place, such as work or school, especially owing to illness or holiday.
- (predicative only) Inappropriate; untoward.
- Not correct; not properly formed; not logical, harmonious, etc.
- (British, in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
- (in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
- (chiefly UK) Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
- (predicative only) Presently unavailable. (of a dish on a menu)
- (predicative only) Inoperative, disabled.
- Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
- (poker slang) Offsuit.
- (predicative only) Cancelled; not happening.
- Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
- Started on the way.
- (in phrases such as 'well off', 'poorly off', 'comfortably off', etc., and in 'how?' questions) Circumstanced.
- (cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
- Not fitted; not being worn.
- Far; off to the side.
- below a satisfactory level
- (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
- not performing or scheduled for duties
- not in operation or operational
- in an unpalatable state
adv
- Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
- So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- (theater) Offstage.
- In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
- at a distance in space or time
- from a particular thing or place or position (‘forth’ is obsolete)
- no longer on or in contact or attached
noun
prep
- Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
- Removed or subtracted from.
- Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
- (colloquial, more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.
- Outside the area or region of.
- Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
- Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
- Not positioned upon, or away from a position upon.
- No longer wanting or taking.
- Temporarily not attending (a usual place), especially owing to illness or holiday.
- (slang, drugs) Under the influence of.
- (informal) As a result of.