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- someone who gossips indiscreetly
- (music) A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected to the bellows of an organ, whose position indicates when the wind is exhausted.
- (figuratively) Something that serves to reveal something else.
- A story or fable that has a moral or message.
- (nautical) A compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course.
- (nautical) A length of yarn or ribbon attached to a sail or shroud etc to indicate the direction of the flow of the air relative to the boat.
- (nautical) A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.
- (engineering) A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees (factory hands, watchmen, drivers, etc.) by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.
- One who divulges private information with intent to hurt others.
- A bird, the tattler.
- An indicator, such as a warning light, that serves to warn of a hazard or problem.
verb
- reveal unintentionally
- (transitive) To disclose or indicate, for example something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
- give away information about somebody
- cause someone to believe an untruth
- deliver to an enemy by treachery
- be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
- disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
- (transitive) To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.
- (transitive) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
- (transitive) To disclose (a secret, etc.) in deliberate violation of someone’s confidence.
- (transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
- (transitive) To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
- (transitive) To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
verb
- reveal unintentionally
- (transitive) To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose.
- (transitive) To expose or rat out (someone).
- (transitive) To reveal or disclose and show the presence or true character of, especially if unintentionally or incidentally, or else if perfidiously, prejudicially, or to one's discredit.
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- an unintentional disclosure
- a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group
- a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards
- An event at which things are given away for free.
- The act of giving something away for free.
- An indicator that makes something obvious or apparent.
- Something that is given away or handed out for free.
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- the disclosure of something secret
- The act of exposing something, such as a scandal.
- the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate
- abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open)
- the act of exposing film to light
- a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
- presentation to view in an open or public manner
- aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces
- vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain
- the state of being vulnerable or exposed
- the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience
- (horticulture) The amount of sun, wind etc. experienced by a particular site.
- (photography) The piece of film exposed to light.
- (photography) An instance of taking a photograph.
- (uncountable) Lack of protection from weather or the elements.
- (social media) The degree to which an individual, their content, or their brand is seen by the target market or the general public; internet fame.
- (uncountable) The condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected.
- (countable, uncountable) That part which is facing or exposed to something, e.g. the sun, weather, sky, or a view.
- (photography) Details of the time and f-number used.
- The act or condition of being at risk of financial losses.
verb
- To reveal something that was masked or hidden; to expose; to unmask.
- (transitive) To clear etchant and maskant from a part being chemically etched or milled.
- (more generally) To remove any masking materials that have been added to protect an area.
- To make salient or conspicuous; to draw attention to or improve the perception of.
- (more specifically) To overcome ideological preconceptions and labels.
noun
- A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.
- unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
- The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs.
- (computing) The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions.
- A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
- (mildly vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.
- A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs.
- The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
- soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
- the discharge of a fluid from some container
- an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape
- a euphemism for urination
verb
- (transitive) To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed.
- (transitive, figurative, by extension) To allow anything through that would normally or preferably be blocked.
- (slang, sometimes euphemistic) To urinate.
- (intransitive) (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed.
- (ambitransitive) To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously.
- (slang, US) To bleed.
- (intransitive, figurative, by extension) To pass through when it would normally or preferably be blocked.
- tell anonymously
- have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out
- enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure
- be leaked
adj
- lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)
- Being intentionally concealed so as to deceive.
- beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote
- coming at a subsequent time or stage
- Situated beyond, or on the farther side.
- Beyond what is obvious or evident.
noun
- Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.
- a secret that is confided or entrusted to another
- Self-assurance.
- A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
- a trustful relationship
- a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable
- freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
- a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
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- Secret and vulnerable to being revealed.
- (of skin) Delicate, smooth, and flawless.
- That one could give a blowjob to.
- That is operated by blowing
- Capable of being blown or blown away; that can be subjected to blowing.
- That makes a noise when blown.
- (of an egg) That can be emptied by blowing; that does not contain any large solid developing bird.
- That can blow, or expel air.
- That can be blown up or blown off; subject to explosive forces.
- (electronics) That can cease to function when overloaded.
- That can be achieved or produced by blowing.
noun
- The act of revealing or disclosing.
- Something that is revealed.
- (theology) A manifestation of divine truth.
- Something that turns out to be a great success.
- Something dramatically disclosed.
- an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
- communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency
- the speech act of making something evident
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- a wash that colors a surface black
- a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores
- an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
- (chiefly politics) A villainization campaign.
- (slang, cricket) A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984.
- (slang, mining) Public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes.
- (slang, New Zealand) A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team.
- (medicine) A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.
noun
- The act of hiding something.
- (countable) Any substance that is secreted by an organism.
- (uncountable) The act of secreting a substance, especially from a gland.
- a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell
- the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance
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- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- find the solution or key to
- become punctured or penetrated
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- do a break dance
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- fall sharply
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- cause to give up a habit
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
- change directions suddenly
- exchange for smaller units of money
- undergo breaking
- give up
- interrupt a continued activity
- interrupt the flow of current in
- break a piece from a whole
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- move away or escape suddenly
- invalidate by judicial action
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- cease an action temporarily
- happen or take place
- render inoperable or ineffective
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- come to an end (of an event)
- cause the failure or ruin of
- put an end to a state or an activity
- fracture a bone of
- stop operating or functioning
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- terminate or end
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- come into being
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- find a flaw in
- ruin completely
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- happen
- go to pieces
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- pierce or penetrate
- surpass in excellence
- lessen in force or effect
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- scatter or part
- be broken in
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- be released or become known; of news
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- (transitive, tennis) To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
- (intransitive, of a storm) To begin or end.
- (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack.
- (intransitive, of a spell of settled weather) To end.
- (intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
- (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
- (intransitive, of a male voice) To become deeper at puberty.
- (transitive, backgammon) To remove one of the two men on (a point).
- (transitive) To end (a connection); to disconnect.
- (intransitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
- (intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
- (specifically) To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
- (transitive, theater) To end the run of (a play).
- (transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
- (intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
- (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
- (transitive) To violate; to fail to adhere to.
- (specifically) To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
- (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
- (transitive) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
- (transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
- (intransitive, of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.
- (transitive) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
- (transitive, with for) To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
- (rare, mainly historical or a misspelling) To brake.
- (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
- (transitive) To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
- (transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
- To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
- (music, slang) To B-boy; to breakdance.
- (specifically, in programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
- (programming) To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
- (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
- (intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
- (ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
- (computing) To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
- (transitive) To ruin financially.
- (transitive, gaming slang) To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
- (finance, intransitive) Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
- (transitive, military, most often in the passive tense) To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
- (computing) To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
- (intransitive, of a fever) To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.
- (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
- (intransitive, of a sauce or emulsion) To de-emulsify.
- (transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
- (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
- (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
- (intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
- (transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
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- an unexpected piece of good luck
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- an escape from jail
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- the occurrence of breaking
- a sudden dash
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- (programming) Ellipsis of breakpoint.
- (music) The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.
- A rest or pause, usually from work.
- A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
- An interruption of continuity; departure from or rupture with.
- Alternative form of brake (“cart or carriage without a body, for breaking in horses”)
- (computing) The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
- (soccer) The counter-attack.
- A short holiday.
- (snooker) The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.
- (finance) A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
- A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.
- (computing) A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
- (UK, education) A time for students to talk or play between lessons.
- (geography, chiefly in the plural) An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).
- A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
- (music) A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.
- (British, weather) A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
- An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
- (surfing) A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
- An act of escaping.
- The beginning (of the morning).
- (music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
- A temporary split with a romantic partner.
- (tennis) A game won by the receiving player(s).
- (horse racing) The start of a horse race.
- The opening of packages of cards for a collectible card game, often for further distribution to paying customers.
- (golf) The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.
- An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
- (equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) The first shot in a game of billiards.
- (music) The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
verb
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- bring out of a specific state
- make manifest
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
- bring onto the market or release
- take out of a container or enclosed space
- bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.
- direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
- encourage to be less reserved
- To elicit, evoke, or emphasize (a particular quality).
- (chiefly British) To make (a shy person) more confident.
- (chiefly British) To place (something new for public sale) on the market; roll out.
- (LGBTQ slang) To introduce (a person) to gay life and traditions.
- (historical, transitive) To introduce (a young woman) formally into society.
- (chiefly British) To cause a visible symptom, such as spots or a rash, in (a person).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, out.
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- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- reveal to view as by removing a cover
- (transitive, occasionally intransitive) To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known; state openly; reveal (something).
- (transitive) To uncover; physically expose to view.
verb
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- make a discovery, make a new finding
- discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes
- find unexpectedly
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- see for the first time; make a discovery
- (transitive, chess) To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.
- (transitive) To find or learn something for the first time.
- (transitive, law) To question (a person) as part of discovery in a lawsuit.
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- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- (transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.
- (transitive) To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
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- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- expose to light, of photographic film
- expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
- abandon by leaving out in the open air
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- expose or make accessible to some action or influence
- to show, make visible or apparent
- remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
- reveal to view as by removing a cover
- (computing, transitive) To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.
- (transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce (to).
- (transitive) To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.
- (transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.
- To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.
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- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- give away information about somebody
- make a gift of
- formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father
- (sports) To concede.
- (transitive, informal, by extension) To sell very cheaply.
- (transitive) To formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father.
- (transitive, sometimes reflexive) To unintentionally reveal a secret or divulge undisclosed information; to betray or expose someone.
- (transitive) To concede an advantage in weight, time, height etc.
- (transitive) To relinquish control over.
- (transitive) To make a gift of (something).
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- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- bring out of a specific state
- express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
- make (clothes) larger
- (informal) Of sound, to emit.
- (transitive) To release.
- To rent out.
- To disclose.
- (of clothing) To enlarge by adjusting one or more seams.
- (Canada, US, intransitive) Of a school: to finish for the day or term, allowing the pupils to go home.
- (transitive) To begin to tell a story.
- To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls.
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- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- make manifest
- disclose directly or through prophets
- (transitive) To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.
- (transitive) To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
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- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
- reveal to view as by removing a cover
- To remove a cover from.
- (reflexive, intransitive) To expose the genitalia.
- To reveal the identity of.
- (military, transitive) To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front.
- To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
- (reflexive, intransitive) To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect.
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- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- remove the outer cover or wrapping of
- (transitive, computing) To remove word wrap from.
- (transitive, computer graphics) To flatten (a three-dimensional model) into a two-dimensional plane.
- (intransitive) To become unwrapped.
- (transitive) To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.
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- divulge confidential information or secrets
- (transitive) To reveal; to give away (a secret).
- flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
- to talk foolishly
- (intransitive) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds
- (transitive) To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat words or sounds in a childish way without understanding.
- (intransitive) To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.
- (intransitive) To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.
- (intransitive) To make a continuous murmuring noise, like shallow water running over stones.
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- a shade of pink tinged with yellow
- downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh
- cultivated in temperate regions
- a very attractive or seductive looking woman
- (often in plural) Buttock or bottom.
- (countable, uncountable) Soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed.
- (countable) Any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.
- (uncountable) A light yellow-red colour.
- (countable, informal) A particularly admirable or pleasing person or thing.
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- divulge confidential information or secrets
- deliver by singing
- make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound
- produce tones with the voice
- to make melodious sounds
- (intransitive, slang) To confess under interrogation.
- (intransitive) To perform a vocal part in a musical composition, regardless of technique.
- (intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
- (transitive) To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
- (intransitive) To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent.
- To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.
- (Australia) In traditional Aboriginal culture, to direct a supernatural influence on (a person or thing), usually malign; to curse.
- (transitive) To soothe with singing.
- (literary) To produce any type of melodious vocalisation.
- (ergative) To be capable of being sung; to produce a certain effect by being sung.
- (intransitive) To make a small, shrill sound.
- (ornithology) To produce a 'song', for the purposes of defending a breeding territory or to attract a mate.
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- divulge confidential information or secrets
- reveal information
- express in speech
- use language
- exchange thoughts; talk with
- deliver a lecture or talk
- (intransitive, slang) To confess, especially implicating others.
- (transitive) To speak (a certain language).
- (intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
- (intransitive) To gossip; to create scandal.
- (transitive) To manifest outwardly in speech, as opposed to reality or action.
- (transitive, informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned.
- (transitive, informal) To discuss; to talk about.
- (intransitive) To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
- (informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
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- a speech that is open to the public
- discussion; (‘talk about’ is a less formal alternative for ‘discussion of’)
- idle gossip or rumor
- an exchange of ideas via conversation
- the act of giving a talk to an audience
- (preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion.
- A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child.
- (uncountable) Gossip; rumour.
- A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
- (uncountable, not preceded by an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims.
- (usually in the plural) Meeting to discuss a particular matter.
- (US) A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a black child explain the racism and violence they may face, especially when interacting with police, and strategies to manage it.
- A lecture.
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- divulge confidential information or secrets
- speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- (intransitive, Canada, US, derogatory) Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing in an annoying fashion, usually to a person in a position of authority over the accused person; to tell on somebody.
- (intransitive) To chatter; to gossip.
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- disclosing information or giving evidence about another
- (countable) A tattletale.
- (countable, Canada, US, derogatory) Often said of children: a piece of incriminating information or an account of wrongdoing that is said about another person.
- (uncountable) Idle talk; gossip; (countable) an instance of such talk or gossip.
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- (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.
- (transitive) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
- (intransitive, aviation, of an aircraft) Clipping of sideslip (“to fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind”).
- (transitive) To elude or evade by smooth movement.
- (transitive) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
- (transitive, hunting, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
- (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
- (intransitive) To err.
- (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
- (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
- (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
- (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
- To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
- (transitive, business) To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
- (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
- fall to a lower standard
- move smoothly and easily
- move out of position
- pass out of one's memory
- cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
- insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- move stealthily
- to make a mistake or be incorrect
- pass on stealthily
- move easily
noun
- A mistake or error.
- A twig or shoot; a cutting.
- (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
- (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.
- A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
- (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
- An outside covering or case.
- A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
- (nautical, aviation) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
- (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
- (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
- Either side of the gallery in a theater.
- A fish, the sole.
- (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
- (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
- (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
- A slipdress.
- An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
- Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
- (electricity) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
- A long, thin piece of something.
- A particular quantity of yarn.
- (nautical) A slipway.
- (crosswording) A newsletter produced by the setter of a cryptic clue-writing competition, containing a full list of winners and commentary on the clues.
- A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
- An act or instance of slipping.
- (telecommunications) The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
- (aviation) Clipping of sideslip.
- A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
- a place where a craft can be made fast
- a slippery smoothness
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
- a young and slender person
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
- an unexpected slide
- a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
- a small sheet of paper
- a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
- a socially awkward or tactless act
verb
- To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
- (Australia) To enter a prediction of the winning team of a football game, as part of a footy tipping competition.
- To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
- (US, transitive) To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
- (ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.
- (thieves' cant) To give, pass.
- (ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.
- To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
- (Australia) To predict something having a particular outcome.
- (transitive) To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
- (transitive) To dump (refuse).
- (transitive) To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
- cause to tilt
- walk on one's toes
- give insider information or advise to
- remove the tip from
- mark with a tip
- give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- strike lightly
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
noun
- (Australia) A prediction of the winning team in a football game by a participant in a footy tipping competition.
- (music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
- (African-American Vernacular) A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
- A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
- A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, by extension) A recycling centre.
- The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
- A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
- (slang) the glans penis
- The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
- An act of tipping up or tilting.
- (African-American Vernacular) A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
- (Australia) A prediction about the outcome of something.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.
- (colloquial) A very untidy place.
- A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other service worker as a token of appreciation, often calculated as a percentage of the bill.
- A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
- A piece of advice.
- Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”).
- A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.
- (chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat.
- a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a V shape
- the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
adj
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- close in relevance or relationship
- confined to specific persons
- crowded
- strictly confined or guarded
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- lacking fresh air
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- marked by fidelity to an original
- used of hair or haircuts
- fitting closely but comfortably
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- giving or spending with reluctance
- (archaic outside certain phrases) Physically narrow or confined.
- At little distance; near in space or time.
- Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
- Carefully done, detailed.
- Accurate; precise.
- (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
- (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Tightly restricted in availability.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
- (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Attentive; undeviating; strict.
- (in particular) Almost resulting in disaster.
- (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
- Short.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
- Marked, evident.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
noun
- the last section of a communication
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the concluding part of any performance
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- A cathedral close.
- (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- An end or conclusion.
- (aviation, travel) The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
- (music) A double bar marking the end.
- (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- A grapple in wrestling.
adv
verb
- come to a close
- draw near
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- fill or stop up
- come together, as if in an embrace
- become closed
- bar access to
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- engage at close quarters
- bring together all the elements or parts of
- (intransitive) To become denser or more crowded with objects.
- (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- (Philippines, Quebec, Greece, Cyprus) To turn off; to switch off.
- (transitive) To obstruct or block.
- (transitive) To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially sports) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
- (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (intransitive, of a business, market etc.) To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
- (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- (chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
- (transitive) To end or conclude.
noun
- an unintentional disclosure
- a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group
- a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards
- An event at which things are given away for free.
- The act of giving something away for free.
- An indicator that makes something obvious or apparent.
- Something that is given away or handed out for free.
adj
noun
- the disclosure of something secret
- The act of exposing something, such as a scandal.
- the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate
- abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open)
- the act of exposing film to light
- a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
- presentation to view in an open or public manner
- aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces
- vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain
- the state of being vulnerable or exposed
- the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience
- (horticulture) The amount of sun, wind etc. experienced by a particular site.
- (photography) The piece of film exposed to light.
- (photography) An instance of taking a photograph.
- (uncountable) Lack of protection from weather or the elements.
- (social media) The degree to which an individual, their content, or their brand is seen by the target market or the general public; internet fame.
- (uncountable) The condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected.
- (countable, uncountable) That part which is facing or exposed to something, e.g. the sun, weather, sky, or a view.
- (photography) Details of the time and f-number used.
- The act or condition of being at risk of financial losses.
noun
- A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.
- unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
- The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs.
- (computing) The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions.
- A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
- (mildly vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.
- A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs.
- The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
- soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
- the discharge of a fluid from some container
- an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape
- a euphemism for urination
verb
- (transitive) To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed.
- (transitive, figurative, by extension) To allow anything through that would normally or preferably be blocked.
- (slang, sometimes euphemistic) To urinate.
- (intransitive) (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed.
- (ambitransitive) To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously.
- (slang, US) To bleed.
- (intransitive, figurative, by extension) To pass through when it would normally or preferably be blocked.
- tell anonymously
- have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out
- enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure
- be leaked
noun
- Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.
- a secret that is confided or entrusted to another
- Self-assurance.
- A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
- a trustful relationship
- a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable
- freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
- a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
noun
- The act of revealing or disclosing.
- Something that is revealed.
- (theology) A manifestation of divine truth.
- Something that turns out to be a great success.
- Something dramatically disclosed.
- an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
- communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency
- the speech act of making something evident
noun
- The act of hiding something.
- (countable) Any substance that is secreted by an organism.
- (uncountable) The act of secreting a substance, especially from a gland.
- a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell
- the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance
noun
verb
adj
noun
verb
verb
- reveal unintentionally
- (transitive) To disclose or indicate, for example something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
- give away information about somebody
- cause someone to believe an untruth
- deliver to an enemy by treachery
- be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
- disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
- (transitive) To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.
- (transitive) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
- (transitive) To disclose (a secret, etc.) in deliberate violation of someone’s confidence.
- (transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
- (transitive) To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
- (transitive) To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
verb
- reveal unintentionally
- (transitive) To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose.
- (transitive) To expose or rat out (someone).
- (transitive) To reveal or disclose and show the presence or true character of, especially if unintentionally or incidentally, or else if perfidiously, prejudicially, or to one's discredit.
verb
- To reveal something that was masked or hidden; to expose; to unmask.
- (transitive) To clear etchant and maskant from a part being chemically etched or milled.
- (more generally) To remove any masking materials that have been added to protect an area.
- To make salient or conspicuous; to draw attention to or improve the perception of.
- (more specifically) To overcome ideological preconceptions and labels.
verb
noun
- a wash that colors a surface black
- a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores
- an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
- (chiefly politics) A villainization campaign.
- (slang, cricket) A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984.
- (slang, mining) Public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes.
- (slang, New Zealand) A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team.
- (medicine) A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.
verb
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- find the solution or key to
- become punctured or penetrated
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- do a break dance
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- fall sharply
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- cause to give up a habit
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
- change directions suddenly
- exchange for smaller units of money
- undergo breaking
- give up
- interrupt a continued activity
- interrupt the flow of current in
- break a piece from a whole
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- move away or escape suddenly
- invalidate by judicial action
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- cease an action temporarily
- happen or take place
- render inoperable or ineffective
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- come to an end (of an event)
- cause the failure or ruin of
- put an end to a state or an activity
- fracture a bone of
- stop operating or functioning
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- terminate or end
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- come into being
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- find a flaw in
- ruin completely
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- happen
- go to pieces
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- pierce or penetrate
- surpass in excellence
- lessen in force or effect
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- scatter or part
- be broken in
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- be released or become known; of news
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- (transitive, tennis) To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
- (intransitive, of a storm) To begin or end.
- (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack.
- (intransitive, of a spell of settled weather) To end.
- (intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
- (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
- (intransitive, of a male voice) To become deeper at puberty.
- (transitive, backgammon) To remove one of the two men on (a point).
- (transitive) To end (a connection); to disconnect.
- (intransitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
- (intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
- (specifically) To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
- (transitive, theater) To end the run of (a play).
- (transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
- (intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
- (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
- (transitive) To violate; to fail to adhere to.
- (specifically) To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
- (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
- (transitive) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
- (transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
- (intransitive, of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.
- (transitive) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
- (transitive, with for) To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
- (rare, mainly historical or a misspelling) To brake.
- (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
- (transitive) To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
- (transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
- To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
- (music, slang) To B-boy; to breakdance.
- (specifically, in programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
- (programming) To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
- (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
- (intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
- (ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
- (computing) To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
- (transitive) To ruin financially.
- (transitive, gaming slang) To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
- (finance, intransitive) Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
- (transitive, military, most often in the passive tense) To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
- (computing) To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
- (intransitive, of a fever) To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.
- (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
- (intransitive, of a sauce or emulsion) To de-emulsify.
- (transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
- (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
- (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
- (intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
- (transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
noun
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- an escape from jail
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- the occurrence of breaking
- a sudden dash
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- (programming) Ellipsis of breakpoint.
- (music) The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.
- A rest or pause, usually from work.
- A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
- An interruption of continuity; departure from or rupture with.
- Alternative form of brake (“cart or carriage without a body, for breaking in horses”)
- (computing) The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
- (soccer) The counter-attack.
- A short holiday.
- (snooker) The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.
- (finance) A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
- A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.
- (computing) A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
- (UK, education) A time for students to talk or play between lessons.
- (geography, chiefly in the plural) An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).
- A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
- (music) A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.
- (British, weather) A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
- An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
- (surfing) A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
- An act of escaping.
- The beginning (of the morning).
- (music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
- A temporary split with a romantic partner.
- (tennis) A game won by the receiving player(s).
- (horse racing) The start of a horse race.
- The opening of packages of cards for a collectible card game, often for further distribution to paying customers.
- (golf) The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.
- An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
- (equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) The first shot in a game of billiards.
- (music) The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
verb
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- bring out of a specific state
- make manifest
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
- bring onto the market or release
- take out of a container or enclosed space
- bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.
- direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
- encourage to be less reserved
- To elicit, evoke, or emphasize (a particular quality).
- (chiefly British) To make (a shy person) more confident.
- (chiefly British) To place (something new for public sale) on the market; roll out.
- (LGBTQ slang) To introduce (a person) to gay life and traditions.
- (historical, transitive) To introduce (a young woman) formally into society.
- (chiefly British) To cause a visible symptom, such as spots or a rash, in (a person).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, out.
verb
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- reveal to view as by removing a cover
- (transitive, occasionally intransitive) To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known; state openly; reveal (something).
- (transitive) To uncover; physically expose to view.
verb
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- make a discovery, make a new finding
- discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes
- find unexpectedly
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- see for the first time; make a discovery
- (transitive, chess) To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.
- (transitive) To find or learn something for the first time.
- (transitive, law) To question (a person) as part of discovery in a lawsuit.
verb
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- (transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.
- (transitive) To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
verb
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- expose to light, of photographic film
- expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
- abandon by leaving out in the open air
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- expose or make accessible to some action or influence
- to show, make visible or apparent
- remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
- reveal to view as by removing a cover
- (computing, transitive) To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.
- (transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce (to).
- (transitive) To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.
- (transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.
- To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.
noun
verb
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- give away information about somebody
- make a gift of
- formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father
- (sports) To concede.
- (transitive, informal, by extension) To sell very cheaply.
- (transitive) To formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father.
- (transitive, sometimes reflexive) To unintentionally reveal a secret or divulge undisclosed information; to betray or expose someone.
- (transitive) To concede an advantage in weight, time, height etc.
- (transitive) To relinquish control over.
- (transitive) To make a gift of (something).
verb
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- bring out of a specific state
- express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
- make (clothes) larger
- (informal) Of sound, to emit.
- (transitive) To release.
- To rent out.
- To disclose.
- (of clothing) To enlarge by adjusting one or more seams.
- (Canada, US, intransitive) Of a school: to finish for the day or term, allowing the pupils to go home.
- (transitive) To begin to tell a story.
- To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls.
verb
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- make manifest
- disclose directly or through prophets
- (transitive) To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.
- (transitive) To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
noun
verb
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
- reveal to view as by removing a cover
- To remove a cover from.
- (reflexive, intransitive) To expose the genitalia.
- To reveal the identity of.
- (military, transitive) To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front.
- To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
- (reflexive, intransitive) To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect.
verb
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- remove the outer cover or wrapping of
- (transitive, computing) To remove word wrap from.
- (transitive, computer graphics) To flatten (a three-dimensional model) into a two-dimensional plane.
- (intransitive) To become unwrapped.
- (transitive) To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.
noun
verb
- divulge confidential information or secrets
- (transitive) To reveal; to give away (a secret).
- flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
- to talk foolishly
- (intransitive) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds
- (transitive) To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat words or sounds in a childish way without understanding.
- (intransitive) To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.
- (intransitive) To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.
- (intransitive) To make a continuous murmuring noise, like shallow water running over stones.
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noun
- a shade of pink tinged with yellow
- downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh
- cultivated in temperate regions
- a very attractive or seductive looking woman
- (often in plural) Buttock or bottom.
- (countable, uncountable) Soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed.
- (countable) Any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.
- (uncountable) A light yellow-red colour.
- (countable, informal) A particularly admirable or pleasing person or thing.
adj
verb
- divulge confidential information or secrets
- deliver by singing
- make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound
- produce tones with the voice
- to make melodious sounds
- (intransitive, slang) To confess under interrogation.
- (intransitive) To perform a vocal part in a musical composition, regardless of technique.
- (intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
- (transitive) To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
- (intransitive) To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent.
- To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.
- (Australia) In traditional Aboriginal culture, to direct a supernatural influence on (a person or thing), usually malign; to curse.
- (transitive) To soothe with singing.
- (literary) To produce any type of melodious vocalisation.
- (ergative) To be capable of being sung; to produce a certain effect by being sung.
- (intransitive) To make a small, shrill sound.
- (ornithology) To produce a 'song', for the purposes of defending a breeding territory or to attract a mate.
noun
verb
- divulge confidential information or secrets
- reveal information
- express in speech
- use language
- exchange thoughts; talk with
- deliver a lecture or talk
- (intransitive, slang) To confess, especially implicating others.
- (transitive) To speak (a certain language).
- (intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
- (intransitive) To gossip; to create scandal.
- (transitive) To manifest outwardly in speech, as opposed to reality or action.
- (transitive, informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned.
- (transitive, informal) To discuss; to talk about.
- (intransitive) To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
- (informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
noun
- a speech that is open to the public
- discussion; (‘talk about’ is a less formal alternative for ‘discussion of’)
- idle gossip or rumor
- an exchange of ideas via conversation
- the act of giving a talk to an audience
- (preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion.
- A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child.
- (uncountable) Gossip; rumour.
- A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
- (uncountable, not preceded by an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims.
- (usually in the plural) Meeting to discuss a particular matter.
- (US) A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a black child explain the racism and violence they may face, especially when interacting with police, and strategies to manage it.
- A lecture.
verb
- divulge confidential information or secrets
- speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- (intransitive, Canada, US, derogatory) Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing in an annoying fashion, usually to a person in a position of authority over the accused person; to tell on somebody.
- (intransitive) To chatter; to gossip.
noun
- disclosing information or giving evidence about another
- (countable) A tattletale.
- (countable, Canada, US, derogatory) Often said of children: a piece of incriminating information or an account of wrongdoing that is said about another person.
- (uncountable) Idle talk; gossip; (countable) an instance of such talk or gossip.
verb
- (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.
- (transitive) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
- (intransitive, aviation, of an aircraft) Clipping of sideslip (“to fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind”).
- (transitive) To elude or evade by smooth movement.
- (transitive) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
- (transitive, hunting, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
- (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
- (intransitive) To err.
- (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
- (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
- (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
- (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
- To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
- (transitive, business) To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
- (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
- fall to a lower standard
- move smoothly and easily
- move out of position
- pass out of one's memory
- cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
- insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- move stealthily
- to make a mistake or be incorrect
- pass on stealthily
- move easily
noun
- A mistake or error.
- A twig or shoot; a cutting.
- (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
- (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.
- A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
- (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
- An outside covering or case.
- A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
- (nautical, aviation) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
- (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
- (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
- Either side of the gallery in a theater.
- A fish, the sole.
- (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
- (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
- (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
- A slipdress.
- An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
- Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
- (electricity) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
- A long, thin piece of something.
- A particular quantity of yarn.
- (nautical) A slipway.
- (crosswording) A newsletter produced by the setter of a cryptic clue-writing competition, containing a full list of winners and commentary on the clues.
- A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
- An act or instance of slipping.
- (telecommunications) The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
- (aviation) Clipping of sideslip.
- A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
- a place where a craft can be made fast
- a slippery smoothness
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
- a young and slender person
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
- an unexpected slide
- a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
- a small sheet of paper
- a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
- a socially awkward or tactless act
verb
- To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
- (Australia) To enter a prediction of the winning team of a football game, as part of a footy tipping competition.
- To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
- (US, transitive) To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
- (ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.
- (thieves' cant) To give, pass.
- (ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.
- To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
- (Australia) To predict something having a particular outcome.
- (transitive) To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
- (transitive) To dump (refuse).
- (transitive) To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
- cause to tilt
- walk on one's toes
- give insider information or advise to
- remove the tip from
- mark with a tip
- give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- strike lightly
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
noun
- (Australia) A prediction of the winning team in a football game by a participant in a footy tipping competition.
- (music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
- (African-American Vernacular) A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
- A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
- A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, by extension) A recycling centre.
- The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
- A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
- (slang) the glans penis
- The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
- An act of tipping up or tilting.
- (African-American Vernacular) A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
- (Australia) A prediction about the outcome of something.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.
- (colloquial) A very untidy place.
- A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other service worker as a token of appreciation, often calculated as a percentage of the bill.
- A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
- A piece of advice.
- Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”).
- A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.
- (chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat.
- a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a V shape
- the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
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adj
noun
- someone who gossips indiscreetly
- (music) A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected to the bellows of an organ, whose position indicates when the wind is exhausted.
- (figuratively) Something that serves to reveal something else.
- A story or fable that has a moral or message.
- (nautical) A compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course.
- (nautical) A length of yarn or ribbon attached to a sail or shroud etc to indicate the direction of the flow of the air relative to the boat.
- (nautical) A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.
- (engineering) A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees (factory hands, watchmen, drivers, etc.) by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.
- One who divulges private information with intent to hurt others.
- A bird, the tattler.
- An indicator, such as a warning light, that serves to warn of a hazard or problem.
adj
- lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)
- Being intentionally concealed so as to deceive.
- beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote
- coming at a subsequent time or stage
- Situated beyond, or on the farther side.
- Beyond what is obvious or evident.
adj
- Secret and vulnerable to being revealed.
- (of skin) Delicate, smooth, and flawless.
- That one could give a blowjob to.
- That is operated by blowing
- Capable of being blown or blown away; that can be subjected to blowing.
- That makes a noise when blown.
- (of an egg) That can be emptied by blowing; that does not contain any large solid developing bird.
- That can blow, or expel air.
- That can be blown up or blown off; subject to explosive forces.
- (electronics) That can cease to function when overloaded.
- That can be achieved or produced by blowing.
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adj
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verb
adj
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- close in relevance or relationship
- confined to specific persons
- crowded
- strictly confined or guarded
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- lacking fresh air
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- marked by fidelity to an original
- used of hair or haircuts
- fitting closely but comfortably
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- giving or spending with reluctance
- (archaic outside certain phrases) Physically narrow or confined.
- At little distance; near in space or time.
- Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
- Carefully done, detailed.
- Accurate; precise.
- (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
- (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Tightly restricted in availability.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
- (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Attentive; undeviating; strict.
- (in particular) Almost resulting in disaster.
- (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
- Short.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
- Marked, evident.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
noun
- the last section of a communication
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the concluding part of any performance
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- A cathedral close.
- (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- An end or conclusion.
- (aviation, travel) The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
- (music) A double bar marking the end.
- (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- A grapple in wrestling.
adv
verb
- come to a close
- draw near
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- fill or stop up
- come together, as if in an embrace
- become closed
- bar access to
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- engage at close quarters
- bring together all the elements or parts of
- (intransitive) To become denser or more crowded with objects.
- (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- (Philippines, Quebec, Greece, Cyprus) To turn off; to switch off.
- (transitive) To obstruct or block.
- (transitive) To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially sports) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
- (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (intransitive, of a business, market etc.) To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
- (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- (chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
- (transitive) To end or conclude.