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verb
- (intransitive) To successively neatly fit inside another.
- (transitive) To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).
- fit together or fit inside
- (intransitive) To settle into a home.
- (intransitive) To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").
- (intransitive, of animals) To build or settle into a nest.
- (transitive) To place in, or as if in, a nest.
- move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
- inhabit a nest, usually after building
- gather nests
noun
- (card games) A fixed number of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him to exchange any or all with cards in his hand.
- A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
- A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
- A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.
- (computing) A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
- A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
- A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
- (military) A fortified position for a weapon.
- (geology) An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
- A place used by a monotreme, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
- A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.
- (vulgar, slang, now US) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself.
- A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.
- A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
- a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
- a cosy or secluded retreat
- a kind of gun emplacement
- a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality
- furniture pieces made to fit close together
adj
noun
- A thing with two components arranged one behind the other.
- Two draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other.
- (uncountable, education) A method of language learning based on mutual exchange, where ideally each learner is a native speaker in the language the other person wants to learn.
- (countable) A group of two or more machines, people, etc., working together; hence (uncountable), close collaboration.
- (medicine) A hollow metal tube containing radioactive material, inserted through the vagina into the uterus to treat gynecological cancer.
- (countable) A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing pulling power but only the animal in front being able to steer.
- (specifically, cycling) Ellipsis of tandem bicycle (“a bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front being able to steer”).
- a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats
- an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another
adv
verb
adj
- Inserted or fitted into something.
- 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.
- (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
prep
- Contained by; inside.
- Pertaining to; with regard to.
- Part of; a member of; out of; from among.
- 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).
- Within the bounds or limits of.
- Into.
- (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
- During (a period of time).
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
- A thing fitted to another in order to accomplish a specific purpose.
- (India) The categorisation of an employee, for the purpose of calculating salary or allowances.
- The act of furnishing with fitments; an instance of such an act.
- The proper positioning and orientation of a thing for it to serve its designed purpose.
- An item of permanent furniture or equipment.
- any of the items furnishing or equipping a room (especially built-in furniture)
adv
adj
- Compartmentalized; separated into isolated compartments or components.
- Having multiple points of attachment in a lattice-like pattern.
- Arranged in a grid pattern; Interleaved.
- Having a texture with regular indentations similar to that of an egg carton or regular holes in a grid pattern; corrugated or latticed.
verb
noun
- A mechanical component inserted into another.
- (genetics) A sequence of DNA inserted into another DNA molecule.
- A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc.
- An image inserted into text.
- (film, television) A close-up shot used to draw attention to a particular element of a larger scene.
- (linguistics) An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in an utterance.
- (audio effects) A plug-in that adds an effect to an audio track.
- (childcare, informal) A diaper insert.
- (computing) A key to toggle between text insert mode and overwrite mode
- (television) A pre-recorded segment included as part of a live broadcast.
- (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film
- a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
- (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program
- an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
verb
verb
- To fit into a pattern.
- To assault.
- (transitive) To serve as an example for.
- To have sex with.
- To teach someone a lesson.
- (hunting, transitive) To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
- To do or perform an activity
- To follow an example.
- To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
- To apply a pattern.
- (MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.
- To arrange the sale or supply of something, especially illegal drugs.
- form a pattern
- plan or create according to a model or models
adj
noun
- (Singapore, informal) A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble
- (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
- (computing, music) A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
- A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
- (cellular automata) A configuration of cells in a cellular automaton universe.
- The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
- Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
- (textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
- A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.
- (US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
- (now only numismatics) A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
- A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
- (computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
- A representative example.
- Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
- (software engineering, in compounds) A design pattern.
- (Ireland, Roman Catholicism) The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of that parish.
- (MLE) Any arrangement or agreement, or way of conducting business.
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
- the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
- a decorative or artistic work
- a model considered worthy of imitation
- a perceptual structure
- a customary way of operation or behavior
- something regarded as a normative example
adj
noun
- A cineplex.
- A kind of stereoscopic mapmaking instrument.
- A building or a place where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently or different times.
- (television) A grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium.
- (juggling) A throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time.
- communicates two or more signals over a common channel
- a movie theater that has several different auditoriums in the same building
verb
noun
- either of two parts that mutually complete each other
- number needed to make up a whole force
- a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
- a complete number or quantity
- one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response
- something added to complete or embellish or make perfect
- (grammar, linguistics) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.
- (economics) Abbreviation of complementary good.
- (electronics) A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.
- (biochemistry) Synonym of alexin.
- Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition.
- (immunology) One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response.
- (astronomy, geometry) An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle.
- (music) An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave.
- (palaeography, phonetics) A phonetic complement is a graphic element that modifies another, such as (in Linear B script) a small syllabogram that is attached to a logogram as an abbreviation of its reading (as opposed to an adjunct that abbreviates an adjective that modifies that logogram).
- (genetics) A nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (A) by thymine (T) or uracil (U), cytosine (C) by guanine (G), and vice versa.
- The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
- (computing, mathematics) The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number.
- (nautical) The whole working force of a vessel.
- (computing, mathematics) The numeric complement of a number.
- (set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement).
- (logic) An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa.
- (optics) The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light).
- (computing) A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.
- (computing, mathematics) The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number.
- Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
verb
- make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to
- To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
- To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.
- To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.
- Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
adj
- having parts that slide one within another
- capable of discerning distant objects
- visible only with a telescope
- Referring to parts being extended or retracted along coinciding axes (with or without direct contact between the parts).
- (chiefly astronomy) Seen by means of a telescope; only visible through a telescope.
- Pertaining to, or carried out by means of, a telescope.
- Capable of seeing distant objects; far-seeing.
- Able to be extended or retracted by the use of parts that slide over one another.
verb
- construct by fitting or uniting parts together
- formulate in a particular style or language
- take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- make up plans or basic details for
- enclose in or as if in a frame
- enclose in a frame, as of a picture
- (transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
- (transitive) To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
- (transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To move.
- (tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
- (transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
- (intransitive, dialectal, mining) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
- (transitive, criminology) Conspire to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
- (transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
- (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
- (transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
noun
- an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently
- (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
- a single drawing in a comic strip
- a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
- a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror
- a structure supporting or containing something
- the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
- the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
- one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
- (Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
- (mathematics) A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins.
- A piece of photographic film containing an image.
- A context for understanding or interpretation.
- (genetics, "reading frame") A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
- (computing) A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
- (electronics, film, animation, video games) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30 or 1/60 of a second.
- (snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
- (philately) The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
- (baseball, slang) An inning.
- (crime) A conspiracy to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
- (operating systems) Clipping of page frame or memory frame.
- A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
- (philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
- (bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.
- A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.
- (horticulture) A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
- Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
- The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
- (networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
- (bowling) The complete set of pins to be knocked down in their starting configuration.
verb
- construct by fitting or uniting parts together
- (transitive) To arrange fraudulent evidence to falsely implicate (a person) of a crime.
- (transitive, construction) To erect the initial walls and roof of (a new building).
- (photography) To prepare a shot by deciding what to include and exclude, what to use as background, etc.
noun
- A part that is joined to something larger.
- a part that is joined to something larger
- A natural prolongation or projection from a part of any organism.
- An external body part that projects from the body.
- a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
- an external body part that projects from the body
noun
- Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.
- (law) A duplicate of a legal document.
- One who or that which resembles another.
- One who or that which has corresponding functions or characteristics.
- (paleontology) Either half of a flattened fossil when the rock has split along the plane of the fossil.
- a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another
- a duplicate copy
verb
verb
- To join together by twining one part around another.
- To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
- (transitive) To coax.
- To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
- (transitive) To cause to rotate.
- To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
- (card games) In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
- (reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
- (intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
- To turn a knob etc.
- (intransitive, of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
- To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
- To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
- To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
- form into a spiral shape
- do the twist
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- form into twists
- extend in curves and turns
- twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- turn in the opposite direction
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
noun
- A distortion to the meaning of a passage or word.
- The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
- A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
- (preceded by definite article) A modern dance popular in Western culture in the late 1950s and 1960s, based on rotating the hips repeatedly from side to side. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details.
- A twisting force.
- A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
- The form given in twisting.
- Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
- An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
- (slang) A girl, a woman.
- A rotation of the body when diving.
- A roll or baton of baked dough or pastry in a twisted shape.
- A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
- The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
- Ellipsis of hair twist.
- A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
- A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
- A sprain, especially to the ankle.
- (countable, uncountable) A small roll of tobacco.
- any clever maneuver
- social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s
- a circular segment of a curve
- a jerky pulling movement
- the act of rotating rapidly
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- an unforeseen development
- a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
- turning or twisting around (in place)
- an interpretation of a text or action
- the act of winding or twisting
adj
- Tending to make replete; filling.
- Restorative; serving to replenish.
- (traditional Chinese medicine) Associated with oiliness and characterized by fullness or excess, such as with inflammation, swelling; mucus production, puss, etc.
- (Christianity) Ubiquitious; everywhere; unbounded by physical constraints.
- (medicine) Causing blood to flow to (a body part)
- (linguistics) Implying or anticipating the subject which comes after the verb, as in "There is a house over there."
- (urban studies) Pertaining to a phase of infilling.
verb
- fill tightly with a material
- cram into a cavity
- treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
- press or force
- fill with a stuffing while cooking
- obstruct
- (transitive, mildly vulgar, often imperative) Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it.
- (transitive) To load goods into (a container) for transport.
- (transitive, British, Australia, New Zealand) To break; to destroy.
- To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.
- (transitive) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
- (informal) To heavily defeat or get the better of.
- (transitive, cooking) To fill with seasoning.
- (transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
- (transitive, computing) To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.
- (pronominal) To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
- (transitive) To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.
- (transitive) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
- (transitive) To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
- (transitive, vulgar, British, Australia, New Zealand) To sexually penetrate.
- (transitive, used in the passive) To sate.
noun
- the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
- unspecified qualities required to do or be something
- a critically important or characteristic component
- informal terms for personal possessions
- information in some unspecified form
- senseless talk
- miscellaneous unspecified objects
- (informal) Unspecified things or matters.
- The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
- (informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
- Abstract/figurative substance or character.
- (informal) Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.
- (slang) Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
- (nautical) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
- (sometimes euphemistic) Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language.
- Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.
adj
- having component parts closely crowded together
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- hard to pass through because of dense growth
- having high relative density or specific gravity
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- Thick; difficult to penetrate.
- Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
- (mathematics, topology, of a subset S of a topological space T, not comparable) Such that its closure in T is T.
- Compact; crowded together.
- Obscure or difficult to understand.
- Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence. (of a person)
- Having relatively high density.
noun
adj
- having component parts closely crowded together
- (used informally) associated on close terms
- spoken as if with a thick tongue
- not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
- abounding; having a lot of
- (of darkness) densely dark
- relatively dense in consistency
- hard to pass through because of dense growth
- (used informally) stupid
- having a short and solid form or stature
- (slang, chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
- Heavy in build; thickset.
- Impenetrable to sight.
- Deep, intense, or profound.
- Having a viscous consistency.
- Densely crowded or packed.
- Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
- Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
- (informal) Friendly or intimate.
- (informal) Stupid.
- Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
- Abounding in number.
- Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
- (academic) Detailed and expansive; substantive.
noun
adv
det
adj
noun
- The space between two objects or people.
- The action of the verb space.
- (science fiction) The activity of working or living in outer space; the occupation of a spacer.
- A way in which objects or people are separated by spaces.
- the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them
- the time between occurrences of a repeating event
verb
pron
det
adj
noun
- A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
- (grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.
- The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of opposed, next to each other.
- (UK) A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.
- (rhetoric) Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required.
- (grammar) The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
- A public disputation by scholars.
- (biology) The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
- (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
- the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
- a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
verb
- To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
- To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.
- To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
- (generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
- To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
- To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
- To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
- To employ a temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
- provide with a patch; also used metaphorically
- to join or unite the pieces of
- mend by putting a patch on
- repair by adding pieces
noun
- (printing, historical) An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.
- A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)
- A piece of any size, used to repair something for a temporary period only, or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future.
- (computing) A piece of data intended to modify a computer file by replacing a part of it.
- A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
- A local region of professional responsibility.
- A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
- (historical) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark.
- A butterfly of the genus Chlosyne.
- (medicine) A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
- (medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.
- A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
- (specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
- (firearms) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
- (firearms) A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
- (music) A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
- (often patch cable, patch cord, etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
- (medicine) An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
- a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
- a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program
- a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
- sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
- a small contrasting part of something
- a connection intended to be used for a limited time
- a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole
- a protective cloth covering for an injured eye
- a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
verb
- To combine or fit (things) together well.
- (intransitive) To adapt to something; to fit in.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of several things: to combine or fit together well.
- (chiefly woodworking) To unite (components) with a dovetail (noun sense 2.1) or similar joint.
- (music) To seamlessly move a melody from one instrument to another.
- (computing) To interweave (a number of algorithms or subprograms) so that they can be run more or less simultaneously.
- fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail
noun
- In full dovetail joint: a type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove's tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes.
- (heraldry) A line resembling a dovetail joint (sense 2.1).
- A tenon cut into a wedge shape resembling a dove's tail so that it interlocks with a mortise having a corresponding shape in a dovetail joint.
- The tail of a dove (family Columbidae); also, something having the shape of a dove's tail.
- a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
adj
- Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- (music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
- Having two aspects; ambiguous.
- Of twice the quantity.
- Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
- False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
- Designed for two (people, cars, etc.).
- (music) Of time, twice as fast.
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
- Stooping; bent over.
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- twice as great or many
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
- having two meanings with intent to deceive
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- large enough for two
adv
noun
- (music) Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
- (cricket) The achievement of 1000 runs and 100 wickets taken in a single season.
- (Christianity) A double feast.
- (dominoes) A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
- A drink with two portions of alcohol.
- (soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
- (darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- (programming) A double-precision floating-point number.
- (historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
- (rowing) A boat for two scullers.
- (bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
- Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”).
- A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
- A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
- (music) A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.
- A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
- (darts) A hit on this ring.
- (sports) The feat of scoring twice in one game.
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- (sports, chiefly swimming and track) The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
- (baseball) A two-base hit.
- (historical, Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
- (billiards, snooker) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
- raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
- a quantity that is twice as great as another
verb
- (music, intransitive, usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
- (intransitive) To serve a second role or have a second purpose. [with as]
- (intransitive) To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
- (theater) To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
- (transitive) To fold over so as to make two folds.
- (radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
- (military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
- (nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).
- (transitive) To repeat exactly; copy.
- (transitive, sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
- To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- (transitive, often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
- (espionage, intransitive) To operate as a double agent.
- (transitive) To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
- (music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
- (ambitransitive, sometimes with "for") To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
- (card games, intransitive) To double down.
- (bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
- (intransitive) To go or march at twice the normal speed.
- (transitive) To multiply by two.
- (baseball) To get a two-base hit.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
- (intransitive) To turn sharply, following a winding course.
- hit a two-base hit
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
- increase twofold
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
- make or do or perform again
- make a demand for (a card or suit)
noun
- the process of enclosing (as in a capsule)
- the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule)
- (programming, object-oriented programming) Grouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods).
- The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- (networking) The process of arranging data into packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol.
noun
- (coopering) The cutting of a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterwards united and rehooped.
- The act of using a cradle (the tool).
- The act by which one cradles a child etc.
- (carpentry) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.
verb
verb
adv
adj
noun
- A person of mixed race or with dual nationality.
- A pizza with two different sets of toppings, one on each half.
- (Western Canada) A cup of coffee with the equivalent of half a packet of sugar and half a creamer of cream.
- (US) A mixture of half lemonade and half iced tea.
- (slang) Both oral sex and vaginal sex performed in sequence by a prostitute
- (UK) A combination of beer and ale (or similar alcoholic drinks) in equal quantities.
- (US) A mixture of cream and milk often used in coffee, defined by the US Food and Drug Administration to contain between 10.5% and 18% milk fat.
- A mixture of two alcoholic beverages, most frequently those brewed from malt, such as porter and ale or mild and bitter beers, in about equal parts; also used for equal parts of an alcoholic beverage and water.
- (UK, Ireland) A combination of both rice and chips as an accompaniment to a curry, as opposed to one or the other.
verb
noun
- (literary) A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat.
- Either of the two highest trumps in the card games euchre and five hundred (where the joker is omitted).
- A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.
- One who plays any of several bow instruments, such as the musical bow or diddley bow.
- A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle.
- (falconry) A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest.
- A peasant; a farmer.
- (ornithology) A large structure made of grass, twigs, etc., and decorated with bright objects, used by male bower birds during courtship displays.
- A muscle that bends a limb, especially the arm.
- One who bows or bends.
- (nautical) A type of ship's anchor, carried at the bow.
- a framework that supports climbing plants
verb
- To put together with a seam.
- To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.
- To crack open along a seam.
- To mark with a seam or line; to scar.
- (cricket) Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus.
- (cricket) Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam.
- put together with a seam
noun
- (cricket) The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.
- (historical) An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels.
- (historical) An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds.
- (geology) A thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral.
- A suture.
- (figurative) A line of junction; a joint.
- A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
- (construction, nautical) A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials.
- (sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
- a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
- a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
- joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
verb
- enclose with a sheath
- plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh
- cover with a protective sheathing
- (transitive) Of an animal: to draw back or retract (a body part) into the body, such as claws into a paw.
- (transitive) To put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath.
- (transitive) To encase (something) with a protective covering.
noun
- A thing fitted to another in order to accomplish a specific purpose.
- (India) The categorisation of an employee, for the purpose of calculating salary or allowances.
- The act of furnishing with fitments; an instance of such an act.
- The proper positioning and orientation of a thing for it to serve its designed purpose.
- An item of permanent furniture or equipment.
- any of the items furnishing or equipping a room (especially built-in furniture)
noun
- A mechanical component inserted into another.
- (genetics) A sequence of DNA inserted into another DNA molecule.
- A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc.
- An image inserted into text.
- (film, television) A close-up shot used to draw attention to a particular element of a larger scene.
- (linguistics) An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in an utterance.
- (audio effects) A plug-in that adds an effect to an audio track.
- (childcare, informal) A diaper insert.
- (computing) A key to toggle between text insert mode and overwrite mode
- (television) A pre-recorded segment included as part of a live broadcast.
- (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film
- a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
- (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program
- an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
verb
noun
- either of two parts that mutually complete each other
- number needed to make up a whole force
- a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
- a complete number or quantity
- one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response
- something added to complete or embellish or make perfect
- (grammar, linguistics) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.
- (economics) Abbreviation of complementary good.
- (electronics) A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.
- (biochemistry) Synonym of alexin.
- Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition.
- (immunology) One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response.
- (astronomy, geometry) An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle.
- (music) An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave.
- (palaeography, phonetics) A phonetic complement is a graphic element that modifies another, such as (in Linear B script) a small syllabogram that is attached to a logogram as an abbreviation of its reading (as opposed to an adjunct that abbreviates an adjective that modifies that logogram).
- (genetics) A nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (A) by thymine (T) or uracil (U), cytosine (C) by guanine (G), and vice versa.
- The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
- (computing, mathematics) The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number.
- (nautical) The whole working force of a vessel.
- (computing, mathematics) The numeric complement of a number.
- (set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement).
- (logic) An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa.
- (optics) The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light).
- (computing) A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.
- (computing, mathematics) The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number.
- Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
verb
- make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to
- To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
- To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.
- To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.
- Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
adj
noun
- A thing with two components arranged one behind the other.
- Two draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other.
- (uncountable, education) A method of language learning based on mutual exchange, where ideally each learner is a native speaker in the language the other person wants to learn.
- (countable) A group of two or more machines, people, etc., working together; hence (uncountable), close collaboration.
- (medicine) A hollow metal tube containing radioactive material, inserted through the vagina into the uterus to treat gynecological cancer.
- (countable) A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing pulling power but only the animal in front being able to steer.
- (specifically, cycling) Ellipsis of tandem bicycle (“a bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front being able to steer”).
- a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats
- an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another
adv
verb
noun
- A part that is joined to something larger.
- a part that is joined to something larger
- A natural prolongation or projection from a part of any organism.
- An external body part that projects from the body.
- a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
- an external body part that projects from the body
noun
- Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.
- (law) A duplicate of a legal document.
- One who or that which resembles another.
- One who or that which has corresponding functions or characteristics.
- (paleontology) Either half of a flattened fossil when the rock has split along the plane of the fossil.
- a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another
- a duplicate copy
verb
noun
- A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
- (grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.
- The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of opposed, next to each other.
- (UK) A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.
- (rhetoric) Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required.
- (grammar) The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
- A public disputation by scholars.
- (biology) The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
- (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
- the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
- a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
noun
- the process of enclosing (as in a capsule)
- the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule)
- (programming, object-oriented programming) Grouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods).
- The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- (networking) The process of arranging data into packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol.
noun
- (coopering) The cutting of a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterwards united and rehooped.
- The act of using a cradle (the tool).
- The act by which one cradles a child etc.
- (carpentry) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To successively neatly fit inside another.
- (transitive) To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).
- fit together or fit inside
- (intransitive) To settle into a home.
- (intransitive) To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").
- (intransitive, of animals) To build or settle into a nest.
- (transitive) To place in, or as if in, a nest.
- move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
- inhabit a nest, usually after building
- gather nests
noun
- (card games) A fixed number of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him to exchange any or all with cards in his hand.
- A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
- A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
- A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.
- (computing) A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
- A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
- A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
- (military) A fortified position for a weapon.
- (geology) An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
- A place used by a monotreme, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
- A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.
- (vulgar, slang, now US) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself.
- A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.
- A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
- a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
- a cosy or secluded retreat
- a kind of gun emplacement
- a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality
- furniture pieces made to fit close together
verb
- To fit into a pattern.
- To assault.
- (transitive) To serve as an example for.
- To have sex with.
- To teach someone a lesson.
- (hunting, transitive) To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
- To do or perform an activity
- To follow an example.
- To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
- To apply a pattern.
- (MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.
- To arrange the sale or supply of something, especially illegal drugs.
- form a pattern
- plan or create according to a model or models
adj
noun
- (Singapore, informal) A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble
- (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
- (computing, music) A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
- A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
- (cellular automata) A configuration of cells in a cellular automaton universe.
- The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
- Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
- (textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
- A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.
- (US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
- (now only numismatics) A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
- A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
- (computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
- A representative example.
- Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
- (software engineering, in compounds) A design pattern.
- (Ireland, Roman Catholicism) The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of that parish.
- (MLE) Any arrangement or agreement, or way of conducting business.
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
- the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
- a decorative or artistic work
- a model considered worthy of imitation
- a perceptual structure
- a customary way of operation or behavior
- something regarded as a normative example
verb
- construct by fitting or uniting parts together
- formulate in a particular style or language
- take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- make up plans or basic details for
- enclose in or as if in a frame
- enclose in a frame, as of a picture
- (transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
- (transitive) To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
- (transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To move.
- (tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
- (transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
- (intransitive, dialectal, mining) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
- (transitive, criminology) Conspire to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
- (transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
- (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
- (transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
noun
- an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently
- (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
- a single drawing in a comic strip
- a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
- a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror
- a structure supporting or containing something
- the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
- the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
- one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
- (Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
- (mathematics) A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins.
- A piece of photographic film containing an image.
- A context for understanding or interpretation.
- (genetics, "reading frame") A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
- (computing) A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
- (electronics, film, animation, video games) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30 or 1/60 of a second.
- (snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
- (philately) The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
- (baseball, slang) An inning.
- (crime) A conspiracy to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
- (operating systems) Clipping of page frame or memory frame.
- A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
- (philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
- (bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.
- A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.
- (horticulture) A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
- Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
- The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
- (networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
- (bowling) The complete set of pins to be knocked down in their starting configuration.
verb
- construct by fitting or uniting parts together
- (transitive) To arrange fraudulent evidence to falsely implicate (a person) of a crime.
- (transitive, construction) To erect the initial walls and roof of (a new building).
- (photography) To prepare a shot by deciding what to include and exclude, what to use as background, etc.
verb
- To join together by twining one part around another.
- To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
- (transitive) To coax.
- To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
- (transitive) To cause to rotate.
- To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
- (card games) In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
- (reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
- (intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
- To turn a knob etc.
- (intransitive, of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
- To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
- To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
- To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
- form into a spiral shape
- do the twist
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- form into twists
- extend in curves and turns
- twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- turn in the opposite direction
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
noun
- A distortion to the meaning of a passage or word.
- The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
- A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
- (preceded by definite article) A modern dance popular in Western culture in the late 1950s and 1960s, based on rotating the hips repeatedly from side to side. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details.
- A twisting force.
- A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
- The form given in twisting.
- Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
- An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
- (slang) A girl, a woman.
- A rotation of the body when diving.
- A roll or baton of baked dough or pastry in a twisted shape.
- A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
- The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
- Ellipsis of hair twist.
- A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
- A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
- A sprain, especially to the ankle.
- (countable, uncountable) A small roll of tobacco.
- any clever maneuver
- social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s
- a circular segment of a curve
- a jerky pulling movement
- the act of rotating rapidly
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- an unforeseen development
- a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
- turning or twisting around (in place)
- an interpretation of a text or action
- the act of winding or twisting
verb
- fill tightly with a material
- cram into a cavity
- treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
- press or force
- fill with a stuffing while cooking
- obstruct
- (transitive, mildly vulgar, often imperative) Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it.
- (transitive) To load goods into (a container) for transport.
- (transitive, British, Australia, New Zealand) To break; to destroy.
- To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.
- (transitive) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
- (informal) To heavily defeat or get the better of.
- (transitive, cooking) To fill with seasoning.
- (transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
- (transitive, computing) To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.
- (pronominal) To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
- (transitive) To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.
- (transitive) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
- (transitive) To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
- (transitive, vulgar, British, Australia, New Zealand) To sexually penetrate.
- (transitive, used in the passive) To sate.
noun
- the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
- unspecified qualities required to do or be something
- a critically important or characteristic component
- informal terms for personal possessions
- information in some unspecified form
- senseless talk
- miscellaneous unspecified objects
- (informal) Unspecified things or matters.
- The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
- (informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
- Abstract/figurative substance or character.
- (informal) Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.
- (slang) Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
- (nautical) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
- (sometimes euphemistic) Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language.
- Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.
verb
- To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
- To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.
- To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
- (generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
- To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
- To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
- To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
- To employ a temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
- provide with a patch; also used metaphorically
- to join or unite the pieces of
- mend by putting a patch on
- repair by adding pieces
noun
- (printing, historical) An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.
- A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)
- A piece of any size, used to repair something for a temporary period only, or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future.
- (computing) A piece of data intended to modify a computer file by replacing a part of it.
- A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
- A local region of professional responsibility.
- A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
- (historical) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark.
- A butterfly of the genus Chlosyne.
- (medicine) A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
- (medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.
- A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
- (specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
- (firearms) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
- (firearms) A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
- (music) A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
- (often patch cable, patch cord, etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
- (medicine) An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
- a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
- a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program
- a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
- sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
- a small contrasting part of something
- a connection intended to be used for a limited time
- a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole
- a protective cloth covering for an injured eye
- a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
verb
- To combine or fit (things) together well.
- (intransitive) To adapt to something; to fit in.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of several things: to combine or fit together well.
- (chiefly woodworking) To unite (components) with a dovetail (noun sense 2.1) or similar joint.
- (music) To seamlessly move a melody from one instrument to another.
- (computing) To interweave (a number of algorithms or subprograms) so that they can be run more or less simultaneously.
- fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail
noun
- In full dovetail joint: a type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove's tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes.
- (heraldry) A line resembling a dovetail joint (sense 2.1).
- A tenon cut into a wedge shape resembling a dove's tail so that it interlocks with a mortise having a corresponding shape in a dovetail joint.
- The tail of a dove (family Columbidae); also, something having the shape of a dove's tail.
- a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
verb
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noun
- (literary) A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat.
- Either of the two highest trumps in the card games euchre and five hundred (where the joker is omitted).
- A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.
- One who plays any of several bow instruments, such as the musical bow or diddley bow.
- A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle.
- (falconry) A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest.
- A peasant; a farmer.
- (ornithology) A large structure made of grass, twigs, etc., and decorated with bright objects, used by male bower birds during courtship displays.
- A muscle that bends a limb, especially the arm.
- One who bows or bends.
- (nautical) A type of ship's anchor, carried at the bow.
- a framework that supports climbing plants
verb
- To put together with a seam.
- To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.
- To crack open along a seam.
- To mark with a seam or line; to scar.
- (cricket) Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus.
- (cricket) Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam.
- put together with a seam
noun
- (cricket) The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.
- (historical) An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels.
- (historical) An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds.
- (geology) A thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral.
- A suture.
- (figurative) A line of junction; a joint.
- A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
- (construction, nautical) A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials.
- (sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
- a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
- a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
- joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
verb
- enclose with a sheath
- plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh
- cover with a protective sheathing
- (transitive) Of an animal: to draw back or retract (a body part) into the body, such as claws into a paw.
- (transitive) To put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath.
- (transitive) To encase (something) with a protective covering.
adv
adj
- Compartmentalized; separated into isolated compartments or components.
- Having multiple points of attachment in a lattice-like pattern.
- Arranged in a grid pattern; Interleaved.
- Having a texture with regular indentations similar to that of an egg carton or regular holes in a grid pattern; corrugated or latticed.
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noun
- A person of mixed race or with dual nationality.
- A pizza with two different sets of toppings, one on each half.
- (Western Canada) A cup of coffee with the equivalent of half a packet of sugar and half a creamer of cream.
- (US) A mixture of half lemonade and half iced tea.
- (slang) Both oral sex and vaginal sex performed in sequence by a prostitute
- (UK) A combination of beer and ale (or similar alcoholic drinks) in equal quantities.
- (US) A mixture of cream and milk often used in coffee, defined by the US Food and Drug Administration to contain between 10.5% and 18% milk fat.
- A mixture of two alcoholic beverages, most frequently those brewed from malt, such as porter and ale or mild and bitter beers, in about equal parts; also used for equal parts of an alcoholic beverage and water.
- (UK, Ireland) A combination of both rice and chips as an accompaniment to a curry, as opposed to one or the other.
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noun
- A thing with two components arranged one behind the other.
- Two draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other.
- (uncountable, education) A method of language learning based on mutual exchange, where ideally each learner is a native speaker in the language the other person wants to learn.
- (countable) A group of two or more machines, people, etc., working together; hence (uncountable), close collaboration.
- (medicine) A hollow metal tube containing radioactive material, inserted through the vagina into the uterus to treat gynecological cancer.
- (countable) A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing pulling power but only the animal in front being able to steer.
- (specifically, cycling) Ellipsis of tandem bicycle (“a bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front being able to steer”).
- a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats
- an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another
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verb
adj
- Inserted or fitted into something.
- 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.
- (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
prep
- Contained by; inside.
- Pertaining to; with regard to.
- Part of; a member of; out of; from among.
- 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).
- Within the bounds or limits of.
- Into.
- (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
- During (a period of time).
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
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adj
noun
- A cineplex.
- A kind of stereoscopic mapmaking instrument.
- A building or a place where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently or different times.
- (television) A grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium.
- (juggling) A throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time.
- communicates two or more signals over a common channel
- a movie theater that has several different auditoriums in the same building
verb
adj
- having parts that slide one within another
- capable of discerning distant objects
- visible only with a telescope
- Referring to parts being extended or retracted along coinciding axes (with or without direct contact between the parts).
- (chiefly astronomy) Seen by means of a telescope; only visible through a telescope.
- Pertaining to, or carried out by means of, a telescope.
- Capable of seeing distant objects; far-seeing.
- Able to be extended or retracted by the use of parts that slide over one another.
adj
- Tending to make replete; filling.
- Restorative; serving to replenish.
- (traditional Chinese medicine) Associated with oiliness and characterized by fullness or excess, such as with inflammation, swelling; mucus production, puss, etc.
- (Christianity) Ubiquitious; everywhere; unbounded by physical constraints.
- (medicine) Causing blood to flow to (a body part)
- (linguistics) Implying or anticipating the subject which comes after the verb, as in "There is a house over there."
- (urban studies) Pertaining to a phase of infilling.
adj
- having component parts closely crowded together
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- hard to pass through because of dense growth
- having high relative density or specific gravity
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- Thick; difficult to penetrate.
- Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
- (mathematics, topology, of a subset S of a topological space T, not comparable) Such that its closure in T is T.
- Compact; crowded together.
- Obscure or difficult to understand.
- Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence. (of a person)
- Having relatively high density.
noun
adj
- having component parts closely crowded together
- (used informally) associated on close terms
- spoken as if with a thick tongue
- not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
- abounding; having a lot of
- (of darkness) densely dark
- relatively dense in consistency
- hard to pass through because of dense growth
- (used informally) stupid
- having a short and solid form or stature
- (slang, chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
- Heavy in build; thickset.
- Impenetrable to sight.
- Deep, intense, or profound.
- Having a viscous consistency.
- Densely crowded or packed.
- Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
- Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
- (informal) Friendly or intimate.
- (informal) Stupid.
- Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
- Abounding in number.
- Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
- (academic) Detailed and expansive; substantive.
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noun
- The space between two objects or people.
- The action of the verb space.
- (science fiction) The activity of working or living in outer space; the occupation of a spacer.
- A way in which objects or people are separated by spaces.
- the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them
- the time between occurrences of a repeating event
verb
adj
- Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- (music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
- Having two aspects; ambiguous.
- Of twice the quantity.
- Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
- False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
- Designed for two (people, cars, etc.).
- (music) Of time, twice as fast.
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
- Stooping; bent over.
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- twice as great or many
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
- having two meanings with intent to deceive
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- large enough for two
adv
noun
- (music) Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
- (cricket) The achievement of 1000 runs and 100 wickets taken in a single season.
- (Christianity) A double feast.
- (dominoes) A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
- A drink with two portions of alcohol.
- (soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
- (darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- (programming) A double-precision floating-point number.
- (historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
- (rowing) A boat for two scullers.
- (bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
- Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”).
- A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
- A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
- (music) A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.
- A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
- (darts) A hit on this ring.
- (sports) The feat of scoring twice in one game.
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- (sports, chiefly swimming and track) The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
- (baseball) A two-base hit.
- (historical, Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
- (billiards, snooker) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
- raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
- a quantity that is twice as great as another
verb
- (music, intransitive, usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
- (intransitive) To serve a second role or have a second purpose. [with as]
- (intransitive) To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
- (theater) To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
- (transitive) To fold over so as to make two folds.
- (radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
- (military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
- (nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).
- (transitive) To repeat exactly; copy.
- (transitive, sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
- To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- (transitive, often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
- (espionage, intransitive) To operate as a double agent.
- (transitive) To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
- (music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
- (ambitransitive, sometimes with "for") To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
- (card games, intransitive) To double down.
- (bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
- (intransitive) To go or march at twice the normal speed.
- (transitive) To multiply by two.
- (baseball) To get a two-base hit.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
- (intransitive) To turn sharply, following a winding course.
- hit a two-base hit
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
- increase twofold
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
- make or do or perform again
- make a demand for (a card or suit)