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noun
- a device designed to provide additional strength
- information that makes more forcible or convincing
- a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
- (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
- an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
- (uncountable) The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
- (countable) A thing that reinforces.
- A small round white sticker placed around a punched hole in a piece of paper to prevent the binder's rings from tearing through the paper.
- (in the plural) Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.
- (uncountable, behavioral psychology) The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.
noun
- A strengthening or supporting piece that is built into the back of something.
- (nautical) A part of the rigging of a sailing ship extending from the top of the mast (masthead) to the back of the ship; they support the strain on all upper masts and provide additional support to the shrouds when the wind is abaft the beam.
- a stay that supports the back of something
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 device that requires skill for proper use
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- 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
- (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 tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- 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.
verb
noun
- Any of various components designed to extend the length of a device.
- Any substance added to food to bulk it out, with a higher protein content than a filler.
- (linguistics) A phrase that extends an expression to include further members of a set, e.g. "and stuff", "or something".
- (climbing) A runner, or quick-draw.
- One who extends.
- Any of various substances designed to extend any of several properties of a material.
noun
- any device that bears the weight of another thing
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
- the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
- supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation
- a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
- aiding the cause or policy or interests of
- the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
- something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest
- the financial means whereby one lives
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- documentary validation
- (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
- An accompaniment in music.
- Evidence.
- (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
- (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set.
- (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.
- An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
- (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
- Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
- (commutative algebra, of a module M over a commutative ring R) The set of all prime ideals of R such that the localization of M at the prime is nonzero, denoted operatorname SuppM
- Financial or other help.
- (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
verb
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- be a regular customer or client of
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- argue or speak in defense of
- support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
- adopt as a belief
- give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- play a subordinate role to (another performer)
- be behind; approve of
- support materially or financially
- (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
- (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented position; to give support to.
- (transitive) To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to.
- (transitive) To provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood.
- (transitive) To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid:
- (transitive) To help keep from falling.
- (transitive) To play a lesser part in the same production with (a star performer).
- (transitive) To assist or be involved with, but not be responsible for.
- (transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.
- (transitive, said of electronic devices, programming languages, etc.) To be designed to provide capacity for; to work or be compatible with (a part, accessory, file type, program, algorithm, etc.).
noun
- something forming a back that is added for strengthening
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
- the act of providing approval and support
- (television, film) A backdrop.
- (music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.
- The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse.
- The mounting of a horse or other animal.
- Support, especially financial.
- A liner or other material added behind or underneath.
adj
verb
noun
- something forming a back that is added for strengthening
- a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
- a lightweight horse kept for riding only
- the act of climbing something
- a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place
- A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.
- (martial arts) A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.
- A signal for mounting a horse.
- (gymnastics) The act of getting onto the apparatus.
- A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
- An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on.
- A hill or mountain.
- (heraldry) A green hillock in the base of a shield.
- (palmistry) Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
- (now only figurative) A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing.
verb
- prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
- go up or advance
- fix onto a backing, setting, or support
- put up or launch
- go upward with gradual or continuous progress
- get up on the back of
- attach to a support
- copulate with
- (transitive) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
- (intransitive, sometimes with up) To increase in quantity or intensity.
- (cooking) To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it).
- (transitive) To have or begin sexual intercourse with someone.
- (transitive) To get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation.
- (transitive, computing) To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
- (transitive) To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).
- (transitive) To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.
- (transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
- (transitive) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
- (transitive) To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
- (intransitive, rare) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.
- (transitive, martial arts) To sit on a combatant's torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.
noun
- equipment designed to serve a specific function
- (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function
- The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.
- (video games) A complex, highly modified weapon (typically not a firearm); a weaponized “Rube Goldberg machine.”
- (textual criticism) In an edition, a system of notations providing information, especially regarding variant readings of a text (a critical apparatus)
- (firefighting) A vehicle used for emergency response.
- A complex machine or instrument.
- (rhythmic gymnastics) Any of the objects that the gymnasts wield while performing and used as part of the performance itself.
- A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.
- (gymnastics) Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.
- (collective) An assortment of tools and instruments.
noun
- a contraption built like a mount, strong enough to support one's weight
- (Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia) A serving of 140 millilitres of beer (formerly 5 fl oz); a quarter pint.
- (slang) A ponytail hairstyle.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Crap; rubbish, nonsense.
- (endearing) A horse of any size.
- (regional) A small serving of an alcoholic beverage, especially beer.
- (slang) A chorus girl of small stature.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance from the 1960s in which the dancer mimics the high-stepping prance of a pony.
- (automotive, slang) One horsepower.
- (UK, slang) Twenty-five pounds (money).
- (slang, derogatory, video games) Ellipsis of Sony pony.
- A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
- (US, slang) A translation used as a study aid; loosely, a crib, a cheat-sheet.
- a range horse of the western United States
- any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder
- a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
- an informal term for a racehorse
- a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
adj
verb
noun
- Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.
- A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group, a pawn.
- (vulgar, informal) A penis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation.
- Anything that aids someone to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
- Any piece of equipment used in a profession, such as a craftsman's.
- (computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
- (slang, Canada, US, MTE, MLE, and possibly wider) A handgun.
- (by extension, vulgar, slang, derogatory) An obnoxious or uptight person.
- (baseball) A particular skill pertaining to baseball (such as hitting, running, etc.).
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- obscene terms for penis
- an implement used in the practice of a vocation
- a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
verb
- (transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
- (transitive) To equip with tools.
- (transitive, slang) To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
- (transitive, volleyball) To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
- (intransitive) To work very hard.
- (intransitive, slang) To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
- furnish with tools
- work with a tool
- ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
- drive
noun
- A part of a device that is intended to impart a striking action.
- A hammerstone or similar tool used for smashing, or chipping.
- (medicine) A physician who provides light blow to a body part as a diagnostic technique.
- (medicine) A small hammer-like tool that a physician uses to provide a light blow to a body part.
- (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
noun
- a metal plate used to strengthen a joist
- a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment
- a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate
- (heraldry) An ordinary on a coat of arms, resembling a gusset (see usage notes).
- (mechanical engineering) A kind of bracket, or angular part, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; especially, the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler.
- (roofing) A large flat metal piece wider than the valley to help prevent build-up at the base of the valley, either from debris or ice dam formations.
- A gousset, a piece of mail providing protection where armor plates meet.
- (botany) An intercellular space at an angle where more than two cells meet.
- A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet.
verb
noun
- a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
- a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
- the person who lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team on the line of scrimmage
- the duty of serving as a sentry
- a soldier who is a member of a unit called ‘the guard’ or ‘guards’
- a military unit serving to protect some place or person
- the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage between the center and the tackles
- a posture of defence in boxing or fencing
- a person who keeps watch over something or someone
- a position on a basketball team
- (sports) A player playing a position named guard.
- A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
- (military, often in the plural) An elite military unit in Russia, the former Soviet Union and several post-Soviet countries.
- (rail transport) An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train.
- (Ireland) A garda; a police officer.
- The part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand.
- (military) A squad responsible for protecting something.
- (Australia) A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- (basketball) A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or centre.
- Something worn to protect part of the body, e.g. the shins in cricket.
- (programming) A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue.
- A watchchain.
- (American football) Either of two offensive positions between the centre and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through which offensive players can run.
- (martial arts) A ground grappling position in which one combatant has their back to the ground while attempting to control the other combatant using their legs.
- (aviation) The aircraft emergency frequency, a radio frequency reserved for emergency communications, typically 121.5MHz for civilian use.
- (cricket) The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard.
- (uncountable) A state of caution; posture of defence.
- A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.
verb
- take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence
- to keep watch over
- protect against a challenge or attack
- watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
- (transitive) To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
- (transitive) To fasten by binding; to gird.
- (transitive) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
- (transitive) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
- (ambitransitive) To watch by way of caution or defense; to be cautious; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.
noun
- a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
- a safe place
- contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
- a score in American football; a player is tackled behind their own goal line
- the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
- (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely
- Preservation from escape; close custody.
- The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
- (American football) An instance of a player being sacked or tackled in the end zone, or stepping out of the end zone and off the field, resulting in two points to the opposite team.
- (American football) Any of the defensive players who are in position furthest from the line of scrimmage and whose responsibility is to defend against passes as well as to be the tacklers of last resort.
- (mechanics) A safety lock or safety catch: a mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental firing or operation.
- (baseball) A safety squeeze.
- (snooker) A safety shot or sequence of such shots.
verb
noun
- A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
- The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
- (usually) A locomotive.
- A self-powered vehicle used for moving cars along a track.
- A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.
- (computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).
- A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
- Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
- something used to achieve a purpose
- an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.
- a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
- motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
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
- A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another.
- (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.
- Especially, a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
- (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.
- (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
- mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
- an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
- anything with restorative powers
- the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
- the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
- a warrant to take someone into custody
- a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
- a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
- the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
- The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.
- (usually attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players.
- (uncountable) The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity.
- (film) A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage.
- The reception of sound, etc. by such a device.
- In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal.
- (uncountable) A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up.
- (US, Canada, politics) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate.
- (uncountable) The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed.
- A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex.
- The act of answering a telephone.
- Electromagnetic coil receiver of metal string oscillations.
- (US, Canada) Ellipsis of pickup truck.
- (sports) In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
- An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter.
- (video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.
verb
noun
- Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
- (by extension) A trap.
- A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
- (geometry) Any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form a given polyhedron.
- (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
- (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
- (electronics) A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.
- The amount remaining after expenses or other kinds of deductions are subtracted.
- A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
- A mesh of string, cord or rope.
- A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.
- (tennis, by extension) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).
- a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
- an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
- game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton
- the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
- a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)
- a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects
adj
adv
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verb
- (transitive, figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
- (dialectal) To clean, wash, rinse.
- To fully hedge a position.
- To form a netting or network; to knit.
- (transitive) To receive as profit.
- To enclose or cover with a net.
- (transitive) To yield as profit for.
- (tennis) To hit the ball into the net.
- (transitive, soccer) To score (a goal).
- (transitive) To catch by means of a net.
- catch with a net
- make as a net profit
- yield as a net profit
- construct or form a web, as if by weaving
noun
- (engineering) A portable punching machine.
- (nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
- Alternative spelling of bere (“pillowcase”).
- A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.
- (cartomancy) The fifteenth Lenormand card.
- (finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
- (figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
- (colloquial, US) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
- (gay slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
- (cooking, uncountable) The meat of this animal.
- (CB radio, slang, US) A state policeman (short for Smokey Bear).
- Alternative spelling of bere (“barley”).
- (Australia) A koala (bear).
- an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price
- massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
adj
verb
- (transitive) To carry on, or maintain; to have.
- (transitive) To present or exhibit (a particular outward appearance); to have (a certain look).
- (intransitive, originally nautical) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
- (transitive) To have (a certain meaning, intent, or effect).
- (transitive) To carry or hold in the mind; to experience, entertain, harbour (an idea, feeling, or emotion).
- (transitive, rarely intransitive, of a woman or female animal) To carry (offspring in the womb), to be pregnant (with).
- (transitive, of a thing) To have (a relation, correspondence, etc.) to something else.
- (transitive) To have (a name, title, or designation).
- (now transitive outside certain set patterns such as 'bear with'; formerly also intransitive) To endure or withstand (hardship, scrutiny, etc.); to tolerate; to be patient (with).
- (intransitive, military, usually with on or upon) Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target.
- (transitive) To display (a particular heraldic device) on a shield or coat of arms; to be entitled to wear or use (a heraldic device) as a coat of arms.
- (transitive, rare) To feel and show (respect, reverence, loyalty, etc.) to, towards, or unto a person or thing.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant.
- (transitive) To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.
- (transitive) To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
- (transitive, of an investment, loan, etc.) To have (interest or a specified rate of interest) stipulated in its terms.
- (transitive) To give (written or oral testimony or evidence); (figurative) to provide or constitute (evidence or proof), give witness.
- (transitive) To possess or enjoy (recognition, renown, a reputation, etc.); to have (a particular price, value, or worth).
- (transitive) To warrant, justify the need for.
- (transitive) To carry (weapons, flags or symbols of rank, office, etc.) upon one's person, especially visibly; to be equipped with (weapons, etc.).
- (transitive, ditransitive) To give birth to (someone or something) (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object).
- (chiefly transitive) To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
- (transitive, of a person or animal) To have (an appendage, organ, etc.) as part of the body; (of a part of the body) to have (an appendage).
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
- (transitive, rare) To possess and use, to exercise (power or influence); to hold (an office, rank, or position).
- (transitive, less commonly intransitive) To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
- (transitive) To possess inherently (a quality, attribute, power, or capacity); to have and display as an essential characteristic.
- (transitive) To have or display (a mark or other feature).
- (transitive) To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
- (reflexive, transitive) To behave or conduct (oneself).
- (transitive) To support or sustain; to hold up.
- (transitive) To wear (garments, pieces of jewellery, etc.).
- (intransitive, usually with on, upon, or against) To push, thrust, press.
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- contain or hold; have within
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- be pregnant with
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- bring in
- bring forth
- have
- cause to be born
- have on one's person
- move while holding up or supporting
noun
- A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
- (sports, chiefly British, Commonwealth, Ireland) A scheduled match.
- (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.
- A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.
- (computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
- A lighting unit; a luminaire.
- an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)
- a regular patron
- the act of putting something in working order again
- the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
verb
noun
- Any equipment for resistance.
- The process of building up military capacity.
- (military, naval) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
- A body of forces equipped for war.
- weaponry used by military or naval force
- the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war
noun
- A device that couples two things together.
- (sexuality) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A link between the performance of an action and the location where that action occurs or the method used to perform that action.
- The act of joining together to form a couple.
- (software engineering) The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
- (electronics) A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
- (physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
- the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
- a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
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 device that controls or limits something.
- (genetics) A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
- (mathematics) A positive real number determining the density of the units in Dirichlet's unit theorem.
- (rail transport) A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.
- (historical) Synonym of bulldozer (“member of intimidating group of white US Southerners”).
- Short for diving regulator.
- A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
- A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially regulatory law as sanctioned by statutory law.
- Ellipsis of voltage regulator.
- an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest
- a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)
- any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.
noun
- (automotive) A device to reduce lift and increase downforce.
- One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless.
- (aeronautics) A device to reduce lift and increase drag.
- A document, review or comment that discloses the ending or some key surprise or twist in a story, or the internal rules controlling the behaviour of a video game, etc.
- (US, chiefly politics, sports) A competitor, unable to win themselves, who spoils the chances of another’s victory.
- One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.
- a hinged airfoil on the upper surface of an aircraft wing that is raised to reduce lift and increase drag
- a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning
- someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
- someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence
- an airfoil mounted on the rear of a car to reduce lift at high speeds
verb
noun
- a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
- the body of teachers and administrators at a school
- a rod carried as a symbol
- (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
- building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
- personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
- (music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
- A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
- (military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
- A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
- A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
- (engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
- (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
- (surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
- (uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ
- (plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.
- Misspelling of staph.
verb
noun
- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- (computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- The means by which something is physically attached.
- A dependence, especially a strong one.
- (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
- A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
- a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
- a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
- the act of attaching or affixing something
- a supplementary part or accessory
- a connection that fastens things together
- the act of fastening things together
noun
- Any mechanical device used to position something.
- The part of a control valve used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.
- That which positions.
- a device used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.
- (computer science) the actuator that moves a read/write head to the proper data track
noun
- A mechanical device that connects things.
- A connection or relation between things or ideas.
- (genetics) The property of genes of being inherited together.
- (software compilation) The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
- (linguistics) A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.
- (US, politics, historical) A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.
- a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion
- an associative relation
- the act of linking things together
- (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go)
noun
- A frame with legs, used to support something.
- (poker slang) A player who has been staked, i.e. another player has paid for their buy-in and claims a percentage of any winnings.
- (mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
- (slang) Heroin (drug).
- (military, sometimes uncountable) Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).
- (US) An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see H-O-R-S-E on WikipediaWikipedia).
- A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
- In gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high, sometimes (pommel horse) with two handles on top.
- (xiangqi) A xiangqi piece that moves and captures one point orthogonally and then one point diagonally.
- A breastband for a leadsman.
- (historical) A timber frame shaped like a horse, which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.
- (zoology) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including zebras and asses.
- An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon.
- (slang) A large and sturdy person.
- A jackstay.
- A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope.
- (chess, informal) The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a horse.
- (uncountable) The flesh of a horse as an item of cuisine.
- Any member of the species Equus ferus, including the Przewalski's horse and the extinct Equus ferus ferus.
- (prison slang) A prison guard who smuggles contraband in or out for prisoners.
- solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
- troops trained to fight on horseback
- a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
- a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
- a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
verb
- (transitive) To play mischievous pranks on.
- To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, chair, etc., to be flogged or punished.
- To take or carry on the back.
- (by extension) To flog.
- To sit astride of; to bestride.
- (informal) To cram (food) quickly, indiscriminately or in great volume.
- (intransitive) Synonym of horse around.
- (transitive) To provide with a horse; supply horses for.
- (transitive) To pull, haul, or move (something) with great effort, like a horse would.
- (of a male horse) To copulate with (a mare).
- provide with a horse or horses
noun
- Any similar stationery fastening device.
- A stationery fastening device made of thin, soft metal, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.
- a fastener for holding a sheet of paper in place
noun
- A device that balances various quantities.
- A conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.
- A device, such as a bar, for operating two brakes, especially a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.
- (mathematics) A set of arguments where two or more functions have equal values; the solution set of an equation.
- (category theory) A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms part of the limit of that parallel pair. Equivalently, a morphism which equalizes a parallel pair of morphisms in a limiting way, which is to say that any other morphism which equalizes that parallel pair factors through this limiting morphism; and moreover such factorization is unique.
- A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aeroplane.
- One who makes equal; a balancer.
- (Canada, US, slang) A weapon, usually a blackjack or gun.
- (music, electronics) An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.
- (sports) A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
- Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets.
- electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion
- a score that makes the match even
- a weight that balances another weight
noun
- A device or mechanism which is designed to protect.
- (multiplicity slang) A headmate who primarily fronts, or otherwise protects the system, in situations where the system is at risk of psychological harm.
- A state or other subject under international law, exercising a protectorate over another subject in international law.
- Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
- (UK, historical) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.
- One who prevents interference.
- (Roman Catholicism) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc.
- a person who cares for persons or property
noun
- a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment
- a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required
- an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
- ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun
- (computing) Magnetic tape storage, used for storing (backup) copies of data.
- (computing) A removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices, used for rapid loading of software onto a home computer or video game console.
- (by extension) A prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly.
- (firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.
- (computing) A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.
noun
- A device to measure mass or weight.
- An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude.
- (uncountable) Limescale.
- Size; scope.
- (uncountable) The flaky material sloughed off heated metal.
- (uncountable, US) An infestation of scale insects on a plant; commonly thought of as, or mistaken for, a disease.
- A standard amount of money to be paid for a service, for example union-negotiated amounts received by a performer or writer; similar to wage scale or pay grade.
- (music) A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.
- Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.
- Scale mail (as opposed to chain mail).
- A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.
- A mathematical base for a numeral system; radix.
- Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.
- A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color.
- The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife.
- A scale insect.
- A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced.
- The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
- Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard protective layers forming a pinecone that flare when mature to release pine nut seeds.
- Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order.
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
- an ordered reference standard
- a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
- relative magnitude
- a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
- the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
- a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
- a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
- (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
verb
- (transitive) To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.
- (transitive) To climb to the top of.
- (transitive) To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
- (transitive) To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system.
- (intransitive) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae.
- (transitive) To remove the scales of.
- (intransitive) To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) To scatter; to spread.
- (transitive) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
- (manufacturing, transitive) To take measurements from (an engineering drawing), treating them as (or as if) reliable dimensional instructions. This practice often works but can produce latently incorrect results and is thus usually deprecated.
- (intransitive, computing) To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.
- (transitive) To strip or clear of scale; to descale.
- measure by or as if by a scale
- climb up by means of a ladder
- take by attacking with scaling ladders
- reach the highest point of
- remove the scales from
- measure with or as if with scales
- pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
- size or measure according to a scale
noun
- a holding device
- a person who holds something
- the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to them or to whoever holds it
- A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.
- A thing that holds.
- (sports) The defending champion.
- (nautical) One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
noun
- device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible
- a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
- A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
- One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.
- (machine learning, artificial intelligence) A collection of low-rank matrices which, when added to a base model, produces a fine-tuned model; a LoRA.
- Specifically, a device that permits two or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
- Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.
- Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
- One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
noun
- a device designed to provide additional strength
- information that makes more forcible or convincing
- a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
- (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
- an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
- (uncountable) The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
- (countable) A thing that reinforces.
- A small round white sticker placed around a punched hole in a piece of paper to prevent the binder's rings from tearing through the paper.
- (in the plural) Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.
- (uncountable, behavioral psychology) The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.
noun
- A strengthening or supporting piece that is built into the back of something.
- (nautical) A part of the rigging of a sailing ship extending from the top of the mast (masthead) to the back of the ship; they support the strain on all upper masts and provide additional support to the shrouds when the wind is abaft the beam.
- a stay that supports the back of something
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 device that requires skill for proper use
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- 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
- (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 tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- 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.
verb
noun
- Any of various components designed to extend the length of a device.
- Any substance added to food to bulk it out, with a higher protein content than a filler.
- (linguistics) A phrase that extends an expression to include further members of a set, e.g. "and stuff", "or something".
- (climbing) A runner, or quick-draw.
- One who extends.
- Any of various substances designed to extend any of several properties of a material.
noun
- any device that bears the weight of another thing
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
- the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
- supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation
- a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
- aiding the cause or policy or interests of
- the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
- something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest
- the financial means whereby one lives
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- documentary validation
- (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
- An accompaniment in music.
- Evidence.
- (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
- (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set.
- (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.
- An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
- (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
- Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
- (commutative algebra, of a module M over a commutative ring R) The set of all prime ideals of R such that the localization of M at the prime is nonzero, denoted operatorname SuppM
- Financial or other help.
- (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
verb
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- be a regular customer or client of
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- argue or speak in defense of
- support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
- adopt as a belief
- give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- play a subordinate role to (another performer)
- be behind; approve of
- support materially or financially
- (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
- (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented position; to give support to.
- (transitive) To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to.
- (transitive) To provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood.
- (transitive) To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid:
- (transitive) To help keep from falling.
- (transitive) To play a lesser part in the same production with (a star performer).
- (transitive) To assist or be involved with, but not be responsible for.
- (transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.
- (transitive, said of electronic devices, programming languages, etc.) To be designed to provide capacity for; to work or be compatible with (a part, accessory, file type, program, algorithm, etc.).
noun
- something forming a back that is added for strengthening
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
- the act of providing approval and support
- (television, film) A backdrop.
- (music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.
- The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse.
- The mounting of a horse or other animal.
- Support, especially financial.
- A liner or other material added behind or underneath.
adj
verb
noun
- something forming a back that is added for strengthening
- a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
- a lightweight horse kept for riding only
- the act of climbing something
- a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place
- A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.
- (martial arts) A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.
- A signal for mounting a horse.
- (gymnastics) The act of getting onto the apparatus.
- A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
- An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on.
- A hill or mountain.
- (heraldry) A green hillock in the base of a shield.
- (palmistry) Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
- (now only figurative) A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing.
verb
- prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
- go up or advance
- fix onto a backing, setting, or support
- put up or launch
- go upward with gradual or continuous progress
- get up on the back of
- attach to a support
- copulate with
- (transitive) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
- (intransitive, sometimes with up) To increase in quantity or intensity.
- (cooking) To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it).
- (transitive) To have or begin sexual intercourse with someone.
- (transitive) To get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation.
- (transitive, computing) To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
- (transitive) To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).
- (transitive) To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.
- (transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
- (transitive) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
- (transitive) To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
- (intransitive, rare) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.
- (transitive, martial arts) To sit on a combatant's torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.
noun
- equipment designed to serve a specific function
- (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function
- The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.
- (video games) A complex, highly modified weapon (typically not a firearm); a weaponized “Rube Goldberg machine.”
- (textual criticism) In an edition, a system of notations providing information, especially regarding variant readings of a text (a critical apparatus)
- (firefighting) A vehicle used for emergency response.
- A complex machine or instrument.
- (rhythmic gymnastics) Any of the objects that the gymnasts wield while performing and used as part of the performance itself.
- A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.
- (gymnastics) Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.
- (collective) An assortment of tools and instruments.
noun
- a contraption built like a mount, strong enough to support one's weight
- (Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia) A serving of 140 millilitres of beer (formerly 5 fl oz); a quarter pint.
- (slang) A ponytail hairstyle.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Crap; rubbish, nonsense.
- (endearing) A horse of any size.
- (regional) A small serving of an alcoholic beverage, especially beer.
- (slang) A chorus girl of small stature.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance from the 1960s in which the dancer mimics the high-stepping prance of a pony.
- (automotive, slang) One horsepower.
- (UK, slang) Twenty-five pounds (money).
- (slang, derogatory, video games) Ellipsis of Sony pony.
- A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
- (US, slang) A translation used as a study aid; loosely, a crib, a cheat-sheet.
- a range horse of the western United States
- any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder
- a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
- an informal term for a racehorse
- a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
adj
verb
noun
- Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.
- A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group, a pawn.
- (vulgar, informal) A penis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation.
- Anything that aids someone to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
- Any piece of equipment used in a profession, such as a craftsman's.
- (computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
- (slang, Canada, US, MTE, MLE, and possibly wider) A handgun.
- (by extension, vulgar, slang, derogatory) An obnoxious or uptight person.
- (baseball) A particular skill pertaining to baseball (such as hitting, running, etc.).
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- obscene terms for penis
- an implement used in the practice of a vocation
- a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
verb
- (transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
- (transitive) To equip with tools.
- (transitive, slang) To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
- (transitive, volleyball) To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
- (intransitive) To work very hard.
- (intransitive, slang) To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
- furnish with tools
- work with a tool
- ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
- drive
noun
- A part of a device that is intended to impart a striking action.
- A hammerstone or similar tool used for smashing, or chipping.
- (medicine) A physician who provides light blow to a body part as a diagnostic technique.
- (medicine) A small hammer-like tool that a physician uses to provide a light blow to a body part.
- (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
noun
- a metal plate used to strengthen a joist
- a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment
- a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate
- (heraldry) An ordinary on a coat of arms, resembling a gusset (see usage notes).
- (mechanical engineering) A kind of bracket, or angular part, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; especially, the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler.
- (roofing) A large flat metal piece wider than the valley to help prevent build-up at the base of the valley, either from debris or ice dam formations.
- A gousset, a piece of mail providing protection where armor plates meet.
- (botany) An intercellular space at an angle where more than two cells meet.
- A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet.
verb
noun
- a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
- a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
- the person who lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team on the line of scrimmage
- the duty of serving as a sentry
- a soldier who is a member of a unit called ‘the guard’ or ‘guards’
- a military unit serving to protect some place or person
- the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage between the center and the tackles
- a posture of defence in boxing or fencing
- a person who keeps watch over something or someone
- a position on a basketball team
- (sports) A player playing a position named guard.
- A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
- (military, often in the plural) An elite military unit in Russia, the former Soviet Union and several post-Soviet countries.
- (rail transport) An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train.
- (Ireland) A garda; a police officer.
- The part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand.
- (military) A squad responsible for protecting something.
- (Australia) A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- (basketball) A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or centre.
- Something worn to protect part of the body, e.g. the shins in cricket.
- (programming) A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue.
- A watchchain.
- (American football) Either of two offensive positions between the centre and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through which offensive players can run.
- (martial arts) A ground grappling position in which one combatant has their back to the ground while attempting to control the other combatant using their legs.
- (aviation) The aircraft emergency frequency, a radio frequency reserved for emergency communications, typically 121.5MHz for civilian use.
- (cricket) The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard.
- (uncountable) A state of caution; posture of defence.
- A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.
verb
- take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence
- to keep watch over
- protect against a challenge or attack
- watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
- (transitive) To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
- (transitive) To fasten by binding; to gird.
- (transitive) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
- (transitive) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
- (ambitransitive) To watch by way of caution or defense; to be cautious; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.
noun
- a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
- a safe place
- contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
- a score in American football; a player is tackled behind their own goal line
- the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
- (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely
- Preservation from escape; close custody.
- The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
- (American football) An instance of a player being sacked or tackled in the end zone, or stepping out of the end zone and off the field, resulting in two points to the opposite team.
- (American football) Any of the defensive players who are in position furthest from the line of scrimmage and whose responsibility is to defend against passes as well as to be the tacklers of last resort.
- (mechanics) A safety lock or safety catch: a mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental firing or operation.
- (baseball) A safety squeeze.
- (snooker) A safety shot or sequence of such shots.
verb
noun
- A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
- The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
- (usually) A locomotive.
- A self-powered vehicle used for moving cars along a track.
- A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.
- (computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).
- A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
- Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
- something used to achieve a purpose
- an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.
- a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
- motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
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
- A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another.
- (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.
- Especially, a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
- (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.
- (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
- mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
- an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
- anything with restorative powers
- the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
- the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
- a warrant to take someone into custody
- a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
- a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
- the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
- The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.
- (usually attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players.
- (uncountable) The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity.
- (film) A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage.
- The reception of sound, etc. by such a device.
- In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal.
- (uncountable) A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up.
- (US, Canada, politics) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate.
- (uncountable) The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed.
- A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex.
- The act of answering a telephone.
- Electromagnetic coil receiver of metal string oscillations.
- (US, Canada) Ellipsis of pickup truck.
- (sports) In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
- An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter.
- (video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.
verb
noun
- Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
- (by extension) A trap.
- A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
- (geometry) Any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form a given polyhedron.
- (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
- (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
- (electronics) A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.
- The amount remaining after expenses or other kinds of deductions are subtracted.
- A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
- A mesh of string, cord or rope.
- A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.
- (tennis, by extension) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).
- a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
- an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
- game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton
- the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
- a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)
- a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects
adj
adv
intj
verb
- (transitive, figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
- (dialectal) To clean, wash, rinse.
- To fully hedge a position.
- To form a netting or network; to knit.
- (transitive) To receive as profit.
- To enclose or cover with a net.
- (transitive) To yield as profit for.
- (tennis) To hit the ball into the net.
- (transitive, soccer) To score (a goal).
- (transitive) To catch by means of a net.
- catch with a net
- make as a net profit
- yield as a net profit
- construct or form a web, as if by weaving
noun
- (engineering) A portable punching machine.
- (nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
- Alternative spelling of bere (“pillowcase”).
- A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.
- (cartomancy) The fifteenth Lenormand card.
- (finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
- (figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
- (colloquial, US) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
- (gay slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
- (cooking, uncountable) The meat of this animal.
- (CB radio, slang, US) A state policeman (short for Smokey Bear).
- Alternative spelling of bere (“barley”).
- (Australia) A koala (bear).
- an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price
- massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
adj
verb
- (transitive) To carry on, or maintain; to have.
- (transitive) To present or exhibit (a particular outward appearance); to have (a certain look).
- (intransitive, originally nautical) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
- (transitive) To have (a certain meaning, intent, or effect).
- (transitive) To carry or hold in the mind; to experience, entertain, harbour (an idea, feeling, or emotion).
- (transitive, rarely intransitive, of a woman or female animal) To carry (offspring in the womb), to be pregnant (with).
- (transitive, of a thing) To have (a relation, correspondence, etc.) to something else.
- (transitive) To have (a name, title, or designation).
- (now transitive outside certain set patterns such as 'bear with'; formerly also intransitive) To endure or withstand (hardship, scrutiny, etc.); to tolerate; to be patient (with).
- (intransitive, military, usually with on or upon) Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target.
- (transitive) To display (a particular heraldic device) on a shield or coat of arms; to be entitled to wear or use (a heraldic device) as a coat of arms.
- (transitive, rare) To feel and show (respect, reverence, loyalty, etc.) to, towards, or unto a person or thing.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant.
- (transitive) To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.
- (transitive) To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
- (transitive, of an investment, loan, etc.) To have (interest or a specified rate of interest) stipulated in its terms.
- (transitive) To give (written or oral testimony or evidence); (figurative) to provide or constitute (evidence or proof), give witness.
- (transitive) To possess or enjoy (recognition, renown, a reputation, etc.); to have (a particular price, value, or worth).
- (transitive) To warrant, justify the need for.
- (transitive) To carry (weapons, flags or symbols of rank, office, etc.) upon one's person, especially visibly; to be equipped with (weapons, etc.).
- (transitive, ditransitive) To give birth to (someone or something) (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object).
- (chiefly transitive) To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
- (transitive, of a person or animal) To have (an appendage, organ, etc.) as part of the body; (of a part of the body) to have (an appendage).
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
- (transitive, rare) To possess and use, to exercise (power or influence); to hold (an office, rank, or position).
- (transitive, less commonly intransitive) To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
- (transitive) To possess inherently (a quality, attribute, power, or capacity); to have and display as an essential characteristic.
- (transitive) To have or display (a mark or other feature).
- (transitive) To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
- (reflexive, transitive) To behave or conduct (oneself).
- (transitive) To support or sustain; to hold up.
- (transitive) To wear (garments, pieces of jewellery, etc.).
- (intransitive, usually with on, upon, or against) To push, thrust, press.
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- contain or hold; have within
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- be pregnant with
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- bring in
- bring forth
- have
- cause to be born
- have on one's person
- move while holding up or supporting
noun
- A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
- (sports, chiefly British, Commonwealth, Ireland) A scheduled match.
- (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.
- A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.
- (computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
- A lighting unit; a luminaire.
- an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)
- a regular patron
- the act of putting something in working order again
- the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
verb
noun
- Any equipment for resistance.
- The process of building up military capacity.
- (military, naval) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
- A body of forces equipped for war.
- weaponry used by military or naval force
- the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war
noun
- A device that couples two things together.
- (sexuality) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A link between the performance of an action and the location where that action occurs or the method used to perform that action.
- The act of joining together to form a couple.
- (software engineering) The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
- (electronics) A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
- (physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
- the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
- a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
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 device that controls or limits something.
- (genetics) A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
- (mathematics) A positive real number determining the density of the units in Dirichlet's unit theorem.
- (rail transport) A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.
- (historical) Synonym of bulldozer (“member of intimidating group of white US Southerners”).
- Short for diving regulator.
- A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
- A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially regulatory law as sanctioned by statutory law.
- Ellipsis of voltage regulator.
- an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest
- a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)
- any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.
noun
- (automotive) A device to reduce lift and increase downforce.
- One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless.
- (aeronautics) A device to reduce lift and increase drag.
- A document, review or comment that discloses the ending or some key surprise or twist in a story, or the internal rules controlling the behaviour of a video game, etc.
- (US, chiefly politics, sports) A competitor, unable to win themselves, who spoils the chances of another’s victory.
- One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.
- a hinged airfoil on the upper surface of an aircraft wing that is raised to reduce lift and increase drag
- a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning
- someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
- someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence
- an airfoil mounted on the rear of a car to reduce lift at high speeds
verb
noun
- a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
- the body of teachers and administrators at a school
- a rod carried as a symbol
- (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
- building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
- personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
- (music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
- A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
- (military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
- A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
- A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
- (engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
- (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
- (surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
- (uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ
- (plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.
- Misspelling of staph.
verb
noun
- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- (computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- The means by which something is physically attached.
- A dependence, especially a strong one.
- (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
- A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
- a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
- a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
- the act of attaching or affixing something
- a supplementary part or accessory
- a connection that fastens things together
- the act of fastening things together
noun
- Any mechanical device used to position something.
- The part of a control valve used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.
- That which positions.
- a device used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.
- (computer science) the actuator that moves a read/write head to the proper data track
noun
- A mechanical device that connects things.
- A connection or relation between things or ideas.
- (genetics) The property of genes of being inherited together.
- (software compilation) The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
- (linguistics) A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.
- (US, politics, historical) A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.
- a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion
- an associative relation
- the act of linking things together
- (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go)
noun
- A frame with legs, used to support something.
- (poker slang) A player who has been staked, i.e. another player has paid for their buy-in and claims a percentage of any winnings.
- (mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
- (slang) Heroin (drug).
- (military, sometimes uncountable) Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).
- (US) An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see H-O-R-S-E on WikipediaWikipedia).
- A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
- In gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high, sometimes (pommel horse) with two handles on top.
- (xiangqi) A xiangqi piece that moves and captures one point orthogonally and then one point diagonally.
- A breastband for a leadsman.
- (historical) A timber frame shaped like a horse, which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.
- (zoology) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including zebras and asses.
- An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon.
- (slang) A large and sturdy person.
- A jackstay.
- A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope.
- (chess, informal) The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a horse.
- (uncountable) The flesh of a horse as an item of cuisine.
- Any member of the species Equus ferus, including the Przewalski's horse and the extinct Equus ferus ferus.
- (prison slang) A prison guard who smuggles contraband in or out for prisoners.
- solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
- troops trained to fight on horseback
- a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
- a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
- a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
verb
- (transitive) To play mischievous pranks on.
- To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, chair, etc., to be flogged or punished.
- To take or carry on the back.
- (by extension) To flog.
- To sit astride of; to bestride.
- (informal) To cram (food) quickly, indiscriminately or in great volume.
- (intransitive) Synonym of horse around.
- (transitive) To provide with a horse; supply horses for.
- (transitive) To pull, haul, or move (something) with great effort, like a horse would.
- (of a male horse) To copulate with (a mare).
- provide with a horse or horses
noun
- Any similar stationery fastening device.
- A stationery fastening device made of thin, soft metal, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.
- a fastener for holding a sheet of paper in place
noun
- A device that balances various quantities.
- A conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.
- A device, such as a bar, for operating two brakes, especially a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.
- (mathematics) A set of arguments where two or more functions have equal values; the solution set of an equation.
- (category theory) A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms part of the limit of that parallel pair. Equivalently, a morphism which equalizes a parallel pair of morphisms in a limiting way, which is to say that any other morphism which equalizes that parallel pair factors through this limiting morphism; and moreover such factorization is unique.
- A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aeroplane.
- One who makes equal; a balancer.
- (Canada, US, slang) A weapon, usually a blackjack or gun.
- (music, electronics) An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.
- (sports) A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
- Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets.
- electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion
- a score that makes the match even
- a weight that balances another weight
noun
- A device or mechanism which is designed to protect.
- (multiplicity slang) A headmate who primarily fronts, or otherwise protects the system, in situations where the system is at risk of psychological harm.
- A state or other subject under international law, exercising a protectorate over another subject in international law.
- Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
- (UK, historical) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.
- One who prevents interference.
- (Roman Catholicism) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc.
- a person who cares for persons or property
noun
- a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment
- a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required
- an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
- ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun
- (computing) Magnetic tape storage, used for storing (backup) copies of data.
- (computing) A removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices, used for rapid loading of software onto a home computer or video game console.
- (by extension) A prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly.
- (firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.
- (computing) A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.
noun
- A device to measure mass or weight.
- An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude.
- (uncountable) Limescale.
- Size; scope.
- (uncountable) The flaky material sloughed off heated metal.
- (uncountable, US) An infestation of scale insects on a plant; commonly thought of as, or mistaken for, a disease.
- A standard amount of money to be paid for a service, for example union-negotiated amounts received by a performer or writer; similar to wage scale or pay grade.
- (music) A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.
- Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.
- Scale mail (as opposed to chain mail).
- A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.
- A mathematical base for a numeral system; radix.
- Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.
- A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color.
- The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife.
- A scale insect.
- A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced.
- The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
- Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard protective layers forming a pinecone that flare when mature to release pine nut seeds.
- Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order.
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
- an ordered reference standard
- a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
- relative magnitude
- a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
- the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
- a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
- a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
- (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
verb
- (transitive) To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.
- (transitive) To climb to the top of.
- (transitive) To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
- (transitive) To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system.
- (intransitive) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae.
- (transitive) To remove the scales of.
- (intransitive) To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) To scatter; to spread.
- (transitive) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
- (manufacturing, transitive) To take measurements from (an engineering drawing), treating them as (or as if) reliable dimensional instructions. This practice often works but can produce latently incorrect results and is thus usually deprecated.
- (intransitive, computing) To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.
- (transitive) To strip or clear of scale; to descale.
- measure by or as if by a scale
- climb up by means of a ladder
- take by attacking with scaling ladders
- reach the highest point of
- remove the scales from
- measure with or as if with scales
- pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
- size or measure according to a scale
noun
- a holding device
- a person who holds something
- the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to them or to whoever holds it
- A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.
- A thing that holds.
- (sports) The defending champion.
- (nautical) One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
noun
- device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible
- a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
- A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
- One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.
- (machine learning, artificial intelligence) A collection of low-rank matrices which, when added to a base model, produces a fine-tuned model; a LoRA.
- Specifically, a device that permits two or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
- Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.
- Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
- One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
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