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adj
- Wide in extent or scope.
- broad in scope or content
- Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
- Plain; evident.
- General rather than specific.
- (Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
- Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
- (of an accent) Strongly regional.
- Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
- (writing) Unsubtle; obvious.
- Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
- lacking subtlety; obvious
- not detailed or specific
- being at a peak or culminating point
- showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional
- very large in expanse or scope
noun
- A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
- (UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
- (film, television) A kind of floodlight.
- (UK, historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
- slang term for a woman
noun
- a restriction of range or scope
- a small margin
- the property of being narrow; having little width
- an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior
- (uncountable) The state of being narrow.
- (countable) A constriction; a narrow passage or place; an instance or aspect of being narrow, or having a limited scope or extent.
adj
- Having a large scope or range; extensive.
- large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
- (typography, of a typeface) Wider than usual.
- Stretched out or pulled out; expanded.
- Longer in length or extension; elongated.
- Lasting longer; protracted.
- fully extended or stretched forth
- relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
- beyond the literal or primary sense
- drawn out or made longer spatially
verb
noun
adj
verb
adj
- limited in extent or scope
- lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
- not wide
- very limited in degree
- characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
- Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
- (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
- Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
- Having a small margin or degree.
- (phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.
- Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
- Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
- Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
- (computing) Of or supporting only those text characters that can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
noun
verb
- define clearly
- become tight or as if tight
- become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
- make or become more narrow or restricted
- (transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
- (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
- (intransitive) To get narrower.
- (knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
- (transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
verb
- extend in scope or range or area
- reach outward in space
- use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
- extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
- thrust or extend out
- cause to move at full gallop
- offer verbally
- open or straighten out; unbend
- extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
- expand the influence of
- increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
- prolong the time allowed for payment of
- span an interval of distance, space or time
- lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
- continue or extend
- make available; provide
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- (transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.
- (intransitive) To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
- (intransitive, US, military) To reenlist for a further period.
- (transitive) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
- (UK, law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
- (transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
- To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
- (transitive) To straighten (a limb).
- (object-oriented programming) Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
- (intransitive) To increase in extent.
noun
verb
- extend in scope or range or area
- make (clothes) larger
- become broader or wider or more extensive
- make wider
- (transitive) To make wide or wider.
- (transitive) To broaden or extend in scope or range.
- (transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that can hold a larger number of distinct values.
- (intransitive) To become wide or wider.
- (transitive) To let out clothes to a larger size.
prep
noun
- The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the longer arc length; the side of a racetrack furthest from the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
- The space beyond some limit or boundary.
- (surfing) The outer part of the sea, away from the peak of a wave.
- The part of a road towards the central division: towards the right if one drives on the left, or towards the left if one drives on the right.
- The external appearance of someone or something.
- The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
- the outer side or surface of something
- the region that is outside of something
adj
- (baseball, of a pitch) Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
- Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc; maximum.
- Extending or going beyond the borders or scope of an organization, group, etc.
- (chiefly UK) Positioned towards the central division of a road: towards the right-hand side if one drives on the left, or left-hand side if one drives on the right.
- (chiefly US) Positioned towards the shoulder of a road: towards the left-hand side if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone outside an organization, group, etc.
- (of a person) Not legally married to or related to (e.g. not born in wedlock to), and/or not residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people. (Compare out of wedlock, nonresidential.)
- Away from the interior or center of something.
- Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- from or between other countries
- relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
- on or toward an outer edge
- unlikely to occur
- coming from the outside
- originating or belonging beyond some bounds
- functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit
- leading to or from the outside
- located, suited for, or taking place in the open air
- (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
adv
verb
verb
- To define the scope of something.
- (informal) To examine under a microscope.
- (programming) To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
- (birdwatching, informal) To observe a bird using a spotting scope.
- (medicine, colloquial) To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
- (informal, transitive) To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
noun
- (linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
- (programming) The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
- The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.
- (weaponry) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
- (logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
- Potential range of action; degree of freedom; opportunity.
- (medicine, colloquial) Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
- Ellipsis of any word ending in -scope, such as endoscope, periscope, telescope, microscope, oscilloscope, and so on.
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- a magnifier of images of distant objects
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
noun
- A constrained scope or area.
- (cricket) The region of the field roughly bounded by the wicket keeper, slips, gully, point, cover, mid off, mid on, midwicket and square leg.
- (agriculture) An area to cultivate: a field
- (baseball) (as a modifier, functioning as an adjective) Of an event, happening in the infield.
- The area inside a racetrack or running track.
- (baseball) The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.
- the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
adv
verb
noun
- Extent or scope; e.g. breadth, width or amplitude.
- (geography, astronomy, countable) The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.
- (astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
- (figurative) The relative freedom from restrictions; scope to do something.
- (photography) The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result.
- (geography) An imaginary line (in the form of a circumference) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator.
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
- freedom from normal restraints in conduct
- the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself
- scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction
noun
- The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
- (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
- A particular geographic region.
- Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
- (soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
- (British) An open space, below ground level, giving access to the basement of a house, and typically separated from the pavement by railings.
- (slang) Genitals.
- a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function
- a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
- a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- a subject of study
- the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary
- a particular environment or walk of life
noun
- a wide scope
- someone who cleans soot from chimneys
- winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
- a movement in an arc
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
- a long oar used in an open boat
- (martial arts) A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
- A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
- The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
- (rowing, attributive) A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.
- (possibly US, regional) The act of police removing a homeless encampment from a public space.
- A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
- Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
- (card games) In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
- (aviation) The degree to which an aircraft's wings are angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from their attachments to the fuselage.
- A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
- A chimney sweep.
- (cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
- The person who steers a dragon boat.
- (US, television) singular of sweeps (“viewership ratings”)
- An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.
- Any of several sea chubs in the family Kyphosidae (subfamily Scorpidinae).
- Violent and general destruction.
- (in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
- A single action of sweeping.
- A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
- A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
- Any of the blades of a windmill.
- (metalworking) A movable template for making moulds, in loam moulding.
- A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
verb
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
- to cover or extend over an area or time period
- cover the entire range of
- clean by sweeping
- win an overwhelming victory in or on
- sweep across or over
- sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
- (curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To travel quickly.
- (cricket) To play a sweep shot.
- (sports, transitive) To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
- To strike with a long stroke.
- (sports, transitive) To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- (rowing) To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.
- To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
- (transitive, ergative) To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
- (nautical) To draw or drag something over.
- (Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana) To vacuum a carpet or rug.
- (military) To clear (a body of water or part thereof) of mines.
- (transitive) To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
- (intransitive) To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
- (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
- (transitive) To search (a place) methodically.
prep
- Within the bounds or limits of.
- Pertaining to; with regard to.
- Part of; a member of; out of; from among.
- Contained by; inside.
- Wearing (an item of clothing).
- Surrounded by; among; amidst.
- (grammar, phonetics) Characterized by.
- Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
- Within (a certain elapsed time); by the end of.
- Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
- By (doing something); indicating action causing an effect or achieving a purpose.
- Indicating an order or arrangement.
- Denoting a state of the subject.
- Expressing abstract containment.
- At the end of (a period of time).
- Into.
- (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
- During (a period of time).
adj
- In fashion; popular.
- (of fire or fuel) (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Burning; ablaze.
- (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or at one's office or place of work.
- Of the tide, at or near its highest level.
- Having been collected or received.
- (not comparable) Located inside something.
- Inserted or fitted into something.
- (sports, of the ball or other playing implement) Falling or remaining within the bounds of the playing area.
- (informal) Having a favourable position, such as a position of influence or expected gain, in relation to another person.
- Incoming.
- Having familiarity or involvement with somebody.
- (cricket) Currently batting.
- Having used, consumed , or invested a certain amount.
- (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
- (law) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin
- currently fashionable
- holding office
- directed or bound inward
adv
- At or towards the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
- After the beginning of something.
- Towards the speaker or other reference point.
- So as to be enclosed or surrounded by something.
- (in combination, after a verb) Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest.
- to or toward the inside of
noun
noun
- Size; scope.
- An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude.
- (uncountable) Limescale.
- (uncountable) The flaky material sloughed off heated metal.
- A device to measure mass or weight.
- (uncountable, US) An infestation of scale insects on a plant; commonly thought of as, or mistaken for, a disease.
- A standard amount of money to be paid for a service, for example union-negotiated amounts received by a performer or writer; similar to wage scale or pay grade.
- (music) A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.
- Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.
- Scale mail (as opposed to chain mail).
- A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.
- A mathematical base for a numeral system; radix.
- Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.
- A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color.
- The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife.
- A scale insect.
- A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced.
- The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
- Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard protective layers forming a pinecone that flare when mature to release pine nut seeds.
- Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order.
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
- an ordered reference standard
- a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
- relative magnitude
- a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
- the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
- a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
- a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
- (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
verb
- (transitive) To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.
- (transitive) To climb to the top of.
- (transitive) To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
- (transitive) To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system.
- (intransitive) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae.
- (transitive) To remove the scales of.
- (intransitive) To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) To scatter; to spread.
- (transitive) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
- (manufacturing, transitive) To take measurements from (an engineering drawing), treating them as (or as if) reliable dimensional instructions. This practice often works but can produce latently incorrect results and is thus usually deprecated.
- (intransitive, computing) To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.
- (transitive) To strip or clear of scale; to descale.
- measure by or as if by a scale
- climb up by means of a ladder
- take by attacking with scaling ladders
- reach the highest point of
- remove the scales from
- measure with or as if with scales
- pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
- size or measure according to a scale
adj
- Comprehensive in scope or extent.
- Able to be expanded.
- Talkative and sociable.
- (mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity.
- of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
- friendly and open and willing to talk
- able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion
- marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur
verb
- have a certain range
- extend to a certain degree
- pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- include, as on a list
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have or possess something abstract
- sing or play against other voices or parts
- contain or hold; have within
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- be able to feed
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
- be pregnant with
- win approval or support for
- propel or give impetus to
- transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication
- have on the surface or on the skin
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- pass on a communication
- cover a certain distance or advance beyond
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- serve as a means for expressing something
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- be successful in
- have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence
- be conveyed over a certain distance
- move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
- compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
- capture after a fight
- be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
- keep up with financial support
- win in an election
- be equipped with (a mast or sail)
- propel
- take further or advance
- have on hand
- continue or extend
- bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
- bear (a crop)
- To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
- (transitive) To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
- (transitive) To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- (transitive) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
- (transitive) To have on one’s person.
- (Southern US) To physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)
- (intransitive) To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
- (Canada, US) To bear a firearm, such as a gun.
- (transitive) To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
- (transitive) To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
- (gaming, sports) (transitive or, rarely, intransitive) To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success or for counteracting teammates' underperformance.
- (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- To bear or uphold successfully, especially through conflict, for example a leader or principle
- To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- (transitive) To lead or guide.
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
- (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- To be pregnant (with).
- (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
- (intransitive, cricket) For the ball, having been hit in the air, to reach a fielder without touching the ground (whether or not the fielder catches it).
- (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- (transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
noun
- the act of carrying something
- (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
- (golf) The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
- (finance) Carried interest.
- (UK, dialect) The sky; cloud-drift.
- A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- (finance) The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
noun
- (by extension) A broad or full range or complete set.
- (by extension, historical) A collection or display of weaponry.
- Ceremonial garments, complete with all accessories.
- A splendid display of something.
- (historical) A complete set of armour.
- (by extension) Something that covers and protects.
- a complete and impressive array
verb
noun
verb
noun
- An approximate range.
- (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
- A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
- A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
- (Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality.
- (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
- Ellipsis of administrative region.
- (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
- Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
- An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
- a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
- a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
- a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
- the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in ‘in the region of’)
- the extended spatial location of something
noun
- amount or degree or range to which something extends
- the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
- a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
- an addition that extends a main building
- act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
- the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
- an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
- an addition to the length of something
- the ability to raise the working leg high in the air
- a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
- act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
- an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
- That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension").
- The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase.
- (weightlifting) An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance.
- (fencing) A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward.
- (logic) The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate.
- (mathematics, group theory, of a group G by a group H) A short exact sequence 1→H→E→G→1, or the group E therein.
- (medicine) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
- A part of a building that has been added onto the original.
- (ring theory, of an ideal in the domain of a ring homomorphism) The ideal in the codomain generated by the image of the given ideal under the given homomorphism.
- (telecommunications) A numerical code used to indicate a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.
- (computing) An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.
- (computing) Ellipsis of file extension.
- (linguistics, semantics) semantic widening, broadening of meaning
- An outgrowth; a part of something that extends its capabilities.
- (education) University programs that are targeted at the broader (usually adults) community whose participants are not full-time enrolled students.
- (mathematics, homological algebra, of an object A by an object B in an abelian category) A short exact sequence 0→B→E→A→0, or the object E therein.
- The state of being extended.
- (semantics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.
- (cosmetics, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of hair extension, nail extension, or eyelash extension.
- (banking, finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
- (grammar) A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages.
adj
noun
verb
verb
- range or extend over; occupy a certain area
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
- let eat
- change or be different within limits
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- assign a rank or rating to
- have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun
- (transitive) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order.
- (transitive) To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
- (transitive) To rove over or through.
- (biology) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
- (military, of artillery) To determine the range to a target.
- (intransitive) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
- (intransitive) To form a line or a row.
- (transitive) To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.
- (intransitive) To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
- (baseball) Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.
- (intransitive) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
- (transitive) To classify.
- To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
noun
- The extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
- the limit of capability
- a variety of different things or activities
- (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
- the limits within which something can be effective
- a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze
- a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
- a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds
- a series of hills or mountains
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- The distance a vehicle (e.g., a car, bicycle, lorry, or aircraft) can travel without refueling.
- A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
- (US, historical) In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
- An area for practicing shooting at targets.
- (mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
- The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.).
- (programming) A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.
- (sports, baseball) The defensive area that a player can cover.
- An area for military training or equipment testing.
- (statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
- An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
- (ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
- The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
- (music) The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
- A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many burners (hotplates).
- Selection, array.
- An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
- A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
- The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
verb
- range or extend over; occupy a certain area
- sit or stand astride of
- be noncommittal
- (transitive) To be on both sides of something; to have parts that are in different places, regions, etc.
- (transitive) To consider or favor two apparently opposite sides; to be noncommittal.
- (intransitive) To stand with the ends staggered; said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
- (transitive) To form a disorderly sprawl; to spread out irregularly.
- (transitive) To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; to sit astride.
- (economics) To execute a commodities market spread.
- (military) To fire successive artillery shots in front of and behind of a target, especially in order to determine its range (the term "bracket" is often used instead).
- (poker) To place a voluntary raise prior to receiving cards (only by the first player after the blinds).
noun
- the act of sitting or standing astride
- the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options
- a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars
- a noncommittal or equivocal position
- A posture in which one straddles something.
- (finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with put and call options on the same security at the same strike price, giving a non-directional position sensitive to volatility.
- (poker) A voluntary raise made prior to receiving cards by the first player after the blinds.
- (mining) A vertical mine-timber supporting a set.
- (military) A pair or salvo of successive artillery shots falling both in front of and behind a target.
- A part of a harness placed on the back of a beast of burden (such as a horse or donkey) to carry the weight of a load.
adv
prep
- Throughout or across the extent of.
- By means of.
- Throughout the duration of.
- In consequence of; as a result of.
- To or beyond the other side of (an obstacle); past.
- (Canada, US) To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values; to... inclusive; until the end of.
- So as to progress within (something) or towards the end or limit of (something).
- By way of (an intermediary, agent, medium, etc.).
- (in phrases such as 'go through', 'get through' etc.) Indicating that something has been consumed or used up.
- So as to enter (something), pass within or across, and then leave.
- Amidst or surrounded by (while moving).
- Along the course of; used in expressions of progress towards the end of something.
- By way of (a physical passage).
- From one side of (an opening) to the other.
adj
- No longer interested; wearied or turned off by experience.
- Without a future; done for.
- (soccer) In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.
- Proceeding from origin to destination without the need to change transport vehicle.
- (chiefly US) Finished; complete.
- Along the course of a task etc.; used in expressions of progress towards the end.
- Passing from one side of something to the other.
- (chiefly UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, rare in Canada) (usually followed by "to") Able to progress (to the next stage or a higher level) following success in an exam, sports match, etc.
- (of a route or journey etc.) continuing without requiring stops or changes
- having finished or arrived at completion
adv
- So as to overcome an obstacle and pass beyond it; past.
- From beginning to end, or from the present position to the end.
- So as to pass a stage in a process and proceed to the next stage or level.
- Throughout something; all the way across or into.
- By way of the interior.
- By way of an opening.
- (mostly in the phrase 'get through') So as to connect or reach.
- in diameter
- over the whole distance
- to completion
- from beginning to end
- throughout the entire extent
noun
- The range or limit of any dimension in which one exists.
- The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.
- Any level line or surface.
- (computer chess) The point at which a computer chess algorithm stops searching for further moves.
- (figuratively) The range or limit of one's knowledge, experience or interest; a boundary or threshold.
- (archaeology, chiefly US) A cultural sub-period or level within a more encompassing time period.
- (geology) A specific layer of soil, or stratum
- a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land
- the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
- the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
- the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
adv
adj
- Large in scope.
- broad in scope or content
- not on target
- (used of eyes) fully open or extended
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- having ample fabric
- great in degree
- very large in expanse or scope
- Having a large physical extent from side to side.
- (computing) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
- On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
- (sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.
- (slang, derogatory, humorous) Overweight, obese.
- (British, slang, only in "wide boy") Sharp-witted.
noun
verb
noun
- A small room; an enclosed place.
- The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping.
- (travel, aviation) The section of a passenger plane having the same class of service.
- The passenger area of an airplane.
- (India) A private office; particularly of a doctor, businessman, lawyer, or other professional.
- (rail transport, informal) A signal box.
- A private room on a ship.
- (informal) A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people.
- (US) A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.
- a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area
- small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
- the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried
noun
- An area or expanse.
- A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
- A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
- (Roman Catholicism) Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used instead of the alleluia during Lenten or pre-Lenten seasons, in a Requiem Mass, and on a few other penitential occasions.
- Continued or protracted duration, length, extent
- (anatomy) A series of connected body organs, such as the digestive tract.
- A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
- a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet
- an extended area of land
- a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose
- a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
adj
noun
- the highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty
- the pitch range of the highest female voice
- a female singer with the highest vocal range of all the voice type
- A person or instrument that performs the soprano part.
- The musical part higher in pitch than alto, typically encompassing the range of the treble clef.
verb
adj
noun
- the pitch range of the highest female voice
- (darts) Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.
- The highest tuned in a ring of bells.
- Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
- (soccer) A win in the top league, top national cup and top continental cup in the same season.
- (music) A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
- (sports) Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.
- Alternative form of tribble (“frame for drying paper”).
- (music) The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
verb
noun
- A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
- (linear algebra) The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.
- (computing) Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.
- A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
- (physics) One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time.
- (geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.
- (science fiction, fantasy) A universe or plane of existence.
- A single aspect of a given thing.
- the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)
- a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
- one of three Cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space
- magnitude or extent
verb
adj
- Having or permitting range or scope; roomy; commodious.
- Prone to roaming around.
- (music) Requiring a large vocal range; having a great difference from the highest to the lowest notes.
- Slender and long of limb; lanky.
- tall and thin and having long slender limbs
- allowing ample room for ranging
- adapted to wandering or roaming
adj
- bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent
- (of verbs) relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person
- (ring theory, of a module (or algebra) over a ring) finitely generated (as a module).
- (grammar) Limited by (i.e. inflected for) person or number.
- Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.
noun
verb
- severely restrict in scope or extent
- compel to behave in a certain way
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- (transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
- (transitive) To reduce a result in response to limited resources.
- (transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine.
verb
- severely restrict in scope or extent
- (intransitive, transitive) To become stringent and ungenerous.
- (transitive) To make sufficiently tight.
- (transitive) To fix something or make it correct.
- (intransitive) To become tense and restrained.
- (intransitive) To become focused and serious; To stop any vacillation or inconsistency.
adv
- to a certain unspecified extent or degree
- To the (implied) extent.
- in the same way; also
- to a very great extent or degree
- (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
- in truth (often tends to intensify)
- in the way indicated
- (usually followed by ‘that’) to an extent or degree as expressed
- in a manner that facilitates
- in such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied
- subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
- In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; likewise, also.
- Indeed.
- (informal) at all (negative clause).
- To the (explicitly stated) extent.
- (with as): To such an extent or degree; as.
- Very much.
- Very (positive or negative clause).
noun
adj
conj
intj
- Used as a question to ask for further explanation of something said, often rhetorically or in a dismissive or impolite manner.
- Used as a meaningless filler word to begin a response to a question.
- Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story, or a new thought or question in continuation of an existing topic.
pron
verb
- To set the boundaries or limits of.
- To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.
- To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
- To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
- To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
- (transitive or intransitive, law, otherwise obsolete) To bring to an end, finish; to come to an end, stop, end.
- (logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
- To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
- shape or influence; give direction to
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- reach, make, or come to a decision about something
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- fix in scope; fix the boundaries of
- establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- settle conclusively; come to terms
- decide upon or fix definitely
adj
- large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
- broad in scope or content
- of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor
- Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension.
- (physics) Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.
- Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast.
- (figurative) Considerable in amount.
noun
- The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is; width.
- A piece of fabric of standard width.
- (graph theory) The length of the longest path between two vertices in a graph.
- Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
- (art) A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.
- the capacity to understand a broad range of topics
- the extent of something from side to side
adj
- Of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory.
- (often capitalized) Organized for home defence - such as the Territorial Army.
- Of or relating to geography or territory.
- (biology) Displaying territoriality.
- of or relating to a territory
- displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders
- belonging to the territory of any state or ruler
noun
verb
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- form a cover over
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- hide from view or knowledge
- hold within range of an aimed firearm
- cover as if with a shroud
- copulate with a female, used especially of horses
- invest with a large or excessive amount of something
- protect by insurance
- make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game
- protect or defend (a position in a game)
- be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
- provide with a covering or cause to be covered
- to take an action to protect against future problems
- spread over a surface to conceal or protect
- maintain a check on; especially by patrolling
- put something on top of something else
- sit on (eggs)
- play a higher card than the one previously played
- be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of
- provide for
- span an interval of distance, space or time
- help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming their responsibilities
- clothe, as if for protection from the elements
- travel across or pass over
- (military, law enforcement, transitive) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.
- (transitive, broadcasting) To air or run locally originated material in place of network material during an internal spot break in a syndicated program.
- (sports, transitive) To defend (mark) a particular player or area.
- (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
- (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- (transitive) To provide insurance coverage for.
- (transitive) To deal with or include someone or something.
- (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- (transitive, of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
- (music, transitive) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
- (transitive) To traverse or put behind a certain distance.
- (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- (transitive) To supply with funds; to settle or pay the costs for; to foot the bill for.
- (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
- (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
- (transitive) To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
- (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
- (transitive) To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
- (transitive) To protect from attack in general, to guard.
- (transitive) To provide an alibi for (someone); to provide excuses or apologia for (someone); to carry water for someone.
- (transitive) To be enough money for.
noun
- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
- fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations
- a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent)
- a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else
- bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink
- a natural object that covers or envelops
- covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
- (music) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
- (uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
- (cricket) The area of the stumps that is blocked by the batsman so as to defend the wicket.
- (law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for.
- A lid.
- In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
- (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
- (India) A bag or packet.
- (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
- (construction) The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
- (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
- (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
- A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
- The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
- (cricket) A backup incase any player sustains injury during nets or midseries. Originally have to be declared part of squad before match.
- A cover charge.
- A cloth or similar material, often fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa or food to protect it from dust, rain, insects, etc. when not being used.
- The top sheet of a bed.
- (combinatorics, topology) A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set.
- (cricket) A tarpaulin or other device used to cover the wicket during rain, to prevent it getting wet.
- The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
- (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
adj
verb
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
- take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
- (transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
- (transitive, figuratively) To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.
- (transitive, also figuratively) To encircle; to enclose, to encompass.
- (transitive, figuratively) To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.
- (transitive, figuratively) To submit to; to undergo.
noun
- a close affectionate and protective acceptance
- the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
- the state of taking in or encircling
- (figuratively) An act of enfolding or including.
- An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug.
- (figuratively) An enclosure partially or fully surrounding someone or something.
- (figuratively) Full acceptance (of something).
verb
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- (transitive) To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.
- (transitive) To include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively.
- (transitive) To form a circle around; to encircle.
- (transitive) To go around, especially, to circumnavigate.
noun
- a restriction of range or scope
- a small margin
- the property of being narrow; having little width
- an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior
- (uncountable) The state of being narrow.
- (countable) A constriction; a narrow passage or place; an instance or aspect of being narrow, or having a limited scope or extent.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- A constrained scope or area.
- (cricket) The region of the field roughly bounded by the wicket keeper, slips, gully, point, cover, mid off, mid on, midwicket and square leg.
- (agriculture) An area to cultivate: a field
- (baseball) (as a modifier, functioning as an adjective) Of an event, happening in the infield.
- The area inside a racetrack or running track.
- (baseball) The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.
- the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
adv
verb
noun
- Extent or scope; e.g. breadth, width or amplitude.
- (geography, astronomy, countable) The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.
- (astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
- (figurative) The relative freedom from restrictions; scope to do something.
- (photography) The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result.
- (geography) An imaginary line (in the form of a circumference) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator.
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
- freedom from normal restraints in conduct
- the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself
- scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction
noun
- The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
- (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
- A particular geographic region.
- Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
- (soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
- (British) An open space, below ground level, giving access to the basement of a house, and typically separated from the pavement by railings.
- (slang) Genitals.
- a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function
- a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
- a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- a subject of study
- the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary
- a particular environment or walk of life
noun
- a wide scope
- someone who cleans soot from chimneys
- winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
- a movement in an arc
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
- a long oar used in an open boat
- (martial arts) A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
- A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
- The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
- (rowing, attributive) A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.
- (possibly US, regional) The act of police removing a homeless encampment from a public space.
- A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
- Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
- (card games) In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
- (aviation) The degree to which an aircraft's wings are angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from their attachments to the fuselage.
- A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
- A chimney sweep.
- (cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
- The person who steers a dragon boat.
- (US, television) singular of sweeps (“viewership ratings”)
- An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.
- Any of several sea chubs in the family Kyphosidae (subfamily Scorpidinae).
- Violent and general destruction.
- (in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
- A single action of sweeping.
- A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
- A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
- Any of the blades of a windmill.
- (metalworking) A movable template for making moulds, in loam moulding.
- A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
verb
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
- to cover or extend over an area or time period
- cover the entire range of
- clean by sweeping
- win an overwhelming victory in or on
- sweep across or over
- sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
- (curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To travel quickly.
- (cricket) To play a sweep shot.
- (sports, transitive) To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
- To strike with a long stroke.
- (sports, transitive) To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- (rowing) To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.
- To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
- (transitive, ergative) To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
- (nautical) To draw or drag something over.
- (Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana) To vacuum a carpet or rug.
- (military) To clear (a body of water or part thereof) of mines.
- (transitive) To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
- (intransitive) To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
- (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
- (transitive) To search (a place) methodically.
noun
- Size; scope.
- An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude.
- (uncountable) Limescale.
- (uncountable) The flaky material sloughed off heated metal.
- A device to measure mass or weight.
- (uncountable, US) An infestation of scale insects on a plant; commonly thought of as, or mistaken for, a disease.
- A standard amount of money to be paid for a service, for example union-negotiated amounts received by a performer or writer; similar to wage scale or pay grade.
- (music) A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.
- Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.
- Scale mail (as opposed to chain mail).
- A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.
- A mathematical base for a numeral system; radix.
- Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.
- A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color.
- The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife.
- A scale insect.
- A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced.
- The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
- Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard protective layers forming a pinecone that flare when mature to release pine nut seeds.
- Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order.
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
- an ordered reference standard
- a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
- relative magnitude
- a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
- the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
- a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
- a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
- (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
verb
- (transitive) To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.
- (transitive) To climb to the top of.
- (transitive) To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
- (transitive) To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system.
- (intransitive) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae.
- (transitive) To remove the scales of.
- (intransitive) To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) To scatter; to spread.
- (transitive) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
- (manufacturing, transitive) To take measurements from (an engineering drawing), treating them as (or as if) reliable dimensional instructions. This practice often works but can produce latently incorrect results and is thus usually deprecated.
- (intransitive, computing) To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.
- (transitive) To strip or clear of scale; to descale.
- measure by or as if by a scale
- climb up by means of a ladder
- take by attacking with scaling ladders
- reach the highest point of
- remove the scales from
- measure with or as if with scales
- pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
- size or measure according to a scale
noun
- (by extension) A broad or full range or complete set.
- (by extension, historical) A collection or display of weaponry.
- Ceremonial garments, complete with all accessories.
- A splendid display of something.
- (historical) A complete set of armour.
- (by extension) Something that covers and protects.
- a complete and impressive array
verb
noun
verb
noun
- An approximate range.
- (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
- A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
- A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
- (Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality.
- (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
- Ellipsis of administrative region.
- (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
- Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
- An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
- a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
- a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
- a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
- the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in ‘in the region of’)
- the extended spatial location of something
noun
- amount or degree or range to which something extends
- the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
- a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
- an addition that extends a main building
- act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
- the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
- an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
- an addition to the length of something
- the ability to raise the working leg high in the air
- a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
- act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
- an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
- That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension").
- The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase.
- (weightlifting) An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance.
- (fencing) A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward.
- (logic) The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate.
- (mathematics, group theory, of a group G by a group H) A short exact sequence 1→H→E→G→1, or the group E therein.
- (medicine) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
- A part of a building that has been added onto the original.
- (ring theory, of an ideal in the domain of a ring homomorphism) The ideal in the codomain generated by the image of the given ideal under the given homomorphism.
- (telecommunications) A numerical code used to indicate a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.
- (computing) An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.
- (computing) Ellipsis of file extension.
- (linguistics, semantics) semantic widening, broadening of meaning
- An outgrowth; a part of something that extends its capabilities.
- (education) University programs that are targeted at the broader (usually adults) community whose participants are not full-time enrolled students.
- (mathematics, homological algebra, of an object A by an object B in an abelian category) A short exact sequence 0→B→E→A→0, or the object E therein.
- The state of being extended.
- (semantics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.
- (cosmetics, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of hair extension, nail extension, or eyelash extension.
- (banking, finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
- (grammar) A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages.
prep
noun
- The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the longer arc length; the side of a racetrack furthest from the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
- The space beyond some limit or boundary.
- (surfing) The outer part of the sea, away from the peak of a wave.
- The part of a road towards the central division: towards the right if one drives on the left, or towards the left if one drives on the right.
- The external appearance of someone or something.
- The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
- the outer side or surface of something
- the region that is outside of something
adj
- (baseball, of a pitch) Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
- Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc; maximum.
- Extending or going beyond the borders or scope of an organization, group, etc.
- (chiefly UK) Positioned towards the central division of a road: towards the right-hand side if one drives on the left, or left-hand side if one drives on the right.
- (chiefly US) Positioned towards the shoulder of a road: towards the left-hand side if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone outside an organization, group, etc.
- (of a person) Not legally married to or related to (e.g. not born in wedlock to), and/or not residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people. (Compare out of wedlock, nonresidential.)
- Away from the interior or center of something.
- Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- from or between other countries
- relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
- on or toward an outer edge
- unlikely to occur
- coming from the outside
- originating or belonging beyond some bounds
- functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit
- leading to or from the outside
- located, suited for, or taking place in the open air
- (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
adv
verb
noun
- The range or limit of any dimension in which one exists.
- The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.
- Any level line or surface.
- (computer chess) The point at which a computer chess algorithm stops searching for further moves.
- (figuratively) The range or limit of one's knowledge, experience or interest; a boundary or threshold.
- (archaeology, chiefly US) A cultural sub-period or level within a more encompassing time period.
- (geology) A specific layer of soil, or stratum
- a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land
- the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
- the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
- the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
verb
- range or extend over; occupy a certain area
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
- let eat
- change or be different within limits
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- assign a rank or rating to
- have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun
- (transitive) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order.
- (transitive) To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
- (transitive) To rove over or through.
- (biology) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
- (military, of artillery) To determine the range to a target.
- (intransitive) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
- (intransitive) To form a line or a row.
- (transitive) To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.
- (intransitive) To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
- (baseball) Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.
- (intransitive) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
- (transitive) To classify.
- To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
noun
- The extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
- the limit of capability
- a variety of different things or activities
- (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
- the limits within which something can be effective
- a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze
- a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
- a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds
- a series of hills or mountains
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- The distance a vehicle (e.g., a car, bicycle, lorry, or aircraft) can travel without refueling.
- A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
- (US, historical) In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
- An area for practicing shooting at targets.
- (mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
- The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.).
- (programming) A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.
- (sports, baseball) The defensive area that a player can cover.
- An area for military training or equipment testing.
- (statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
- An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
- (ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
- The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
- (music) The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
- A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many burners (hotplates).
- Selection, array.
- An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
- A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
- The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
noun
- An area or expanse.
- A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
- A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
- (Roman Catholicism) Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used instead of the alleluia during Lenten or pre-Lenten seasons, in a Requiem Mass, and on a few other penitential occasions.
- Continued or protracted duration, length, extent
- (anatomy) A series of connected body organs, such as the digestive tract.
- A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
- a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet
- an extended area of land
- a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose
- a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
noun
- A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
- (linear algebra) The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.
- (computing) Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.
- A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
- (physics) One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time.
- (geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.
- (science fiction, fantasy) A universe or plane of existence.
- A single aspect of a given thing.
- the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)
- a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
- one of three Cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space
- magnitude or extent
verb
noun
- The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is; width.
- A piece of fabric of standard width.
- (graph theory) The length of the longest path between two vertices in a graph.
- Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
- (art) A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.
- the capacity to understand a broad range of topics
- the extent of something from side to side
verb
- extend in scope or range or area
- reach outward in space
- use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
- extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
- thrust or extend out
- cause to move at full gallop
- offer verbally
- open or straighten out; unbend
- extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
- expand the influence of
- increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
- prolong the time allowed for payment of
- span an interval of distance, space or time
- lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
- continue or extend
- make available; provide
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- (transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.
- (intransitive) To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
- (intransitive, US, military) To reenlist for a further period.
- (transitive) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
- (UK, law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
- (transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
- To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
- (transitive) To straighten (a limb).
- (object-oriented programming) Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
- (intransitive) To increase in extent.
noun
verb
- extend in scope or range or area
- make (clothes) larger
- become broader or wider or more extensive
- make wider
- (transitive) To make wide or wider.
- (transitive) To broaden or extend in scope or range.
- (transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that can hold a larger number of distinct values.
- (intransitive) To become wide or wider.
- (transitive) To let out clothes to a larger size.
verb
- To define the scope of something.
- (informal) To examine under a microscope.
- (programming) To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
- (birdwatching, informal) To observe a bird using a spotting scope.
- (medicine, colloquial) To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
- (informal, transitive) To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
noun
- (linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
- (programming) The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
- The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.
- (weaponry) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
- (logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
- Potential range of action; degree of freedom; opportunity.
- (medicine, colloquial) Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
- Ellipsis of any word ending in -scope, such as endoscope, periscope, telescope, microscope, oscilloscope, and so on.
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- a magnifier of images of distant objects
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
verb
- have a certain range
- extend to a certain degree
- pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- include, as on a list
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have or possess something abstract
- sing or play against other voices or parts
- contain or hold; have within
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- be able to feed
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
- be pregnant with
- win approval or support for
- propel or give impetus to
- transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication
- have on the surface or on the skin
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- pass on a communication
- cover a certain distance or advance beyond
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- serve as a means for expressing something
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- be successful in
- have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence
- be conveyed over a certain distance
- move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
- compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
- capture after a fight
- be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
- keep up with financial support
- win in an election
- be equipped with (a mast or sail)
- propel
- take further or advance
- have on hand
- continue or extend
- bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
- bear (a crop)
- To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
- (transitive) To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
- (transitive) To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- (transitive) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
- (transitive) To have on one’s person.
- (Southern US) To physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)
- (intransitive) To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
- (Canada, US) To bear a firearm, such as a gun.
- (transitive) To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
- (transitive) To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
- (gaming, sports) (transitive or, rarely, intransitive) To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success or for counteracting teammates' underperformance.
- (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- To bear or uphold successfully, especially through conflict, for example a leader or principle
- To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- (transitive) To lead or guide.
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
- (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- To be pregnant (with).
- (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
- (intransitive, cricket) For the ball, having been hit in the air, to reach a fielder without touching the ground (whether or not the fielder catches it).
- (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- (transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
noun
- the act of carrying something
- (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
- (golf) The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
- (finance) Carried interest.
- (UK, dialect) The sky; cloud-drift.
- A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- (finance) The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
verb
- range or extend over; occupy a certain area
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
- let eat
- change or be different within limits
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- assign a rank or rating to
- have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun
- (transitive) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order.
- (transitive) To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
- (transitive) To rove over or through.
- (biology) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
- (military, of artillery) To determine the range to a target.
- (intransitive) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
- (intransitive) To form a line or a row.
- (transitive) To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.
- (intransitive) To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
- (baseball) Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.
- (intransitive) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
- (transitive) To classify.
- To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
noun
- The extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
- the limit of capability
- a variety of different things or activities
- (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
- the limits within which something can be effective
- a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze
- a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
- a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds
- a series of hills or mountains
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- The distance a vehicle (e.g., a car, bicycle, lorry, or aircraft) can travel without refueling.
- A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
- (US, historical) In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
- An area for practicing shooting at targets.
- (mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
- The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.).
- (programming) A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.
- (sports, baseball) The defensive area that a player can cover.
- An area for military training or equipment testing.
- (statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
- An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
- (ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
- The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
- (music) The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
- A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many burners (hotplates).
- Selection, array.
- An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
- A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
- The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
verb
- range or extend over; occupy a certain area
- sit or stand astride of
- be noncommittal
- (transitive) To be on both sides of something; to have parts that are in different places, regions, etc.
- (transitive) To consider or favor two apparently opposite sides; to be noncommittal.
- (intransitive) To stand with the ends staggered; said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
- (transitive) To form a disorderly sprawl; to spread out irregularly.
- (transitive) To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; to sit astride.
- (economics) To execute a commodities market spread.
- (military) To fire successive artillery shots in front of and behind of a target, especially in order to determine its range (the term "bracket" is often used instead).
- (poker) To place a voluntary raise prior to receiving cards (only by the first player after the blinds).
noun
- the act of sitting or standing astride
- the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options
- a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars
- a noncommittal or equivocal position
- A posture in which one straddles something.
- (finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with put and call options on the same security at the same strike price, giving a non-directional position sensitive to volatility.
- (poker) A voluntary raise made prior to receiving cards by the first player after the blinds.
- (mining) A vertical mine-timber supporting a set.
- (military) A pair or salvo of successive artillery shots falling both in front of and behind a target.
- A part of a harness placed on the back of a beast of burden (such as a horse or donkey) to carry the weight of a load.
adv
verb
noun
- A small room; an enclosed place.
- The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping.
- (travel, aviation) The section of a passenger plane having the same class of service.
- The passenger area of an airplane.
- (India) A private office; particularly of a doctor, businessman, lawyer, or other professional.
- (rail transport, informal) A signal box.
- A private room on a ship.
- (informal) A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people.
- (US) A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.
- a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area
- small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
- the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried
verb
- severely restrict in scope or extent
- compel to behave in a certain way
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- (transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
- (transitive) To reduce a result in response to limited resources.
- (transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine.
verb
- severely restrict in scope or extent
- (intransitive, transitive) To become stringent and ungenerous.
- (transitive) To make sufficiently tight.
- (transitive) To fix something or make it correct.
- (intransitive) To become tense and restrained.
- (intransitive) To become focused and serious; To stop any vacillation or inconsistency.
verb
- To set the boundaries or limits of.
- To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.
- To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
- To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
- To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
- (transitive or intransitive, law, otherwise obsolete) To bring to an end, finish; to come to an end, stop, end.
- (logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
- To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
- shape or influence; give direction to
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- reach, make, or come to a decision about something
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- fix in scope; fix the boundaries of
- establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- settle conclusively; come to terms
- decide upon or fix definitely
verb
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- form a cover over
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- hide from view or knowledge
- hold within range of an aimed firearm
- cover as if with a shroud
- copulate with a female, used especially of horses
- invest with a large or excessive amount of something
- protect by insurance
- make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game
- protect or defend (a position in a game)
- be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
- provide with a covering or cause to be covered
- to take an action to protect against future problems
- spread over a surface to conceal or protect
- maintain a check on; especially by patrolling
- put something on top of something else
- sit on (eggs)
- play a higher card than the one previously played
- be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of
- provide for
- span an interval of distance, space or time
- help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming their responsibilities
- clothe, as if for protection from the elements
- travel across or pass over
- (military, law enforcement, transitive) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.
- (transitive, broadcasting) To air or run locally originated material in place of network material during an internal spot break in a syndicated program.
- (sports, transitive) To defend (mark) a particular player or area.
- (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
- (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- (transitive) To provide insurance coverage for.
- (transitive) To deal with or include someone or something.
- (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- (transitive, of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
- (music, transitive) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
- (transitive) To traverse or put behind a certain distance.
- (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- (transitive) To supply with funds; to settle or pay the costs for; to foot the bill for.
- (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
- (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
- (transitive) To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
- (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
- (transitive) To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
- (transitive) To protect from attack in general, to guard.
- (transitive) To provide an alibi for (someone); to provide excuses or apologia for (someone); to carry water for someone.
- (transitive) To be enough money for.
noun
- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
- fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations
- a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent)
- a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else
- bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink
- a natural object that covers or envelops
- covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
- (music) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
- (uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
- (cricket) The area of the stumps that is blocked by the batsman so as to defend the wicket.
- (law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for.
- A lid.
- In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
- (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
- (India) A bag or packet.
- (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
- (construction) The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
- (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
- (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
- A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
- The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
- (cricket) A backup incase any player sustains injury during nets or midseries. Originally have to be declared part of squad before match.
- A cover charge.
- A cloth or similar material, often fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa or food to protect it from dust, rain, insects, etc. when not being used.
- The top sheet of a bed.
- (combinatorics, topology) A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set.
- (cricket) A tarpaulin or other device used to cover the wicket during rain, to prevent it getting wet.
- The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
- (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
adj
verb
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
- take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
- (transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
- (transitive, figuratively) To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.
- (transitive, also figuratively) To encircle; to enclose, to encompass.
- (transitive, figuratively) To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.
- (transitive, figuratively) To submit to; to undergo.
noun
- a close affectionate and protective acceptance
- the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
- the state of taking in or encircling
- (figuratively) An act of enfolding or including.
- An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug.
- (figuratively) An enclosure partially or fully surrounding someone or something.
- (figuratively) Full acceptance (of something).
verb
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- (transitive) To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.
- (transitive) To include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively.
- (transitive) To form a circle around; to encircle.
- (transitive) To go around, especially, to circumnavigate.
adv
adj
- Large in scope.
- broad in scope or content
- not on target
- (used of eyes) fully open or extended
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- having ample fabric
- great in degree
- very large in expanse or scope
- Having a large physical extent from side to side.
- (computing) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
- On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
- (sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.
- (slang, derogatory, humorous) Overweight, obese.
- (British, slang, only in "wide boy") Sharp-witted.
noun
adv
- to a certain unspecified extent or degree
- To the (implied) extent.
- in the same way; also
- to a very great extent or degree
- (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
- in truth (often tends to intensify)
- in the way indicated
- (usually followed by ‘that’) to an extent or degree as expressed
- in a manner that facilitates
- in such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied
- subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
- In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; likewise, also.
- Indeed.
- (informal) at all (negative clause).
- To the (explicitly stated) extent.
- (with as): To such an extent or degree; as.
- Very much.
- Very (positive or negative clause).
noun
adj
conj
intj
- Used as a question to ask for further explanation of something said, often rhetorically or in a dismissive or impolite manner.
- Used as a meaningless filler word to begin a response to a question.
- Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story, or a new thought or question in continuation of an existing topic.
pron
adj
- Wide in extent or scope.
- broad in scope or content
- Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
- Plain; evident.
- General rather than specific.
- (Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
- Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
- (of an accent) Strongly regional.
- Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
- (writing) Unsubtle; obvious.
- Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
- lacking subtlety; obvious
- not detailed or specific
- being at a peak or culminating point
- showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional
- very large in expanse or scope
noun
- A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
- (UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
- (film, television) A kind of floodlight.
- (UK, historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
- slang term for a woman
adj
- Having a large scope or range; extensive.
- large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
- (typography, of a typeface) Wider than usual.
- Stretched out or pulled out; expanded.
- Longer in length or extension; elongated.
- Lasting longer; protracted.
- fully extended or stretched forth
- relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
- beyond the literal or primary sense
- drawn out or made longer spatially
verb
adj
- limited in extent or scope
- lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
- not wide
- very limited in degree
- characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
- Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
- (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
- Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
- Having a small margin or degree.
- (phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.
- Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
- Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
- Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
- (computing) Of or supporting only those text characters that can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
noun
verb
- define clearly
- become tight or as if tight
- become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
- make or become more narrow or restricted
- (transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
- (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
- (intransitive) To get narrower.
- (knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
- (transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
adj
- Comprehensive in scope or extent.
- Able to be expanded.
- Talkative and sociable.
- (mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity.
- of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
- friendly and open and willing to talk
- able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion
- marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur
adj
noun
verb
adj
noun
- the highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty
- the pitch range of the highest female voice
- a female singer with the highest vocal range of all the voice type
- A person or instrument that performs the soprano part.
- The musical part higher in pitch than alto, typically encompassing the range of the treble clef.
verb
adj
noun
- the pitch range of the highest female voice
- (darts) Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.
- The highest tuned in a ring of bells.
- Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
- (soccer) A win in the top league, top national cup and top continental cup in the same season.
- (music) A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
- (sports) Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.
- Alternative form of tribble (“frame for drying paper”).
- (music) The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
verb
adj
- Having or permitting range or scope; roomy; commodious.
- Prone to roaming around.
- (music) Requiring a large vocal range; having a great difference from the highest to the lowest notes.
- Slender and long of limb; lanky.
- tall and thin and having long slender limbs
- allowing ample room for ranging
- adapted to wandering or roaming
adj
- bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent
- (of verbs) relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person
- (ring theory, of a module (or algebra) over a ring) finitely generated (as a module).
- (grammar) Limited by (i.e. inflected for) person or number.
- Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.
noun
adv
adj
- Large in scope.
- broad in scope or content
- not on target
- (used of eyes) fully open or extended
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- having ample fabric
- great in degree
- very large in expanse or scope
- Having a large physical extent from side to side.
- (computing) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
- On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
- (sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.
- (slang, derogatory, humorous) Overweight, obese.
- (British, slang, only in "wide boy") Sharp-witted.
noun
adj
- large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
- broad in scope or content
- of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor
- Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension.
- (physics) Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.
- Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast.
- (figurative) Considerable in amount.
adj
- Of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory.
- (often capitalized) Organized for home defence - such as the Territorial Army.
- Of or relating to geography or territory.
- (biology) Displaying territoriality.
- of or relating to a territory
- displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders
- belonging to the territory of any state or ruler