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noun
- miscellaneous unspecified objects
- (informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
- the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
- unspecified qualities required to do or be something
- a critically important or characteristic component
- informal terms for personal possessions
- information in some unspecified form
- senseless talk
- (informal) Unspecified things or matters.
- The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
- Abstract/figurative substance or character.
- (informal) Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.
- (slang) Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
- (nautical) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
- (sometimes euphemistic) Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language.
- Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.
verb
- treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
- press or force
- fill tightly with a material
- fill with a stuffing while cooking
- obstruct
- cram into a cavity
- (transitive, mildly vulgar, often imperative) Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it.
- (transitive) To load goods into (a container) for transport.
- (transitive, British, Australia, New Zealand) To break; to destroy.
- To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.
- (transitive) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
- (informal) To heavily defeat or get the better of.
- (transitive, cooking) To fill with seasoning.
- (transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
- (transitive, computing) To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.
- (pronominal) To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
- (transitive) To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.
- (transitive) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
- (transitive) To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
- (transitive, vulgar, British, Australia, New Zealand) To sexually penetrate.
- (transitive, used in the passive) To sate.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
- (transitive) To be dispersed upon.
- (slang, US) To leave.
- (transitive, physics) To deflect (radiation or particles).
- (transitive) To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
- (intransitive) To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
- (ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
- (transitive, baseball) Of a pitcher: to keep down the number of hits or walks.
- cause to separate
- sow by scattering
- to cause to separate and go in different directions
- move away from each other
- distribute loosely
- strew or distribute over an area
noun
- (figuratively) A collection of miscellaneous items or fragments of little importance.
- (figuratively) People considered to be of little worth.
- (nautical) The remains of a shipwreck still floating in the water.
- (nautical) That which has been discharged from a ship or boat, especially on the ocean or a sea, (flotsam unintentionally and jetsam intentionally).
noun
- an assortment of miscellaneous items
- a container from which a person draws a wrapped item at random without knowing the contents
- A bag containing essential items, which can be easily picked up and taken in an emergency.
- A bag from which a gift or prize may be withdrawn (grabbed) unseen.
- A gift, purchase, etc. whose contents are concealed until after a selection is made; a bag as gift that comprises mystery prizes.
- (figurative) Any random assortment, selection or possibility.
- A moderately large bag of crisps or other snack, suitable for sharing.
noun
adj
- not of prime or central importance
- occurring with or following as a consequence
- (sometimes followed by ‘to’) minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
- Existing tangentially, being a byproduct, a tangent, or a likely consequence.
- (physics, of radiation) Entering or approaching, prior to reflection (more frequently incident).
- Loosely associated; of limited relevance except indirectly; only accidentally related.
- Occurring by chance.
noun
- Something that does not match the things it is with or cannot easily be categorized; a miscellaneous item.
- A varied collection (of items).
- (printing) A part of a book that is not a portion of the text, such as the title, index, etc. (usually plural).
- Something strange or unusual.
- (commerce) An item that was originally part of a set but is sold individually; an excess item of stock.
- A remaining number or amount (after a calculation).
- A part of something that is left over, such as a piece of cloth.
- A person who does not fit in with others or is considered to be strange in some way.
- a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
- something unusual — perhaps worthy of collecting
noun
- Miscellaneous items of little value, especially discarded or unwanted items.
- Pieces of old cable or cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.
- (nautical) A Chinese sailing vessel.
- (slang) Any narcotic drug, especially heroin.
- Nonsense; gibberish.
- (slang) The genitalia, especially of a male.
- (nautical) Salt beef.
- (attributive) Material or resources of poor quality or low value, especially resources that lack commercial value.
- any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails
- the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
verb
noun
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- An object made up of several parts.
- A tool for dressing forged iron.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the act of putting something in position
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
adj
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Rigid, solidified.
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in position.
- Ready, prepared.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- Prearranged.
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- fixed and unmoving
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- being below the horizon
verb
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
- (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
- urge to attack someone
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- equip with sails or masts
- set in type
- arrange attractively
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- become gelatinous
- disappear beyond the horizon
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- produce fruit
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- locate
- adapt for performance in a different way
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- fix in a border
- apply or start
- estimate
noun
- A disorganized collection of miscellaneous objects; a jumble.
- (nautical) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship.
- A thorough search, usually resulting in disorder.
- (nautical) The act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage.
- a jumble of things to be given away
- a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
verb
- (transitive) To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.
- (transitive, nautical) To search a vessel for smuggled goods.
- (transitive, nautical) To arrange (cargo, goods, etc.) in the hold of a ship; to move or rearrange such goods.
- (intransitive) To hastily search for something in a confined space and among many items by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside; dig through carelessly.
- search haphazardly
noun
- a collection of precious things
- any possession that is highly valued by its owner
- accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
- art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
- A term of endearment.
- (literally, countable and uncountable) A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
- (figuratively, countable) Anything greatly valued.
- (in the plural, euphemistic or literary) The female genitals; pudenda.
verb
noun
- A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
- (US, colloquial) A gun.
- An article published in the press.
- (US, slang) A cannabis pipe.
- (US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).
- (US, colloquial, vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.
- (chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; (by extension) those with which draughts, backgammon, and other similar board games are played.
- A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
- (Scotland, Ireland, UK, US, dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
- A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
- An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
- An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
- (US, Canada, colloquial, short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
- (military) An artillery gun.
- (US) A pacifier; a dummy.
- (slang) An ounce of a recreational drug.
- (colloquial) A distance.
- (baseball, uncountable) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with get.
- (rowing) A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
- a portion of a natural object
- a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- a share of something
- a separate part of a whole
- a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
- a portable gun
- an instance of some kind
- an item that is an instance of some type
- an artistic or literary composition
- a distance
- a work of art of some artistic value
- a musical work that has been created
verb
- (transitive, usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
- To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
- (slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- to join or unite the pieces of
- create by putting components or members together
- join during spinning
- repair by adding pieces
noun
- A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.
- A cloth of mixed colours.
- (swimming) A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.
- (music) A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece.
- a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
verb
noun
- ornamental objects of no great value
- an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
- (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs
- a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
- (figurative) A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric.
- (photography) A wrinkled edge to a film.
- A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
- (figurative) Something extraneous or not essential; something purely for show or effect; a luxury.
- (zoology) The relatively extensive margin seen on the back of the heads of reptiles, with either a bony support or a cartilaginous one.
- (mycology) Synonym of armilla.
verb
noun
- ornamental objects of no great value
- a message that seems to convey no meaning
- Something foolish.
- Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
- (literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.
- That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
- (biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
- An untrue statement.
adj
intj
verb
noun
- (countable) An assortment of miscellaneous items.
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- (uncountable) The condition of being miscellaneous, of being a hodgepodge.
- (countable) A collection of writings on various subjects or topics; an anthology.
- an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
noun
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together
- A collection or mass.
- (geology, volcanology) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; distinguished from conglomerate.
- (meteorology) An ice cover of floe formed by the freezing together of various forms of ice.
adj
verb
- form into one cluster
- (ambitransitive) To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.
- (geography) To extend an urban area by contiguous development, so as to merge the built-up area of one or more central cities or settlements and their suburbs (thus creating an agglomeration).
noun
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- a car that is old and unreliable
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
- A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
- (colloquial) A dilapidated place or vehicle.
- (computing) Memory that is dynamically allocated.
- A great number or large quantity of things.
- (colloquial) A lot, a large amount
- (computing) A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
verb
adv
noun
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
- structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
- a small natural hill
- (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
- a large amount of something.
- (baseball) Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
- A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross.
- (US, vulgar, slang) The mons veneris.
- An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
- A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
verb
noun
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
- the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
- a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
- battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
- a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- An atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor.
- A list or league
- Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)
- A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.
- (informal) A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process.
- A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
- (historical, electrochemistry) A battery (simple device for converting chemical potential energy into usable electricity).
- A large building, or mass of buildings.
- A mass formed in layers.
- A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a fagot.
- A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.
- The raised hairs, loops or strands of a fabric; the nap of a cloth.
- A battery consisting of repeated units of alternating types of metal; voltaic pile.
- (usually in the plural) A hemorrhoid.
- (heraldry) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.
- (slang) A large amount of money.
- A funeral pile; a pyre.
- (architecture, civil engineering) A beam, pole, or pillar, driven completely into the ground, usually as one of a group that constitutes a foundation.
- The head of an arrow or spear.
verb
- arrange in stacks
- press tightly together or cram
- place or lay as if in a pile
- (transitive) To add something to a great number.
- (transitive, often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate
- (transitive) (of vehicles) To create a hold-up.
- (transitive) To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.
- (transitive) To give a pile to; to make shaggy.
- (intransitive) To form a pile or heap.
- (transitive, military) To place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright, supporting each other.
- (transitive) To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.
noun
- A collection of objects lodged together.
- (historical) A family of Native Americans, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge; as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons.
- An indigenous American home, such as tipi or wigwam. By extension, the people who live in one such home; a household.
- A rural hotel or resort, an inn.
- Ellipsis of porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially (UK, Canada) as a college mailroom.
- A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.
- (US) A local chapter of a trade union.
- (mining) The space at the mouth of a level next to the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; called also platt.
- A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.
- A den or cave.
- A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
- The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.
- a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
- a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter
- small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- any of various Native American dwellings
verb
- (transitive) To drive (an animal) to covert.
- (transitive) To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.
- (transitive) To firmly fix in a specified position.
- (intransitive) To become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.
- (intransitive) To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.
- (intransitive) To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
- (transitive, chiefly law, politics) To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).
- (transitive) To cause to flatten, as grass or grain.
- (intransitive) To stay in any place or shelter.
- (transitive) To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
- be a lodger; stay temporarily
- put, fix, force, or implant
- file a formal charge against
- provide housing for
adj
verb
noun
verb
noun
adj
noun
- A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
- (music) A secundal chord of three or more notes.
- (US) In full oak leaf cluster: a small bronze or silver device shaped like a twig of oak leaves and acorns which is worn on a ribbon to indicate that the wearer has been conferred the same award or decoration before; an oakleaf.
- A number of individuals (animals or people) collected in one place or grouped together; a crowd, a mob, a swarm.
- (epidemiology) A group of cases of the same disease occurring around the same place or time.
- (linguistics) Synonym of lexical bundle (“a sequence of two or more words that occur in a language with high frequency but are not idiomatic”).
- (phonetics) A pronounceable group of consonants that occur together: a consonant cluster.
- (physical chemistry) An ensemble of bound atoms (especially of a metal) or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.
- A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block (noun)).
- A group of computers that work together.
- A set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast.
- (statistics) In cluster analysis: a subset of a population whose members are similar enough to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; also, such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant.
- (slang) Euphemistic form of clusterfuck (“a chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong”).
- (astronomy) A group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other.
- a grouping of a number of similar things
verb
- (intransitive) To form a cluster or group; to assemble, to gather.
- To cover (with clusters); to scatter or strew in clusters (within); to distribute (objects) within such that they form clusters.
- To collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun noun sense 1).
- come together as in a cluster or flock
- gather or cause to gather into a cluster
noun
- Various small, round solid objects.
- Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.
- A bubble, in spirits.
- A small, round object with a hole to allow it to be threaded on a cord or wire, particularly for decorative purposes.
- (by extension) Knowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose.
- A small, round ball at the end of a barrel of a gun used for aiming.
- (architecture) A narrow molding with semicircular section.
- A rigid edge of a tire that mounts it on a wheel; tire bead.
- A small drop of water or other liquid.
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a small ball with a hole through the middle
- a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
verb
noun
- An assemblage of related things; a collection.
- (psychology) A group of emotionally charged ideas or mental factors, unconsciously associated by the individual with a particular subject, arising from repressed instincts, fears, or desires and often resulting in mental abnormality.
- (taxonomy) A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.
- (linguistics) A multimorphemic word, one with several parts, one with affixes.
- A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
- An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
- (chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination compounds in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.
- (mathematics) A complex number.
- A fixed mental tendency or obsession.
- A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.
- A network of interconnected systems.
- a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
- a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated
- a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
- (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior
adj
- (mathematics, algebra) Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.
- Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
- (geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
- (mathematics, mathematical analysis, of a function) Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.
- Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
- (mathematics, of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.
- difficult to analyze or understand
- complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts
verb
noun
adj
adv
pron
noun
- A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
- (programming) A list of items on which user operations will take place. ᵂᵖ
- A musical piece.
- (historical) The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. ᵂᵖ
- (algebra) A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.
- (biology) Ellipsis of natural selection.
- (biology) The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. ᵂᵖ
- Something selected.
- (Australia) A plot of land, or farm, thus selected.
- The process or act of selecting.
- (linguistics) The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. ᵂᵖ
- (databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
- a passage selected from a larger work
- a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
- an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- the act of choosing or selecting
noun
- (figuratively) A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface.
- A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.
- (figuratively) A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.
- The sound of droplets hitting a surface.
- A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface.
- the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
- the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
verb
- (transitive) To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.
- (transitive, figurative) To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.
- (transitive, figuratively) To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.
- (intransitive) To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).
- (transitive) To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
- dash a liquid upon or against
- spot, splash, or soil
- rain gently
noun
- an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
- a body of matter without definite shape
- the common people generally
- the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
- the property of something that is great in magnitude
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- (medicine) A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.
- (Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.
- A musical setting of parts of the mass.
- A large quantity; a sum.
- (Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
- (bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.
- Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
- A quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.
- (Christianity, by extension) The main kind of church service, in some denominations.
- (pharmacology) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills.
- A large body of individuals, especially persons.
- The principal part; the main body.
- (Christianity, usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
- (in the plural) The lower classes of persons.
- (physics) A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram.
adj
verb
noun
- A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.
- A gathering of people.
- (archaeology) A group of different artifacts found in association with one another.
- (art) A visual art form similar to collage, which combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional, often found, elements into works of art.
- The process of assembling or bringing together.
- the social act of assembling
- a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
- a group of persons together in one place
- several things grouped together or considered as a whole
noun
- A material object (vaguely designated).
- (often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.
- A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.
- Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
- An adulterous relationship, chiefly of a married person. (from affaire de cœur, affair of the heart).
- An otherwise illicit romantic relationship, such as with someone who is not one's regular partner (boyfriend, girlfriend).
- (military) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
- A party or social gathering, especially of a formal nature.
- a vaguely specified concern
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
- a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
noun
- a collection of related things intended for use together
- a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series
- a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher
- a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores
- an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
- the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
- group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
- (baseball) The catcher and the pitcher together
- (music) A marching percussion ensemble; the section of the drumline that marches on the field during a performance.
- An array of similar things.
- (chess) Two or more pieces working together on the same rank, file, or diagonal
- (originally and sometimes still, strictly) Such a device that has multiple cells.
- (law) The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which involves the threat of impending violence.
- The state of a firearm or cannon when it is possible to be fired.
- (metonymic, informal, uncountable) The energy stored in such a device.
- (electricity, electronics, countable) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.
- A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.
- (military, countable) A coordinated group of artillery weapons, with any of various numbers of guns.
- Such a group of a certain size (number of guns and artillerists), within a schema of military unit organization.
noun
- A collection of things that have been arranged.
- The act of arranging.
- An agreement.
- The manner of being arranged.
- (music) An adaptation of a piece of music for other instruments, or in another style.
- A particular way in which items are organized.
- (often in the plural) Preparations for some undertaking.
- the thing arranged or agreed to
- an organized structure for arranging or classifying
- the spatial property of the way in which something is placed
- the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
- an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging
- a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments
noun
- An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads or printed type.
- (medicine) A type of add-on device used by an asthmatic person to increase the effectiveness of a metered-dose inhaler.
- (science fiction) A person who works or lives in space.
- A bushing.
- (slang) A forgetful person; one who spaces out.
- (historical) An instrument for reversing a telegraphic current, especially in a marine cable, to increase the speed of transmission.
noun
- Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.
- A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest.
- (with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar.
- (now dialectal) A fiddle.
- A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
- an informal body of friends
- a large number of things or people considered together
verb
- (transitive) To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.
- (transitive, often used with "out of" or "off") To push, to press, to shove.
- (transitive) To fill by pressing or thronging together
- (transitive) To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.
- (intransitive) To press forward; to advance by pushing.
- (nautical, of a square-rigged ship, transitive) To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.
- (nautical) To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.
- (intransitive) To press together or collect in numbers.
- cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
- approach a certain age or speed
- to gather together in large numbers
- fill or occupy to the point of overflowing
noun
- A list or collection of various items.
- (pharmaceutical industry) A collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs.
- A collection of board games packaged in a single box.
- A short, complete summary; an abstract.
- a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work
- a publication containing a variety of works
noun
adj
- consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
- involving or composed of different races
- Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.
- Having two or more separate aspects.
- Stemming from two or more races or breeds.
- Including both male(s) and female(s).
- Polarizing; including both positive and negative feedback.
verb
adj
noun
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
- a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
- An incongruous mixture.
- (countable, figuratively, by extension) A jester; a fool.
- (uncountable) A jester's multicoloured clothes.
verb
noun
- miscellaneous unspecified objects
- (informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
- the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
- unspecified qualities required to do or be something
- a critically important or characteristic component
- informal terms for personal possessions
- information in some unspecified form
- senseless talk
- (informal) Unspecified things or matters.
- The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
- Abstract/figurative substance or character.
- (informal) Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.
- (slang) Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
- (nautical) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
- (sometimes euphemistic) Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language.
- Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.
verb
- treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
- press or force
- fill tightly with a material
- fill with a stuffing while cooking
- obstruct
- cram into a cavity
- (transitive, mildly vulgar, often imperative) Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it.
- (transitive) To load goods into (a container) for transport.
- (transitive, British, Australia, New Zealand) To break; to destroy.
- To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.
- (transitive) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
- (informal) To heavily defeat or get the better of.
- (transitive, cooking) To fill with seasoning.
- (transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
- (transitive, computing) To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.
- (pronominal) To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
- (transitive) To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.
- (transitive) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
- (transitive) To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
- (transitive, vulgar, British, Australia, New Zealand) To sexually penetrate.
- (transitive, used in the passive) To sate.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
- (transitive) To be dispersed upon.
- (slang, US) To leave.
- (transitive, physics) To deflect (radiation or particles).
- (transitive) To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
- (intransitive) To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
- (ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
- (transitive, baseball) Of a pitcher: to keep down the number of hits or walks.
- cause to separate
- sow by scattering
- to cause to separate and go in different directions
- move away from each other
- distribute loosely
- strew or distribute over an area
noun
- (figuratively) A collection of miscellaneous items or fragments of little importance.
- (figuratively) People considered to be of little worth.
- (nautical) The remains of a shipwreck still floating in the water.
- (nautical) That which has been discharged from a ship or boat, especially on the ocean or a sea, (flotsam unintentionally and jetsam intentionally).
noun
- an assortment of miscellaneous items
- a container from which a person draws a wrapped item at random without knowing the contents
- A bag containing essential items, which can be easily picked up and taken in an emergency.
- A bag from which a gift or prize may be withdrawn (grabbed) unseen.
- A gift, purchase, etc. whose contents are concealed until after a selection is made; a bag as gift that comprises mystery prizes.
- (figurative) Any random assortment, selection or possibility.
- A moderately large bag of crisps or other snack, suitable for sharing.
noun
adj
- not of prime or central importance
- occurring with or following as a consequence
- (sometimes followed by ‘to’) minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
- Existing tangentially, being a byproduct, a tangent, or a likely consequence.
- (physics, of radiation) Entering or approaching, prior to reflection (more frequently incident).
- Loosely associated; of limited relevance except indirectly; only accidentally related.
- Occurring by chance.
noun
- Something that does not match the things it is with or cannot easily be categorized; a miscellaneous item.
- A varied collection (of items).
- (printing) A part of a book that is not a portion of the text, such as the title, index, etc. (usually plural).
- Something strange or unusual.
- (commerce) An item that was originally part of a set but is sold individually; an excess item of stock.
- A remaining number or amount (after a calculation).
- A part of something that is left over, such as a piece of cloth.
- A person who does not fit in with others or is considered to be strange in some way.
- a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
- something unusual — perhaps worthy of collecting
noun
- Miscellaneous items of little value, especially discarded or unwanted items.
- Pieces of old cable or cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.
- (nautical) A Chinese sailing vessel.
- (slang) Any narcotic drug, especially heroin.
- Nonsense; gibberish.
- (slang) The genitalia, especially of a male.
- (nautical) Salt beef.
- (attributive) Material or resources of poor quality or low value, especially resources that lack commercial value.
- any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails
- the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
verb
noun
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- An object made up of several parts.
- A tool for dressing forged iron.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the act of putting something in position
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
adj
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Rigid, solidified.
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in position.
- Ready, prepared.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- Prearranged.
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- fixed and unmoving
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- being below the horizon
verb
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
- (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
- urge to attack someone
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- equip with sails or masts
- set in type
- arrange attractively
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- become gelatinous
- disappear beyond the horizon
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- produce fruit
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- locate
- adapt for performance in a different way
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- fix in a border
- apply or start
- estimate
noun
- A disorganized collection of miscellaneous objects; a jumble.
- (nautical) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship.
- A thorough search, usually resulting in disorder.
- (nautical) The act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage.
- a jumble of things to be given away
- a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
verb
- (transitive) To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.
- (transitive, nautical) To search a vessel for smuggled goods.
- (transitive, nautical) To arrange (cargo, goods, etc.) in the hold of a ship; to move or rearrange such goods.
- (intransitive) To hastily search for something in a confined space and among many items by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside; dig through carelessly.
- search haphazardly
noun
- a collection of precious things
- any possession that is highly valued by its owner
- accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
- art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
- A term of endearment.
- (literally, countable and uncountable) A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
- (figuratively, countable) Anything greatly valued.
- (in the plural, euphemistic or literary) The female genitals; pudenda.
verb
noun
- A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
- (US, colloquial) A gun.
- An article published in the press.
- (US, slang) A cannabis pipe.
- (US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).
- (US, colloquial, vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.
- (chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; (by extension) those with which draughts, backgammon, and other similar board games are played.
- A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
- (Scotland, Ireland, UK, US, dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
- A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
- An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
- An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
- (US, Canada, colloquial, short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
- (military) An artillery gun.
- (US) A pacifier; a dummy.
- (slang) An ounce of a recreational drug.
- (colloquial) A distance.
- (baseball, uncountable) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with get.
- (rowing) A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
- a portion of a natural object
- a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- a share of something
- a separate part of a whole
- a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
- a portable gun
- an instance of some kind
- an item that is an instance of some type
- an artistic or literary composition
- a distance
- a work of art of some artistic value
- a musical work that has been created
verb
- (transitive, usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
- To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
- (slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- to join or unite the pieces of
- create by putting components or members together
- join during spinning
- repair by adding pieces
noun
- A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.
- A cloth of mixed colours.
- (swimming) A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.
- (music) A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece.
- a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
verb
noun
- ornamental objects of no great value
- an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
- (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs
- a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
- (figurative) A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric.
- (photography) A wrinkled edge to a film.
- A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
- (figurative) Something extraneous or not essential; something purely for show or effect; a luxury.
- (zoology) The relatively extensive margin seen on the back of the heads of reptiles, with either a bony support or a cartilaginous one.
- (mycology) Synonym of armilla.
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noun
- ornamental objects of no great value
- a message that seems to convey no meaning
- Something foolish.
- Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
- (literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.
- That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
- (biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
- An untrue statement.
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- (countable) An assortment of miscellaneous items.
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- (uncountable) The condition of being miscellaneous, of being a hodgepodge.
- (countable) A collection of writings on various subjects or topics; an anthology.
- an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
noun
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together
- A collection or mass.
- (geology, volcanology) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; distinguished from conglomerate.
- (meteorology) An ice cover of floe formed by the freezing together of various forms of ice.
adj
verb
- form into one cluster
- (ambitransitive) To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.
- (geography) To extend an urban area by contiguous development, so as to merge the built-up area of one or more central cities or settlements and their suburbs (thus creating an agglomeration).
noun
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- a car that is old and unreliable
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
- A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
- (colloquial) A dilapidated place or vehicle.
- (computing) Memory that is dynamically allocated.
- A great number or large quantity of things.
- (colloquial) A lot, a large amount
- (computing) A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
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noun
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
- structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
- a small natural hill
- (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
- a large amount of something.
- (baseball) Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
- A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross.
- (US, vulgar, slang) The mons veneris.
- An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
- A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
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noun
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
- the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
- a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
- battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
- a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- An atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor.
- A list or league
- Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)
- A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.
- (informal) A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process.
- A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
- (historical, electrochemistry) A battery (simple device for converting chemical potential energy into usable electricity).
- A large building, or mass of buildings.
- A mass formed in layers.
- A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a fagot.
- A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.
- The raised hairs, loops or strands of a fabric; the nap of a cloth.
- A battery consisting of repeated units of alternating types of metal; voltaic pile.
- (usually in the plural) A hemorrhoid.
- (heraldry) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.
- (slang) A large amount of money.
- A funeral pile; a pyre.
- (architecture, civil engineering) A beam, pole, or pillar, driven completely into the ground, usually as one of a group that constitutes a foundation.
- The head of an arrow or spear.
verb
- arrange in stacks
- press tightly together or cram
- place or lay as if in a pile
- (transitive) To add something to a great number.
- (transitive, often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate
- (transitive) (of vehicles) To create a hold-up.
- (transitive) To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.
- (transitive) To give a pile to; to make shaggy.
- (intransitive) To form a pile or heap.
- (transitive, military) To place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright, supporting each other.
- (transitive) To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.
noun
- A collection of objects lodged together.
- (historical) A family of Native Americans, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge; as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons.
- An indigenous American home, such as tipi or wigwam. By extension, the people who live in one such home; a household.
- A rural hotel or resort, an inn.
- Ellipsis of porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially (UK, Canada) as a college mailroom.
- A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.
- (US) A local chapter of a trade union.
- (mining) The space at the mouth of a level next to the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; called also platt.
- A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.
- A den or cave.
- A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
- The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.
- a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
- a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter
- small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- any of various Native American dwellings
verb
- (transitive) To drive (an animal) to covert.
- (transitive) To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.
- (transitive) To firmly fix in a specified position.
- (intransitive) To become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.
- (intransitive) To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.
- (intransitive) To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
- (transitive, chiefly law, politics) To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).
- (transitive) To cause to flatten, as grass or grain.
- (intransitive) To stay in any place or shelter.
- (transitive) To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
- be a lodger; stay temporarily
- put, fix, force, or implant
- file a formal charge against
- provide housing for
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- A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
- (music) A secundal chord of three or more notes.
- (US) In full oak leaf cluster: a small bronze or silver device shaped like a twig of oak leaves and acorns which is worn on a ribbon to indicate that the wearer has been conferred the same award or decoration before; an oakleaf.
- A number of individuals (animals or people) collected in one place or grouped together; a crowd, a mob, a swarm.
- (epidemiology) A group of cases of the same disease occurring around the same place or time.
- (linguistics) Synonym of lexical bundle (“a sequence of two or more words that occur in a language with high frequency but are not idiomatic”).
- (phonetics) A pronounceable group of consonants that occur together: a consonant cluster.
- (physical chemistry) An ensemble of bound atoms (especially of a metal) or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.
- A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block (noun)).
- A group of computers that work together.
- A set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast.
- (statistics) In cluster analysis: a subset of a population whose members are similar enough to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; also, such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant.
- (slang) Euphemistic form of clusterfuck (“a chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong”).
- (astronomy) A group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other.
- a grouping of a number of similar things
verb
- (intransitive) To form a cluster or group; to assemble, to gather.
- To cover (with clusters); to scatter or strew in clusters (within); to distribute (objects) within such that they form clusters.
- To collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun noun sense 1).
- come together as in a cluster or flock
- gather or cause to gather into a cluster
noun
- Various small, round solid objects.
- Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.
- A bubble, in spirits.
- A small, round object with a hole to allow it to be threaded on a cord or wire, particularly for decorative purposes.
- (by extension) Knowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose.
- A small, round ball at the end of a barrel of a gun used for aiming.
- (architecture) A narrow molding with semicircular section.
- A rigid edge of a tire that mounts it on a wheel; tire bead.
- A small drop of water or other liquid.
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a small ball with a hole through the middle
- a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
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noun
- An assemblage of related things; a collection.
- (psychology) A group of emotionally charged ideas or mental factors, unconsciously associated by the individual with a particular subject, arising from repressed instincts, fears, or desires and often resulting in mental abnormality.
- (taxonomy) A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.
- (linguistics) A multimorphemic word, one with several parts, one with affixes.
- A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
- An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
- (chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination compounds in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.
- (mathematics) A complex number.
- A fixed mental tendency or obsession.
- A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.
- A network of interconnected systems.
- a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
- a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated
- a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
- (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior
adj
- (mathematics, algebra) Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.
- Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
- (geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
- (mathematics, mathematical analysis, of a function) Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.
- Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
- (mathematics, of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.
- difficult to analyze or understand
- complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts
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- A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
- (programming) A list of items on which user operations will take place. ᵂᵖ
- A musical piece.
- (historical) The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. ᵂᵖ
- (algebra) A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.
- (biology) Ellipsis of natural selection.
- (biology) The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. ᵂᵖ
- Something selected.
- (Australia) A plot of land, or farm, thus selected.
- The process or act of selecting.
- (linguistics) The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. ᵂᵖ
- (databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
- a passage selected from a larger work
- a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
- an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- the act of choosing or selecting
noun
- (figuratively) A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface.
- A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.
- (figuratively) A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.
- The sound of droplets hitting a surface.
- A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface.
- the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
- the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
verb
- (transitive) To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.
- (transitive, figurative) To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.
- (transitive, figuratively) To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.
- (intransitive) To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).
- (transitive) To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
- dash a liquid upon or against
- spot, splash, or soil
- rain gently
noun
- an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
- a body of matter without definite shape
- the common people generally
- the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
- the property of something that is great in magnitude
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- (medicine) A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.
- (Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.
- A musical setting of parts of the mass.
- A large quantity; a sum.
- (Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
- (bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.
- Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
- A quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.
- (Christianity, by extension) The main kind of church service, in some denominations.
- (pharmacology) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills.
- A large body of individuals, especially persons.
- The principal part; the main body.
- (Christianity, usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
- (in the plural) The lower classes of persons.
- (physics) A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram.
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noun
- A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.
- A gathering of people.
- (archaeology) A group of different artifacts found in association with one another.
- (art) A visual art form similar to collage, which combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional, often found, elements into works of art.
- The process of assembling or bringing together.
- the social act of assembling
- a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
- a group of persons together in one place
- several things grouped together or considered as a whole
noun
- A material object (vaguely designated).
- (often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.
- A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.
- Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
- An adulterous relationship, chiefly of a married person. (from affaire de cœur, affair of the heart).
- An otherwise illicit romantic relationship, such as with someone who is not one's regular partner (boyfriend, girlfriend).
- (military) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
- A party or social gathering, especially of a formal nature.
- a vaguely specified concern
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
- a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
noun
- a collection of related things intended for use together
- a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series
- a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher
- a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores
- an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
- the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
- group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
- (baseball) The catcher and the pitcher together
- (music) A marching percussion ensemble; the section of the drumline that marches on the field during a performance.
- An array of similar things.
- (chess) Two or more pieces working together on the same rank, file, or diagonal
- (originally and sometimes still, strictly) Such a device that has multiple cells.
- (law) The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which involves the threat of impending violence.
- The state of a firearm or cannon when it is possible to be fired.
- (metonymic, informal, uncountable) The energy stored in such a device.
- (electricity, electronics, countable) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.
- A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.
- (military, countable) A coordinated group of artillery weapons, with any of various numbers of guns.
- Such a group of a certain size (number of guns and artillerists), within a schema of military unit organization.
noun
- A collection of things that have been arranged.
- The act of arranging.
- An agreement.
- The manner of being arranged.
- (music) An adaptation of a piece of music for other instruments, or in another style.
- A particular way in which items are organized.
- (often in the plural) Preparations for some undertaking.
- the thing arranged or agreed to
- an organized structure for arranging or classifying
- the spatial property of the way in which something is placed
- the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
- an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging
- a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments
noun
- An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads or printed type.
- (medicine) A type of add-on device used by an asthmatic person to increase the effectiveness of a metered-dose inhaler.
- (science fiction) A person who works or lives in space.
- A bushing.
- (slang) A forgetful person; one who spaces out.
- (historical) An instrument for reversing a telegraphic current, especially in a marine cable, to increase the speed of transmission.
noun
- Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.
- A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest.
- (with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar.
- (now dialectal) A fiddle.
- A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
- an informal body of friends
- a large number of things or people considered together
verb
- (transitive) To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.
- (transitive, often used with "out of" or "off") To push, to press, to shove.
- (transitive) To fill by pressing or thronging together
- (transitive) To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.
- (intransitive) To press forward; to advance by pushing.
- (nautical, of a square-rigged ship, transitive) To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.
- (nautical) To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.
- (intransitive) To press together or collect in numbers.
- cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
- approach a certain age or speed
- to gather together in large numbers
- fill or occupy to the point of overflowing
noun
- A list or collection of various items.
- (pharmaceutical industry) A collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs.
- A collection of board games packaged in a single box.
- A short, complete summary; an abstract.
- a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work
- a publication containing a variety of works
noun
adj
noun
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
- a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
- An incongruous mixture.
- (countable, figuratively, by extension) A jester; a fool.
- (uncountable) A jester's multicoloured clothes.
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- consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
- involving or composed of different races
- Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.
- Having two or more separate aspects.
- Stemming from two or more races or breeds.
- Including both male(s) and female(s).
- Polarizing; including both positive and negative feedback.
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adj
noun
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
- a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
- An incongruous mixture.
- (countable, figuratively, by extension) A jester; a fool.
- (uncountable) A jester's multicoloured clothes.