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- (rail transport) A junction indicator attached to a colour-light signal at an angle, which lights up, typically with four white lights in a row, when a diverging route is set up.
- Kind; nature; species (from the proverbial phrase "birds of a feather").
- The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.
- A longitudinal strip projecting from an object to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sideways or rotationally but permit motion lengthwise.
- One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.
- A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.
- Anything petty or trifling; a whit or jot.
- (cricket) A faint edge.
- One of the two shims of the three-piece stone-splitting tool known as plug and feather or plug and feathers; the feathers are placed in a borehole and then a wedge is driven between them, causing the stone to split.
- Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed. Narrowly only the rear hair.
- (hunting, in the plural) Partridges and pheasants, as opposed to rabbits and hares (called fur).
- turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
- branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds
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- To cover or furnish with feathers; (when of an arrow) to fletch.
- To adorn, as if with feathers; to fringe.
- (transitive) To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.
- (transitive) To render light as a feather; to give wings to.
- (transitive) To touch lightly, like (or as if with) a feather.
- To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.
- (snooker, billiards) To move the cue back and forth along the bridge in preparation for striking the cue ball.
- (transitive) To tread, as a cockerel.
- (ambitransitive, rowing) To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.
- (intransitive) Of written or printed ink: to take on a blurry appearance as a result of spreading through the receiving medium.
- (carpentry, engineering) To finely shave or bevel an edge.
- (aeronautics) To streamline the blades of an aircraft's propeller by rotating them perpendicular to the axis of the propeller when the engine is shut down so that the propeller does not windmill during flight.
- (transitive) To move softly, like a feather.
- (snooker, billiards) To accidentally touch the cue ball with the tip of the cue when taking aim.
- (computer graphics) To intergrade or blend the pixels of an image with those of a background or neighboring image.
- turn the oar, while rowing
- grow feathers
- turn the paddle; in canoeing
- cover or fit with feathers
- join tongue and groove, in carpentry
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- A railway signal.
- A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
- (biochemistry) A signalling interaction between cells
- A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel.
- (computing, Unix) A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.
- An action, change or process done to convey information and thus reduce uncertainty.
- (of a radio, TV, telephone, internet, etc.) An electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time, that conveys the information of the radio or TV program or of communication with another party.
- An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.
- Useful information, as opposed to noise.
- Any variation of a quantity or change in an entity over time that conveys information upon detection.
- A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action.
- an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes
- any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
- any incitement to action
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- (rail transport) Ellipsis of starter signal.
- (golf) A person employed to take new players to the first tee at suitable intervals, and to provide them with caddies and equipment.
- Someone who starts, or who starts something.
- An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine.
- A dog that rouses game.
- (historical, British) A short length of rope formerly used for casual chastisement in the Navy.
- (team sports) A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.
- (baseball) A starting pitcher.
- Something with which to begin; a first property, etc.
- A device that initiates the flow of high voltage electricity in a fluorescent lamp.
- A yeast culture, or a medium containing one, used to start a fermentation process.
- The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.
- The person who starts a race by firing a gun or waving a flag.
- any new participant in some activity
- a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
- a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning
- the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition
- a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough
- an electric motor for starting an engine
- food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course)
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- (rail transport) A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm.
- Attributive form of spectacles.
- An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
- An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.
- The brille of a snake.
- a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase ‘make a spectacle of’ yourself
- an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale
- something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight)
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- (rail transport) A light formerly used as a signal by a railway guard or conductor at night.
- (steam engines) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc.; a lantern brass.
- (architecture) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light.
- (theater) Especially, a metal casing with lens used to illuminate a stage (e.g. spotlight, floodlight).
- (architecture) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
- (engineering) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel.
- (metalworking) A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
- (architecture) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
- (zoology) Aristotle's lantern
- A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings.
- light in a transparent protective case
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- (rail transport) The rails that a tram runs on.
- (film) A scratch on a film, usually vertical, that extends through multiple frames.
- (tennis, British) Either of the two pairs of sidelines marked on a tennis court which mark the outside of the singles and doubles playing areas.
- (medicine) A mark or bruise having the shape of two parallel lines.
- (lexicography, Oxford English Dictionary jargon) A pair of vertical bars (||) placed to the left of the headword in certain editions of the OED to indicate that the term is "alien or not fully naturalized" (such as a recent borrowing).
- the track on which trams or streetcars run
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- (rail transport) Ellipsis of signal box.
- (baseball) The rectangle in which the batter stands.
- (music, slang) A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.
- (fencing) A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits.
- (geometry, by extension) A rectangular object in any number of dimensions.
- (slang) A cell used for solitary confinement.
- A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
- A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
- (Australia) An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus).
- (juggling) A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.
- A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.
- The wood from a box tree: boxwood.
- A blow with the fist.
- (lacrosse, informal) Ellipsis of box lacrosse (“indoor form of lacrosse”).
- (colloquial, chiefly UK, Ireland) Short for squeeze box (“accordion or concertina”)
- Ellipsis of horsebox (“container for transporting horses”).
- (cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.
- (colloquial, chiefly Southern US) A stringed instrument with a soundbox, especially a guitar.
- A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of gearbox.
- A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements; see also box number.
- (slang, preceded by the) The television.
- Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especially common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.
- (figuratively) A predicament or trap.
- (slang) A prison cell.
- (aviation) A diamond-shaped flying formation consisting of four aircraft.
- A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of stashbox.
- (Australia) Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, drooping box (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved box (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black box, or ironbark box trees.
- A rectangle: an oblong or a square.
- (motor racing) An area in the pit where the car is repaired and refueled.
- (genetics) One of two specific regions in a promoter.
- (soccer) The penalty area.
- (computing, slang) A computer, or the case in which it is housed.
- The driver’s seat on a horse-drawn coach.
- (engineering) A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.
- (slang) A gym dedicated to the CrossFit exercise program.
- A small rectangular shelter.
- (cricket) Synonym of gully (“a certain fielding position”).
- (euphemistic) A coffin.
- (slang, vulgar) The vagina.
- the quantity contained in a box
- separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people
- a rectangular drawing
- evergreen shrubs or small trees
- a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
- any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned
- private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance
- a blow with the hand (usually on the ear)
- the driver's seat on a coach
- a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
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- (transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch.
- (motor racing) To enter the pit.
- (transitive) To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
- (transitive) Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
- (transitive, object-oriented programming) To place a value of a primitive type into a casing object.
- (transitive, boxing) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
- (transitive, agriculture) To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
- (transitive, architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
- (transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
- (transitive, engineering) To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
- (intransitive, stative, boxing) To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
- (transitive, graphic design, printing) To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
- put into a box
- hit with the fist
- engage in a boxing match
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- provide with rails
- enclose with rails
- complain bitterly
- spread negative information about
- lay with rails
- criticize severely
- convey (goods etc.) by rails
- travel by rail or train
- fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
- separate with a railing
- (transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.
- To complain violently (against, about).
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To snort a line of powdered drugs.
- (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
- (intransitive) To travel by railway.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
- (transitive) To range in a line.
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- any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
- a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- short for railway
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
- A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
- The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
- (drugs) A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
- A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
- A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
- (electronics) A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
- (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
- (backgammon) The raised edge of the game board.
- (Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
- Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.
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- (rail transport) A pair of switches and a short, diagonal length of track which together connect two parallel tracks and allow passage between them.
- (sports) An athlete or swimmer who has competed in more than one of open water swimming, pool swimming, triathlon, and endurance sports.
- A move in sports that involves crossing one hand or foot in front of another, as in ice skating.
- (basketball) A crossover dribble.
- (sometimes derogatory) An SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Pontiac Torrent.
- A place where one thing crosses over another.
- A piece of fiction that borrows elements from two or more fictional universes.
- (forestry) The point at which the relative humidity is less than, or equal to, the ambient air temperature.
- (fiction) Meeting of various characters.
- A blend of multiple styles of music or multiple film genres, intended to appeal to a wider audience.
- (genetics) The result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis.
- The means by which the crossing is made.
- a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
- the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience
- the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis
- a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party
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- Of an electrical cable, having connector pins at one end wired to different pins at the other; for example, pin 1 to pin 2, pin 2 to pin 4 etc.; contrasted with straight-through.
- (in particular, computing, of an Ethernet cable) Configured so that the transmit signals at one end are connected to the receive signals at the other.
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- (rail transport) A short signal post mounted on a bracket mounted on the main signal post, or on a signal gantry.
- (LGBTQ slang) A transgender woman or transfeminine person, in general.
- The smallest or pet pig in a litter.
- A temporary barrier used in horse racing.
- (slang) A barbiturate or amphetamine pill.
- A small figure resembling a human being that is used as a toy.
- (US, slightly dated) A good-natured, cooperative or helpful person.
- (LGBTQ slang) A transgender woman or transfeminine person, especially one that has a highly sexual and feminine personal style.
- (slang) An attractive young woman.
- informal terms for a (young) woman
- a small replica of a person; used as a toy
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- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
- A long, thin wooden beam used as a border in driveways, to hold in soil in gardens, etc.
- (rail transport, US) A heavy, preserved piece of hewn timber laid crossways to and supporting the rails of a railroad or a member of similar shape and function of another material such as concrete.
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- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
- a passenger car that has berths for sleeping
- a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed
- tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
- a rester who is sleeping
- pajamas with feet; worn by children
- an unexpected hit
- a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal
- an unexpected achiever of success
- (science fiction) A pod or similar device containing a person in cryosleep.
- A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
- (rail transport, British) A railroad tie.
- (nautical) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
- A small starter earring, worn to prevent a piercing from closing.
- Someone who sleeps.
- (slang) A sedative.
- A railway sleeping car.
- (martial arts, wrestling) A sleeper hold.
- (nautical) A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom.
- Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.
- (automotive, slang) An automobile which has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race, or to avoid the attention of the police.
- (slang, gambling) A bet placed on the gambling table and then forgotten about by the gambler.
- That which lies dormant, as a law.
- (carpentry) A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.
- A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers the whole body, including the feet.
- Any of family Odontobutidae of goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish.
- A nurse shark (family Ginglymostomatidae).
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- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
- a fastener that serves to join or connect
- (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
- equality of score in a contest
- neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied
- a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating
- a social or business relationship
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- (music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.
- A lace-up shoe.
- (phonetic transcription) A curved line connecting two letters (⁀), used in the IPA to denote a coarticulation, as for example /d͡ʒ/.
- A knot; a fastening.
- A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
- A tiewig.
- A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
- The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
- (cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
- (sports, British) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
- (construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
- A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
- A connection between people or groups of people, especially a strong connection.
- (rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
- (graph theory) A connection between two vertices.
- (statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
- (surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
- (sports, US) An equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same score(s).
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- perform a marriage ceremony
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- unite musical notes by a tie
- create social or emotional ties
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- limit or restrict to
- make by tying pieces together
- form a knot or bow in
- (music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
- (US, transitive) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
- (ambitransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
- (programming, transitive) In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.
- (transitive) To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
- (transitive) To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
- (transitive) To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To secure (something) by string or the like.
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- (rail transport) A passing loop.
- (algebra) A quasigroup with an identity element.
- A complete circuit for an electric current.
- (graph theory) An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
- The opening so formed.
- (topology) A path that starts and ends at the same point.
- An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
- (transport) A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.
- (programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
- An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.
- A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
- (cricket) The curved path of the ball bowled by a spin bowler.
- (biochemistry) A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.
- A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
- A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
- Alternative form of loup (“mass of iron”).
- (rail transport) A place at a terminus where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop.
- A ring road or beltway.
- A loop-shaped intrauterine device.
- (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
- a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
- an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
- the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component
- anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
- an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)
- a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
- a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates
- the basic pattern of the human fingerprint
- fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
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- (intransitive) To move in a loop.
- (transitive) To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
- (transitive) To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.
- To place in a loop.
- (transitive) To play something (such as a song or video) in a loop.
- (transitive) To form something into a loop.
- (transitive) To fly an aircraft in a loop.
- (education, ambitransitive) To have the teacher progress through multiple school years with the same students.
- (intransitive) To form a loop.
- (transitive) To move something in a loop.
- (transitive) To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
- (transitive) To duplicate the route of a pipeline.
- wind around something in coils or loops
- fasten or join with a loop
- make a loop in
- fly loops, perform a loop
- move in loops
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- (rail transport) Ellipsis of track gauge.
- An act of measuring.
- (rail transport) Ellipsis of loading gauge.
- Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
- (nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
- A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size.
- (knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
- A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
- (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
- (firearms) A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber.
- An estimate.
- (nautical) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
- That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.
- (mathematics, mathematical analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
- (US, slang, by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- the thickness of wire
- the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
- a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
- accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
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- (transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
- (transitive) To estimate.
- (transitive) To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
- (textile, transitive) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
- (transitive) To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.
- (transitive) To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
- mix in specific proportions
- determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
- rub to a uniform size
- measure precisely and against a standard
- adapt to a specified measurement
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- (rail transport) An electrical connection between the vehicles of a train, usually a passenger train; a jumper cable.
- A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection.
- (chiefly British, Australia, New Zealand) A woollen sweater or pullover.
- (Australian rules football) The shirt worn by the players; a guernsey.
- (usually plural, jumpers) Rompers.
- (basketball) A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot.
- (US) A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
- Ellipsis of smokejumper.
- A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.
- (video games) A platform game based around jumping.
- A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.
- (horology) A spring to impel the starwheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
- A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
- A long drilling tool used by masons and quarry workers, consisting of an iron bar with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with each blow.
- Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
- (US) A one-piece, sleeveless dress, or a skirt with straps and a complete or partial bodice, usually worn over a blouse by women and children; pinafore.
- (arachnology, informal) A jumping spider.
- The larva of the cheese fly.
- (electricity) A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.
- (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump
- an athlete who competes at jumping
- a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing
- a loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen
- a coverall worn by children
- a person who jumps
- a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections
- a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body
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- (rail transport) A branch line.
- (graph theory) A path of vertices of degree 2, ending at vertices whose degree is not 2.
- An area in business or of knowledge, research.
- (nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
- (computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
- The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
- A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
- A location of an organization with several locations.
- (chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
- Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
- (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
- (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
- (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
- a natural consequence of development
- a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
- a division of some larger or more complex organization
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- a stream or river connected to a larger one
- a part of a forked or branching shape
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- (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
- (transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
- (intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
- (transitive) To strip of branches.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
- (intransitive) To produce branches.
- grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
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- The sharing of a segment of track between two rail lines.
- Correction or alteration by writing between the lines; interlineation.
- The scheduling of vehicles to operate more than one route, or the selling of tickets for a trip across multiple carriers
- A cloth lining between the outer and inner layers of a garment.
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- (of a railway signal) Showing a green aspect, allowing a train to proceed past it.
- Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
- (MLE) Better than, superior to.
- (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
- (MLE) Good, the best.
- Able to perceive straightforwardly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
- Transparent in colour.
- Unmixed; entirely pure.
- Without clouds.
- Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.
- Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
- (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
- (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
- Without diminution; in full; net.
- Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
- Free of ambiguity or doubt; easily understood.
- Free of obstacles.
- (Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
- Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
- Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
- freed from any question of guilt
- free from contact or proximity or connection
- (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law
- allowing light to pass through
- clear of charges or deductions
- clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible
- free of restrictions or qualifications
- free from flaw or blemish or impurity
- readily apparent to the mind
- free from clouds or mist or haze
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)
- easily deciphered
- free from confusion or doubt
- affording free passage or view
- characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving
- accurately stated or described
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- (Scientology) A person who is free from the influence of engrams.
- (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.
- (video games) The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.
- a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- the state of being free of suspicion
verb
- (transitive, firearms) To unload a firearm, or undergo an unloading procedure, in order to prevent negligent discharge; for safety reasons, to check whether one's firearm is loaded or unloaded.
- (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
- (transitive, computing) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.
- (transitive, video games) To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).
- (transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
- (transitive) To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.
- (intransitive) To obtain a clearance.
- (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
- (intransitive) To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.
- (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
- (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
- (transitive) To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
- (transitive, activities such as jumping or throwing) To exceed a stated mark.
- (transitive) To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.
- (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
- (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
- To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
- (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.
- (intransitive) To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
- (transitive, intransitive, sports) To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
- go away or disappear
- free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment
- make a way or path by removing objects
- remove the occupants of
- settle, as of a debt
- go unchallenged; be approved
- make as a net profit
- be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts
- clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.
- sell to get rid of
- rid of instructions or data
- free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
- make clear, bright, light, or translucent
- grant authorization or clearance for
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- remove (people) from a building
- become clear
- yield as a net profit
- remove debris from
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- pass by, over, or under without making contact
- pass an inspection or receive authorization
- rid of obstructions
noun
- (rail transport) A path that has been secured by a railway signalling system for the passage of a train and locked to prevent any conflicting train movements from taking place.
- (historical) One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.
- A road or path; often specifically a highway.
- A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.
- (horse racing) A race longer than one mile.
- (computing) A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.
- A course or way which is traveled or passed.
- (figuratively) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
- an established line of travel or access
- an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
verb
- (transitive) To direct or divert along a particular course.
- (computing, transitive) To send (information) through a router.
- (Internet) to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
- Eye dialect spelling of root.
- divert in a specified direction
- send documents or materials to appropriate destinations
- send via a specific route
noun
- A branch line of a railway.
- That which is used to feed.
- One who feeds, or takes in food.
- (US, law) A judge whose law clerks are often selected to become clerks for the Supreme Court.
- (video games, derogatory) A player whose character is killed by the opposing player or team more than once, deliberately or through lack of skills and experience, thus helping the opposing side.
- One who feeds, or gives food to another.
- One who, or that which, feeds material into something (especially a machine).
- A tributary stream, especially of a canal.
- The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).
- (mining) Synonym of blower (“fissure from which firedamp issues”).
- (education) Ellipsis of feeder school.
- (shipbuilding, navigation) A feeder ship.
- A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.
- an animal that feeds on a particular source of food
- someone who consumes food for nourishment
- an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds
- an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening
- a branch that flows into the main stream
- a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material
noun
- (rail transport) Initialism of power signal box.
- (broadcasting) Initialism of program station basis.
- Initialism of public security bureau, a local police department in Mainland China
- (military, US) Initialism of Presidential Service Badge.
- (computing, IBM) Initialism of program specification block.
- Initialism of public service broadcasting.
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- (rail transport) A junction indicator attached to a colour-light signal at an angle, which lights up, typically with four white lights in a row, when a diverging route is set up.
- Kind; nature; species (from the proverbial phrase "birds of a feather").
- The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.
- A longitudinal strip projecting from an object to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sideways or rotationally but permit motion lengthwise.
- One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.
- A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.
- Anything petty or trifling; a whit or jot.
- (cricket) A faint edge.
- One of the two shims of the three-piece stone-splitting tool known as plug and feather or plug and feathers; the feathers are placed in a borehole and then a wedge is driven between them, causing the stone to split.
- Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed. Narrowly only the rear hair.
- (hunting, in the plural) Partridges and pheasants, as opposed to rabbits and hares (called fur).
- turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
- branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds
verb
- To cover or furnish with feathers; (when of an arrow) to fletch.
- To adorn, as if with feathers; to fringe.
- (transitive) To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.
- (transitive) To render light as a feather; to give wings to.
- (transitive) To touch lightly, like (or as if with) a feather.
- To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.
- (snooker, billiards) To move the cue back and forth along the bridge in preparation for striking the cue ball.
- (transitive) To tread, as a cockerel.
- (ambitransitive, rowing) To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.
- (intransitive) Of written or printed ink: to take on a blurry appearance as a result of spreading through the receiving medium.
- (carpentry, engineering) To finely shave or bevel an edge.
- (aeronautics) To streamline the blades of an aircraft's propeller by rotating them perpendicular to the axis of the propeller when the engine is shut down so that the propeller does not windmill during flight.
- (transitive) To move softly, like a feather.
- (snooker, billiards) To accidentally touch the cue ball with the tip of the cue when taking aim.
- (computer graphics) To intergrade or blend the pixels of an image with those of a background or neighboring image.
- turn the oar, while rowing
- grow feathers
- turn the paddle; in canoeing
- cover or fit with feathers
- join tongue and groove, in carpentry
noun
- A railway signal.
- A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
- (biochemistry) A signalling interaction between cells
- A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel.
- (computing, Unix) A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.
- An action, change or process done to convey information and thus reduce uncertainty.
- (of a radio, TV, telephone, internet, etc.) An electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time, that conveys the information of the radio or TV program or of communication with another party.
- An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.
- Useful information, as opposed to noise.
- Any variation of a quantity or change in an entity over time that conveys information upon detection.
- A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action.
- an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes
- any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
- any incitement to action
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- (rail transport) Ellipsis of starter signal.
- (golf) A person employed to take new players to the first tee at suitable intervals, and to provide them with caddies and equipment.
- Someone who starts, or who starts something.
- An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine.
- A dog that rouses game.
- (historical, British) A short length of rope formerly used for casual chastisement in the Navy.
- (team sports) A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.
- (baseball) A starting pitcher.
- Something with which to begin; a first property, etc.
- A device that initiates the flow of high voltage electricity in a fluorescent lamp.
- A yeast culture, or a medium containing one, used to start a fermentation process.
- The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.
- The person who starts a race by firing a gun or waving a flag.
- any new participant in some activity
- a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
- a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning
- the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition
- a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough
- an electric motor for starting an engine
- food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course)
noun
- (rail transport) A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm.
- Attributive form of spectacles.
- An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
- An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.
- The brille of a snake.
- a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase ‘make a spectacle of’ yourself
- an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale
- something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight)
noun
- (rail transport) A light formerly used as a signal by a railway guard or conductor at night.
- (steam engines) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc.; a lantern brass.
- (architecture) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light.
- (theater) Especially, a metal casing with lens used to illuminate a stage (e.g. spotlight, floodlight).
- (architecture) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
- (engineering) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel.
- (metalworking) A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
- (architecture) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
- (zoology) Aristotle's lantern
- A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings.
- light in a transparent protective case
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- (rail transport) The rails that a tram runs on.
- (film) A scratch on a film, usually vertical, that extends through multiple frames.
- (tennis, British) Either of the two pairs of sidelines marked on a tennis court which mark the outside of the singles and doubles playing areas.
- (medicine) A mark or bruise having the shape of two parallel lines.
- (lexicography, Oxford English Dictionary jargon) A pair of vertical bars (||) placed to the left of the headword in certain editions of the OED to indicate that the term is "alien or not fully naturalized" (such as a recent borrowing).
- the track on which trams or streetcars run
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- (rail transport) Ellipsis of signal box.
- (baseball) The rectangle in which the batter stands.
- (music, slang) A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.
- (fencing) A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits.
- (geometry, by extension) A rectangular object in any number of dimensions.
- (slang) A cell used for solitary confinement.
- A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
- A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
- (Australia) An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus).
- (juggling) A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.
- A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.
- The wood from a box tree: boxwood.
- A blow with the fist.
- (lacrosse, informal) Ellipsis of box lacrosse (“indoor form of lacrosse”).
- (colloquial, chiefly UK, Ireland) Short for squeeze box (“accordion or concertina”)
- Ellipsis of horsebox (“container for transporting horses”).
- (cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.
- (colloquial, chiefly Southern US) A stringed instrument with a soundbox, especially a guitar.
- A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of gearbox.
- A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements; see also box number.
- (slang, preceded by the) The television.
- Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especially common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.
- (figuratively) A predicament or trap.
- (slang) A prison cell.
- (aviation) A diamond-shaped flying formation consisting of four aircraft.
- A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of stashbox.
- (Australia) Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, drooping box (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved box (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black box, or ironbark box trees.
- A rectangle: an oblong or a square.
- (motor racing) An area in the pit where the car is repaired and refueled.
- (genetics) One of two specific regions in a promoter.
- (soccer) The penalty area.
- (computing, slang) A computer, or the case in which it is housed.
- The driver’s seat on a horse-drawn coach.
- (engineering) A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.
- (slang) A gym dedicated to the CrossFit exercise program.
- A small rectangular shelter.
- (cricket) Synonym of gully (“a certain fielding position”).
- (euphemistic) A coffin.
- (slang, vulgar) The vagina.
- the quantity contained in a box
- separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people
- a rectangular drawing
- evergreen shrubs or small trees
- a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
- any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned
- private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance
- a blow with the hand (usually on the ear)
- the driver's seat on a coach
- a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
verb
- (transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch.
- (motor racing) To enter the pit.
- (transitive) To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
- (transitive) Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
- (transitive, object-oriented programming) To place a value of a primitive type into a casing object.
- (transitive, boxing) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
- (transitive, agriculture) To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
- (transitive, architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
- (transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
- (transitive, engineering) To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
- (intransitive, stative, boxing) To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
- (transitive, graphic design, printing) To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
- put into a box
- hit with the fist
- engage in a boxing match
noun
- (rail transport) A pair of switches and a short, diagonal length of track which together connect two parallel tracks and allow passage between them.
- (sports) An athlete or swimmer who has competed in more than one of open water swimming, pool swimming, triathlon, and endurance sports.
- A move in sports that involves crossing one hand or foot in front of another, as in ice skating.
- (basketball) A crossover dribble.
- (sometimes derogatory) An SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Pontiac Torrent.
- A place where one thing crosses over another.
- A piece of fiction that borrows elements from two or more fictional universes.
- (forestry) The point at which the relative humidity is less than, or equal to, the ambient air temperature.
- (fiction) Meeting of various characters.
- A blend of multiple styles of music or multiple film genres, intended to appeal to a wider audience.
- (genetics) The result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis.
- The means by which the crossing is made.
- a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
- the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience
- the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis
- a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party
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- Of an electrical cable, having connector pins at one end wired to different pins at the other; for example, pin 1 to pin 2, pin 2 to pin 4 etc.; contrasted with straight-through.
- (in particular, computing, of an Ethernet cable) Configured so that the transmit signals at one end are connected to the receive signals at the other.
noun
- (rail transport) A short signal post mounted on a bracket mounted on the main signal post, or on a signal gantry.
- (LGBTQ slang) A transgender woman or transfeminine person, in general.
- The smallest or pet pig in a litter.
- A temporary barrier used in horse racing.
- (slang) A barbiturate or amphetamine pill.
- A small figure resembling a human being that is used as a toy.
- (US, slightly dated) A good-natured, cooperative or helpful person.
- (LGBTQ slang) A transgender woman or transfeminine person, especially one that has a highly sexual and feminine personal style.
- (slang) An attractive young woman.
- informal terms for a (young) woman
- a small replica of a person; used as a toy
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- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
- A long, thin wooden beam used as a border in driveways, to hold in soil in gardens, etc.
- (rail transport, US) A heavy, preserved piece of hewn timber laid crossways to and supporting the rails of a railroad or a member of similar shape and function of another material such as concrete.
noun
- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
- a passenger car that has berths for sleeping
- a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed
- tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
- a rester who is sleeping
- pajamas with feet; worn by children
- an unexpected hit
- a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal
- an unexpected achiever of success
- (science fiction) A pod or similar device containing a person in cryosleep.
- A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
- (rail transport, British) A railroad tie.
- (nautical) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
- A small starter earring, worn to prevent a piercing from closing.
- Someone who sleeps.
- (slang) A sedative.
- A railway sleeping car.
- (martial arts, wrestling) A sleeper hold.
- (nautical) A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom.
- Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.
- (automotive, slang) An automobile which has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race, or to avoid the attention of the police.
- (slang, gambling) A bet placed on the gambling table and then forgotten about by the gambler.
- That which lies dormant, as a law.
- (carpentry) A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.
- A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers the whole body, including the feet.
- Any of family Odontobutidae of goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish.
- A nurse shark (family Ginglymostomatidae).
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- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
- a fastener that serves to join or connect
- (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
- equality of score in a contest
- neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied
- a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating
- a social or business relationship
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- (music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.
- A lace-up shoe.
- (phonetic transcription) A curved line connecting two letters (⁀), used in the IPA to denote a coarticulation, as for example /d͡ʒ/.
- A knot; a fastening.
- A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
- A tiewig.
- A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
- The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
- (cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
- (sports, British) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
- (construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
- A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
- A connection between people or groups of people, especially a strong connection.
- (rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
- (graph theory) A connection between two vertices.
- (statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
- (surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
- (sports, US) An equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same score(s).
verb
- perform a marriage ceremony
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- unite musical notes by a tie
- create social or emotional ties
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- limit or restrict to
- make by tying pieces together
- form a knot or bow in
- (music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
- (US, transitive) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
- (ambitransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
- (programming, transitive) In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.
- (transitive) To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
- (transitive) To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
- (transitive) To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To secure (something) by string or the like.
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- (rail transport) A passing loop.
- (algebra) A quasigroup with an identity element.
- A complete circuit for an electric current.
- (graph theory) An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
- The opening so formed.
- (topology) A path that starts and ends at the same point.
- An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
- (transport) A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.
- (programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
- An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.
- A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
- (cricket) The curved path of the ball bowled by a spin bowler.
- (biochemistry) A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.
- A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
- A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
- Alternative form of loup (“mass of iron”).
- (rail transport) A place at a terminus where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop.
- A ring road or beltway.
- A loop-shaped intrauterine device.
- (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
- a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
- an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
- the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component
- anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
- an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)
- a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
- a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates
- the basic pattern of the human fingerprint
- fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
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- (intransitive) To move in a loop.
- (transitive) To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
- (transitive) To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.
- To place in a loop.
- (transitive) To play something (such as a song or video) in a loop.
- (transitive) To form something into a loop.
- (transitive) To fly an aircraft in a loop.
- (education, ambitransitive) To have the teacher progress through multiple school years with the same students.
- (intransitive) To form a loop.
- (transitive) To move something in a loop.
- (transitive) To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
- (transitive) To duplicate the route of a pipeline.
- wind around something in coils or loops
- fasten or join with a loop
- make a loop in
- fly loops, perform a loop
- move in loops
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- (rail transport) Ellipsis of track gauge.
- An act of measuring.
- (rail transport) Ellipsis of loading gauge.
- Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
- (nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
- A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size.
- (knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
- A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
- (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
- (firearms) A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber.
- An estimate.
- (nautical) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
- That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.
- (mathematics, mathematical analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
- (US, slang, by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- the thickness of wire
- the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
- a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
- accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
verb
- (transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
- (transitive) To estimate.
- (transitive) To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
- (textile, transitive) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
- (transitive) To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.
- (transitive) To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
- mix in specific proportions
- determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
- rub to a uniform size
- measure precisely and against a standard
- adapt to a specified measurement
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- (rail transport) An electrical connection between the vehicles of a train, usually a passenger train; a jumper cable.
- A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection.
- (chiefly British, Australia, New Zealand) A woollen sweater or pullover.
- (Australian rules football) The shirt worn by the players; a guernsey.
- (usually plural, jumpers) Rompers.
- (basketball) A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot.
- (US) A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
- Ellipsis of smokejumper.
- A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.
- (video games) A platform game based around jumping.
- A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.
- (horology) A spring to impel the starwheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
- A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
- A long drilling tool used by masons and quarry workers, consisting of an iron bar with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with each blow.
- Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
- (US) A one-piece, sleeveless dress, or a skirt with straps and a complete or partial bodice, usually worn over a blouse by women and children; pinafore.
- (arachnology, informal) A jumping spider.
- The larva of the cheese fly.
- (electricity) A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.
- (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump
- an athlete who competes at jumping
- a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing
- a loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen
- a coverall worn by children
- a person who jumps
- a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections
- a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body
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- (rail transport) A branch line.
- (graph theory) A path of vertices of degree 2, ending at vertices whose degree is not 2.
- An area in business or of knowledge, research.
- (nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
- (computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
- The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
- A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
- A location of an organization with several locations.
- (chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
- Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
- (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
- (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
- (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
- a natural consequence of development
- a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
- a division of some larger or more complex organization
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- a stream or river connected to a larger one
- a part of a forked or branching shape
verb
- (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
- (transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
- (intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
- (transitive) To strip of branches.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
- (intransitive) To produce branches.
- grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
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- The sharing of a segment of track between two rail lines.
- Correction or alteration by writing between the lines; interlineation.
- The scheduling of vehicles to operate more than one route, or the selling of tickets for a trip across multiple carriers
- A cloth lining between the outer and inner layers of a garment.
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- (rail transport) A path that has been secured by a railway signalling system for the passage of a train and locked to prevent any conflicting train movements from taking place.
- (historical) One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.
- A road or path; often specifically a highway.
- A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.
- (horse racing) A race longer than one mile.
- (computing) A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.
- A course or way which is traveled or passed.
- (figuratively) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
- an established line of travel or access
- an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
verb
- (transitive) To direct or divert along a particular course.
- (computing, transitive) To send (information) through a router.
- (Internet) to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
- Eye dialect spelling of root.
- divert in a specified direction
- send documents or materials to appropriate destinations
- send via a specific route
noun
- A branch line of a railway.
- That which is used to feed.
- One who feeds, or takes in food.
- (US, law) A judge whose law clerks are often selected to become clerks for the Supreme Court.
- (video games, derogatory) A player whose character is killed by the opposing player or team more than once, deliberately or through lack of skills and experience, thus helping the opposing side.
- One who feeds, or gives food to another.
- One who, or that which, feeds material into something (especially a machine).
- A tributary stream, especially of a canal.
- The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).
- (mining) Synonym of blower (“fissure from which firedamp issues”).
- (education) Ellipsis of feeder school.
- (shipbuilding, navigation) A feeder ship.
- A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.
- an animal that feeds on a particular source of food
- someone who consumes food for nourishment
- an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds
- an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening
- a branch that flows into the main stream
- a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material
noun
- (rail transport) Initialism of power signal box.
- (broadcasting) Initialism of program station basis.
- Initialism of public security bureau, a local police department in Mainland China
- (military, US) Initialism of Presidential Service Badge.
- (computing, IBM) Initialism of program specification block.
- Initialism of public service broadcasting.
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- provide with rails
- enclose with rails
- complain bitterly
- spread negative information about
- lay with rails
- criticize severely
- convey (goods etc.) by rails
- travel by rail or train
- fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
- separate with a railing
- (transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.
- To complain violently (against, about).
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To snort a line of powdered drugs.
- (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
- (intransitive) To travel by railway.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
- (transitive) To range in a line.
noun
- any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
- a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- short for railway
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
- A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
- The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
- (drugs) A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
- A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
- A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
- (electronics) A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
- (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
- (backgammon) The raised edge of the game board.
- (Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
- Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.
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- (of a railway signal) Showing a green aspect, allowing a train to proceed past it.
- Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
- (MLE) Better than, superior to.
- (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
- (MLE) Good, the best.
- Able to perceive straightforwardly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
- Transparent in colour.
- Unmixed; entirely pure.
- Without clouds.
- Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.
- Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
- (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
- (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
- Without diminution; in full; net.
- Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
- Free of ambiguity or doubt; easily understood.
- Free of obstacles.
- (Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
- Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
- Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
- freed from any question of guilt
- free from contact or proximity or connection
- (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law
- allowing light to pass through
- clear of charges or deductions
- clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible
- free of restrictions or qualifications
- free from flaw or blemish or impurity
- readily apparent to the mind
- free from clouds or mist or haze
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)
- easily deciphered
- free from confusion or doubt
- affording free passage or view
- characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving
- accurately stated or described
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- (Scientology) A person who is free from the influence of engrams.
- (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.
- (video games) The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.
- a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- the state of being free of suspicion
verb
- (transitive, firearms) To unload a firearm, or undergo an unloading procedure, in order to prevent negligent discharge; for safety reasons, to check whether one's firearm is loaded or unloaded.
- (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
- (transitive, computing) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.
- (transitive, video games) To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).
- (transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
- (transitive) To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.
- (intransitive) To obtain a clearance.
- (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
- (intransitive) To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.
- (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
- (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
- (transitive) To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
- (transitive, activities such as jumping or throwing) To exceed a stated mark.
- (transitive) To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.
- (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
- (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
- To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
- (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.
- (intransitive) To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
- (transitive, intransitive, sports) To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
- go away or disappear
- free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment
- make a way or path by removing objects
- remove the occupants of
- settle, as of a debt
- go unchallenged; be approved
- make as a net profit
- be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts
- clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.
- sell to get rid of
- rid of instructions or data
- free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
- make clear, bright, light, or translucent
- grant authorization or clearance for
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- remove (people) from a building
- become clear
- yield as a net profit
- remove debris from
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- pass by, over, or under without making contact
- pass an inspection or receive authorization
- rid of obstructions