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verb
noun
- a notable achievement
- An achievement.
- (by extension, Internet, video games) An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.
- A heroic or extraordinary deed.
- (computing) A program or technique that takes advantage of a vulnerability in other software.
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verb
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- Hard work.
- (glassblowing, blow molding) The excess material which adheres to the top, base, or rim of a glass object when it is cut or knocked off from a blowpipe or punty, or from the mold-filling process. Typically removed after annealing as part of the finishing process (e.g. scored and snapped off).
- A spot; a defilement.
- (glassblowing) The metallic oxide from a blowpipe which has adhered to a glass object.
- Confusion, turmoil.
- (glassblowing) The glass circling the tip of a blowpipe or punty, such as the residual glass after detaching a blown vessel, or the lower part of a gather.
verb
noun
- An amount of work; specifically, a large amount of business or work.
- (by extension) The rower nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rhythm for the other rowers; the position in the boat occupied by this rower.
- (sciences) An individual discharge of lightning, particularly if causing damage.
- An act of moving one's hand or an object along a surface in one direction, touching it lightly; a caress.
- (by extension) A thrust of the penis during sexual intercourse.
- One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.
- (swimming) A movement of the arms and legs which propels a swimmer through the water; a specific combination of such movements, constituting a swimming style.
- An act of striking with a weapon; a blow.
- A single movement of a paintbrush, chisel, pen, pencil, or similar implement; a line or mark made by such an implement.
- A gesture of assurance given as encouragement; specifically (psychoanalysis) in transactional analysis: a (generally positive) reaction expressed to a person which fulfils their desires or needs.
- A beat or throb, as of the heart or pulse.
- (linguistics, calligraphy, typography) A line making up a written character.
- (cricket) The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot.
- A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done or produced; also, something accomplished by such an effort; an achievement, a feat.
- (chiefly US) A flattering or friendly act, comment, etc., done or made to a person to influence them.
- (technology) A single movement or thrust of a reciprocating device (such as a piston or connecting rod); the length of this movement.
- An act causing hurt or death, especially when seen as divine punishment.
- (turn-based games) A masterful or effective action.
- A distinctive expression in a written composition; a touch.
- (golf) A single act of striking at the ball with a club; also, at matchplay, a shot deducted from a player's score at a hole as a result of a handicapping system.
- (computing) In Unicode: the formal name of the individual horizontal strikethroughs (as in "A̶").
- An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The oblique, slash, or virgule ("/").
- The movement of an oar or paddle through water: either the cycle of movement as a whole, or the propelling phase (as opposed to the return); the manner in which such movements are made; a rowing style.
- (medicine) A sudden interruption of blood supply to the brain, causing minor to major brain damage and possible death.
- (squash) A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.
- The hitting of a bell or similar by the clapper or hammer of a clock; the sound thereof; the time when this occurs.
- A damaging occurrence, especially if sudden; a blow, a calamity.
- A single movement with a tool; also, an impact of a tool on an object.
- An individual social interaction whereby one gives another attention or recognition.
- (tennis) The hitting of a ball with a racket; also, the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact.
- any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing
- a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
- a single complete movement
- (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew
- a light touch with the hands
- anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club
- a light touch
- a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush
verb
- To draw the horizontal line across the upright part (of the letter t).
- To act as the stroke (“rower who is nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rowing rhythm for the other rowers”) of (a boat or its crew).
- To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.
- (poetic, rare) Of a bell or clock: to chime or sound to indicate (the hour, the time, etc.).
- (agriculture) To milk (a cow or other animal); especially, to squeeze the teat of (a cow, etc.) to extract the last bit of milk from the udder; to strap (dialectal), to strip.
- (swimming) To strike (the water) with one's arms and legs when swimming.
- (by extension, chiefly US, politics) To influence (someone) by convincing or flattering them.
- (ball games) To hit or kick (the ball) with a flowing or smooth motion; also, to score (a goal, a point, etc.) by doing so.
- (also figuratively) To bring (something) to a certain condition by stroking (sense 1).
- (masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to (stone) by carving it with a tool.
- Of a rower or a crew: to row at (a rate of a certain number of strokes (“movements of the oar through water”) per minute).
- (swimming) To swim by making co-ordinated movements with the arms and legs.
- (rare) To mark (something) with lines or stripes; to stripe.
- (especially psychoanalysis) To give assurance to (someone) through encouragement.
- (medicine) Chiefly followed by out: to suffer loss of brain function when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted; to have a stroke (noun sense 4).
- Followed by out or through: to draw a line or lines through (text) to indicate that it is deleted; to cancel, to strike or strike out.
- (by extension, vulgar, uncommon, intransitive) To masturbate.
- touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions
- treat gingerly or carefully
- row at a particular rate
- strike a ball with a smooth blow
verb
noun
- someone entirely dominated by some influence or person
- a person who is owned by someone
- someone who works as hard as a slave
- (figuratively) A drudge; one who labors or is obliged (e.g. by prior contract) to labor like a slave with limited rights, e.g. an indentured servant.
- (figuratively) One who has no power of resistance to something, one who surrenders to or is under the domination of something.
- (engineering, computing, photography) A device (such as a secondary flash or hard drive) that is subject to the control of another (a master).
- (BDSM) A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who consensually submits to, sexually or personally, serving one or more masters or mistresses.
- A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.
- A sex slave, a person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts on a regular or continuing basis.
- (figuratively) An abject person.
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adj
- Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious.
- (informal) Very bad, poor.
- Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
- Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person).
- causing misery or pain or distress
- causing physical or psychological pain
- exceptionally bad or displeasing
- causing physical discomfort
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- The action of grinding together or crushing into small particles; the sound of this action.
- (manufacturing, repair) The action of grinding a workpiece to change its size, shape, and surface finish.
- (business, informal) The act of doing the daily grind.
- (dance) A form of dance in which two people rub their bodies together.
- (roleplaying games, gaming) Repeatedly performing the same quest or similar in-game activity in order to amass points or wealth.
- the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
- material resulting from the process of grinding
- a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)
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noun
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- Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
- Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.
- (slang) Tough, muscular, badass.
- (politics) Far, extreme.
- Unquestionable; unequivocal.
- (of a normally nonalcoholic drink) Containing alcohol.
- (finance) Of a market: having more demand than supply; being a seller's market.
- (physics, of a ferromagnetic material) Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).
- Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
- (slang) Excellent, impressive.
- (Slavic phonology) Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized.
- (of drink or drugs) Strong.
- Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
- (pornography) Hardcore.
- (of material or fluid) Solid and firm.
- (physics, of electromagnetic radiation) Having a high energy (high frequency; short wavelength).
- Resistant to pressure; difficult to break, cut, or penetrate.
- (of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
- (wine) Very acidic or tannic.
- (photography, of light) Made up of parallel rays, producing clearly defined shadows.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
- (military) Hardened; having unusually strong defences.
- Unvoiced.
- (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
- Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.
- (slang, vulgar) Sexually aroused; having an erect penis.
- Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with.
- In a physical form, not digital.
- Plosive.
- Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.
- very strong or vigorous
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- unfortunate or hard to bear
- (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
- dried out
- resisting weight or pressure
- not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- dispassionate
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
adv
- (manner) Compactly.
- (manner) With difficulty.
- (manner) With much force or effort.
- earnestly or intently
- causing great damage or hardship
- with pain or distress or bitterness
- to the full extent possible; all the way
- very near or close in space or time
- indulging excessively
- with firmness
- slowly and with difficulty
- with effort or force or vigor
- into a solid condition
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verb
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- (uncountable, British, colloquial) Work; labor requiring effort.
- (horticulture) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
- (uncountable) Illicit profit by corrupt means, especially in public life.
- (horticulture) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
- A narrow spade used in digging drainage trenches.
- (uncountable, slang) A criminal’s special branch of practice.
- (countable, slang) A cut of the take (money).
- (uncountable, US, politics) A bribe, especially on an ongoing basis.
- (countable) A con job.
- (uncountable) Corruption in official life.
- (surgery) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
- The depth of the blade of a digging tool such as a spade or shovel.
- (countable, British, colloquial) A job or trade.
- (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
- the act of grafting something onto something else
- the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage
verb
- (transitive) To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.
- (transitive) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.
- (intransitive) To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.
- To obtain illegal gain from bribery or similar corrupt practices.
- (chemistry) To form a graft polymer
- (transitive, surgery) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
- (transitive, nautical) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope yarns.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To work hard.
- cause to grow together parts from different plants
- place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
noun
- A tedious and laborious task.
- A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
- A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
- (uncountable, slang) Hustle; hard work.
- A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
- Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
- (uncountable, music) Clipping of grindcore (“subgenre of heavy metal”).
- The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
- an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
- the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
- hard monotonous routine work
verb
- work hard
- (transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
- (sports, intransitive) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
- (slang, Hawaii) To eat.
- (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
- To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
- (slang) To rub one's body against another's in a sexual way; to frottage.
- To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
- (transitive) To shape with the force of friction.
- (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
- (transitive) To operate by turning a crank.
- To instill through repetitive teaching.
- (video games) To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
- (intransitive, slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
- (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
- (intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
- (transitive) To oppress, hold down or weaken.
- (slang, intransitive) To rotate the hips erotically.
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- created by grinding
- dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
- shape or form by grinding
noun
- The volume of work required to be performed.
- A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
- (engineering) The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
- (vulgar, slang) The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
- (in combination) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
- The charge of powder for a firearm; a loaded cartridge or round of ammunition.
- A unit of measure for various quantities.
- (computing) The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
- (euphemistic) Nonsense; rubbish.
- Ellipsis of viral load.
- A burden; a weight to be carried.
- (engineering) A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
- (figuratively) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
- A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
- A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.
- (electrical engineering) Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
- (Philippines) prepaid phone credit
- (often in the plural, colloquial) A large number or amount.
- (vulgar, slang) defecation
- (electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
- weight to be borne or conveyed
- a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
- electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
- an onerous or difficult concern
- the power output of a generator or power plant
- a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
- the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
- an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
- goods carried by a large vehicle
verb
- (intransitive) To be placed into storage or conveyance.
- (transitive) To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
- (intransitive) To be put into use in an apparatus.
- (transitive) To provide in abundance.
- (transitive) To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
- (intransitive) To receive a load.
- (transitive) To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
- (transitive) To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.
- (transitive, computing) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
- (Philippines) to top up or purchase phone credits
- (transitive) To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
- (intransitive, computing) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
- (transitive) To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
- (intransitive) To put a load on something.
- (transitive) To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.
- (transitive) To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.
- (transitive) To weight (a cane, whip, etc.) with lead or similar.
- (transitive, baseball) To put runners on first, second and third bases
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
- put (something) on a structure or conveyance
- fill or place a load on
- provide (a device) with something necessary
noun
- An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
- productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- (uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
- (historical) A traditional unit of area in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to 177.1 acres or 71.67 ha.
- The time period during which a mother gives birth.
- (uncountable) A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
- (uncommon, zoology) A group of moles.
- That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
- (medicine, obstetrics) The act or process of a mother giving birth.
- (nautical) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
- an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
verb
- work hard
- To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
- To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
- (transitive) To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
- (nautical) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
- (intransitive) To toil, to work.
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- undergo the efforts of childbirth
verb
- work hard
- remove, harvest, or recover by digging
- remove the inner part or the core of
- get the meaning of something
- turn up, loosen, or remove earth
- thrust down or into
- create by digging
- poke or thrust abruptly
- (transitive) To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
- (mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
- (volleyball) To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball
- To thrust; to poke.
- (figurative) To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
- (transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
noun
- the act of digging
- the site of an archeological exploration
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
- a small gouge (as in the cover of a book)
- An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
- The occupation of digging for gold.
- (music, slang) A rare or interesting vinyl record bought second-hand.
- (medicine, colloquial) Digoxin.
- (cricket) An innings.
- A thrust; a poke.
- (volleyball) A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
- A cutting, sarcastic remark.
verb
- work hard
- act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools
- exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
- (intransitive, UK, Ireland, education, historical, colloquial) Of a younger student, to act as a servant for senior students in many British boarding schools.
- (transitive, UK, Ireland, education, historical, colloquial) To have (a younger student) act as a servant in this way.
noun
- finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
- offensive term for a homosexual man
- (US, vulgar, derogatory, offensive) An annoying person.
- (education, historical, colloquial) A younger student acting as a servant for senior students.
- (US, technical) In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric.
- (US, Canada, vulgar, usually offensive, sometimes endearing) A homosexual man.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A cigarette.
- (slang, offensive, usually derogatory) An effeminate or unusual homosexual man.
verb
noun
- productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- (chiefly American spelling) Alternative spelling of labour.
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noun
- A major division of a long work.
- (whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
- (sports, by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
- (historical) A package of silk.
- (horse racing) A list of the races that a jockey is scheduled to ride in.
- (poker slang) Four of a kind.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
- A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
- A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
- (figurative) Any source of instruction.
- A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.
- (law, colloquial) A book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
- (advertising, informal) A portfolio of one's previous work in the industry.
- (theater) The script of a musical or opera.
- (with "the") The accumulated body of knowledge passed down among black pimps.
- (gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
- (usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
- (informal) A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant.
- (horse racing) The list of mares that a stallion will breed in a given season.
- (sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents that happened in a game.
- (chess, uncountable) The sum of chess knowledge in the opening or endgame.
- a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game
- a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
- a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge
- a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
- a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
- a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made
- a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
- a major division of a long written composition
verb
- (transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
- (sports) To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England) simple past of bake
- (transitive, law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.
- (transitive) To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.
- (intransitive, slang) To travel very fast.
- (law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
- (transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.
- To record bets as bookmaker.
- (intransitive, slang) To move or leave, often hurriedly and abruptly.
- record a charge in a police register
- engage for a performance
- register in a hotel booker
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
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adj
- Performing gruelling and tedious chores.
- (of a woman's feet or footwear) Gracefully small.
- Constituting maltreatment, especially as motivated by favoritism, nepotism, or cronyism.
- (by extension, of a woman) Having gracefully small feet.
- Of, resembling, or characteristic of Cinderella (the fairytale).
- Ending at or avoiding midnight.
- (by extension) Gruelling and tedious.
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To fail due to excessive load.
- (transitive, object-oriented programming) To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts.
- (transitive) To provide too much power to a circuit.
- (transitive) To load excessively.
- fill to excess so that function is impaired
- become overloaded
- place too much a load on
verb
- To work hard.
- To form a felt-like texture, similar to the way beaver fur is used for felt-making.
- (backgammon) After being doubled, to immediately double the stakes again, a move that keeps the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
- (slang) To spot a beard in a game of beaver.
- (logging, slang) To cut a continuous ring around a tree that one is felling.
- work hard on something
noun
- (countable, backgammon) A move in response to being doubled, in which one immediately doubles the stakes again, keeping the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
- Butter.
- Alternative letter-case form of Beaver (“member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement”).
- Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
- Alternative spelling of bevor (“part of a helmet”).
- A brown colour, like that of a beaver.
- (chiefly Canada, US, slang, countable) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.
- (Canada, US) Beaver pelts as an article of exchange or as a standard of value.
- (US, offensive, slang) A woman, especially one who is sexually attractive.
- (countable) A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.
- (countable, slang) A beard or a bearded person.
- (countable) A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.
- The fur of the beaver.
- (uncountable, historical, slang) A game, in which points are scored by spotting beards.
- a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face
- the soft brown fur of the beaver
- a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
- a full beard
- large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
- a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
noun
- (figurative) Hard work; toil.
- (video games, slang) An extremely or excessively competitive player.
- Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.
- (British, military slang, especially WWI) A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).
- A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.
- (historical) The sweating sickness.
- (figurative) Moisture issuing from any substance.
- The state of one who is sweating; diaphoresis.
- salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
- condensation of moisture on a cold surface
- agitation resulting from active worry
- use of physical or mental energy; hard work
verb
- (transitive, informal) To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
- (intransitive, plumbing) To solder (a pipe joint) together.
- (intransitive) To have drops of water form on (something's surface) due to moisture condensation.
- (transitive, informal) To worry about (something).
- (intransitive, informal) To worry.
- (transitive) To take a racehorse for a short exercise run.
- (intransitive) To emit sweat.
- (transitive, slang) To stress out, to put under pressure.
- (intransitive) To suffer a penalty; to smart for one's misdeeds.
- (intransitive, informal) To work hard.
- To cause to perspire.
- (transitive, intransitive, cooking) To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content.
- (transitive) To emit, in the manner of sweat.
- (transitive) To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
- (video games) To be extremely dedicated to winning a game; to play competitively.
- (intransitive) To emit moisture.
- excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
noun
verb
noun
noun
- Hard work.
- (glassblowing, blow molding) The excess material which adheres to the top, base, or rim of a glass object when it is cut or knocked off from a blowpipe or punty, or from the mold-filling process. Typically removed after annealing as part of the finishing process (e.g. scored and snapped off).
- A spot; a defilement.
- (glassblowing) The metallic oxide from a blowpipe which has adhered to a glass object.
- Confusion, turmoil.
- (glassblowing) The glass circling the tip of a blowpipe or punty, such as the residual glass after detaching a blown vessel, or the lower part of a gather.
verb
noun
- An amount of work; specifically, a large amount of business or work.
- (by extension) The rower nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rhythm for the other rowers; the position in the boat occupied by this rower.
- (sciences) An individual discharge of lightning, particularly if causing damage.
- An act of moving one's hand or an object along a surface in one direction, touching it lightly; a caress.
- (by extension) A thrust of the penis during sexual intercourse.
- One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.
- (swimming) A movement of the arms and legs which propels a swimmer through the water; a specific combination of such movements, constituting a swimming style.
- An act of striking with a weapon; a blow.
- A single movement of a paintbrush, chisel, pen, pencil, or similar implement; a line or mark made by such an implement.
- A gesture of assurance given as encouragement; specifically (psychoanalysis) in transactional analysis: a (generally positive) reaction expressed to a person which fulfils their desires or needs.
- A beat or throb, as of the heart or pulse.
- (linguistics, calligraphy, typography) A line making up a written character.
- (cricket) The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot.
- A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done or produced; also, something accomplished by such an effort; an achievement, a feat.
- (chiefly US) A flattering or friendly act, comment, etc., done or made to a person to influence them.
- (technology) A single movement or thrust of a reciprocating device (such as a piston or connecting rod); the length of this movement.
- An act causing hurt or death, especially when seen as divine punishment.
- (turn-based games) A masterful or effective action.
- A distinctive expression in a written composition; a touch.
- (golf) A single act of striking at the ball with a club; also, at matchplay, a shot deducted from a player's score at a hole as a result of a handicapping system.
- (computing) In Unicode: the formal name of the individual horizontal strikethroughs (as in "A̶").
- An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The oblique, slash, or virgule ("/").
- The movement of an oar or paddle through water: either the cycle of movement as a whole, or the propelling phase (as opposed to the return); the manner in which such movements are made; a rowing style.
- (medicine) A sudden interruption of blood supply to the brain, causing minor to major brain damage and possible death.
- (squash) A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.
- The hitting of a bell or similar by the clapper or hammer of a clock; the sound thereof; the time when this occurs.
- A damaging occurrence, especially if sudden; a blow, a calamity.
- A single movement with a tool; also, an impact of a tool on an object.
- An individual social interaction whereby one gives another attention or recognition.
- (tennis) The hitting of a ball with a racket; also, the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact.
- any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing
- a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
- a single complete movement
- (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew
- a light touch with the hands
- anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club
- a light touch
- a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush
verb
- To draw the horizontal line across the upright part (of the letter t).
- To act as the stroke (“rower who is nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rowing rhythm for the other rowers”) of (a boat or its crew).
- To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.
- (poetic, rare) Of a bell or clock: to chime or sound to indicate (the hour, the time, etc.).
- (agriculture) To milk (a cow or other animal); especially, to squeeze the teat of (a cow, etc.) to extract the last bit of milk from the udder; to strap (dialectal), to strip.
- (swimming) To strike (the water) with one's arms and legs when swimming.
- (by extension, chiefly US, politics) To influence (someone) by convincing or flattering them.
- (ball games) To hit or kick (the ball) with a flowing or smooth motion; also, to score (a goal, a point, etc.) by doing so.
- (also figuratively) To bring (something) to a certain condition by stroking (sense 1).
- (masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to (stone) by carving it with a tool.
- Of a rower or a crew: to row at (a rate of a certain number of strokes (“movements of the oar through water”) per minute).
- (swimming) To swim by making co-ordinated movements with the arms and legs.
- (rare) To mark (something) with lines or stripes; to stripe.
- (especially psychoanalysis) To give assurance to (someone) through encouragement.
- (medicine) Chiefly followed by out: to suffer loss of brain function when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted; to have a stroke (noun sense 4).
- Followed by out or through: to draw a line or lines through (text) to indicate that it is deleted; to cancel, to strike or strike out.
- (by extension, vulgar, uncommon, intransitive) To masturbate.
- touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions
- treat gingerly or carefully
- row at a particular rate
- strike a ball with a smooth blow
noun
adj
- Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
- Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.
- (slang) Tough, muscular, badass.
- (politics) Far, extreme.
- Unquestionable; unequivocal.
- (of a normally nonalcoholic drink) Containing alcohol.
- (finance) Of a market: having more demand than supply; being a seller's market.
- (physics, of a ferromagnetic material) Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).
- Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
- (slang) Excellent, impressive.
- (Slavic phonology) Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized.
- (of drink or drugs) Strong.
- Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
- (pornography) Hardcore.
- (of material or fluid) Solid and firm.
- (physics, of electromagnetic radiation) Having a high energy (high frequency; short wavelength).
- Resistant to pressure; difficult to break, cut, or penetrate.
- (of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
- (wine) Very acidic or tannic.
- (photography, of light) Made up of parallel rays, producing clearly defined shadows.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
- (military) Hardened; having unusually strong defences.
- Unvoiced.
- (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
- Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.
- (slang, vulgar) Sexually aroused; having an erect penis.
- Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with.
- In a physical form, not digital.
- Plosive.
- Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.
- very strong or vigorous
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- unfortunate or hard to bear
- (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
- dried out
- resisting weight or pressure
- not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- dispassionate
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
adv
- (manner) Compactly.
- (manner) With difficulty.
- (manner) With much force or effort.
- earnestly or intently
- causing great damage or hardship
- with pain or distress or bitterness
- to the full extent possible; all the way
- very near or close in space or time
- indulging excessively
- with firmness
- slowly and with difficulty
- with effort or force or vigor
- into a solid condition
noun
verb
noun
- (uncountable, British, colloquial) Work; labor requiring effort.
- (horticulture) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
- (uncountable) Illicit profit by corrupt means, especially in public life.
- (horticulture) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
- A narrow spade used in digging drainage trenches.
- (uncountable, slang) A criminal’s special branch of practice.
- (countable, slang) A cut of the take (money).
- (uncountable, US, politics) A bribe, especially on an ongoing basis.
- (countable) A con job.
- (uncountable) Corruption in official life.
- (surgery) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
- The depth of the blade of a digging tool such as a spade or shovel.
- (countable, British, colloquial) A job or trade.
- (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
- the act of grafting something onto something else
- the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage
verb
- (transitive) To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.
- (transitive) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.
- (intransitive) To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.
- To obtain illegal gain from bribery or similar corrupt practices.
- (chemistry) To form a graft polymer
- (transitive, surgery) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
- (transitive, nautical) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope yarns.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To work hard.
- cause to grow together parts from different plants
- place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
noun
- A tedious and laborious task.
- A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
- A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
- (uncountable, slang) Hustle; hard work.
- A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
- Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
- (uncountable, music) Clipping of grindcore (“subgenre of heavy metal”).
- The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
- an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
- the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
- hard monotonous routine work
verb
- work hard
- (transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
- (sports, intransitive) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
- (slang, Hawaii) To eat.
- (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
- To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
- (slang) To rub one's body against another's in a sexual way; to frottage.
- To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
- (transitive) To shape with the force of friction.
- (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
- (transitive) To operate by turning a crank.
- To instill through repetitive teaching.
- (video games) To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
- (intransitive, slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
- (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
- (intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
- (transitive) To oppress, hold down or weaken.
- (slang, intransitive) To rotate the hips erotically.
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- created by grinding
- dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
- shape or form by grinding
noun
- The volume of work required to be performed.
- A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
- (engineering) The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
- (vulgar, slang) The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
- (in combination) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
- The charge of powder for a firearm; a loaded cartridge or round of ammunition.
- A unit of measure for various quantities.
- (computing) The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
- (euphemistic) Nonsense; rubbish.
- Ellipsis of viral load.
- A burden; a weight to be carried.
- (engineering) A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
- (figuratively) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
- A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
- A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.
- (electrical engineering) Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
- (Philippines) prepaid phone credit
- (often in the plural, colloquial) A large number or amount.
- (vulgar, slang) defecation
- (electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
- weight to be borne or conveyed
- a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
- electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
- an onerous or difficult concern
- the power output of a generator or power plant
- a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
- the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
- an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
- goods carried by a large vehicle
verb
- (intransitive) To be placed into storage or conveyance.
- (transitive) To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
- (intransitive) To be put into use in an apparatus.
- (transitive) To provide in abundance.
- (transitive) To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
- (intransitive) To receive a load.
- (transitive) To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
- (transitive) To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.
- (transitive, computing) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
- (Philippines) to top up or purchase phone credits
- (transitive) To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
- (intransitive, computing) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
- (transitive) To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
- (intransitive) To put a load on something.
- (transitive) To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.
- (transitive) To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.
- (transitive) To weight (a cane, whip, etc.) with lead or similar.
- (transitive, baseball) To put runners on first, second and third bases
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
- put (something) on a structure or conveyance
- fill or place a load on
- provide (a device) with something necessary
noun
- An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
- productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- (uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
- (historical) A traditional unit of area in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to 177.1 acres or 71.67 ha.
- The time period during which a mother gives birth.
- (uncountable) A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
- (uncommon, zoology) A group of moles.
- That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
- (medicine, obstetrics) The act or process of a mother giving birth.
- (nautical) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
- an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
verb
- work hard
- To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
- To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
- (transitive) To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
- (nautical) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
- (intransitive) To toil, to work.
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- undergo the efforts of childbirth
noun
- A major division of a long work.
- (whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
- (sports, by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
- (historical) A package of silk.
- (horse racing) A list of the races that a jockey is scheduled to ride in.
- (poker slang) Four of a kind.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
- A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
- A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
- (figurative) Any source of instruction.
- A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.
- (law, colloquial) A book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
- (advertising, informal) A portfolio of one's previous work in the industry.
- (theater) The script of a musical or opera.
- (with "the") The accumulated body of knowledge passed down among black pimps.
- (gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
- (usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
- (informal) A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant.
- (horse racing) The list of mares that a stallion will breed in a given season.
- (sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents that happened in a game.
- (chess, uncountable) The sum of chess knowledge in the opening or endgame.
- a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game
- a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
- a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge
- a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
- a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
- a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made
- a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
- a major division of a long written composition
verb
- (transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
- (sports) To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England) simple past of bake
- (transitive, law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.
- (transitive) To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.
- (intransitive, slang) To travel very fast.
- (law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
- (transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.
- To record bets as bookmaker.
- (intransitive, slang) To move or leave, often hurriedly and abruptly.
- record a charge in a police register
- engage for a performance
- register in a hotel booker
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
noun
adj
character
prep
verb
noun
- productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- (chiefly American spelling) Alternative spelling of labour.
verb
noun
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To fail due to excessive load.
- (transitive, object-oriented programming) To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts.
- (transitive) To provide too much power to a circuit.
- (transitive) To load excessively.
- fill to excess so that function is impaired
- become overloaded
- place too much a load on
noun
- (figurative) Hard work; toil.
- (video games, slang) An extremely or excessively competitive player.
- Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.
- (British, military slang, especially WWI) A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).
- A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.
- (historical) The sweating sickness.
- (figurative) Moisture issuing from any substance.
- The state of one who is sweating; diaphoresis.
- salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
- condensation of moisture on a cold surface
- agitation resulting from active worry
- use of physical or mental energy; hard work
verb
- (transitive, informal) To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
- (intransitive, plumbing) To solder (a pipe joint) together.
- (intransitive) To have drops of water form on (something's surface) due to moisture condensation.
- (transitive, informal) To worry about (something).
- (intransitive, informal) To worry.
- (transitive) To take a racehorse for a short exercise run.
- (intransitive) To emit sweat.
- (transitive, slang) To stress out, to put under pressure.
- (intransitive) To suffer a penalty; to smart for one's misdeeds.
- (intransitive, informal) To work hard.
- To cause to perspire.
- (transitive, intransitive, cooking) To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content.
- (transitive) To emit, in the manner of sweat.
- (transitive) To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
- (video games) To be extremely dedicated to winning a game; to play competitively.
- (intransitive) To emit moisture.
- excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
verb
noun
- a notable achievement
- An achievement.
- (by extension, Internet, video games) An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.
- A heroic or extraordinary deed.
- (computing) A program or technique that takes advantage of a vulnerability in other software.
noun
verb
verb
noun
- someone entirely dominated by some influence or person
- a person who is owned by someone
- someone who works as hard as a slave
- (figuratively) A drudge; one who labors or is obliged (e.g. by prior contract) to labor like a slave with limited rights, e.g. an indentured servant.
- (figuratively) One who has no power of resistance to something, one who surrenders to or is under the domination of something.
- (engineering, computing, photography) A device (such as a secondary flash or hard drive) that is subject to the control of another (a master).
- (BDSM) A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who consensually submits to, sexually or personally, serving one or more masters or mistresses.
- A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.
- A sex slave, a person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts on a regular or continuing basis.
- (figuratively) An abject person.
verb
adj
adv
noun
noun
- Hard work.
- (glassblowing, blow molding) The excess material which adheres to the top, base, or rim of a glass object when it is cut or knocked off from a blowpipe or punty, or from the mold-filling process. Typically removed after annealing as part of the finishing process (e.g. scored and snapped off).
- A spot; a defilement.
- (glassblowing) The metallic oxide from a blowpipe which has adhered to a glass object.
- Confusion, turmoil.
- (glassblowing) The glass circling the tip of a blowpipe or punty, such as the residual glass after detaching a blown vessel, or the lower part of a gather.
verb
noun
- A tedious and laborious task.
- A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
- A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
- (uncountable, slang) Hustle; hard work.
- A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
- Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
- (uncountable, music) Clipping of grindcore (“subgenre of heavy metal”).
- The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
- an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
- the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
- hard monotonous routine work
verb
- work hard
- (transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
- (sports, intransitive) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
- (slang, Hawaii) To eat.
- (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
- To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
- (slang) To rub one's body against another's in a sexual way; to frottage.
- To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
- (transitive) To shape with the force of friction.
- (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
- (transitive) To operate by turning a crank.
- To instill through repetitive teaching.
- (video games) To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
- (intransitive, slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
- (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
- (intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
- (transitive) To oppress, hold down or weaken.
- (slang, intransitive) To rotate the hips erotically.
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- created by grinding
- dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
- shape or form by grinding
noun
- An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
- productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- (uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
- (historical) A traditional unit of area in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to 177.1 acres or 71.67 ha.
- The time period during which a mother gives birth.
- (uncountable) A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
- (uncommon, zoology) A group of moles.
- That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
- (medicine, obstetrics) The act or process of a mother giving birth.
- (nautical) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
- an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
verb
- work hard
- To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
- To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
- (transitive) To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
- (nautical) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
- (intransitive) To toil, to work.
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- undergo the efforts of childbirth
verb
- work hard
- remove, harvest, or recover by digging
- remove the inner part or the core of
- get the meaning of something
- turn up, loosen, or remove earth
- thrust down or into
- create by digging
- poke or thrust abruptly
- (transitive) To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
- (mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
- (volleyball) To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball
- To thrust; to poke.
- (figurative) To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
- (transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
noun
- the act of digging
- the site of an archeological exploration
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
- a small gouge (as in the cover of a book)
- An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
- The occupation of digging for gold.
- (music, slang) A rare or interesting vinyl record bought second-hand.
- (medicine, colloquial) Digoxin.
- (cricket) An innings.
- A thrust; a poke.
- (volleyball) A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
- A cutting, sarcastic remark.
verb
- work hard
- act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools
- exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
- (intransitive, UK, Ireland, education, historical, colloquial) Of a younger student, to act as a servant for senior students in many British boarding schools.
- (transitive, UK, Ireland, education, historical, colloquial) To have (a younger student) act as a servant in this way.
noun
- finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
- offensive term for a homosexual man
- (US, vulgar, derogatory, offensive) An annoying person.
- (education, historical, colloquial) A younger student acting as a servant for senior students.
- (US, technical) In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric.
- (US, Canada, vulgar, usually offensive, sometimes endearing) A homosexual man.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A cigarette.
- (slang, offensive, usually derogatory) An effeminate or unusual homosexual man.
verb
noun
- productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- (chiefly American spelling) Alternative spelling of labour.
verb
noun
verb
- To work hard.
- To form a felt-like texture, similar to the way beaver fur is used for felt-making.
- (backgammon) After being doubled, to immediately double the stakes again, a move that keeps the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
- (slang) To spot a beard in a game of beaver.
- (logging, slang) To cut a continuous ring around a tree that one is felling.
- work hard on something
noun
- (countable, backgammon) A move in response to being doubled, in which one immediately doubles the stakes again, keeping the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
- Butter.
- Alternative letter-case form of Beaver (“member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement”).
- Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
- Alternative spelling of bevor (“part of a helmet”).
- A brown colour, like that of a beaver.
- (chiefly Canada, US, slang, countable) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.
- (Canada, US) Beaver pelts as an article of exchange or as a standard of value.
- (US, offensive, slang) A woman, especially one who is sexually attractive.
- (countable) A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.
- (countable, slang) A beard or a bearded person.
- (countable) A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.
- The fur of the beaver.
- (uncountable, historical, slang) A game, in which points are scored by spotting beards.
- a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face
- the soft brown fur of the beaver
- a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
- a full beard
- large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
- a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
adj
noun
adj
- Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious.
- (informal) Very bad, poor.
- Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
- Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person).
- causing misery or pain or distress
- causing physical or psychological pain
- exceptionally bad or displeasing
- causing physical discomfort
adj
noun
- The action of grinding together or crushing into small particles; the sound of this action.
- (manufacturing, repair) The action of grinding a workpiece to change its size, shape, and surface finish.
- (business, informal) The act of doing the daily grind.
- (dance) A form of dance in which two people rub their bodies together.
- (roleplaying games, gaming) Repeatedly performing the same quest or similar in-game activity in order to amass points or wealth.
- the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
- material resulting from the process of grinding
- a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)
verb
adj
- Performing gruelling and tedious chores.
- (of a woman's feet or footwear) Gracefully small.
- Constituting maltreatment, especially as motivated by favoritism, nepotism, or cronyism.
- (by extension, of a woman) Having gracefully small feet.
- Of, resembling, or characteristic of Cinderella (the fairytale).
- Ending at or avoiding midnight.
- (by extension) Gruelling and tedious.