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adj
- Of a statement, without evidence or support being provided.
- Of a statement or account, unembellished.
- (by extension) Denuded of any covering.
- (specifically) Having little or no hair on the head, or having a large area of bare scalp on top of the head.
- Of animals, having areas (of fur or plumage) that are colored white, especially on the head.
- Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.
- Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.
- lacking hair on all or most of the scalp
- with no effort to conceal
- without the natural or usual covering
noun
verb
noun
- proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
- a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature)
- a show of military force or preparedness
- a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view
- a visual presentation showing how something works
- A show of military force.
- (mathematics, philosophy) A proof.
- Expression of one's feelings by outward signs.
- An event at which something will be demonstrated.
- A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.
- The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
- (prison slang) A prisoner's act of beating up another prisoner.
noun
- proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
- (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration
- (Christianity) An ornamental, often precious receptacle, either open or with a transparent cover, in which the sacramental bread (consecrated host) is placed for Eucharistic adoration.
noun
- the evidence by which something is attested
- the action of bearing witness
- (business, finance) The process, performed by accountants or auditors, of providing independent opinion on published financial and other business records of an enterprise, public agency, or other organization.
- A confirmation or authentication.
- (linguistics, of a language, word, word form, or word meaning) An appearance in print or otherwise recorded on a permanent medium.
- A thing that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate; validation, verification, documentation.
noun
- an argument that assumes that which is to be proved
- one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first
- A situation in which the response to one problem creates a chain of problems, each making it more difficult to solve the original one.
- (logic) A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise.
verb
- clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof
- (transitive) To justify by providing evidence.
- show to be right by providing justification or proof
- maintain, uphold, or defend
- (transitive) To be proven reasonable, correct, or justified.
- (transitive) To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition.
- (transitive) To provide justification for.
- (transitive) To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
- (transitive) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
verb
- prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
- be shown or be found to be
- obtain probate of
- establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- provide evidence for
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- take a trial impression of
- increase in volume
- Alternative form of proof (“allow (dough) to rise; test the activeness of (yeast); pressure-test (a firearm)”).
- (copulative) To turn out to be.
- (homeopathy) To determine by experiment which effects a substance causes when ingested.
- (transitive) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
- (intransitive) To turn out; to manifest.
- simple past of proove
- (transitive) To put to the test, to make trial of.
- (transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
noun
noun
- a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
- A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence.
- the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
- Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.
- (programming) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
- Maintenance; vindication.
- (finance) The set of information that the statement preparer is providing in a financial statement audit.
- The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.
adj
- Affording proof; demonstrative.
- (logic) Of the characteristic feature of a proposition that is necessary (or impossible): perfectly certain (or inconceivable) or incontrovertibly true (or false); self-evident.
- Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
- of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain
adj
noun
- device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced.
- a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
- (uncountable) Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
- A hot dog or sausage.
- A pigsty.
- (countable) The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.
- (UK) The grey heron.
verb
- exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks
- stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing
- To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
- (transitive) To place a frank on an envelope.
- (transitive) To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
- (transitive) To send by public conveyance free of expense.
adj
- An argument or assertion with little in the way of substance or supporting evidence.
- In poor condition; damaged, shabby; also, poorly equipped or provided for, inadequate, meagre, scanty.
- Of an argument, excuse, etc.: used so often that it is no longer effective or interesting; banal, clichéd, trite.
- Of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.
- having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
adj
adv
- From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.
- Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
- (nautical) To the opposite tack: see go about.
- To a reversed order, direction, or condition; half round; in (or to, or from) the opposite direction.
- On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around.
- Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.
- Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
- Near; in the vicinity.
- in the area or vicinity
- in or to a reversed position or direction
- all around or on all sides
- in rotation or succession
- (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
- used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
prep
- (figurative) On or near (one's person); attached as an attribute to; in the makeup of, or at the command of.
- In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around.
- Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
- (with 'to' and verb infinitive) See about to.
- Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
- Concerned or occupied with; engaged in; intent on.
- On one’s person; nearby the person.
- Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of.
verb
adv
adj
intj
- (UK, informal) Term of greeting, equivalent to how are you or hello.
- Used to express exasperation or frustration, often reduplicated or with already.
- Used as a general lead-in or beginning.
- Used to fill space or pauses.
- Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.
- Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement.
adv
adj
intj
adj
- without a basis in reason or fact
- not having a job
- not in active use
- lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
- silly or trivial
- not in action or at work
- not yielding a return
- Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
- Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
- Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
- Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
noun
verb
- be idle; exist in a changeless situation
- run disconnected or idle
- (intransitive) Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.
- (transitive) To cause (an engine) to idle(3)
- (intransitive) To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
- (transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
adj
- without a basis in reason or fact
- in a state of extreme emotion
- located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
- fanciful and unrealistic; foolish
- in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated
- (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
- without civilizing influences
- involving risk or danger
- marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
- intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
- (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
- deviating widely from an intended course
- talking or behaving irrationally
- Furious; very angry.
- Very inaccurate; far off the mark.
- (electrical engineering) Of unregulated and varying frequency.
- Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching.
- Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic.
- (nautical, of a vessel) Hard to steer.
- (slang) Very unexpected; wildly surprising; crazy, diabolical.
- Raucous, unruly, or licentious.
- Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.
- Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.
- (mathematics, of a knot) Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
- Of an audio recording: intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.
- Being in the wild, by any pathway (whether by being of the wild type, by being feral since birth, or by being feral after escape from domesticated life).
- Unrestrained or uninhibited.
- Especially, being of the wild type: being of an unbroken ancestral line of undomesticated animals, as opposed to being feral, being an undomesticated animal whose ancestors were domesticated.
- Enthusiastic.
- (slang) Amazing, awesome, unbelievable.
- From or relating to wild creatures.
noun
- a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
- a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
- Alternative form of weald.
- (chiefly in the plural) A wilderness.
- Something that is able to stand in for others, such as a particular playing card in a game.
- (singular, with "the") The undomesticated state of a wild animal.
adv
verb
noun
- an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
- a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree
- (music, prosody, originally) The action of lowering the hand or bringing down the foot when indicating a rhythm; hence, an accented part of a measure of music or verse indicated by this action; an ictus, a stress.
- (by extension) A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis (sense 1.1), especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation.
- (mathematics, computer science) A conjecture, especially one too vague to be formally stated or verified but useful as a working convention.
- (logic) An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.
- (rhetoric) A proposition or statement supported by arguments.
- (music, prosody, with a reversal of meaning) A depression of the voice when pronouncing a syllables of a word; hence, the unstressed part of the metrical foot of a verse upon which such a depression falls, or an unaccented musical note.
- (philosophy) In the dialectical method of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: the initial stage of reasoning where a formal statement of a point is developed; this is followed by antithesis and synthesis.
verb
- To provide evidence or proof.
- To call on (someone) to be a witness to something.
- To cite or rely on (an authority, a written work, etc.) in support of one's actions or opinions.
- To back, confirm, or support (someone or something) with credible evidence or proof.
- To bear witness or testify; to guarantee or sponsor.
- Followed by over: of a vouchee (a person summoned to court to establish a warranty of title): to summon (someone) to court in their place.
- To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement).
- In full vouch to warrant or vouch to warranty: to summon (someone) into court to establish a warranty of title to land.
- To bear witness or testify to the nature or qualities (of someone or something).
- To express confidence in or take responsibility for (the correctness or truth of) something.
- give supporting evidence
- summon (a vouchee) into court to warrant or defend a title
- give surety or assume responsibility
- give personal assurance; guarantee
verb
- give evidence of
- have an argument about something
- present reasons and arguments
- (intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.
- (transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).
- To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
- (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
verb
- give evidence of
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- to state or express briefly
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine
- (transitive, medicine) To point to as the proper remedies.
- (transitive, sometimes with 'of') To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
- (transitive, medicine) To show or manifest by symptoms.
- (transitive) To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
- (transitive) To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.
adj
noun
- (figuratively) A demonstration, an example, a proof.
- (UK) A channel or passage of water between sandbanks, or between a sandbank and a seashore.
- (figuratively) A clump or portion of something.
- A selection of such samples bound together.
- A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material.
- a sample piece of cloth
verb
adj
- using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation
- (of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value
- mild and pleasant
- compassionate and kind; conciliatory
- (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as ‘s’ and ‘sh’)
- (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected
- easily hurt
- (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) soft; in a quiet, subdued tone
- out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
- produced with vibration of the vocal cords
- not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship
- willing to negotiate and compromise
- having little impact
- tolerant or lenient
- soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
- yielding readily to pressure or weight
- not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)
- (of sound) relatively low in volume
- not brilliant or glaring
- (of a drug) Not likely to cause addiction.
- (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
- Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
- (of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.
- Not bright or intense.
- (Slavic, phonology) Palatalized.
- (photography, of light) Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.
- (computing) Emulated with software; not physically real.
- (UK, of a man) Effeminate.
- (phonetics, rare) Voiceless.
- (slang) Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.
- (of kinks or sexual activity) Mild, tame, moderate; far from intense or excluding harsh elements.
- Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
- Limp, weak.
- Of coal: bituminous, as opposed to anthracitic.
- (of a drink) Not containing alcohol.
- (informal, idiomatic, followed by on) Attracted to or emotionally involved with someone.
- (of a sound) Quiet.
- Requiring little or no effort; easy.
- Gentle in action or motion; easy.
- Of paper: unsized.
- Of silk: having the natural gum cleaned or washed off.
- (of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
- Easy-going, lenient, not strict; permissive.
- Having a slight angle from straight.
- (UK, colloquial) Foolish.
- Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
- (finance) Of a market: having more supply than demand; being a buyer's market.
- Of weather: warm enough to melt ice; thawing.
- Gentle.
- (phonetics) Voiced; sonant; lenis.
- Weak in character; impressible.
- Easily giving way under pressure.
- Agreeable to the senses.
- (slang) Excessively empathetic or concerned about others’ wellbeing.
- (physics) Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non-magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed, a material with a low magnetic coercivity. (compare hard)
- (of pornography) Softcore
adv
noun
noun
- the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- the act of forming or establishing something
- (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat
- any large organization
- an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
- The number of staff required to run a department or organisation (often used in the context of healthcare and other public services).
- (Christianity) The institution and official status of a church as a state church, especially that of the Church of England and historically of Ireland.
- The ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo.
- That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.
- The act or process of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
- The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state.
noun
- the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof
- the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
- Something, such as a certificate, that validates something; attestation, authentication, confirmation, proof or verification.
- The process whereby others confirm the validity of one's emotions or perspective.
- The act of validating something.
- (US) The process of identifying a new prisoner's gang affiliation.
verb
noun
noun
- proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
- a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature)
- a show of military force or preparedness
- a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view
- a visual presentation showing how something works
- A show of military force.
- (mathematics, philosophy) A proof.
- Expression of one's feelings by outward signs.
- An event at which something will be demonstrated.
- A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.
- The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
- (prison slang) A prisoner's act of beating up another prisoner.
noun
- proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
- (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration
- (Christianity) An ornamental, often precious receptacle, either open or with a transparent cover, in which the sacramental bread (consecrated host) is placed for Eucharistic adoration.
noun
- the evidence by which something is attested
- the action of bearing witness
- (business, finance) The process, performed by accountants or auditors, of providing independent opinion on published financial and other business records of an enterprise, public agency, or other organization.
- A confirmation or authentication.
- (linguistics, of a language, word, word form, or word meaning) An appearance in print or otherwise recorded on a permanent medium.
- A thing that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate; validation, verification, documentation.
noun
- an argument that assumes that which is to be proved
- one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first
- A situation in which the response to one problem creates a chain of problems, each making it more difficult to solve the original one.
- (logic) A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise.
noun
- a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
- A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence.
- the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
- Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.
- (programming) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
- Maintenance; vindication.
- (finance) The set of information that the statement preparer is providing in a financial statement audit.
- The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.
noun
- an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
- a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree
- (music, prosody, originally) The action of lowering the hand or bringing down the foot when indicating a rhythm; hence, an accented part of a measure of music or verse indicated by this action; an ictus, a stress.
- (by extension) A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis (sense 1.1), especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation.
- (mathematics, computer science) A conjecture, especially one too vague to be formally stated or verified but useful as a working convention.
- (logic) An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.
- (rhetoric) A proposition or statement supported by arguments.
- (music, prosody, with a reversal of meaning) A depression of the voice when pronouncing a syllables of a word; hence, the unstressed part of the metrical foot of a verse upon which such a depression falls, or an unaccented musical note.
- (philosophy) In the dialectical method of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: the initial stage of reasoning where a formal statement of a point is developed; this is followed by antithesis and synthesis.
noun
- (figuratively) A demonstration, an example, a proof.
- (UK) A channel or passage of water between sandbanks, or between a sandbank and a seashore.
- (figuratively) A clump or portion of something.
- A selection of such samples bound together.
- A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material.
- a sample piece of cloth
verb
noun
- the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- the act of forming or establishing something
- (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat
- any large organization
- an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
- The number of staff required to run a department or organisation (often used in the context of healthcare and other public services).
- (Christianity) The institution and official status of a church as a state church, especially that of the Church of England and historically of Ireland.
- The ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo.
- That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.
- The act or process of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
- The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state.
noun
- the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof
- the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
- Something, such as a certificate, that validates something; attestation, authentication, confirmation, proof or verification.
- The process whereby others confirm the validity of one's emotions or perspective.
- The act of validating something.
- (US) The process of identifying a new prisoner's gang affiliation.
verb
- clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof
- (transitive) To justify by providing evidence.
- show to be right by providing justification or proof
- maintain, uphold, or defend
- (transitive) To be proven reasonable, correct, or justified.
- (transitive) To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition.
- (transitive) To provide justification for.
- (transitive) To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
- (transitive) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
verb
- prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
- be shown or be found to be
- obtain probate of
- establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- provide evidence for
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- take a trial impression of
- increase in volume
- Alternative form of proof (“allow (dough) to rise; test the activeness of (yeast); pressure-test (a firearm)”).
- (copulative) To turn out to be.
- (homeopathy) To determine by experiment which effects a substance causes when ingested.
- (transitive) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
- (intransitive) To turn out; to manifest.
- simple past of proove
- (transitive) To put to the test, to make trial of.
- (transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
noun
verb
- To provide evidence or proof.
- To call on (someone) to be a witness to something.
- To cite or rely on (an authority, a written work, etc.) in support of one's actions or opinions.
- To back, confirm, or support (someone or something) with credible evidence or proof.
- To bear witness or testify; to guarantee or sponsor.
- Followed by over: of a vouchee (a person summoned to court to establish a warranty of title): to summon (someone) to court in their place.
- To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement).
- In full vouch to warrant or vouch to warranty: to summon (someone) into court to establish a warranty of title to land.
- To bear witness or testify to the nature or qualities (of someone or something).
- To express confidence in or take responsibility for (the correctness or truth of) something.
- give supporting evidence
- summon (a vouchee) into court to warrant or defend a title
- give surety or assume responsibility
- give personal assurance; guarantee
verb
- give evidence of
- have an argument about something
- present reasons and arguments
- (intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.
- (transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).
- To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
- (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
verb
- give evidence of
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- to state or express briefly
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine
- (transitive, medicine) To point to as the proper remedies.
- (transitive, sometimes with 'of') To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
- (transitive, medicine) To show or manifest by symptoms.
- (transitive) To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
- (transitive) To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.
verb
noun
adv
adj
intj
- (UK, informal) Term of greeting, equivalent to how are you or hello.
- Used to express exasperation or frustration, often reduplicated or with already.
- Used as a general lead-in or beginning.
- Used to fill space or pauses.
- Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.
- Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement.
adv
adj
intj
adj
- Of a statement, without evidence or support being provided.
- Of a statement or account, unembellished.
- (by extension) Denuded of any covering.
- (specifically) Having little or no hair on the head, or having a large area of bare scalp on top of the head.
- Of animals, having areas (of fur or plumage) that are colored white, especially on the head.
- Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.
- Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.
- lacking hair on all or most of the scalp
- with no effort to conceal
- without the natural or usual covering
noun
verb
adj
- Affording proof; demonstrative.
- (logic) Of the characteristic feature of a proposition that is necessary (or impossible): perfectly certain (or inconceivable) or incontrovertibly true (or false); self-evident.
- Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
- of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain
adj
noun
- device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced.
- a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
- (uncountable) Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
- A hot dog or sausage.
- A pigsty.
- (countable) The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.
- (UK) The grey heron.
verb
- exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks
- stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing
- To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
- (transitive) To place a frank on an envelope.
- (transitive) To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
- (transitive) To send by public conveyance free of expense.
adj
- An argument or assertion with little in the way of substance or supporting evidence.
- In poor condition; damaged, shabby; also, poorly equipped or provided for, inadequate, meagre, scanty.
- Of an argument, excuse, etc.: used so often that it is no longer effective or interesting; banal, clichéd, trite.
- Of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.
- having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
adj
adv
- From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.
- Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
- (nautical) To the opposite tack: see go about.
- To a reversed order, direction, or condition; half round; in (or to, or from) the opposite direction.
- On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around.
- Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.
- Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
- Near; in the vicinity.
- in the area or vicinity
- in or to a reversed position or direction
- all around or on all sides
- in rotation or succession
- (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
- used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
prep
- (figurative) On or near (one's person); attached as an attribute to; in the makeup of, or at the command of.
- In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around.
- Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
- (with 'to' and verb infinitive) See about to.
- Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
- Concerned or occupied with; engaged in; intent on.
- On one’s person; nearby the person.
- Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of.
verb
adj
- without a basis in reason or fact
- not having a job
- not in active use
- lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
- silly or trivial
- not in action or at work
- not yielding a return
- Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
- Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
- Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
- Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
noun
verb
- be idle; exist in a changeless situation
- run disconnected or idle
- (intransitive) Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.
- (transitive) To cause (an engine) to idle(3)
- (intransitive) To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
- (transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
adj
- without a basis in reason or fact
- in a state of extreme emotion
- located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
- fanciful and unrealistic; foolish
- in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated
- (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
- without civilizing influences
- involving risk or danger
- marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
- intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
- (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
- deviating widely from an intended course
- talking or behaving irrationally
- Furious; very angry.
- Very inaccurate; far off the mark.
- (electrical engineering) Of unregulated and varying frequency.
- Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching.
- Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic.
- (nautical, of a vessel) Hard to steer.
- (slang) Very unexpected; wildly surprising; crazy, diabolical.
- Raucous, unruly, or licentious.
- Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.
- Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.
- (mathematics, of a knot) Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
- Of an audio recording: intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.
- Being in the wild, by any pathway (whether by being of the wild type, by being feral since birth, or by being feral after escape from domesticated life).
- Unrestrained or uninhibited.
- Especially, being of the wild type: being of an unbroken ancestral line of undomesticated animals, as opposed to being feral, being an undomesticated animal whose ancestors were domesticated.
- Enthusiastic.
- (slang) Amazing, awesome, unbelievable.
- From or relating to wild creatures.
noun
- a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
- a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
- Alternative form of weald.
- (chiefly in the plural) A wilderness.
- Something that is able to stand in for others, such as a particular playing card in a game.
- (singular, with "the") The undomesticated state of a wild animal.
adv
verb
adj
adj
- using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation
- (of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value
- mild and pleasant
- compassionate and kind; conciliatory
- (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as ‘s’ and ‘sh’)
- (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected
- easily hurt
- (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) soft; in a quiet, subdued tone
- out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
- produced with vibration of the vocal cords
- not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship
- willing to negotiate and compromise
- having little impact
- tolerant or lenient
- soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
- yielding readily to pressure or weight
- not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)
- (of sound) relatively low in volume
- not brilliant or glaring
- (of a drug) Not likely to cause addiction.
- (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
- Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
- (of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.
- Not bright or intense.
- (Slavic, phonology) Palatalized.
- (photography, of light) Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.
- (computing) Emulated with software; not physically real.
- (UK, of a man) Effeminate.
- (phonetics, rare) Voiceless.
- (slang) Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.
- (of kinks or sexual activity) Mild, tame, moderate; far from intense or excluding harsh elements.
- Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
- Limp, weak.
- Of coal: bituminous, as opposed to anthracitic.
- (of a drink) Not containing alcohol.
- (informal, idiomatic, followed by on) Attracted to or emotionally involved with someone.
- (of a sound) Quiet.
- Requiring little or no effort; easy.
- Gentle in action or motion; easy.
- Of paper: unsized.
- Of silk: having the natural gum cleaned or washed off.
- (of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
- Easy-going, lenient, not strict; permissive.
- Having a slight angle from straight.
- (UK, colloquial) Foolish.
- Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
- (finance) Of a market: having more supply than demand; being a buyer's market.
- Of weather: warm enough to melt ice; thawing.
- Gentle.
- (phonetics) Voiced; sonant; lenis.
- Weak in character; impressible.
- Easily giving way under pressure.
- Agreeable to the senses.
- (slang) Excessively empathetic or concerned about others’ wellbeing.
- (physics) Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non-magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed, a material with a low magnetic coercivity. (compare hard)
- (of pornography) Softcore