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adj
- Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
- having a sharp cutting edge or point
- (British) Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive.
- (chiefly Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
- Fierce, intense, vehement.
- Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
- Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
- Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- excellent
- painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
- intense or sharp
noun
verb
noun
- A sharp or tapering point.
- Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
- The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
- A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
- (geometry) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
- A spiral.
- (mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
- One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
- (architecture) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
- a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
verb
noun
- A sharp point or pointed end.
- (architecture) A point made by the intersection of two curved lines or curved structures, a common motif in Gothic architecture.
- (astrology) A boundary between zodiacal signs and houses.
- (dentistry) Any of the pointed parts of a canine tooth or molar.
- A point of transition.
- (geometry) A point of a curve where the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point.
- (anatomy) A flap of a valve of a heart or blood vessel.
- (figuratively) An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events.
- point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)
- small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth
- a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
verb
noun
- the quality of having a sharp edge or point
- a quick and penetrating intelligence
- a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed
- The quality of being acute or pointed.
- Of the senses or feelings: the faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness.
- Shrewdness, quickness of mind.
- Of sounds: shrillness; high pitch.
- (medicine) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
adj
- Sharp; having prominent edges.
- (Internet slang) Exhibiting behavior that is disconcerting or alarming, sometimes in an effort to impress or to troll others.
- (entertainment, advertising) Creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge.
- Nervous, apprehensive.
- (slang) Cool by virtue of being tough, dark, or badass.
- (art) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
- (figurative) On the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; risqué.
- being in a tense state
noun
- The sharp tip of an object.
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- sharp end
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- (video games, board games) A unit of various numerical parameters used in a game, e.g. health, experience, stamina, mana.
- (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
- (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
- (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- Ellipsis of percentage point.
- A peninsula or promontory.
- (by extension) An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
- (UK) An electric power socket.
- (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- Ellipsis of point man.
- (archaeology) A spearhead or similar object hafted to a handle.
- (lacrosse, ice hockey, countable, uncountable) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
- (heraldry) One of the "corners" of the escutcheon: the base (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter, point dexter base, point sinister, point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured. (Compare terrace, point champaine, enté en point.)
- (typography) A unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
- The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
- (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- (cricket, countable, uncountable) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
- (mathematics, sciences) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition; a count
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
- A tine or snag of an antler.
- (heraldry, by extension) An ordinary similar to a pile (but sometimes shorter), extending upward from the base. (Often termed a point pointed.)
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
- (by extension) A note; a tune.
- (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
- (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
- (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
- (automotive, chiefly in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- Any projecting extremity of an object.
- (rail transport, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- (baseball, countable, uncountable) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
- Lace worked by the needle.
- The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- a wall socket
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- an instant of time
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
- a geometric element that has position but no extension
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- a V shape
- an outstanding characteristic
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- a very small circular shape
- the object of an activity
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- the gun muzzle's direction
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
- (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
- (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
- (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- (ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
- (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
- (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
- (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
- (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
- (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- mark with diacritics
- be positionable in a specified manner
- sail close to the wind
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- direct into a position for use
- repair the joints of bricks
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- give a point to
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- be oriented
noun
- A sharp point.
- A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.
- A fish, the torsk (Brosme brosme).
- (carpentry) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.
- One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar, and which continue to grow throughout the animal's life.
- The share of a plough.
- A tusk shell.
- a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
- a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
verb
adv
- So as to terminate in a sharp point or edge.
- So as to form a sharp, or tight, angle.
- Piercingly; keenly; severely; painfully.
- Quickly and alertly.
- Rapidly, abruptly.
- (to describe breathing) Suddenly and intensely like a gasp, but typically as the result of an emotional reaction.
- Steeply; precipitously.
- Stylishly, smartly.
- Precisely, accurately.
- In an intellectually alert and penetrating manner.
- In a strongly distinguishing or differentiating manner; acutely.
- Of speech, sternly, harshly or critically.
- in an aggressive manner
- changing suddenly in direction and degree
- very suddenly and to a great degree
- in a well delineated manner
noun
- a sharp point (as on the end of a spear)
- medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet
- a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
- any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere
- highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
- (diving, gymnastics) A position with the knees straight and a tight bend at the hips with the torso folded over the legs, usually part of a jack-knife.
- A large haycock (“conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack”).
- (chiefly US) Clipping of turnpike.
- (military, historical) A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.
- Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.
- (derogatory, ethnic slur, slang) A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.
- A sharp, pointed staff or implement.
- (chiefly Northern England) Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.
verb
- (ambitransitive, diving, gymnastics) To assume a pike position.
- (intransitive, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Often followed by on or out: to quit or back out of a promise.
- (transitive) To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike.
- (intransitive) To equip with a turnpike.
- (intransitive, gambling) To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money.
noun
- A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
- A rough humming sound.
- A burr knot or burl.
- A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound.
- (historical) A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
- (historical) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.
- A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
- (British) Alternative spelling of burl.
- (engineering) A revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces used to grind hard products in a grinder or mill.
- Synonym of brough (“halo around the sun or moon”)
- The knot at the bottom of an antler.
- A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
- The ear lobe.
- Alternative form of bur (“rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants”).
- seed vessel having hooks or prickles
- small bit used in dentistry or surgery
- rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting
- rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece
verb
adj
- not having a sharp edge or point
- lacking in liveliness or animation
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- darkened with overcast
- emitting or reflecting very little light
- blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
- not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
- not keenly felt
- (of business) not active or brisk
- (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
- being or made softer or less loud or clear
- Not clear, muffled. (of a noise or sound)
- Bored, depressed, down.
- Insensible; unfeeling.
- Sluggish, listless.
- Cloudy, overcast.
- (of pain etc) Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
- Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
- Heavy; lifeless; inert.
- Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
- Boring; not exciting or interesting.
- Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
verb
- make less lively or vigorous
- make dull in appearance
- become less interesting or attractive
- become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
- make dull or blunt
- make numb or insensitive
- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- (intransitive) To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
- To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
- (transitive) To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
- (transitive) To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
adj
adv
noun
adj
- Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
- Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
- Hard to impress or penetrate.
- Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
- Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting in the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
- devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
- used of a knife or other blade; not sharp
- characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
- having a broad or rounded end
noun
verb
- To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
- (figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of
- make dull or blunt
- make less sharp
- make numb or insensitive
- make less intense
- make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
adj
- not having a point especially a sharp point
- Having no point or sharp tip; terminating squarely or in a rounded end.
- serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
- having no points scores
- (sports, games) Having no points
- (mathematics) Without points.
- Having no purpose; purposeless; unable to effect an aim.
- (programming, derogatory) Point-free; employing the tacit programming paradigm.
- Having no prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.
adv
adj
- ending in a sharp point
- Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
- (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
- Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
- (chess) Tactical; risky.
- (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
- Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
- Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
- (music) Higher in pitch than required.
- Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
- Observant; alert; acute.
- Quick and alert.
- (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.
- (colloquial) Intelligent.
- Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
- (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
- Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
- Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
- Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
- (music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
- Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
- Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
- keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
- (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- dangerously steep
- having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
- having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- quick and forceful
- harsh
- very sudden and in great amount or degree
noun
- (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.
- (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
- (psychiatry, healthcare) A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
- (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
- (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
- Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”).
- (music) A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
- (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
- (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
- A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
- Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
- A dishonest person; a cheater.
- A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
- a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
- a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
verb
noun
- without sharpness or clearness of edge or point
- the quality of lacking interestingness
- the quality of being slow to understand
- lack of sensibility
- a lack of visual brightness
- The lack of visual brilliance; want of sheen.
- (of an edge) bluntness.
- The quality of being uninteresting; boring; humorless or irksome.
- The quality of not perceiving or kenning things distinctly.
- The quality of being slow of understanding things.
- Lack of interest or excitement.
adj
- Sharp-cornered; pointed.
- (organic chemistry) Composed of three or more rings attached to a single carbon atom (the rings not all being in the same plane).
- Relating or pertaining to an angle, or angles.
- Ungraceful; lacking grace.
- (figuratively) Sharp and stiff in character.
- Lean, lank.
- Measured by an angle.
- Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner.
- measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle
- having angles or an angular shape
noun
adj
- That has a sharp planar surface.
- having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combination
- (followed by with or in a compound adjective) Having an edging of a certain material, color, and so on.
- having a specified kind of border or edge
- (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
verb
adj
- ending in a sharp point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- of critical importance and consequence
- of an angle; less than 90 degrees
- extremely sharp or severe
- having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
- Intense; sensitive; sharp.
- (linguistics, chiefly historical) Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
- High or shrill.
- (medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
- (medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.
- (geometry, of a triangle) Having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
- (orthography, postpositive) Of a letter of the alphabet, having an acute accent.
- (geometry, of an angle) Less than 90 degrees.
- Brief, quick, short.
- (botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
- Urgent.
noun
verb
adj
- having a sharp inclination
- of a slope; set at a high angle
- greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
- (of the rake of a ship's mast, or a car's windshield) resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular.
- Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
- (informal) Expensive.
noun
verb
noun
- The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
- the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- (Australia) A prediction of the winning team in a football game by a participant in a footy tipping competition.
- (music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
- (African-American Vernacular) A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
- A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
- A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, by extension) A recycling centre.
- The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
- A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
- (slang) the glans penis
- An act of tipping up or tilting.
- (African-American Vernacular) A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
- (Australia) A prediction about the outcome of something.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.
- (colloquial) A very untidy place.
- A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other service worker as a token of appreciation, often calculated as a percentage of the bill.
- A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
- A piece of advice.
- Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”).
- A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.
- (chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat.
- a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a V shape
verb
- (Australia) To enter a prediction of the winning team of a football game, as part of a footy tipping competition.
- To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
- (US, transitive) To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
- (ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.
- (thieves' cant) To give, pass.
- (ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.
- To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
- (Australia) To predict something having a particular outcome.
- To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
- (transitive) To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
- (transitive) To dump (refuse).
- (transitive) To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
- cause to tilt
- walk on one's toes
- give insider information or advise to
- remove the tip from
- mark with a tip
- give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- strike lightly
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
noun
- The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
- (lacrosse) The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- (UK, Ireland, metonymic) A headteacher.
- (automotive) The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
- A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
- (journalism) Ellipsis of headline.
- A headdress; a covering for the head.
- (slang, countable) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- Topic; subject.
- A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
- The antlers of a deer.
- The larger-diameter end of an unused rivet, properly the factory head or ambiguously the shop head, as opposed to the bucktail which is passed through the items to be fastened and then upset into an appropriate shape, generally pancake-shaped for a solid rivet or doughnut-shaped for a blind rivet, called the field head or ambiguously the shop head.
- (coopering) The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
- (billiards) The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
- An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
- (social, countable, metonymic) A leader or expert.
- (British, geology) Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
- (plural head) A single animal; measure word for livestock and game.
- The place of honor or command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
- (jazz) The principal melody or theme of a piece.
- Either, or in plural both, ends of a used rivet, the factory head and the field head.
- (medicine) The end of an abscess where pus collects.
- (computing) The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
- (machining) A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
- A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
- The population of game.
- (nautical) The toilet of a ship.
- The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- (figurative, metonymic) Mind; one's own thoughts.
- (slang) The glans penis.
- (figurative, metonymic) An individual person.
- (linguistics) A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
- (chemistry) The first fraction of a distillation run, having a low boiling point.
- (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- (uncountable, countable) The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- Headway; progress.
- The leafy top part of a tree.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- A title or heading in a book or other document.
- (anatomy) The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- The top edge of a sail.
- (in the plural) Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
- (geology) The uppermost part of a valley.
- (only in the singular) Denouement; crisis.
- (music) A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
- (music) The headstock of a guitar.
- The bow of a vessel.
- The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- (British) A headland.
- (music, slang, figurative, metonymic) A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
- (uncountable, countable) A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
- (engineering) The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
- forward movement
- that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
- a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
- the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- a single domestic animal
- the part in the front or nearest the viewer
- (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
- (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
- a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
- the top of something
- the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
- (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
- the front of a military formation or procession
- the pressure exerted by a fluid
- a person who is in charge
- the source of water from which a stream arises
- a difficult juncture
- an individual person
- the striking part of a tool
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
- a user of (usually soft) drugs
- oral stimulation of the genitals
- a rounded compact mass
- a projection out from one end
- a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
- the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
- the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
- the subject matter at issue
adj
verb
- (transitive) To strike with the head
- (by extension) To check or restrain.
- (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
- (fishing, transitive) To remove the head from (a fish).
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- (transitive, of hardware) To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.
- (transitive) To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- (transitive) To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
- (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To set on the head.
- (intransitive) To form a head.
- (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To go in front of.
- form a head or come or grow to a head
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- take its rise
- to go or travel towards
- be in the front of or on top of
- remove the head of
- be in charge of
- be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
noun
- A rim or margin of something.
- In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.
- (sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
- An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
- the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
- the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
intj
verb
- To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.
- (transitive) To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
- (sewing, intransitive) To make a hem.
- (transitive) To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way.
- fold over and sew together to provide with a hem
- utter ‘hem’ or ‘ahem’
noun
- A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
- (cricket) A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
- The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)
- A level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax.
- An advantage.
- The boundary line of a surface.
- (computing, often attributive) The point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud.
- (also figuratively) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
- (geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
- (graph theory) A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
- Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
- the attribute of urgency in tone of voice
- a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object
- the boundary of a surface
- the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something
- a line determining the limits of an area
- a slight competitive advantage
verb
- (transitive) To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
- (figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
- (transitive) To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- (cricket, transitive) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
- (transitive) To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
- (intransitive, transitive, slang) To intentionally stay or keep someone extremely close to the point of orgasm for a long period of time.
- (transitive, slang, figuratively) To agitate or exasperate (someone) due to constant delays of something.
- (transitive) To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
- (intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- (transitive) To form a border to; to enclose, to border.
- (usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
- lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
- advance slowly, as if by inches
- provide with an edge
- provide with a border or edge
noun
- The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
- (US) The sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
- (informal, pharmacology) A barbiturate.
- A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
- (ornithology) One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
- A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
- (botany) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
- Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.
- The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
- (figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
- A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.
- Armor for a horse.
- (ichthyology) Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
- the pointed part of barbed wire
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
- a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
verb
noun
- An angled cut or bevel at the edge of something.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) An act of avoiding lessons or work.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) Something very easy, where one can slack off without penalty.
- A rotating iron disk coated with oil and diamond dust used to polish the facets of a diamond.
verb
noun
- The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
- (botany) A distinctive lower-appearing of the three true petals of an orchid.
- (zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
- (botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
- (music, colloquial) Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.
- (countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
- (slang, uncountable) Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
- (colloquial) Clipping of lipstick.
- (countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
- The edge of a high spot of land.
- (by extension, countable) The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.
- (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
- either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell
- an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
- the top edge of a vessel or other container
verb
- (transitive) To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
- (intransitive) To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
- (transitive, music) To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.
- (transitive) To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
- (intransitive, transitive) To wash against a surface, lap.
- (sports) To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
- (transitive) To utter verbally.
- (transitive, figuratively, of an object) To touch lightly.
- (transitive) To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
adj
- Having slanted or oblique lines or markings.
- (geometry) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
- Having a slanted or oblique direction.
- Of or related to the cater-corner (diagonally opposite) legs of a quadruped, whether the front left and back right or front right and back left.
- having an oblique or slanted direction
- connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face
noun
- (geometry) A line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.
- (typography, uncommon) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
- (geometry) A line or plane at an oblique angle to another.
- (fashion) A line or cut across a fabric at an oblique angle to its sides.
- (mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
- (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
- an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard
noun
- An edge with ornamental triangular points.
- A style of dress or collar similar to those in Anthony van Dyck's portrait paintings; a small round cape, the border ornamented with points and indentations.
- A style of facial hair which has both a mustache and a goatee but with all cheek hair shaven, popular in Europe in the 17th century.
- a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke)
verb
noun
- a sharp projection on an edge or surface
- a bout of drinking or drug taking
- a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing
- a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing
- (Western Pennsylvania, dialectal, derogatory) Ellipsis of jagoff (“an irritating, inept, or repugnant person”).
- (Western Pennsylvania, dialectal) A thorn from a bush (see jaggerbush).
- A flap, a tear in a clothing
- A binge or period of overindulgence; a spree.
- A sharp projection.
- (Scotland) A medical injection, a jab.
- A fit, spell, outburst.
- Enough liquor to make a person noticeably drunk; a skinful.
- (botany) A cleft or division.
- A part broken off; a fragment.
- A one-horse cart load, or, in modern times, a truck load, of hay or wood.
verb
adj
noun
adv
verb
verb
- notch the edge of or make jagged
- cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication
- make a depression into
- bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
- set in from the margin
- (typography) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or lesser distance from the margin. See indentation, and indention. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "Hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin.
- (historical) To cut the two halves of a document in duplicate, using a jagged or wavy line so that each party could demonstrate that their copy was part of the original whole.
- To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress
- (intransitive) To be cut, notched, or dented.
- (transitive) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth
- (military, India, Singapore, dated elsewhere) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.
noun
- an order for goods to be exported or imported
- the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
- A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.
- A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt.
- A stamp; an impression.
- A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
noun
- Something that gives a point (sharp end) to something.
- (graphical user interface) An icon that indicates the position of the pointing device, such as a mouse.
- A teacher's pointer, pointing stick, a rod with an arrow.
- (in combinations) Something worth a given number of points.
- A needlelike component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading of the device.
- (hunting) A breed of hunting dog, trained to point out game.
- One who points.
- (programming) A variable that holds the address of a memory location where a value can be stored.
- (chiefly in the plural) A tip, a bit of advice.
- a mark to indicate a direction or relation
- (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
- an indicator as on a dial
- a strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points to game
prefix
- Pointed in shape.
- Etching or engraving.
- Located or positioned at a tip or tips of an object or body.
- Heights, high in location.
- Beginning, initial.
- The peak of a wave or cycle; accented.
- Located or positioned at the top; uppermost.
- High in altitude, montane.
- Upper.
- Acrobatics.
- The extremities: limbs, head, fingers, toes, etc.
noun
- An edge around something, especially when circular.
- (British, dialectal) A step of a ladder; a rung.
- (UK dialectal) A membrane.
- (automotive, cycling) A wheelrim.
- (wine) The narrow surface of wine that meets the glass when it is tilted, used in identifying the age, body, etc.
- (journalism) A semicircular copydesk.
- the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached
- the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
- a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
- (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended
- the top edge of a vessel or other container
verb
- (vulgar, slang) To lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act; to perform anilingus.
- (transitive) To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.
- (transitive) To form a rim on.
- (transitive or intransitive, of a ball) To roll around a rim.
- (bartending) To coat the rim of a glass with salt or another powder.
- run around the rim of
- roll around the rim of
- furnish with a rim
noun
- A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything.
- (law) A division unit of a piece of law distinguished by its indentation or by a dash.
- The act of indenting or state of being indented.
- (typography) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
- A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
- A measure of the distance from the flush line.
- a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
- the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions
- the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
- the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
noun
- (geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
- A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity.
- (engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
- (American football, Canadian football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
- (geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).
- (basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
- (ice hockey) The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
- (geometry) A point on a triangle's plane that is in some sense in its middle.
- The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
- (netball) A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates.
- (soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
- (rugby) One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
- A topic that is particularly important in a given context, the element in a subject of cognition, volition or discussion that is perceived as decisive.
- (engineering) One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.
- The venue in which the head of government in a centralized state is situated.
- (politics) The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
- (algebra, group theory, ring theory) The set of those elements (of a given algebraic structure) that commute with every other element, usually denoted Z(G). In the case of (semi-)groups, it is required that they commute under the (semi-)group operation; in the case of rings and (Lie) algebras, under multiplication (i.e. the bracket for Lie algebras)
- (architecture) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
- (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
- politically moderate persons; centrists
- the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
- (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
- mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
- a place where some particular activity is concentrated
- the middle of a military or naval formation
- a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
- the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
- the object upon which interest and attention focuses
- (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play
- a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
- (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- a building dedicated to a particular activity
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
- the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
adj
verb
- (transitive) To give (something) a central basis.
- (intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
- (transitive) To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
- (transitive) To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
- (engineering) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
- direct one's attention on something
- center upon
- move into the center
noun
- An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.
- (gambling) A die used for cheating, having some sides slightly rounded instead of flat.
- An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; a bevel square.
- two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
- a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size
adj
verb
noun
- A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
- A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean.
- (now dialectal) A bird's beak.
- The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
- Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces.
- One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath.
- The shaft of a wagon.
- horny projecting mouth of a bird
- the writing point of a pen
verb
adj
- (biology) Having a pointed tip, but with a broad (obtuse) or slightly rounded angle
- (medicine, usually) Longer in duration than acute but shorter in duration than chronic.
- (general vocabulary, often) Lesser in severity than acute.
- less than acute; relating to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it
noun
- An edge or border.
- A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
- A circumference; a circle; a ring.
- (horology) The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.
- (architecture) The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof.
- (figuratively) An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen.
- (UK, historical) The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.
- (architecture) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
- An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.
- (UK, Western Australia, New Zealand) The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road.
- a ceremonial or emblematic staff
- the limit beyond which something happens or changes
- a grass border along a road
- a region marking a boundary
verb
noun
- Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point.
- (anatomy) In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
- The part of a garment that covers the knee.
- (figurative) The presence of a parent etc., where a young child acquires early knowledge.
- The joint uniting the tibiotarsus and the femur, typically hidden beneath plumage.
- (shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
- A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.
- (non-technical) The tarsal joint, uniting the tarsometatarsus and the tibiotarsus (homologous to the human ankle).
- In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
- joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
- hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
- the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee
verb
noun
- thinness of edge or fineness of point
- a strong odor or taste property
- the attribute of urgency in tone of voice
- the quality of being sharp and clear
- harshness of manner
- a quick and penetrating intelligence
- the quality of being keenly and painfully felt
- (of intelligence) acuteness or acuity.
- (uncountable) the cutting ability of an edge; keenness.
- (of an image) distinctness, focus.
- (of food etc) pungency or acidity.
- (uncountable) the fineness of the point a pointed object.
- (countable) The product or result of being sharp.
noun
- The tip of an object.
- (idiomatic) Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
- (idiomatic, also followed by around or about) The action of nosing, in the sense to snoop
- (architecture) A downward projection from a cornice.
- (horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.
- The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
- (perfumery) A perfumer.
- A snout, the nose of an animal.
- A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
- (by extension) Skill at finding information.
- The skill in recognising bouquet.
- (slang) An informer.
- The sense of smell.
- a symbol of inquisitiveness
- a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft)
- the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
- the sense of smell (especially in animals)
- a natural skill
- a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
- a small distance
- the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon
verb
- (transitive) To furnish with a nose.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, also followed by around or about, in which case, ambitransitive) To snoop.
- (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
- (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical) To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction.
- (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
- (intransitive, aviation) To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive
- (transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
- (transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
- (transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
- defeat by a narrow margin
- push or move with the nose
- catch the scent of; get wind of
- rub noses
- advance the forward part of with caution
- search or inquire in a meddlesome way
noun
- A sharp or tapering point.
- Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
- The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
- A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
- (geometry) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
- A spiral.
- (mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
- One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
- (architecture) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
- a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
verb
noun
- A sharp point or pointed end.
- (architecture) A point made by the intersection of two curved lines or curved structures, a common motif in Gothic architecture.
- (astrology) A boundary between zodiacal signs and houses.
- (dentistry) Any of the pointed parts of a canine tooth or molar.
- A point of transition.
- (geometry) A point of a curve where the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point.
- (anatomy) A flap of a valve of a heart or blood vessel.
- (figuratively) An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events.
- point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)
- small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth
- a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
verb
noun
- the quality of having a sharp edge or point
- a quick and penetrating intelligence
- a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed
- The quality of being acute or pointed.
- Of the senses or feelings: the faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness.
- Shrewdness, quickness of mind.
- Of sounds: shrillness; high pitch.
- (medicine) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
noun
- The sharp tip of an object.
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- sharp end
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- (video games, board games) A unit of various numerical parameters used in a game, e.g. health, experience, stamina, mana.
- (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
- (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
- (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- Ellipsis of percentage point.
- A peninsula or promontory.
- (by extension) An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
- (UK) An electric power socket.
- (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- Ellipsis of point man.
- (archaeology) A spearhead or similar object hafted to a handle.
- (lacrosse, ice hockey, countable, uncountable) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
- (heraldry) One of the "corners" of the escutcheon: the base (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter, point dexter base, point sinister, point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured. (Compare terrace, point champaine, enté en point.)
- (typography) A unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
- The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
- (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- (cricket, countable, uncountable) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
- (mathematics, sciences) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition; a count
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
- A tine or snag of an antler.
- (heraldry, by extension) An ordinary similar to a pile (but sometimes shorter), extending upward from the base. (Often termed a point pointed.)
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
- (by extension) A note; a tune.
- (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
- (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
- (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
- (automotive, chiefly in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- Any projecting extremity of an object.
- (rail transport, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- (baseball, countable, uncountable) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
- Lace worked by the needle.
- The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- a wall socket
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- an instant of time
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
- a geometric element that has position but no extension
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- a V shape
- an outstanding characteristic
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- a very small circular shape
- the object of an activity
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- the gun muzzle's direction
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
- (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
- (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
- (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- (ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
- (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
- (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
- (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
- (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
- (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- mark with diacritics
- be positionable in a specified manner
- sail close to the wind
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- direct into a position for use
- repair the joints of bricks
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- give a point to
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- be oriented
noun
- A sharp point.
- A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.
- A fish, the torsk (Brosme brosme).
- (carpentry) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.
- One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar, and which continue to grow throughout the animal's life.
- The share of a plough.
- A tusk shell.
- a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
- a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
verb
noun
- a sharp point (as on the end of a spear)
- medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet
- a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
- any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere
- highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
- (diving, gymnastics) A position with the knees straight and a tight bend at the hips with the torso folded over the legs, usually part of a jack-knife.
- A large haycock (“conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack”).
- (chiefly US) Clipping of turnpike.
- (military, historical) A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.
- Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.
- (derogatory, ethnic slur, slang) A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.
- A sharp, pointed staff or implement.
- (chiefly Northern England) Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.
verb
- (ambitransitive, diving, gymnastics) To assume a pike position.
- (intransitive, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Often followed by on or out: to quit or back out of a promise.
- (transitive) To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike.
- (intransitive) To equip with a turnpike.
- (intransitive, gambling) To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money.
noun
- A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
- A rough humming sound.
- A burr knot or burl.
- A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound.
- (historical) A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
- (historical) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.
- A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
- (British) Alternative spelling of burl.
- (engineering) A revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces used to grind hard products in a grinder or mill.
- Synonym of brough (“halo around the sun or moon”)
- The knot at the bottom of an antler.
- A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
- The ear lobe.
- Alternative form of bur (“rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants”).
- seed vessel having hooks or prickles
- small bit used in dentistry or surgery
- rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting
- rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece
verb
noun
- without sharpness or clearness of edge or point
- the quality of lacking interestingness
- the quality of being slow to understand
- lack of sensibility
- a lack of visual brightness
- The lack of visual brilliance; want of sheen.
- (of an edge) bluntness.
- The quality of being uninteresting; boring; humorless or irksome.
- The quality of not perceiving or kenning things distinctly.
- The quality of being slow of understanding things.
- Lack of interest or excitement.
noun
- The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
- the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- (Australia) A prediction of the winning team in a football game by a participant in a footy tipping competition.
- (music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
- (African-American Vernacular) A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
- A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
- A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, by extension) A recycling centre.
- The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
- A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
- (slang) the glans penis
- An act of tipping up or tilting.
- (African-American Vernacular) A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
- (Australia) A prediction about the outcome of something.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.
- (colloquial) A very untidy place.
- A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other service worker as a token of appreciation, often calculated as a percentage of the bill.
- A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
- A piece of advice.
- Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”).
- A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.
- (chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat.
- a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a V shape
verb
- (Australia) To enter a prediction of the winning team of a football game, as part of a footy tipping competition.
- To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
- (US, transitive) To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
- (ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.
- (thieves' cant) To give, pass.
- (ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.
- To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
- (Australia) To predict something having a particular outcome.
- To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
- (transitive) To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
- (transitive) To dump (refuse).
- (transitive) To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
- cause to tilt
- walk on one's toes
- give insider information or advise to
- remove the tip from
- mark with a tip
- give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- strike lightly
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
noun
- The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
- (lacrosse) The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- (UK, Ireland, metonymic) A headteacher.
- (automotive) The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
- A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
- (journalism) Ellipsis of headline.
- A headdress; a covering for the head.
- (slang, countable) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- Topic; subject.
- A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
- The antlers of a deer.
- The larger-diameter end of an unused rivet, properly the factory head or ambiguously the shop head, as opposed to the bucktail which is passed through the items to be fastened and then upset into an appropriate shape, generally pancake-shaped for a solid rivet or doughnut-shaped for a blind rivet, called the field head or ambiguously the shop head.
- (coopering) The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
- (billiards) The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
- An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
- (social, countable, metonymic) A leader or expert.
- (British, geology) Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
- (plural head) A single animal; measure word for livestock and game.
- The place of honor or command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
- (jazz) The principal melody or theme of a piece.
- Either, or in plural both, ends of a used rivet, the factory head and the field head.
- (medicine) The end of an abscess where pus collects.
- (computing) The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
- (machining) A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
- A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
- The population of game.
- (nautical) The toilet of a ship.
- The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- (figurative, metonymic) Mind; one's own thoughts.
- (slang) The glans penis.
- (figurative, metonymic) An individual person.
- (linguistics) A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
- (chemistry) The first fraction of a distillation run, having a low boiling point.
- (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- (uncountable, countable) The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- Headway; progress.
- The leafy top part of a tree.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- A title or heading in a book or other document.
- (anatomy) The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- The top edge of a sail.
- (in the plural) Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
- (geology) The uppermost part of a valley.
- (only in the singular) Denouement; crisis.
- (music) A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
- (music) The headstock of a guitar.
- The bow of a vessel.
- The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- (British) A headland.
- (music, slang, figurative, metonymic) A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
- (uncountable, countable) A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
- (engineering) The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
- forward movement
- that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
- a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
- the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- a single domestic animal
- the part in the front or nearest the viewer
- (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
- (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
- a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
- the top of something
- the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
- (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
- the front of a military formation or procession
- the pressure exerted by a fluid
- a person who is in charge
- the source of water from which a stream arises
- a difficult juncture
- an individual person
- the striking part of a tool
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
- a user of (usually soft) drugs
- oral stimulation of the genitals
- a rounded compact mass
- a projection out from one end
- a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
- the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
- the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
- the subject matter at issue
adj
verb
- (transitive) To strike with the head
- (by extension) To check or restrain.
- (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
- (fishing, transitive) To remove the head from (a fish).
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- (transitive, of hardware) To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.
- (transitive) To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- (transitive) To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
- (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To set on the head.
- (intransitive) To form a head.
- (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To go in front of.
- form a head or come or grow to a head
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- take its rise
- to go or travel towards
- be in the front of or on top of
- remove the head of
- be in charge of
- be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
noun
- A rim or margin of something.
- In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.
- (sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
- An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
- the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
- the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
intj
verb
- To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.
- (transitive) To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
- (sewing, intransitive) To make a hem.
- (transitive) To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way.
- fold over and sew together to provide with a hem
- utter ‘hem’ or ‘ahem’
noun
- A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
- (cricket) A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
- The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)
- A level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax.
- An advantage.
- The boundary line of a surface.
- (computing, often attributive) The point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud.
- (also figuratively) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
- (geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
- (graph theory) A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
- Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
- the attribute of urgency in tone of voice
- a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object
- the boundary of a surface
- the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something
- a line determining the limits of an area
- a slight competitive advantage
verb
- (transitive) To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
- (figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
- (transitive) To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- (cricket, transitive) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
- (transitive) To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
- (intransitive, transitive, slang) To intentionally stay or keep someone extremely close to the point of orgasm for a long period of time.
- (transitive, slang, figuratively) To agitate or exasperate (someone) due to constant delays of something.
- (transitive) To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
- (intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- (transitive) To form a border to; to enclose, to border.
- (usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
- lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
- advance slowly, as if by inches
- provide with an edge
- provide with a border or edge
noun
- The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
- (US) The sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
- (informal, pharmacology) A barbiturate.
- A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
- (ornithology) One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
- A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
- (botany) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
- Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.
- The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
- (figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
- A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.
- Armor for a horse.
- (ichthyology) Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
- the pointed part of barbed wire
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
- a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
verb
noun
- An angled cut or bevel at the edge of something.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) An act of avoiding lessons or work.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) Something very easy, where one can slack off without penalty.
- A rotating iron disk coated with oil and diamond dust used to polish the facets of a diamond.
verb
noun
- The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
- (botany) A distinctive lower-appearing of the three true petals of an orchid.
- (zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
- (botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
- (music, colloquial) Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.
- (countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
- (slang, uncountable) Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
- (colloquial) Clipping of lipstick.
- (countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
- The edge of a high spot of land.
- (by extension, countable) The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.
- (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
- either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell
- an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
- the top edge of a vessel or other container
verb
- (transitive) To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
- (intransitive) To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
- (transitive, music) To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.
- (transitive) To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
- (intransitive, transitive) To wash against a surface, lap.
- (sports) To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
- (transitive) To utter verbally.
- (transitive, figuratively, of an object) To touch lightly.
- (transitive) To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
noun
- An edge with ornamental triangular points.
- A style of dress or collar similar to those in Anthony van Dyck's portrait paintings; a small round cape, the border ornamented with points and indentations.
- A style of facial hair which has both a mustache and a goatee but with all cheek hair shaven, popular in Europe in the 17th century.
- a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke)
verb
noun
- a sharp projection on an edge or surface
- a bout of drinking or drug taking
- a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing
- a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing
- (Western Pennsylvania, dialectal, derogatory) Ellipsis of jagoff (“an irritating, inept, or repugnant person”).
- (Western Pennsylvania, dialectal) A thorn from a bush (see jaggerbush).
- A flap, a tear in a clothing
- A binge or period of overindulgence; a spree.
- A sharp projection.
- (Scotland) A medical injection, a jab.
- A fit, spell, outburst.
- Enough liquor to make a person noticeably drunk; a skinful.
- (botany) A cleft or division.
- A part broken off; a fragment.
- A one-horse cart load, or, in modern times, a truck load, of hay or wood.
verb
noun
- Something that gives a point (sharp end) to something.
- (graphical user interface) An icon that indicates the position of the pointing device, such as a mouse.
- A teacher's pointer, pointing stick, a rod with an arrow.
- (in combinations) Something worth a given number of points.
- A needlelike component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading of the device.
- (hunting) A breed of hunting dog, trained to point out game.
- One who points.
- (programming) A variable that holds the address of a memory location where a value can be stored.
- (chiefly in the plural) A tip, a bit of advice.
- a mark to indicate a direction or relation
- (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
- an indicator as on a dial
- a strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points to game
noun
- An edge around something, especially when circular.
- (British, dialectal) A step of a ladder; a rung.
- (UK dialectal) A membrane.
- (automotive, cycling) A wheelrim.
- (wine) The narrow surface of wine that meets the glass when it is tilted, used in identifying the age, body, etc.
- (journalism) A semicircular copydesk.
- the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached
- the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
- a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
- (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended
- the top edge of a vessel or other container
verb
- (vulgar, slang) To lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act; to perform anilingus.
- (transitive) To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.
- (transitive) To form a rim on.
- (transitive or intransitive, of a ball) To roll around a rim.
- (bartending) To coat the rim of a glass with salt or another powder.
- run around the rim of
- roll around the rim of
- furnish with a rim
noun
- A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything.
- (law) A division unit of a piece of law distinguished by its indentation or by a dash.
- The act of indenting or state of being indented.
- (typography) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
- A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
- A measure of the distance from the flush line.
- a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
- the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions
- the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
- the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
noun
- (geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
- A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity.
- (engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
- (American football, Canadian football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
- (geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).
- (basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
- (ice hockey) The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
- (geometry) A point on a triangle's plane that is in some sense in its middle.
- The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
- (netball) A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates.
- (soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
- (rugby) One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
- A topic that is particularly important in a given context, the element in a subject of cognition, volition or discussion that is perceived as decisive.
- (engineering) One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.
- The venue in which the head of government in a centralized state is situated.
- (politics) The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
- (algebra, group theory, ring theory) The set of those elements (of a given algebraic structure) that commute with every other element, usually denoted Z(G). In the case of (semi-)groups, it is required that they commute under the (semi-)group operation; in the case of rings and (Lie) algebras, under multiplication (i.e. the bracket for Lie algebras)
- (architecture) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
- (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
- politically moderate persons; centrists
- the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
- (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
- mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
- a place where some particular activity is concentrated
- the middle of a military or naval formation
- a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
- the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
- the object upon which interest and attention focuses
- (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play
- a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
- (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- a building dedicated to a particular activity
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
- the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
adj
verb
- (transitive) To give (something) a central basis.
- (intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
- (transitive) To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
- (transitive) To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
- (engineering) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
- direct one's attention on something
- center upon
- move into the center
noun
- An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.
- (gambling) A die used for cheating, having some sides slightly rounded instead of flat.
- An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; a bevel square.
- two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
- a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size
adj
verb
noun
- A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
- A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean.
- (now dialectal) A bird's beak.
- The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
- Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces.
- One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath.
- The shaft of a wagon.
- horny projecting mouth of a bird
- the writing point of a pen
verb
noun
- An edge or border.
- A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
- A circumference; a circle; a ring.
- (horology) The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.
- (architecture) The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof.
- (figuratively) An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen.
- (UK, historical) The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.
- (architecture) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
- An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.
- (UK, Western Australia, New Zealand) The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road.
- a ceremonial or emblematic staff
- the limit beyond which something happens or changes
- a grass border along a road
- a region marking a boundary
verb
noun
- Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point.
- (anatomy) In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
- The part of a garment that covers the knee.
- (figurative) The presence of a parent etc., where a young child acquires early knowledge.
- The joint uniting the tibiotarsus and the femur, typically hidden beneath plumage.
- (shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
- A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.
- (non-technical) The tarsal joint, uniting the tarsometatarsus and the tibiotarsus (homologous to the human ankle).
- In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
- joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
- hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
- the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee
verb
noun
- thinness of edge or fineness of point
- a strong odor or taste property
- the attribute of urgency in tone of voice
- the quality of being sharp and clear
- harshness of manner
- a quick and penetrating intelligence
- the quality of being keenly and painfully felt
- (of intelligence) acuteness or acuity.
- (uncountable) the cutting ability of an edge; keenness.
- (of an image) distinctness, focus.
- (of food etc) pungency or acidity.
- (uncountable) the fineness of the point a pointed object.
- (countable) The product or result of being sharp.
noun
- The tip of an object.
- (idiomatic) Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
- (idiomatic, also followed by around or about) The action of nosing, in the sense to snoop
- (architecture) A downward projection from a cornice.
- (horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.
- The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
- (perfumery) A perfumer.
- A snout, the nose of an animal.
- A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
- (by extension) Skill at finding information.
- The skill in recognising bouquet.
- (slang) An informer.
- The sense of smell.
- a symbol of inquisitiveness
- a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft)
- the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
- the sense of smell (especially in animals)
- a natural skill
- a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
- a small distance
- the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon
verb
- (transitive) To furnish with a nose.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, also followed by around or about, in which case, ambitransitive) To snoop.
- (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
- (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical) To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction.
- (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
- (intransitive, aviation) To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive
- (transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
- (transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
- (transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
- defeat by a narrow margin
- push or move with the nose
- catch the scent of; get wind of
- rub noses
- advance the forward part of with caution
- search or inquire in a meddlesome way
verb
- notch the edge of or make jagged
- cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication
- make a depression into
- bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
- set in from the margin
- (typography) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or lesser distance from the margin. See indentation, and indention. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "Hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin.
- (historical) To cut the two halves of a document in duplicate, using a jagged or wavy line so that each party could demonstrate that their copy was part of the original whole.
- To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress
- (intransitive) To be cut, notched, or dented.
- (transitive) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth
- (military, India, Singapore, dated elsewhere) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.
noun
- an order for goods to be exported or imported
- the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
- A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.
- A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt.
- A stamp; an impression.
- A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
adv
- So as to terminate in a sharp point or edge.
- So as to form a sharp, or tight, angle.
- Piercingly; keenly; severely; painfully.
- Quickly and alertly.
- Rapidly, abruptly.
- (to describe breathing) Suddenly and intensely like a gasp, but typically as the result of an emotional reaction.
- Steeply; precipitously.
- Stylishly, smartly.
- Precisely, accurately.
- In an intellectually alert and penetrating manner.
- In a strongly distinguishing or differentiating manner; acutely.
- Of speech, sternly, harshly or critically.
- in an aggressive manner
- changing suddenly in direction and degree
- very suddenly and to a great degree
- in a well delineated manner
adv
adj
- ending in a sharp point
- Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
- (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
- Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
- (chess) Tactical; risky.
- (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
- Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
- Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
- (music) Higher in pitch than required.
- Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
- Observant; alert; acute.
- Quick and alert.
- (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.
- (colloquial) Intelligent.
- Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
- (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
- Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
- Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
- Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
- (music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
- Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
- Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
- keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
- (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- dangerously steep
- having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
- having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- quick and forceful
- harsh
- very sudden and in great amount or degree
noun
- (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.
- (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
- (psychiatry, healthcare) A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
- (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
- (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
- Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”).
- (music) A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
- (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
- (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
- A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
- Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
- A dishonest person; a cheater.
- A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
- a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
- a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
verb
adj
- Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
- having a sharp cutting edge or point
- (British) Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive.
- (chiefly Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
- Fierce, intense, vehement.
- Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
- Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
- Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- excellent
- painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
- intense or sharp
noun
verb
adj
- Sharp; having prominent edges.
- (Internet slang) Exhibiting behavior that is disconcerting or alarming, sometimes in an effort to impress or to troll others.
- (entertainment, advertising) Creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge.
- Nervous, apprehensive.
- (slang) Cool by virtue of being tough, dark, or badass.
- (art) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
- (figurative) On the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; risqué.
- being in a tense state
adj
- not having a sharp edge or point
- lacking in liveliness or animation
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- darkened with overcast
- emitting or reflecting very little light
- blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
- not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
- not keenly felt
- (of business) not active or brisk
- (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
- being or made softer or less loud or clear
- Not clear, muffled. (of a noise or sound)
- Bored, depressed, down.
- Insensible; unfeeling.
- Sluggish, listless.
- Cloudy, overcast.
- (of pain etc) Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
- Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
- Heavy; lifeless; inert.
- Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
- Boring; not exciting or interesting.
- Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
verb
- make less lively or vigorous
- make dull in appearance
- become less interesting or attractive
- become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
- make dull or blunt
- make numb or insensitive
- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- (intransitive) To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
- To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
- (transitive) To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
- (transitive) To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
adj
adv
noun
adj
- Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
- Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
- Hard to impress or penetrate.
- Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
- Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting in the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
- devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
- used of a knife or other blade; not sharp
- characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
- having a broad or rounded end
noun
verb
- To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
- (figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of
- make dull or blunt
- make less sharp
- make numb or insensitive
- make less intense
- make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
adj
- not having a point especially a sharp point
- Having no point or sharp tip; terminating squarely or in a rounded end.
- serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
- having no points scores
- (sports, games) Having no points
- (mathematics) Without points.
- Having no purpose; purposeless; unable to effect an aim.
- (programming, derogatory) Point-free; employing the tacit programming paradigm.
- Having no prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.
adj
- Sharp-cornered; pointed.
- (organic chemistry) Composed of three or more rings attached to a single carbon atom (the rings not all being in the same plane).
- Relating or pertaining to an angle, or angles.
- Ungraceful; lacking grace.
- (figuratively) Sharp and stiff in character.
- Lean, lank.
- Measured by an angle.
- Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner.
- measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle
- having angles or an angular shape
noun
adj
- That has a sharp planar surface.
- having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combination
- (followed by with or in a compound adjective) Having an edging of a certain material, color, and so on.
- having a specified kind of border or edge
- (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
verb
adv
adj
- ending in a sharp point
- Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
- (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
- Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
- (chess) Tactical; risky.
- (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
- Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
- Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
- (music) Higher in pitch than required.
- Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
- Observant; alert; acute.
- Quick and alert.
- (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.
- (colloquial) Intelligent.
- Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
- (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
- Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
- Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
- Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
- (music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
- Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
- Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
- keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
- (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- dangerously steep
- having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
- having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- quick and forceful
- harsh
- very sudden and in great amount or degree
noun
- (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.
- (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
- (psychiatry, healthcare) A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
- (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
- (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
- Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”).
- (music) A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
- (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
- (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
- A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
- Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
- A dishonest person; a cheater.
- A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
- a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
- a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
verb
adj
- ending in a sharp point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- of critical importance and consequence
- of an angle; less than 90 degrees
- extremely sharp or severe
- having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
- Intense; sensitive; sharp.
- (linguistics, chiefly historical) Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
- High or shrill.
- (medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
- (medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.
- (geometry, of a triangle) Having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
- (orthography, postpositive) Of a letter of the alphabet, having an acute accent.
- (geometry, of an angle) Less than 90 degrees.
- Brief, quick, short.
- (botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
- Urgent.
noun
verb
adj
- having a sharp inclination
- of a slope; set at a high angle
- greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
- (of the rake of a ship's mast, or a car's windshield) resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular.
- Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
- (informal) Expensive.
noun
verb
adj
- Having slanted or oblique lines or markings.
- (geometry) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
- Having a slanted or oblique direction.
- Of or related to the cater-corner (diagonally opposite) legs of a quadruped, whether the front left and back right or front right and back left.
- having an oblique or slanted direction
- connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face
noun
- (geometry) A line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.
- (typography, uncommon) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
- (geometry) A line or plane at an oblique angle to another.
- (fashion) A line or cut across a fabric at an oblique angle to its sides.
- (mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
- (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
- an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard
adj
noun
adv
verb
adj
- (biology) Having a pointed tip, but with a broad (obtuse) or slightly rounded angle
- (medicine, usually) Longer in duration than acute but shorter in duration than chronic.
- (general vocabulary, often) Lesser in severity than acute.
- less than acute; relating to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it