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noun
- The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
- The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.
- Something supplied continuously.
- (social media, often after a possessive determiner) content intended for consumption by scrolling or swiping, especially as a home page and from multiple publishers followed or algorithmically curated
- (countable) A gathering to eat, especially in large quantities.
- (uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, countable) A meal.
- (syndication or aggregation): antichronological sequence of posts or articles from a single source, especially as consumable on a platform other as originally published.
- A straight man who delivers lines to the comedian during a performance.
- food for domestic livestock
verb
- (transitive) To supply with something.
- (transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
- (transitive) To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
- (transitive, figurative) To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
- (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
- (transitive, sports) To pass to.
- simple past and past participle of fee
- (transitive, syntax, of a syntactic rule) To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before (another syntactic rule).
- (transitive, phonology, of a phonological rule) To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before (another rule).
- (intransitive) To eat (usually of animals).
- (transitive) To supply (a machine) with something to be processed.
- (ditransitive) To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
- introduce continuously
- move along, of liquids
- gratify
- take in food; used of animals only
- serve as food for; be the food for
- profit from in an exploitatory manner
- support or promote
- feed into; supply
- provide as food
- provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
- give food to
noun
- Especially, a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
- (mathematics) An element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group: one of the elements from which the others can be inferred with the given relators.
- (music) The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- see also generating tone.
- (programming) A subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters, will generate multiple output values on request.
- (geometry) One of the lines of a ruled surface; more generally, an element of some family of linear spaces.
- A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another.
- (chemistry) An apparatus in which vapour or gas is formed from a liquid or solid by means of heat or chemical process, as a steam boiler, gas retort etc.
- (music) An interval that is repeatedly stacked to obtain other pitches in tuning systems or scales.
- someone who originates or causes or initiates something
- an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas
- an electronic device for producing a signal voltage
- engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction
noun
- Any of various automatic devices for oiling pneumatic tools or other tools.
- (slang) A heavy drinker; especially, an alcoholic.
- (nautical) An oil tanker.
- (informal) An oilskin coat.
- Synonym of oilcan.
- An assistant in the engine room of a ship, senior only to a wiper, mainly responsible for keeping machinery lubricated.
- Synonym of oil well.
- (US, ethnic slur) A Mexican.
- (slang, derogatory) A sycophant, which is someone who is oily (smarmy).
- (firearms) A small (typically thumb-sized) metal container of oil, often containing an integral brush.
- a worker who oils engines or machinery
- a well that yields or has yielded oil
- a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk
verb
noun
- (politics, chiefly US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
- Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.
- (poetry) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
- (computing) A computer.
- A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
- (historical) A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.
- (figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
- (telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
- any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
- an efficient person
- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently
- a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
- a group that controls the activities of a political party
noun
- A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
- A muscle spindle.
- Any long and slender stalk resembling a spindle from Euonymus.
- Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
- (biology) A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis.
- (computing) A plastic container for packaging optical discs such as CDs or DVDs, having a central column that passes through the central holes in the discs and keeps them in a stack.
- Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
- Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
- A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
- A sleep spindle.
- (cycling) The axle of a bottom bracket.
- A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
- (geometry) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
- An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
- (coastal New Jersey) A dragonfly.
- (spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
- The fusee of a watch.
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
- any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
- a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
- a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
verb
noun
- a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc.
- a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
- A kind of swelling in the cheek.
- A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
- A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
verb
- sharpen with a hone
- make perfect or complete
- (UK, US, Southern US, dialect, intransitive) To grumble.
- (transitive) To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
- (UK, US, Southern US, dialect) To pine, lament, or long.
- To make more acute, intense, or effective.
- (transitive) To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
- (transitive) To refine (a skill especially) by learning.
intj
noun
- Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
- equipment designed to serve a specific function
- (hydrology) The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.
- (operations) The process or instance of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
- (boxing) A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.
- The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
- (computing) An installer.
- A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
- the way something is organized or arranged
- an act that incriminates someone on a false charge
verb
verb
- (machinery) To move sharply upward.
- (informal, figuratively, transitive) To stir up (trouble), to cause (a disturbance).
- (transitive, intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kick, up.
- (transitive, colloquial) To make more exciting.
- (informal, intransitive) To show anger (about something).
- (of a horse) To rear back; to become more active or restless; to speed up.
- (informal, intransitive, US) To function improperly; to show signs of disorder; (of an illness) to flare up.
- (informal, figuratively, by extension, transitive, US) To raise, to increase (a price).
- (slang) To pass (something, such as a proposal or a share of a bribe) up a hierarchy or chain of command.
- evoke or provoke to appear or occur
- cause to rise by kicking
noun
noun
- a part of a machine that supports or guides another part
- a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
- any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)
- the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based
- a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- furniture that is designed for sitting on
- the cloth covering for the buttocks
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body
- Something to be sat upon.
- (figuratively) A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.
- (aviation, military, slang) An ejection seat.
- Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
- A piece of furniture made for sitting, such as a chair, stool, or bench; any improvised place for sitting.
- The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.
- The place occupied by anything, or where any person, thing or quality is situated or resides; a site.
- A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge.
- The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.
- (engineering) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.
- (certain Commonwealth countries) An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.
- (law, England and Wales) One of a series of departmental placements given to a trainee solicitor as part of their training contract.
- The location of a governing body.
- (historical) Any of several autonomous regions in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary.
- The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.
- The starting point of a fire.
- A place in which to sit.
verb
- show to a seat; assign a seat for
- place in or on a seat
- put a seat on a chair
- provide with seats
- be able to seat
- place or attach firmly in or on a base
- place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
- (transitive) To provide with a place to sit.
- (transitive) To assign the seats of.
- To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
- (transitive) To put a seat or bottom in.
- (transitive, legislature) To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.
- (transitive) To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
- (transitive) To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
- (transitive) To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
noun
- A computer technician's tool used as a prybar and probe for use with plastic and other parts.
- (telecommunications) A hand tool used to work on punch-down blocks without short circuiting electric terminals. It has a hook on one end and a notched blade on the other.
- An electronics tool made of nylon filled with glass, for holding components while soldering.
adj
noun
- The punch line of a joke or comedy routine.
- (television) A circular hand gesture, supposed to represent the winding on of film, used to signal to a performer to finish quickly.
- (baseball) The phase of making a pitch where the pitcher moves his or her arm backwards before throwing the ball.
- (British) A humorous attempt to fool somebody; a practical joke in which the victim is encouraged to believe something untrue.
- The end or conclusion of something.
noun
- A mechanical part of an excavator with a similar function.
- Ellipsis of shovel hat.
- (especially US, loosely) Any shovel in the above senses, or any spade.
- A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.
- a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
- a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
- a machine for excavating
- the quantity a shovel can hold
verb
noun
- A machine for compressing.
- (medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
- a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
verb
- (transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
- (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
- (physics, transitive) To make a pulse or particle bunch shorter by applying dispersion to it.
- (transitive) To abridge.
- (computing, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
- (intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
- make more compact by or as if by pressing
- squeeze or press together
verb
- To ready the operation of a vehicle or machine.
- (intransitive, euphemistic) To begin one's menstrual cycle.
- To set in motion.
- To begin.
- (intransitive) To jerk, jump up, flinch, or draw back in surprise.
- (transitive, nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
- (transitive, sports) To put into play.
- (intransitive) To awaken suddenly.
- (transitive) To disturb and set in motion; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee.
- (ergative, of an object) To come loose, to break free of a firmly set position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
- (intransitive) To have its origin (at), begin.
- To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
- To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
- play in the starting lineup
- set in motion, cause to start
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- get off the ground
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- bulge outward
- begin or set in motion
- depart for someplace
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- get going or set in motion
- bring into being
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
noun
- A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out.
- An instance of starting.
- The beginning of an activity.
- An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
- An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
- (horticulture) A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
- The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
- A sudden involuntary movement.
- Alternative letter-case form of Start (“a typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option”)
- The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
- The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- the beginning of anything
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- a sudden involuntary movement
- the act of starting something
- the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)
- a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
- a signal to begin (as in a race)
noun
- A machine that a human operator uses for welding.
- One who welds, that is, wields.
- A manager; an actual occupant; a land-tenant holding under the farmer or middleman.
- One who welds, that is, unites pieces of steel, aluminum, or other metals by welding.
- A robotic machine that welds automatically.
- joins pieces of metal by welding them together
verb
- (transitive) To make a machine operate.
- (transitive) To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- (transitive) To complete a running course or event in (a given time).
- (figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
- (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
- (transitive) To transit (a length of a river), as in whitewater rafting.
- (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
- (intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
- To press (a bank, etc.) with immediate demands for payment.
- (intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
- (intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
- (transitive, agriculture) To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- (transitive) To transport (someone or something), notionally at a brisk pace.
- (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
- (transitive) To cover (a course or a distance) by running.
- (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
- past participle of rin
- (intransitive) To move briskly or smoothly with a motion of sliding, rolling, sweeping etc.
- (transitive) To make (something) extend in space.
- (sports, especially baseball) To eject from a game or match.
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- (transitive) To cause to move quickly or lightly.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.
- (intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
- (intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- (transitive or intransitive) To compete in a race.
- (transitive, intransitive) Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
- (intransitive) To be presented in the media.
- (transitive) To make stand in an election.
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
- (transitive) To cause (a vehicle) to travel a route.
- (intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
- (American football, transitive or intransitive) To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- (transitive) To make a liquid or electric current flow from or into an object.
- (transitive) To smuggle (illegal goods).
- (transitive) To control or manage; to be in charge of.
- (intransitive) To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
- To have growth or development.
- (transitive) To cost an amount of money.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
- (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid or electric current, to flow.
- (transitive) To print or broadcast in the media.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- (transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- (intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
- (video games, rare) To speedrun.
- (transitive) To cause stitched clothing to unravel.
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
- (transitive) To make enter a race.
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- (intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
- To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
- cover by running; run a certain distance
- deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
- run with the ball; in such sports as football
- occur persistently
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
- run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
- be diffused
- change from one state to another
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- become undone
- be affected by; be subjected to
- move along, of liquids
- progress by being changed
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- change or be different within limits
- be operating, running or functioning
- continue to exist
- move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
- make without a miss
- sail before the wind
- cause to perform
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- conduct to completion
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- compete in a race
- direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
- pass over, across, or through
- set animals loose to graze
- keep company
- move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- perform as expected when applied
- extend or continue for a certain period of time
- cause an animal to move fast
- travel a route regularly
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
adj
noun
- A production quantity (such as in a factory).
- (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
- A trial.
- One’s gait while running; the way one runs.
- (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
- A flow of liquid; a leak.
- (cricket) The act of passing from one wicket to another; the point scored for this.
- (chiefly eastern North Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
- Migration of fish.
- The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
- (video games, speedrunning) A playthrough, or attempted playthrough; a session of play.
- (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
- Any sudden large demand for something.
- (banking) A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
- An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
- (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
- A standard or unexceptional group or category.
- The horizontal length of a set of stairs
- (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
- (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
- (American football) A running play.
- The distance drilled with a bit, in oil drilling.
- State of being current; currency; popularity.
- The period of showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
- A quick pace, faster than a walk.
- A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
- (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
- (baseball) A score when a runner touches all bases legally; the act of a runner scoring.
- (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
- (mathematics, computing) The execution of a program or model
- A pair or set of millstones.
- A series of tries in a game that were successful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
- Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily on foot); dash or errand, trip.
- Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
- (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
- (of horses) A fast gallop.
- Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
- Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of.
- A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
- A (regular) trip or route.
- The route taken while running or skiing.
- The distance sailed by a ship.
- A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
- A pleasure trip.
- A voyage.
- a small stream
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- a regular trip
- unrestricted freedom to use
- an unbroken chronological sequence
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
- the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
- the act of testing something
- the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
- a race between candidates for elective office
- a race run on foot
- a short trip
- an unbroken series of events
- the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- a row of unravelled stitches
noun
- a device that transfers power from an engine (as in a tractor or other motor vehicle) to another piece of equipment (as to a pump or jackhammer)
- Initialism of paid time off.
- (logistics) Initialism of pick-to-order.
- Initialism of parent-teacher organization.
- Initialism of power take-off, a powered shaft for driving auxiliary equipment.
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verb
noun
- each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single oarsman
- a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward
- a racing shell that is propelled by sculls
- A light rowing boat used for racing by one, two, or four rowers, each operating two oars (sculls), one in each hand.
- One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower.
- A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
- The skua gull.
- A skull cap. A small bowl-shaped helmet, without visor or bever.
- A small rowing boat, for one person.
noun
- Any piece of machinery that pulls something.
- (UK, rail transport) A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.
- (aviation) An aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.
- (agriculture) A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
- (agriculture) A movable coop without a floor to allow for free ranging.
- (US) A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.
- a truck that has a cab but no body; used for pulling large trailers or vans
- a wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications
verb
adj
- Done by machine.
- Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.
- (of a person) Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.
- Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on matter).
- (figurative) As if performed by a machine: lifeless, mindless, thoughtless, automatic.
- Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).
- Relating to the mechanics of a game.
- (informal) Handy with machines.
- relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
- relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics
- using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
noun
- (science fiction) A robot or mechanical creature.
- One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals
- (cycling) An instance of equipment failure.
- (music) A stop on an organ that is operated by a hand or foot control rather than having to be manually set up in advance.
- (advertising) Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.
- (engineering) A mechanical engineer.
noun
- Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
- (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
- (computer hardware) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
- (law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
- (crosswording) Any specific class of wordplay element in a cryptic crossword.
- (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
- (printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
- A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. 1602, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. "This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us."
- any clever maneuver
- any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)
- something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
- an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)
- an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
noun
- A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
- The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
- (video games) A speedrunner.
- The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
- A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
- A streamlet.
- (poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.
- (Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland) A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
- In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
- Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
- Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
- (climbing) A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
- (chiefly in combination) A person or vessel that runs blockades or engages in smuggling.
- A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
- The blade of an ice skate.
- A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
- (slang, usually in the phrase do a runner) A quick escape away from a scene; (by extension) the person who gets away.
- Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
- (botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
- (film) An assistant.
- A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.
- The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
- A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
- A running gag.
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
- (Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
- Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
- A long, narrow carpet for a high-traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
- One who runs away; a deserter or escapee.
- (nautical, sailing) A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
- (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
- In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
- An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
- The curved base of a rocking chair.
- (baseball, softball) A baserunner.
- (slang) An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
- (cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
- A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
- (slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
- A boat for transporting fish, oysters, etc.
- Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
- (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
- someone who travels on foot by running
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- someone who imports or exports without paying duties
- device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
- a long narrow carpet
- a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
- a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
- fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
- a trained athlete who competes in foot races
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
- A potentiometer with a linearly sliding control.
- (US, dialect) A red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rubriventris, syn. Pseudemys rugosa).
- Any skink in the genus Lerista, endemic to Australia.
- (cricket) A similar delivery in which the wrist and ring finger work to impart backspin to the ball.
- (skydiving) A rectangle of fabric that helps produce an orderly parachute deployment.
- Synonym of slide (“child's play equipment”).
- A small sandwich, typically served in a warm bun.
- The movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth.
- (graphical user interface, Internet) A slideshow on a web page.
- An open-toed and backless sandal; a slide.
- (graphical user interface) A widget allowing the user to select a value or position on a sliding scale.
- A sliding door.
- A slider turtle, any turtle in the genus Trachemys, native to the Americas.
- (baseball) A pitch thrown with added pressure by middle and ring fingers yielding a combination of backspin and sidespin, resulting in a motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher.
- (curling) A piece of Teflon or similar material attached to a curling shoe that allows the player to slide along the ice.
- freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets
- a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction
- a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown
- someone who races the luge
noun
- a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials
- (machining, manufacturing) A tool, typically a power-driven machine and typically stationary, used especially for machining (removing hard material via cutting, grinding, or other subtractive processes) and (more broadly) for any mix of subtractive, forming/stamping, or additive work.
noun
- A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.
- (chiefly British) A vacuum tube.
- (biology) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
- (botany) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the barberry.
- (anatomy) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction.
- (botany) One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
- (biology) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
- One of the leaves of a folding door or of a window sash.
- Such a device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.
- the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs
- one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods
- control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid
- a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it
- device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone
verb
noun
- a machine for driving rivets
- a worker who inserts and hammers rivets
- (metalworking, construction) A person whose job is to rivet.
- (specifically, for solid rivets) A gunner; the member of a riveting team who uses a rivet gun, fitted with a rivet set which matches the shape of the factory head of a solid rivet, to impact that rivet (which is heated if necessary to soften it), while the bucker (or holder-up) holds a heavy bucking bar against the bucktail of the rivet, upsetting it to form the field head. If the rivets have to be heated, the team will also include a cook and a catcher; see rivet for more details.
- A tool used to fix rivets.
noun
verb
noun
- A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
- A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
- Something overly artful or artificial.
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- the act of devising something
noun
- Machines or equipment thus designed.
- The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.
- (uncountable, academic) The study of or a collection of techniques.
- (countable) Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras).
- (countable, figurative) Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism.
- the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
- the application of the knowledge and usage of tools (such as machines or utensils) and techniques to control one's environment
- machinery and equipment developed from engineering or other applied sciences
noun
- A part of a machine (such as a lathe or drill) that contains the primary spindle.
- (mining) A headframe.
- A clamp that restrains a cow by the neck.
- (rail transport) A transverse structural member at the extreme end of a rail vehicle's underframe, also used on some bogies.
- The part of a lute-type string instrument, such as a guitar, that holds the tuning pegs or tensioning screws of the strings.
- A beam that supports a bell.
- the stationary support in a machine or power tool that supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the spindle on a lathe)
verb
noun
noun
- A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- (law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
- A device used to produce music.
- A means or agency for achieving an aspect.
- A measuring or displaying device.
- (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
- (aviation, usually in the plural) Ellipsis of flight instrument.
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- a device that requires skill for proper use
- a person used by another to gain an end
- any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
- the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
- (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
verb
noun
- The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
- The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.
- Something supplied continuously.
- (social media, often after a possessive determiner) content intended for consumption by scrolling or swiping, especially as a home page and from multiple publishers followed or algorithmically curated
- (countable) A gathering to eat, especially in large quantities.
- (uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, countable) A meal.
- (syndication or aggregation): antichronological sequence of posts or articles from a single source, especially as consumable on a platform other as originally published.
- A straight man who delivers lines to the comedian during a performance.
- food for domestic livestock
verb
- (transitive) To supply with something.
- (transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
- (transitive) To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
- (transitive, figurative) To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
- (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
- (transitive, sports) To pass to.
- simple past and past participle of fee
- (transitive, syntax, of a syntactic rule) To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before (another syntactic rule).
- (transitive, phonology, of a phonological rule) To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before (another rule).
- (intransitive) To eat (usually of animals).
- (transitive) To supply (a machine) with something to be processed.
- (ditransitive) To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
- introduce continuously
- move along, of liquids
- gratify
- take in food; used of animals only
- serve as food for; be the food for
- profit from in an exploitatory manner
- support or promote
- feed into; supply
- provide as food
- provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
- give food to
noun
- Especially, a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
- (mathematics) An element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group: one of the elements from which the others can be inferred with the given relators.
- (music) The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- see also generating tone.
- (programming) A subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters, will generate multiple output values on request.
- (geometry) One of the lines of a ruled surface; more generally, an element of some family of linear spaces.
- A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another.
- (chemistry) An apparatus in which vapour or gas is formed from a liquid or solid by means of heat or chemical process, as a steam boiler, gas retort etc.
- (music) An interval that is repeatedly stacked to obtain other pitches in tuning systems or scales.
- someone who originates or causes or initiates something
- an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas
- an electronic device for producing a signal voltage
- engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction
noun
- Any of various automatic devices for oiling pneumatic tools or other tools.
- (slang) A heavy drinker; especially, an alcoholic.
- (nautical) An oil tanker.
- (informal) An oilskin coat.
- Synonym of oilcan.
- An assistant in the engine room of a ship, senior only to a wiper, mainly responsible for keeping machinery lubricated.
- Synonym of oil well.
- (US, ethnic slur) A Mexican.
- (slang, derogatory) A sycophant, which is someone who is oily (smarmy).
- (firearms) A small (typically thumb-sized) metal container of oil, often containing an integral brush.
- a worker who oils engines or machinery
- a well that yields or has yielded oil
- a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk
noun
- A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
- A muscle spindle.
- Any long and slender stalk resembling a spindle from Euonymus.
- Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
- (biology) A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis.
- (computing) A plastic container for packaging optical discs such as CDs or DVDs, having a central column that passes through the central holes in the discs and keeps them in a stack.
- Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
- Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
- A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
- A sleep spindle.
- (cycling) The axle of a bottom bracket.
- A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
- (geometry) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
- An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
- (coastal New Jersey) A dragonfly.
- (spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
- The fusee of a watch.
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
- any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
- a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
- a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
verb
noun
- a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc.
- a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
- A kind of swelling in the cheek.
- A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
- A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
verb
- sharpen with a hone
- make perfect or complete
- (UK, US, Southern US, dialect, intransitive) To grumble.
- (transitive) To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
- (UK, US, Southern US, dialect) To pine, lament, or long.
- To make more acute, intense, or effective.
- (transitive) To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
- (transitive) To refine (a skill especially) by learning.
intj
noun
- Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
- equipment designed to serve a specific function
- (hydrology) The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.
- (operations) The process or instance of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
- (boxing) A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.
- The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
- (computing) An installer.
- A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
- the way something is organized or arranged
- an act that incriminates someone on a false charge
verb
noun
- a part of a machine that supports or guides another part
- a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
- any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)
- the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based
- a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- furniture that is designed for sitting on
- the cloth covering for the buttocks
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body
- Something to be sat upon.
- (figuratively) A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.
- (aviation, military, slang) An ejection seat.
- Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
- A piece of furniture made for sitting, such as a chair, stool, or bench; any improvised place for sitting.
- The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.
- The place occupied by anything, or where any person, thing or quality is situated or resides; a site.
- A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge.
- The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.
- (engineering) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.
- (certain Commonwealth countries) An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.
- (law, England and Wales) One of a series of departmental placements given to a trainee solicitor as part of their training contract.
- The location of a governing body.
- (historical) Any of several autonomous regions in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary.
- The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.
- The starting point of a fire.
- A place in which to sit.
verb
- show to a seat; assign a seat for
- place in or on a seat
- put a seat on a chair
- provide with seats
- be able to seat
- place or attach firmly in or on a base
- place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
- (transitive) To provide with a place to sit.
- (transitive) To assign the seats of.
- To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
- (transitive) To put a seat or bottom in.
- (transitive, legislature) To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.
- (transitive) To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
- (transitive) To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
- (transitive) To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
noun
- A computer technician's tool used as a prybar and probe for use with plastic and other parts.
- (telecommunications) A hand tool used to work on punch-down blocks without short circuiting electric terminals. It has a hook on one end and a notched blade on the other.
- An electronics tool made of nylon filled with glass, for holding components while soldering.
noun
- A mechanical part of an excavator with a similar function.
- Ellipsis of shovel hat.
- (especially US, loosely) Any shovel in the above senses, or any spade.
- A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.
- a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
- a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
- a machine for excavating
- the quantity a shovel can hold
verb
noun
- A machine for compressing.
- (medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
- a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
verb
- (transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
- (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
- (physics, transitive) To make a pulse or particle bunch shorter by applying dispersion to it.
- (transitive) To abridge.
- (computing, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
- (intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
- make more compact by or as if by pressing
- squeeze or press together
noun
- A machine that a human operator uses for welding.
- One who welds, that is, wields.
- A manager; an actual occupant; a land-tenant holding under the farmer or middleman.
- One who welds, that is, unites pieces of steel, aluminum, or other metals by welding.
- A robotic machine that welds automatically.
- joins pieces of metal by welding them together
noun
- a device that transfers power from an engine (as in a tractor or other motor vehicle) to another piece of equipment (as to a pump or jackhammer)
- Initialism of paid time off.
- (logistics) Initialism of pick-to-order.
- Initialism of parent-teacher organization.
- Initialism of power take-off, a powered shaft for driving auxiliary equipment.
name
phrase
noun
- Any piece of machinery that pulls something.
- (UK, rail transport) A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.
- (aviation) An aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.
- (agriculture) A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
- (agriculture) A movable coop without a floor to allow for free ranging.
- (US) A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.
- a truck that has a cab but no body; used for pulling large trailers or vans
- a wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications
verb
noun
- Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
- (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
- (computer hardware) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
- (law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
- (crosswording) Any specific class of wordplay element in a cryptic crossword.
- (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
- (printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
- A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. 1602, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. "This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us."
- any clever maneuver
- any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)
- something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
- an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)
- an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
noun
- A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
- The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
- (video games) A speedrunner.
- The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
- A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
- A streamlet.
- (poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.
- (Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland) A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
- In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
- Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
- Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
- (climbing) A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
- (chiefly in combination) A person or vessel that runs blockades or engages in smuggling.
- A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
- The blade of an ice skate.
- A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
- (slang, usually in the phrase do a runner) A quick escape away from a scene; (by extension) the person who gets away.
- Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
- (botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
- (film) An assistant.
- A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.
- The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
- A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
- A running gag.
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
- (Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
- Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
- A long, narrow carpet for a high-traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
- One who runs away; a deserter or escapee.
- (nautical, sailing) A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
- (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
- In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
- An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
- The curved base of a rocking chair.
- (baseball, softball) A baserunner.
- (slang) An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
- (cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
- A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
- (slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
- A boat for transporting fish, oysters, etc.
- Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
- (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
- someone who travels on foot by running
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- someone who imports or exports without paying duties
- device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
- a long narrow carpet
- a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
- a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
- fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
- a trained athlete who competes in foot races
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
- A potentiometer with a linearly sliding control.
- (US, dialect) A red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rubriventris, syn. Pseudemys rugosa).
- Any skink in the genus Lerista, endemic to Australia.
- (cricket) A similar delivery in which the wrist and ring finger work to impart backspin to the ball.
- (skydiving) A rectangle of fabric that helps produce an orderly parachute deployment.
- Synonym of slide (“child's play equipment”).
- A small sandwich, typically served in a warm bun.
- The movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth.
- (graphical user interface, Internet) A slideshow on a web page.
- An open-toed and backless sandal; a slide.
- (graphical user interface) A widget allowing the user to select a value or position on a sliding scale.
- A sliding door.
- A slider turtle, any turtle in the genus Trachemys, native to the Americas.
- (baseball) A pitch thrown with added pressure by middle and ring fingers yielding a combination of backspin and sidespin, resulting in a motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher.
- (curling) A piece of Teflon or similar material attached to a curling shoe that allows the player to slide along the ice.
- freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets
- a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction
- a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown
- someone who races the luge
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- a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials
- (machining, manufacturing) A tool, typically a power-driven machine and typically stationary, used especially for machining (removing hard material via cutting, grinding, or other subtractive processes) and (more broadly) for any mix of subtractive, forming/stamping, or additive work.
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- A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.
- (chiefly British) A vacuum tube.
- (biology) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
- (botany) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the barberry.
- (anatomy) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction.
- (botany) One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
- (biology) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
- One of the leaves of a folding door or of a window sash.
- Such a device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.
- the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs
- one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods
- control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid
- a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it
- device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone
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noun
- a machine for driving rivets
- a worker who inserts and hammers rivets
- (metalworking, construction) A person whose job is to rivet.
- (specifically, for solid rivets) A gunner; the member of a riveting team who uses a rivet gun, fitted with a rivet set which matches the shape of the factory head of a solid rivet, to impact that rivet (which is heated if necessary to soften it), while the bucker (or holder-up) holds a heavy bucking bar against the bucktail of the rivet, upsetting it to form the field head. If the rivets have to be heated, the team will also include a cook and a catcher; see rivet for more details.
- A tool used to fix rivets.
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- A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
- A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
- Something overly artful or artificial.
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- the act of devising something
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- Machines or equipment thus designed.
- The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.
- (uncountable, academic) The study of or a collection of techniques.
- (countable) Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras).
- (countable, figurative) Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism.
- the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
- the application of the knowledge and usage of tools (such as machines or utensils) and techniques to control one's environment
- machinery and equipment developed from engineering or other applied sciences
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- A part of a machine (such as a lathe or drill) that contains the primary spindle.
- (mining) A headframe.
- A clamp that restrains a cow by the neck.
- (rail transport) A transverse structural member at the extreme end of a rail vehicle's underframe, also used on some bogies.
- The part of a lute-type string instrument, such as a guitar, that holds the tuning pegs or tensioning screws of the strings.
- A beam that supports a bell.
- the stationary support in a machine or power tool that supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the spindle on a lathe)
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- A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- (law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
- A device used to produce music.
- A means or agency for achieving an aspect.
- A measuring or displaying device.
- (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
- (aviation, usually in the plural) Ellipsis of flight instrument.
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- a device that requires skill for proper use
- a person used by another to gain an end
- any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
- the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
- (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
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- (politics, chiefly US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
- Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.
- (poetry) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
- (computing) A computer.
- A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
- (historical) A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.
- (figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
- (telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
- any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
- an efficient person
- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently
- a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
- a group that controls the activities of a political party
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- (machinery) To move sharply upward.
- (informal, figuratively, transitive) To stir up (trouble), to cause (a disturbance).
- (transitive, intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kick, up.
- (transitive, colloquial) To make more exciting.
- (informal, intransitive) To show anger (about something).
- (of a horse) To rear back; to become more active or restless; to speed up.
- (informal, intransitive, US) To function improperly; to show signs of disorder; (of an illness) to flare up.
- (informal, figuratively, by extension, transitive, US) To raise, to increase (a price).
- (slang) To pass (something, such as a proposal or a share of a bribe) up a hierarchy or chain of command.
- evoke or provoke to appear or occur
- cause to rise by kicking
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- To ready the operation of a vehicle or machine.
- (intransitive, euphemistic) To begin one's menstrual cycle.
- To set in motion.
- To begin.
- (intransitive) To jerk, jump up, flinch, or draw back in surprise.
- (transitive, nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
- (transitive, sports) To put into play.
- (intransitive) To awaken suddenly.
- (transitive) To disturb and set in motion; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee.
- (ergative, of an object) To come loose, to break free of a firmly set position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
- (intransitive) To have its origin (at), begin.
- To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
- To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
- play in the starting lineup
- set in motion, cause to start
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- get off the ground
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- bulge outward
- begin or set in motion
- depart for someplace
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- get going or set in motion
- bring into being
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
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- A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out.
- An instance of starting.
- The beginning of an activity.
- An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
- An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
- (horticulture) A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
- The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
- A sudden involuntary movement.
- Alternative letter-case form of Start (“a typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option”)
- The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
- The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- the beginning of anything
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- a sudden involuntary movement
- the act of starting something
- the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)
- a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
- a signal to begin (as in a race)
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- (transitive) To make a machine operate.
- (transitive) To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- (transitive) To complete a running course or event in (a given time).
- (figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
- (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
- (transitive) To transit (a length of a river), as in whitewater rafting.
- (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
- (intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
- To press (a bank, etc.) with immediate demands for payment.
- (intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
- (intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
- (transitive, agriculture) To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- (transitive) To transport (someone or something), notionally at a brisk pace.
- (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
- (transitive) To cover (a course or a distance) by running.
- (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
- past participle of rin
- (intransitive) To move briskly or smoothly with a motion of sliding, rolling, sweeping etc.
- (transitive) To make (something) extend in space.
- (sports, especially baseball) To eject from a game or match.
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- (transitive) To cause to move quickly or lightly.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.
- (intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
- (intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- (transitive or intransitive) To compete in a race.
- (transitive, intransitive) Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
- (intransitive) To be presented in the media.
- (transitive) To make stand in an election.
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
- (transitive) To cause (a vehicle) to travel a route.
- (intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
- (American football, transitive or intransitive) To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- (transitive) To make a liquid or electric current flow from or into an object.
- (transitive) To smuggle (illegal goods).
- (transitive) To control or manage; to be in charge of.
- (intransitive) To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
- To have growth or development.
- (transitive) To cost an amount of money.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
- (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid or electric current, to flow.
- (transitive) To print or broadcast in the media.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- (transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- (intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
- (video games, rare) To speedrun.
- (transitive) To cause stitched clothing to unravel.
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
- (transitive) To make enter a race.
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- (intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
- To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
- cover by running; run a certain distance
- deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
- run with the ball; in such sports as football
- occur persistently
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
- run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
- be diffused
- change from one state to another
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- become undone
- be affected by; be subjected to
- move along, of liquids
- progress by being changed
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- change or be different within limits
- be operating, running or functioning
- continue to exist
- move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
- make without a miss
- sail before the wind
- cause to perform
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- conduct to completion
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- compete in a race
- direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
- pass over, across, or through
- set animals loose to graze
- keep company
- move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- perform as expected when applied
- extend or continue for a certain period of time
- cause an animal to move fast
- travel a route regularly
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
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- A production quantity (such as in a factory).
- (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
- A trial.
- One’s gait while running; the way one runs.
- (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
- A flow of liquid; a leak.
- (cricket) The act of passing from one wicket to another; the point scored for this.
- (chiefly eastern North Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
- Migration of fish.
- The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
- (video games, speedrunning) A playthrough, or attempted playthrough; a session of play.
- (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
- Any sudden large demand for something.
- (banking) A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
- An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
- (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
- A standard or unexceptional group or category.
- The horizontal length of a set of stairs
- (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
- (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
- (American football) A running play.
- The distance drilled with a bit, in oil drilling.
- State of being current; currency; popularity.
- The period of showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
- A quick pace, faster than a walk.
- A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
- (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
- (baseball) A score when a runner touches all bases legally; the act of a runner scoring.
- (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
- (mathematics, computing) The execution of a program or model
- A pair or set of millstones.
- A series of tries in a game that were successful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
- Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily on foot); dash or errand, trip.
- Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
- (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
- (of horses) A fast gallop.
- Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
- Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of.
- A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
- A (regular) trip or route.
- The route taken while running or skiing.
- The distance sailed by a ship.
- A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
- A pleasure trip.
- A voyage.
- a small stream
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- a regular trip
- unrestricted freedom to use
- an unbroken chronological sequence
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
- the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
- the act of testing something
- the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
- a race between candidates for elective office
- a race run on foot
- a short trip
- an unbroken series of events
- the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- a row of unravelled stitches
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noun
- each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single oarsman
- a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward
- a racing shell that is propelled by sculls
- A light rowing boat used for racing by one, two, or four rowers, each operating two oars (sculls), one in each hand.
- One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower.
- A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
- The skua gull.
- A skull cap. A small bowl-shaped helmet, without visor or bever.
- A small rowing boat, for one person.
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- The punch line of a joke or comedy routine.
- (television) A circular hand gesture, supposed to represent the winding on of film, used to signal to a performer to finish quickly.
- (baseball) The phase of making a pitch where the pitcher moves his or her arm backwards before throwing the ball.
- (British) A humorous attempt to fool somebody; a practical joke in which the victim is encouraged to believe something untrue.
- The end or conclusion of something.
adj
- Done by machine.
- Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.
- (of a person) Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.
- Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on matter).
- (figurative) As if performed by a machine: lifeless, mindless, thoughtless, automatic.
- Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).
- Relating to the mechanics of a game.
- (informal) Handy with machines.
- relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
- relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics
- using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
noun
- (science fiction) A robot or mechanical creature.
- One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals
- (cycling) An instance of equipment failure.
- (music) A stop on an organ that is operated by a hand or foot control rather than having to be manually set up in advance.
- (advertising) Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.
- (engineering) A mechanical engineer.