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verb
- To work a lever, treadle, etc., with the foot or the feet.
- To beat or press with the feet.
- (transitive) To step or walk upon.
- (transitive) To crush grapes with one's feet to make wine
- (transitive, of a male bird) To copulate with (a hen).
- (intransitive) To copulate; said of (especially male) birds.
- To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue; to repress.
- (intransitive) To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.
- (figuratively, with certain adverbs of manner) To proceed, to behave (in a certain manner).
- To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.
- apply (the tread) to a tire
- put down or press the foot, place the foot
- crush as if by treading on
- brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
- tread or stomp heavily or roughly
- mate with (used of male birds)
noun
- the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
- The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
- (fortification) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
- The sound made when someone or something is walking.
- A step taken with the foot.
- A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together.
- The act of avian copulation in which the male bird mounts the female by standing on her back.
- (biology) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
- (construction) A walking surface in a stairway on which the foot is placed.
- A manner of stepping.
- The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.
- structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
- the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
- a step in walking or running
verb
- (printing, historical) To work a press by impact of the foot on a treadle.
- (transitive) To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
- (intransitive) To die.
- (slang, intransitive) To be emphatically excellent.
- (chess, transitive) To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.
- (of a firearm) To recoil; to push by recoiling.
- (transitive, slang) To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).
- (with "off" or "out") To eject summarily.
- (transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
- (reflexive, informal) To reproach oneself for making a mistake or missing an opportunity.
- (intransitive, cycling) To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from other riders.
- (transitive, Internet) To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.
- To move or push suddenly and violently.
- (computing, transitive) To reset (a watchdog timer).
- (intransitive) To show opposition or resistance.
- (intransitive) To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
- strike with the foot
- thrash about or strike out with the feet
- spring back, as from a forceful thrust
- kick a leg up
- stop consuming
- drive or propel with the foot
- make a goal
- express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
noun
- An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.
- (colloquial) A shoe.
- The action of swinging a foot or leg.
- (figuratively) Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.
- (uncountable and countable) A pungent or spicy flavour; piquancy.
- (soccer) The distance traveled by kicking the ball.
- (computer hardware) The act of restarting or resetting a watchdog timer.
- (informal) A pocket.
- (Internet) The removal of a person from an online activity.
- A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.
- A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.
- (soccer) A pass played by kicking with the foot.
- (music) Clipping of kickdrum; a 808.
- (film, television) Synonym of kicker (“backlight positioned at an angle”).
- (colloquial) Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing; a pleasure; a thrill.
- The recoil of a gun.
- the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
- informal terms for objecting
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs)
- a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics
- the act of delivering a blow with the foot
noun
- The act of making such grooves.
- The erosional process by which a well-jointed coarse-grained rock, such as granite or gneiss, surface develops a set of flutes.
- (architecture, sculpture) A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface.
- A flute-like sound.
- (fashion) A fluted pleat; a small, rounded or pressed pleat used as trimming on a garment.
- a groove or furrow in cloth etc. (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
adj
verb
noun
- The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
- A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
- An endeavor.
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- a notable achievement
- earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
- use of physical or mental energy; hard work
verb
noun
- An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels.
- One who torments; a person, animal, or object that causes suffering.
- (figuratively) Something abstract that causes suffering.
- (theater) One of a pair of narrow curtains just behind the front curtain and teaser that mask the areas on the sides of the stage and can be adjusted to the desired width.
- a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
- someone who torments
noun
- One who uses a wringer (machine).
- A device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung).
- (figurative) Something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion; an ordeal.
- One who wrings.
- a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed
noun
- A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
- A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
- (biology) The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
- (automotive) A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
- A small sum of money put in a cashier's till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business, to enable change to be made.
- (weaving) A weft thread that passes over two or more warp threads (or less commonly, warp over weft).
- (publishing, digital typesetting) Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element.
- A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
- An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
- (knitting) A loose strand of yarn that passes behind one or more stitches when knitting with multiple yarns.
- (transport) A lowboy trailer.
- (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
- A soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
- A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
- (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
- (basketry) A decorative rod that extends over the body of a basket without being attached for part of its length.
- (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
- (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
- A floating toy made of foam, used in swimming pools.
- A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
- A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
- (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
- (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
- A float board.
- (British) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
- the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
- an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
- the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
- an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
- a drink with ice cream floating in it
- something that floats on the surface of water
- a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
verb
- (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
- (transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
- (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
- (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
- (intransitive, electronics) To be not connected or referenced to a known reference voltage.
- (poker) To perform a float.
- (transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
- (intransitive, colloquial) Of an idea or scheme, to be viable.
- (transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.
- (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
- (intransitive) To be capable of floating.
- (transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
- (intransitive, aviation) To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
- (transitive, retail) To prepare a till (cash register) for operation, either by putting a float (cash amount) in the cash drawer to provide change for customers making cash payments or (by extension) by recording the time a till starts being used for card payments if it is card-only
- (transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
- (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
- To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
- (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
- (intransitive, figurative) To circulate.
- (transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
- (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density.
- (computing, publishing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
- (intransitive)To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
- (intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
- (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed to by central fiat.
- move lightly, as if suspended
- allow (currencies) to fluctuate
- put into the water
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
- set afloat
- make the surface of level or smooth
- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
noun
- An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud by drawing them across it.
- (computing) A program or process that scrapes data, such as a screen-scraper.
- One who scrapes horns.
- An instrument drawn by oxen, horses or a tractor, similar to a plow, that is used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, building canals, etc.
- Clipping of bellyscraper.
- One who plays a violin incompetently, producing cacophonous sounds.
- An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.
- One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
- In the printing press, a board or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet, thus producing an impression.
- (slang, Bay Area) A modified automobile, typically with oversized wheelrims.
- A hoe.
- A freshwater fish of the carp family, genus Capoeta.
- A tool used by engravers.
- (archaeology) A prehistoric unifacial tool thought to have been used for hideworking and woodworking.
- any of various hand tools for scraping
noun
- The frictional grip on a surface, of wheels, shoes etc.
- The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
- (biochemistry) The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate.
- An agreement to adhere.
- (medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
- Persistent attachment or loyalty.
- a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures
- the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
- abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
noun
- The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
- A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.
- A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.
- A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
- An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
- Calmness; equanimity.
- An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.
- A chilling effect; an atmosphere of this.
- A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.
- coldness due to a cold environment
- a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
- an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
- a sudden numbing dread
adj
verb
- (intransitive, slang) To smoke marijuana.
- (intransitive, metallurgy) To become hard by rapid cooling.
- (transitive, figurative) To discourage, depress.
- (intransitive, slang) To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.
- (intransitive) To become cold.
- (intransitive, slang) To relax; to lie back; to take things easy.
- (transitive) To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
- make cool or cooler
- depress or discourage
- loose heat
verb
noun
noun
- A tedious and laborious task.
- A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
- A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
- (uncountable, slang) Hustle; hard work.
- A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
- Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
- (uncountable, music) Clipping of grindcore (“subgenre of heavy metal”).
- The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
- an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
- the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
- hard monotonous routine work
verb
- To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
- (transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
- (sports, intransitive) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
- (slang, Hawaii) To eat.
- (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
- To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
- (slang) To rub one's body against another's in a sexual way; to frottage.
- (transitive) To shape with the force of friction.
- (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
- (transitive) To operate by turning a crank.
- To instill through repetitive teaching.
- (video games) To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
- (intransitive, slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
- (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
- (intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
- (transitive) To oppress, hold down or weaken.
- (slang, intransitive) To rotate the hips erotically.
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- created by grinding
- dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
- work hard
- shape or form by grinding
noun
verb
- (transitive) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.
- (transitive, figuratively) To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.
- (intransitive, felinology) Of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.
- (transitive) To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound.
- manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
noun
- A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe or wheel meant for better traction.
- An athletic shoe equipped with cleats.
- A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
- A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.
- (nautical) A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.
- a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping
- a fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured
- a strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached
verb
noun
- A person employed in a roller mill to shear off the uneven side of the hot metal plate.
- A person employed to remove the wool from animals, such as sheep. using shears.
- A piece of industrial equipment used to grind up long shafts of coal in underground mines.
- a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles
- a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals
noun
adj
verb
noun
- A device to stretch shoes or gloves.
- A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.
- A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting.
- A brick laid with the longest (but least tall) side exposed.
- (nautical) A board against which a rower places his feet.
- Someone or something that stretches.
- (slang) A lie; an overstretching of the truth.
- (architecture) A piece of timber used in building.
- One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle.
- a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting
- a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it
- a stone that forms the top of wall or building
- a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles
verb
noun
- Dabbing in stoneworking.
- Something picked or pulled out.
- A gathering to pick fruit.
- The act of making a choice; selection.
- (usually pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.
- (usually pluralized) Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner.
- The removal of defects from electrotype plates.
- The final finishing of woven fabrics by removing burs, etc.
- the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
verb
noun
- A powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
- A whirling trick performed with devil sticks.
- (botany) The winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple.
- (zoology, slang) A dragonfly; so named due to its resemblance to a helicopter (sense 1).
- (aircraft) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail to stabilize the aircraft.
- (dance) A breakdance move in which the dancer spins on the floor while extending the legs to resemble the blades of a helicopter.
- an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
verb
noun
- The process of doing something.
- (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
- (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- (countable) A display of behaviour.
- (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- (law, countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- (countable) Any organized activity.
- (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
- (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a manifestation of insincerity
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
adv
verb
- (transitive) To feign.
- (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
- (intransitive) To do something.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
- be suitable for theatrical performance
verb
noun
- (Scotland, uncommon) A (sudden) shower of rain or mist.
- A scurf; a scale.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A slipper.
- (sometimes attributive) A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
- The back part of the neck; the scruff.
- The sound of a scuff or scrape.
- a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
- the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)
noun
- A footstool.
- (US, dialect) Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.
- (horticulture) A plant that has been cut down until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
- (chiefly medicine) Feces, excrement.
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland, literally and figuratively) A throne.
- (chiefly medicine) A production of feces or excrement, an act of defecation, stooling.
- (nautical) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the deadeyes of the backstays.
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A seat with a back; a chair.
- (rare) Alternative form of stole (“plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil; stolon.”).
- (West Africa) A royal seat; a chief's throne.
- A seat for one person without a back or armrests.
- (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings
- solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
- a simple seat without a back or arms
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
verb
- (agriculture) To ramify; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.
- (chiefly medicine) To produce stool: to defecate.
- (horticulture) To cut down (a plant) until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
- grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
- have a bowel movement
- lure with a stool, as of wild fowl
- react to a decoy, of wildfowl
noun
- The act of making such grooves.
- The erosional process by which a well-jointed coarse-grained rock, such as granite or gneiss, surface develops a set of flutes.
- (architecture, sculpture) A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface.
- A flute-like sound.
- (fashion) A fluted pleat; a small, rounded or pressed pleat used as trimming on a garment.
- a groove or furrow in cloth etc. (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
adj
verb
noun
- The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
- A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
- An endeavor.
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- a notable achievement
- earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
- use of physical or mental energy; hard work
verb
noun
- An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels.
- One who torments; a person, animal, or object that causes suffering.
- (figuratively) Something abstract that causes suffering.
- (theater) One of a pair of narrow curtains just behind the front curtain and teaser that mask the areas on the sides of the stage and can be adjusted to the desired width.
- a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
- someone who torments
noun
- One who uses a wringer (machine).
- A device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung).
- (figurative) Something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion; an ordeal.
- One who wrings.
- a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed
noun
- A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
- A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
- (biology) The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
- (automotive) A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
- A small sum of money put in a cashier's till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business, to enable change to be made.
- (weaving) A weft thread that passes over two or more warp threads (or less commonly, warp over weft).
- (publishing, digital typesetting) Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element.
- A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
- An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
- (knitting) A loose strand of yarn that passes behind one or more stitches when knitting with multiple yarns.
- (transport) A lowboy trailer.
- (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
- A soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
- A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
- (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
- (basketry) A decorative rod that extends over the body of a basket without being attached for part of its length.
- (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
- (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
- A floating toy made of foam, used in swimming pools.
- A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
- A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
- (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
- (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
- A float board.
- (British) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
- the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
- an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
- the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
- an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
- a drink with ice cream floating in it
- something that floats on the surface of water
- a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
verb
- (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
- (transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
- (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
- (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
- (intransitive, electronics) To be not connected or referenced to a known reference voltage.
- (poker) To perform a float.
- (transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
- (intransitive, colloquial) Of an idea or scheme, to be viable.
- (transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.
- (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
- (intransitive) To be capable of floating.
- (transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
- (intransitive, aviation) To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
- (transitive, retail) To prepare a till (cash register) for operation, either by putting a float (cash amount) in the cash drawer to provide change for customers making cash payments or (by extension) by recording the time a till starts being used for card payments if it is card-only
- (transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
- (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
- To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
- (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
- (intransitive, figurative) To circulate.
- (transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
- (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density.
- (computing, publishing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
- (intransitive)To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
- (intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
- (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed to by central fiat.
- move lightly, as if suspended
- allow (currencies) to fluctuate
- put into the water
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
- set afloat
- make the surface of level or smooth
- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
verb
- To work a lever, treadle, etc., with the foot or the feet.
- To beat or press with the feet.
- (transitive) To step or walk upon.
- (transitive) To crush grapes with one's feet to make wine
- (transitive, of a male bird) To copulate with (a hen).
- (intransitive) To copulate; said of (especially male) birds.
- To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue; to repress.
- (intransitive) To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.
- (figuratively, with certain adverbs of manner) To proceed, to behave (in a certain manner).
- To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.
- apply (the tread) to a tire
- put down or press the foot, place the foot
- crush as if by treading on
- brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
- tread or stomp heavily or roughly
- mate with (used of male birds)
noun
- the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
- The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
- (fortification) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
- The sound made when someone or something is walking.
- A step taken with the foot.
- A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together.
- The act of avian copulation in which the male bird mounts the female by standing on her back.
- (biology) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
- (construction) A walking surface in a stairway on which the foot is placed.
- A manner of stepping.
- The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.
- structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
- the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
- a step in walking or running
noun
- An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud by drawing them across it.
- (computing) A program or process that scrapes data, such as a screen-scraper.
- One who scrapes horns.
- An instrument drawn by oxen, horses or a tractor, similar to a plow, that is used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, building canals, etc.
- Clipping of bellyscraper.
- One who plays a violin incompetently, producing cacophonous sounds.
- An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.
- One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
- In the printing press, a board or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet, thus producing an impression.
- (slang, Bay Area) A modified automobile, typically with oversized wheelrims.
- A hoe.
- A freshwater fish of the carp family, genus Capoeta.
- A tool used by engravers.
- (archaeology) A prehistoric unifacial tool thought to have been used for hideworking and woodworking.
- any of various hand tools for scraping
noun
- The frictional grip on a surface, of wheels, shoes etc.
- The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
- (biochemistry) The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate.
- An agreement to adhere.
- (medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
- Persistent attachment or loyalty.
- a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures
- the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
- abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
noun
- The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
- A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.
- A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.
- A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
- An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
- Calmness; equanimity.
- An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.
- A chilling effect; an atmosphere of this.
- A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.
- coldness due to a cold environment
- a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
- an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
- a sudden numbing dread
adj
verb
- (intransitive, slang) To smoke marijuana.
- (intransitive, metallurgy) To become hard by rapid cooling.
- (transitive, figurative) To discourage, depress.
- (intransitive, slang) To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.
- (intransitive) To become cold.
- (intransitive, slang) To relax; to lie back; to take things easy.
- (transitive) To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
- make cool or cooler
- depress or discourage
- loose heat
noun
- A tedious and laborious task.
- A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
- A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
- (uncountable, slang) Hustle; hard work.
- A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
- Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
- (uncountable, music) Clipping of grindcore (“subgenre of heavy metal”).
- The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
- an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
- the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
- hard monotonous routine work
verb
- To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
- (transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
- (sports, intransitive) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
- (slang, Hawaii) To eat.
- (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
- To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
- (slang) To rub one's body against another's in a sexual way; to frottage.
- (transitive) To shape with the force of friction.
- (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
- (transitive) To operate by turning a crank.
- To instill through repetitive teaching.
- (video games) To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
- (intransitive, slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
- (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
- (intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
- (transitive) To oppress, hold down or weaken.
- (slang, intransitive) To rotate the hips erotically.
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- created by grinding
- dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
- work hard
- shape or form by grinding
noun
verb
- (transitive) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.
- (transitive, figuratively) To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.
- (intransitive, felinology) Of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.
- (transitive) To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound.
- manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
noun
- A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe or wheel meant for better traction.
- An athletic shoe equipped with cleats.
- A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
- A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.
- (nautical) A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.
- a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping
- a fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured
- a strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached
verb
noun
- A person employed in a roller mill to shear off the uneven side of the hot metal plate.
- A person employed to remove the wool from animals, such as sheep. using shears.
- A piece of industrial equipment used to grind up long shafts of coal in underground mines.
- a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles
- a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals
noun
adj
verb
noun
- A device to stretch shoes or gloves.
- A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.
- A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting.
- A brick laid with the longest (but least tall) side exposed.
- (nautical) A board against which a rower places his feet.
- Someone or something that stretches.
- (slang) A lie; an overstretching of the truth.
- (architecture) A piece of timber used in building.
- One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle.
- a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting
- a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it
- a stone that forms the top of wall or building
- a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles
verb
noun
- Dabbing in stoneworking.
- Something picked or pulled out.
- A gathering to pick fruit.
- The act of making a choice; selection.
- (usually pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.
- (usually pluralized) Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner.
- The removal of defects from electrotype plates.
- The final finishing of woven fabrics by removing burs, etc.
- the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
verb
noun
- A powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
- A whirling trick performed with devil sticks.
- (botany) The winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple.
- (zoology, slang) A dragonfly; so named due to its resemblance to a helicopter (sense 1).
- (aircraft) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail to stabilize the aircraft.
- (dance) A breakdance move in which the dancer spins on the floor while extending the legs to resemble the blades of a helicopter.
- an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
verb
noun
- The process of doing something.
- (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
- (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- (countable) A display of behaviour.
- (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- (law, countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- (countable) Any organized activity.
- (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
- (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a manifestation of insincerity
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
adv
verb
- (transitive) To feign.
- (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
- (intransitive) To do something.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
- be suitable for theatrical performance
noun
- A footstool.
- (US, dialect) Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.
- (horticulture) A plant that has been cut down until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
- (chiefly medicine) Feces, excrement.
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland, literally and figuratively) A throne.
- (chiefly medicine) A production of feces or excrement, an act of defecation, stooling.
- (nautical) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the deadeyes of the backstays.
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A seat with a back; a chair.
- (rare) Alternative form of stole (“plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil; stolon.”).
- (West Africa) A royal seat; a chief's throne.
- A seat for one person without a back or armrests.
- (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings
- solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
- a simple seat without a back or arms
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
verb
- (agriculture) To ramify; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.
- (chiefly medicine) To produce stool: to defecate.
- (horticulture) To cut down (a plant) until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
- grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
- have a bowel movement
- lure with a stool, as of wild fowl
- react to a decoy, of wildfowl
verb
- To work a lever, treadle, etc., with the foot or the feet.
- To beat or press with the feet.
- (transitive) To step or walk upon.
- (transitive) To crush grapes with one's feet to make wine
- (transitive, of a male bird) To copulate with (a hen).
- (intransitive) To copulate; said of (especially male) birds.
- To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue; to repress.
- (intransitive) To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.
- (figuratively, with certain adverbs of manner) To proceed, to behave (in a certain manner).
- To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.
- apply (the tread) to a tire
- put down or press the foot, place the foot
- crush as if by treading on
- brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
- tread or stomp heavily or roughly
- mate with (used of male birds)
noun
- the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
- The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
- (fortification) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
- The sound made when someone or something is walking.
- A step taken with the foot.
- A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together.
- The act of avian copulation in which the male bird mounts the female by standing on her back.
- (biology) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
- (construction) A walking surface in a stairway on which the foot is placed.
- A manner of stepping.
- The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.
- structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
- the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
- a step in walking or running
verb
- (printing, historical) To work a press by impact of the foot on a treadle.
- (transitive) To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
- (intransitive) To die.
- (slang, intransitive) To be emphatically excellent.
- (chess, transitive) To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.
- (of a firearm) To recoil; to push by recoiling.
- (transitive, slang) To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).
- (with "off" or "out") To eject summarily.
- (transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
- (reflexive, informal) To reproach oneself for making a mistake or missing an opportunity.
- (intransitive, cycling) To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from other riders.
- (transitive, Internet) To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.
- To move or push suddenly and violently.
- (computing, transitive) To reset (a watchdog timer).
- (intransitive) To show opposition or resistance.
- (intransitive) To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
- strike with the foot
- thrash about or strike out with the feet
- spring back, as from a forceful thrust
- kick a leg up
- stop consuming
- drive or propel with the foot
- make a goal
- express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
noun
- An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.
- (colloquial) A shoe.
- The action of swinging a foot or leg.
- (figuratively) Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.
- (uncountable and countable) A pungent or spicy flavour; piquancy.
- (soccer) The distance traveled by kicking the ball.
- (computer hardware) The act of restarting or resetting a watchdog timer.
- (informal) A pocket.
- (Internet) The removal of a person from an online activity.
- A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.
- A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.
- (soccer) A pass played by kicking with the foot.
- (music) Clipping of kickdrum; a 808.
- (film, television) Synonym of kicker (“backlight positioned at an angle”).
- (colloquial) Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing; a pleasure; a thrill.
- The recoil of a gun.
- the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
- informal terms for objecting
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs)
- a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics
- the act of delivering a blow with the foot
verb
noun
noun
- A tedious and laborious task.
- A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
- A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
- (uncountable, slang) Hustle; hard work.
- A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
- Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
- (uncountable, music) Clipping of grindcore (“subgenre of heavy metal”).
- The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
- an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
- the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
- hard monotonous routine work
verb
- To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
- (transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
- (sports, intransitive) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
- (slang, Hawaii) To eat.
- (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
- To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
- (slang) To rub one's body against another's in a sexual way; to frottage.
- (transitive) To shape with the force of friction.
- (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
- (transitive) To operate by turning a crank.
- To instill through repetitive teaching.
- (video games) To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
- (intransitive, slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
- (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
- (intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
- (transitive) To oppress, hold down or weaken.
- (slang, intransitive) To rotate the hips erotically.
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- created by grinding
- dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
- work hard
- shape or form by grinding
verb
noun
- (Scotland, uncommon) A (sudden) shower of rain or mist.
- A scurf; a scale.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A slipper.
- (sometimes attributive) A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
- The back part of the neck; the scruff.
- The sound of a scuff or scrape.
- a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
- the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)