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- (figurative) Indirect; from a secondary source; not firsthand.
- (of cigarette or cigar smoke) Inhaled from the air near someone else smoking.
- (of goods) Not new; previously owned and used by another.
- (of a dealer) Dealing in such merchandise.
- derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand
- previously used or owned by another
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adv
adj
- Indirect.
- Involving a backward flip of the hand.
- With the back of the hand.
- Backwards, turned around.
- Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
- (of writing) inclining to the left
- Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
- Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
- (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
- roundabout or ambiguous
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adv
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- Acting in an indirect way.
- (finance) Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
- Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
- Coming or directed along the side.
- (finance) Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
- Parallel, in the same vein, side by side.
- Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.
- (genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
- (biology, of a vascular bundle) Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.
- additional but secondary; auxiliary;
- descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
- serving to support or corroborate
- occurring with or following as a consequence
- situated or running side by side
noun
- (finance) A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
- (marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
- (anatomy) A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.
- (anatomy) A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.
- a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
adj
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- One set of competitors in a game.
- One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
- The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.
- One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
- A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
- A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Sidespin; english
- (LGBTQ, slang) A man who prefers not to engage in anal sex during same-sex sexual activity.
- A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
- (music) A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.
- One possible aspect of a concept, person, or thing.
- A group of morris dancers who perform together.
- (baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher.
- (drama) A written monologue or part of a scene to be read by an actor at an audition.
- A line of descent traced through a particular relative, usually a parent or spouse, as distinguished from that traced through another.
- A region in a specified position with respect to something.
- (UK, Australia, Ireland) A sports team.
- (US, Canada, Philippines, colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
- a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food
- a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
- a surface forming part of the outside of an object
- an elevated geological formation
- either the left or right half of a body
- one of two or more contesting groups
- an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect)
- a family line of descent
- an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
- a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure
- (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist
- an extended outer surface of an object
verb
- To lean on one side.
- (transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
- (intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"
- (transitive, cooking) To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.
- (transitive) To furnish with a siding.
- To clear, tidy or sort.
- take sides for or against
adj
noun
- (golf, informal) The rear side of the hole, furthest from the golfer.
- A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.
- A means of access, often secret and unprotected, to something.
- (automotive) A rear side door of a car, or at the back of a van.
- (computer security) A secret means of access to a program or system.
- (slang) The anus; (by extension) anal sex.
- an entrance at the rear of a building
- an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains
- a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position)
verb
- To attempt to accomplish by indirect means, especially when direct means are proscribed.
- (surfing) To enter a tube by accelerating from behind; to surf into an already formed hollow wave, in contrast to the normal method of slowing to allow a surfable wave to form.
- (computer security) To add a backdoor (a secret means of access) to a program or system.
noun
- an indirect suggestion
- a slight movement of the air
- a short respite
- the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration
- the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
- (uncountable) The act or process of breathing.
- A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense.
- (countable) A rest or pause.
- (countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.
- (uncountable) Air expelled from the lungs.
adj
verb
noun
- an indirect suggestion
- a just detectable amount
- a slight indication
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a slight but appreciable amount
- A small, barely detectable amount.
- An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
- (databases) An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not.
- A clue.
- (computing) Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering; an instance of hinting.
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adv
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- (slang, finance) Semiconductor companies or positions in the stock market.
- (slang) A semiautomatic firearm.
- (colloquial, mining) An intermediate in the production of end-use goods.
- (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A semi-trailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler; an artic.
- (slang) A partial erection of the penis.
- (informal) A semifinal.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada, informal) A semi-detached house.
- one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
- a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
- a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle
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- Indirect or circuitous.
- (geometry, specifically, of an angle) Larger than one, and smaller than two right angles, or more than 90° and less than 180°.
- (now chiefly botany, zoology) Blunt; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form.
- (geometry, by ellipsis) Obtuse-angled, having an obtuse angle.
- Of sound, etc.: deadened, muffled, muted.
- (botany, zoology) Blunt, or rounded at the extremity.
- Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
- of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
- lacking in insight or discernment
- (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
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adj
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adj
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- Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed.
- Contained in the essential nature of something but not openly shown.
- Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.
- implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something
- being without doubt or reserve
adj
- Not direct:
- Not focused straight at the target or subject; whose true aim appears secondary or obscure.
- Not involving the quickest, shortest, or most convenient path; oblique.
- Figuratively
- (mathematics, logic, of a proof) Employing argument by contradiction; making use the law of the excluded middle; arguing via the contrapositive.
- Not of obvious or immediate cause, but as a secondary result.
- extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action
- not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination
- having intervening factors or persons or influences
- descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
- not as a direct effect or consequence
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- (fused relative) The place in, at or to which.
- In what situation.
- (relative) In, at or to which.
- In a/the situation, position, case, etc. in which.
- (fused relative, informal) A situation or case in which.
- In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).
- In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere.
- (interrogative) In, at or to what place.
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- seek indirectly
- move or proceed at an angle
- present with a bias
- fish with a hook
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
- (transitive, billiards) To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.
- (intransitive, informal) To change direction rapidly.
- (intransitive) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
- (transitive, often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
- (figurative, informal, with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
- (transitive, informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
noun
- a biased way of looking at or presenting something
- the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
- A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
- A change in direction.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- A corner where two walls intersect.
- (slang, professional wrestling) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
- (geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
- (geometry) The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.
- (astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
- (slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefiting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral.
- (media) The focus of a news story.
- A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
- A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
verb
- seek indirectly
- catch or try to catch fish or shellfish
- (nautical, transitive) To repair (a spar or mast) by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.
- (intransitive, transitive) To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a body of water, or to collect coral or pearls from the bottom of the sea.
- (transitive) To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.
- (intransitive) To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.
- (nautical, transitive) To hoist the flukes of.
- (fishing, transitive) To use as bait when fishing.
- (transitive) To draw or guide (a wire or cable) by means of fish tape.
- (intransitive, followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.
noun
- any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
- the flesh of fish used as food
- A period of time spent fishing.
- (uncountable) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.
- A cartilaginous fish (class Chondrichthyes).
- (uncountable, slang, sometimes derogatory, sometimes positive) A (feminine) woman. (See also fishy.)
- An instance of seeking something.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.
- (nautical) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
- (countable, poker slang) A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).
- (Newfoundland) Cod; codfish.
- A placoderm (paraphyletic class †Placodermi).
- A jawless fish (paraphyletic infraphylum Agnatha).
- (uncountable) The flesh of the fish used as food.
- (LGBTQ slang, sometimes problematic) A drag queen or transgender woman who looks like a cisgender woman.
- (countable, nautical, military, slang) A torpedo (self-propelled explosive device).
- (prison slang) A new (usually vulnerable) prisoner.
- A bony fish (clade Osteichthyes), including tetrapods.
- (Roman Catholicism) An aquatic or semiaquatic animal suitable for consumption during fasting on Fridays during Lent.
- (Jamaica, offensive, derogatory) A male homosexual; a gay man.
- (countable, slang) An easy victim for swindling.
- (cellular automata, rare) A spaceship.
- (countable) A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
- A spiny shark (paraphyletic class †Acanthodii)
- (countable, nautical) A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
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- (informal) As a result of.
- Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
- Removed or subtracted from.
- Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
- (colloquial, more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.
- Outside the area or region of.
- Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
- Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
- Not positioned upon, or away from a position upon.
- No longer wanting or taking.
- Temporarily not attending (a usual place), especially owing to illness or holiday.
- (slang, drugs) Under the influence of.
adj
- (by extension, Australia, slang) Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent.
- Temporarily not attending a usual place, such as work or school, especially owing to illness or holiday.
- (predicative only) Inappropriate; untoward.
- Not correct; not properly formed; not logical, harmonious, etc.
- (British, in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
- (in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
- (chiefly UK) Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
- (predicative only) Presently unavailable. (of a dish on a menu)
- (predicative only) Inoperative, disabled.
- Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
- (poker slang) Offsuit.
- (predicative only) Cancelled; not happening.
- Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
- Started on the way.
- (in phrases such as 'well off', 'poorly off', 'comfortably off', etc., and in 'how?' questions) Circumstanced.
- (cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
- Not fitted; not being worn.
- Far; off to the side.
- below a satisfactory level
- (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
- not performing or scheduled for duties
- not in operation or operational
- in an unpalatable state
adv
- Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
- So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- (theater) Offstage.
- In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
- at a distance in space or time
- from a particular thing or place or position (‘forth’ is obsolete)
- no longer on or in contact or attached
noun
verb
noun
- an indirect suggestion
- a slight movement of the air
- a short respite
- the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration
- the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
- (uncountable) The act or process of breathing.
- A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense.
- (countable) A rest or pause.
- (countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.
- (uncountable) Air expelled from the lungs.
adj
verb
noun
- an indirect suggestion
- a just detectable amount
- a slight indication
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a slight but appreciable amount
- A small, barely detectable amount.
- An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
- (databases) An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not.
- A clue.
- (computing) Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering; an instance of hinting.
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intj
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- seek indirectly
- move or proceed at an angle
- present with a bias
- fish with a hook
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
- (transitive, billiards) To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.
- (intransitive, informal) To change direction rapidly.
- (intransitive) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
- (transitive, often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
- (figurative, informal, with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
- (transitive, informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
noun
- a biased way of looking at or presenting something
- the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
- A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
- A change in direction.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- A corner where two walls intersect.
- (slang, professional wrestling) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
- (geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
- (geometry) The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.
- (astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
- (slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefiting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral.
- (media) The focus of a news story.
- A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
- A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
verb
- seek indirectly
- catch or try to catch fish or shellfish
- (nautical, transitive) To repair (a spar or mast) by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.
- (intransitive, transitive) To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a body of water, or to collect coral or pearls from the bottom of the sea.
- (transitive) To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.
- (intransitive) To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.
- (nautical, transitive) To hoist the flukes of.
- (fishing, transitive) To use as bait when fishing.
- (transitive) To draw or guide (a wire or cable) by means of fish tape.
- (intransitive, followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.
noun
- any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
- the flesh of fish used as food
- A period of time spent fishing.
- (uncountable) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.
- A cartilaginous fish (class Chondrichthyes).
- (uncountable, slang, sometimes derogatory, sometimes positive) A (feminine) woman. (See also fishy.)
- An instance of seeking something.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.
- (nautical) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
- (countable, poker slang) A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).
- (Newfoundland) Cod; codfish.
- A placoderm (paraphyletic class †Placodermi).
- A jawless fish (paraphyletic infraphylum Agnatha).
- (uncountable) The flesh of the fish used as food.
- (LGBTQ slang, sometimes problematic) A drag queen or transgender woman who looks like a cisgender woman.
- (countable, nautical, military, slang) A torpedo (self-propelled explosive device).
- (prison slang) A new (usually vulnerable) prisoner.
- A bony fish (clade Osteichthyes), including tetrapods.
- (Roman Catholicism) An aquatic or semiaquatic animal suitable for consumption during fasting on Fridays during Lent.
- (Jamaica, offensive, derogatory) A male homosexual; a gay man.
- (countable, slang) An easy victim for swindling.
- (cellular automata, rare) A spaceship.
- (countable) A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
- A spiny shark (paraphyletic class †Acanthodii)
- (countable, nautical) A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
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- (figurative) Indirect; from a secondary source; not firsthand.
- (of cigarette or cigar smoke) Inhaled from the air near someone else smoking.
- (of goods) Not new; previously owned and used by another.
- (of a dealer) Dealing in such merchandise.
- derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand
- previously used or owned by another
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- (slang, finance) Semiconductor companies or positions in the stock market.
- (slang) A semiautomatic firearm.
- (colloquial, mining) An intermediate in the production of end-use goods.
- (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A semi-trailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler; an artic.
- (slang) A partial erection of the penis.
- (informal) A semifinal.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada, informal) A semi-detached house.
- one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
- a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
- a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle
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- Indirect.
- Involving a backward flip of the hand.
- With the back of the hand.
- Backwards, turned around.
- Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
- (of writing) inclining to the left
- Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
- Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
- (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
- roundabout or ambiguous
adv
verb
adj
- Acting in an indirect way.
- (finance) Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
- Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
- Coming or directed along the side.
- (finance) Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
- Parallel, in the same vein, side by side.
- Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.
- (genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
- (biology, of a vascular bundle) Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.
- additional but secondary; auxiliary;
- descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
- serving to support or corroborate
- occurring with or following as a consequence
- situated or running side by side
noun
- (finance) A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
- (marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
- (anatomy) A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.
- (anatomy) A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.
- a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
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adv
noun
- One set of competitors in a game.
- One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
- The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.
- One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
- A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
- A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Sidespin; english
- (LGBTQ, slang) A man who prefers not to engage in anal sex during same-sex sexual activity.
- A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
- (music) A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.
- One possible aspect of a concept, person, or thing.
- A group of morris dancers who perform together.
- (baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher.
- (drama) A written monologue or part of a scene to be read by an actor at an audition.
- A line of descent traced through a particular relative, usually a parent or spouse, as distinguished from that traced through another.
- A region in a specified position with respect to something.
- (UK, Australia, Ireland) A sports team.
- (US, Canada, Philippines, colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
- a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food
- a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
- a surface forming part of the outside of an object
- an elevated geological formation
- either the left or right half of a body
- one of two or more contesting groups
- an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect)
- a family line of descent
- an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
- a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure
- (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist
- an extended outer surface of an object
verb
- To lean on one side.
- (transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
- (intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"
- (transitive, cooking) To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.
- (transitive) To furnish with a siding.
- To clear, tidy or sort.
- take sides for or against
adj
noun
- (golf, informal) The rear side of the hole, furthest from the golfer.
- A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.
- A means of access, often secret and unprotected, to something.
- (automotive) A rear side door of a car, or at the back of a van.
- (computer security) A secret means of access to a program or system.
- (slang) The anus; (by extension) anal sex.
- an entrance at the rear of a building
- an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains
- a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position)
verb
- To attempt to accomplish by indirect means, especially when direct means are proscribed.
- (surfing) To enter a tube by accelerating from behind; to surf into an already formed hollow wave, in contrast to the normal method of slowing to allow a surfable wave to form.
- (computer security) To add a backdoor (a secret means of access) to a program or system.
adj
- Indirect or circuitous.
- (geometry, specifically, of an angle) Larger than one, and smaller than two right angles, or more than 90° and less than 180°.
- (now chiefly botany, zoology) Blunt; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form.
- (geometry, by ellipsis) Obtuse-angled, having an obtuse angle.
- Of sound, etc.: deadened, muffled, muted.
- (botany, zoology) Blunt, or rounded at the extremity.
- Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
- of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
- lacking in insight or discernment
- (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
adv
adj
- (figurative) Indirect; from a secondary source; not firsthand.
- (of cigarette or cigar smoke) Inhaled from the air near someone else smoking.
- (of goods) Not new; previously owned and used by another.
- (of a dealer) Dealing in such merchandise.
- derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand
- previously used or owned by another
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adj
- Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed.
- Contained in the essential nature of something but not openly shown.
- Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.
- implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something
- being without doubt or reserve
adj
- Not direct:
- Not focused straight at the target or subject; whose true aim appears secondary or obscure.
- Not involving the quickest, shortest, or most convenient path; oblique.
- Figuratively
- (mathematics, logic, of a proof) Employing argument by contradiction; making use the law of the excluded middle; arguing via the contrapositive.
- Not of obvious or immediate cause, but as a secondary result.
- extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action
- not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination
- having intervening factors or persons or influences
- descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
- not as a direct effect or consequence