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verb
- shield from light
- plan where and when songs should be inserted into a theatrical production, or plan a theatrical production in general
- indicate roughly
- prevent from entering
- (transitive) to prevent from entering or penetrating.
- (transitive) to cover something, so as to make it impossible to see.
- (idiomatic, transitive) to prevent (a thought) from entering one's mind.
- (transitive) to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out roughly; to lay out.
verb
- shield from light
- hide under a false appearance
- make unrecognizable
- cover with a sauce
- put a mask on or cover with a mask
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To bewilder; confuse.
- (transitive, military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham) To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
- (transitive, military) To cover or keep in check.
- (intransitive) To put on a mask; to wear a mask.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) (brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
- (transitive) To conceal from view or knowledge; to cover; to hide.
- (transitive, computing) To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
- (transitive, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham dialectal) To be infused or steeped.
- (intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
- (transitive) To disguise as something else.
- (transitive) To cover or shield something, or a portion of something, so as to prevent reproduction or to safeguard the surface from the colors used when working with an air brush or painting.
- (transitive) To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.
- (transitive, computing) To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by setting or unsetting the associated bit.
- (Scotland, Northern England, rare, of clouds, the weather, a storm, etc) To prepare (to storm).
- (intransitive) To conceal or disguise one's autism; to learn, practice, and perform certain behaviors and suppress others in order to appear more neurotypical.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To mash.
noun
- a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- a protective covering worn over the face
- a covering to disguise or conceal the face
- activity that tries to conceal something
- A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
- (computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
- (UK dialectal) Mash.
- A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade.
- (heraldry) The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- (computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
- (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
- (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
- That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
- Mesh.
- (poetic) Appearance, likeness.
- (publishing, film) A flat covering used to block off an unwanted portion of a scene or image.
- (fortification) A screen for a battery.
- (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like.
- A person wearing a mask.
verb
- protect from light, heat, or view
- (transitive) To shield (someone or something) from light.
- (intransitive, rare) To shield oneself from light.
- represent the effect of shade or shadow on
- vary slightly
- pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree
- cast a shadow over
- (transitive, slang) To throw shade, to subtly insult someone.
- (transitive) To darken, particularly in drawing.
- (intransitive, baseball, of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
- To win by a narrow margin.
- (intransitive) To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.
- (transitive) To alter slightly.
noun
- protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
- a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view
- relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
- a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a position of relative inferiority
- a slight amount or degree of difference
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- (figuratively, in the plural) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
- (countable) A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
- (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
- (historical) A candle-shade.
- (countable) A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade.
- A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
- (figuratively) A subtle variation in a concept.
- (countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
- (chiefly literary and fantasy) A ghost or specter; a spirit.
- (countable) A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
- (uncountable, originally LGBTQ slang) Subtle insults.
noun
- (attributive) The blocking out of as much light as possible.
- (slang, criminology, rare) A mass murder committed, usually in an urban area, to eliminate potential witnesses of a previous crime.
- An instance of censorship, especially a temporary one.
- (Internet) An intentional outage of a website or other online service, typically as a form of protest.
- A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
- (historical) The mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings, as well as outdoor and street lighting as a measure against aerial bombing or naval attack, as imposed during, e.g., World War II.
- A temporary loss of consciousness.
- A temporary loss of memory.
- a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
- a momentary loss of consciousness
- partial or total loss of memory
- the failure of electric power for a general region
- darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
verb
adj
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noun
- An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
- A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- (UK, law enforcement) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
- A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
- (Jungian psychology) An unconscious aspect of the personality.
- (typography) A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
- Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
- An imperfect and faint representation.
- An inseparable companion.
- (figurative) That which looms as though a shadow.
- One who secretly or furtively follows another.
- An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
- (chiefly in the negative) A small degree; a shade.
- refuge from danger or observation
- something existing in perception only
- an inseparable companion
- an unilluminated area
- shade within clear boundaries
- a premonition of something adverse
- a dominating and pervasive presence
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- an indication that something has been present
adj
verb
- (transitive) To shade, cloud, or darken.
- (transitive, intransitive) To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
- (transitive) To block light or radio transmission from.
- (particularly espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
- (transitive) To represent faintly and imperfectly.
- (transitive) To hide; to conceal.
- (transitive, computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
- (transitive, programming) To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
- make appear small by comparison
- follow, usually without the person's knowledge
- cast a shadow over
verb
adj
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- hidden and difficult to see
- Esoteric.
- Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.
- (medicine) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.
- (medicine): not visible, but chemically detectable.
noun
noun
- light in a transparent protective case
- (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.
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noun
verb
- (fashion) To wear an oversize top with skintight thigh-high boots and no leggings.
- (narratology, fandom slang) To intentionally call attention to the improbable, incongruent, or clichéd nature of an element or situation featured in a work of fiction within the work itself.
- To adorn with one or more lampshades.
- To design or create lampshades.
verb
- cover from sight
- place in a grave or tomb
- embed deeply
- dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
- enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
- place in the earth and cover with soil
- (figuratively) To suppress and hide away in one's mind.
- (figuratively) To put an end to; to abandon.
- To render imperceptible by other, more prominent stimuli; to drown out.
- (often figurative) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
- To place in the ground.
- (professional wrestling slang) To ruin the image or character of another wrestler; usually by embarrassing or defeating them in dominating fashion.
- (figurative, slang) To kill or murder.
- (by extension) To overwhelm.
- (figurative, humorous) To outlive.
- (sports) To score (a goal).
noun
adj
- Light-emitting.
- (India) Self-aware; knowable by itself.
- (color theory, of a perceived color) Having a luminosity exceeding 100%.
- (philosophy) Self-illuminating; knowable only as its unambiguous self; self-evident.
- (figurative) Prominent or famous for virtue or greatness.
- having in itself the property of emitting light
adj
- reflecting light
- superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense
- based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
- (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and shiny especially by pressing between rollers
- (figurative) Attention-grabbing and superficially attractive.
- Having a smooth, silklike, reflective (shiny) surface.
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adj
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verb
noun
- (science fiction) An invisible barrier used as a protective shield.
- (chemistry) A mathematical description of the potential energy of a system of atoms.
- (physics) A region of space (a vector field) in which a force operates; contains lines of force; a field of force.
- the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
noun
- a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
- a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
- something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
- people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
- A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
- (poker) A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) No score.
- A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
- A hiding place.
- A place where people can hide in order to observe wildlife.
- (poker) A player who is forced to pay such a bet.
- Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge, deception.
- (rugby, colloquial) The blindside.
- (military) A blindage.
adj
- unable to see
- not based on reason or evidence
- unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
- (not comparable) Unable to see, or only partially able to see.
- (horticulture) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.
- Unintelligible or illegible.
- (not comparable) Without any prior knowledge.
- (not comparable) Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.
- (comparable) Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.
- (LGBTQ, slang) Uncircumcised.
- (not comparable, metalworking, construction, of a fastener) Able to be fixed without access to one end.
- (Of a pimple) not having a well-defined head.
- (not comparable, of a place) Having little or no visibility.
- (sciences) Using blinded study design, wherein information is purposely limited to prevent bias.
- (in certain phrases, chiefly in the negative) Smallest or slightest.
- (not comparable) Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.
- (not comparable) Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
verb
- render unable to see
- make blind by putting the eyes out
- make dim by comparison or conceal
- (transitive) To make temporarily or permanently blind.
- To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
- To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
- (informal, obsolete except when paired, especially eff and blind) To curse, swear, use foul language
adv
noun
- a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
- the personnel of the film industry
- the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube
- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
- a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame
- a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
- a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
- partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space
- (American football) Ellipsis of screen pass.
- (mining, quarrying) A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.
- (cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
- (basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
- The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
- (figurative) A disguise; concealment.
- (by extension) A room in a cinema.
- (printing) A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
- (architecture) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, etc.
- (nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
- (genetics) A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
- One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
- (computing) The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
- (baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
- The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
- (by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it.
verb
- examine in order to test suitability
- separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
- test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
- protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
- project onto a screen for viewing
- examine methodically
- prevent from entering
- To shelter or conceal.
- (basketball) To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- To filter by passing through a screen.
- To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.
- (molecular biology) To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.
- To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.
- To fit with a screen.
- (film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).
- (medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
adj
- not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight
- hard or impossible to understand
- Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
- (computing) Describes a type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out by the type's defined abstract operators.
- Neither reflecting nor emitting light.
- (figuratively) Obtuse, stupid.
- (figuratively) Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of.
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verb
noun
- A shield surrounding the eyepiece of a camera.
- Raccoon eyes.
- (US) An eyebath.
- Alternative form of eye-cup or kylix.
- a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball
- (embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina
verb
- (transitive) To prevent (light) from passing through.
- (transitive, figurative) To destroy (something) by depriving it of a vital resource.
- (transitive) To prevent (something) from growing by overwhelming it or robbing it of nutrients.
- (transitive) To extinguish (fire) (by depriving it of oxygen or fuel).
- (transitive) To say (something) with difficulty, while or as if choking.
- (transitive) To cause (a person) to lose consciousness by applying a chokehold.
noun
- Brightness from reflected light.
- Brightness from a source of light.
- Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour.
- (slang) Moonshine; an illicitly brewed alcoholic drink.
- (slang) A liking for a person; a fancy.
- (cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
- Shoeshine.
- (slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
- Sunshine (typically in contrast with rain).
- the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
verb
- (intransitive, copulative) To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
- (transitive, cricket) To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.
- (transitive) To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
- (intransitive, copulative) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be immediately apparent.
- (intransitive, copulative) To distinguish oneself; to excel.
- (transitive) To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be smooth and shiny by rubbing; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
- (intransitive, copulative) To reflect light.
- be distinguished or eminent
- emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
- be clear and obvious
- be shiny, as if wet
- throw or flash the light of (a lamp)
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
- make (a surface) shine
- experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
- be bright by reflecting or casting light
adj
- not reflecting light; not glossy
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- having lost effervescence
- lacking contrast or shading between tones
- horizontally level
- stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
- having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
- lacking taste or flavor or tang
- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
- not modified or restricted by reservations
- commercially inactive
- lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
- (not comparable, commerce) Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
- Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
- (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
- At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
- (of colours) Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
- (algebra, ring theory, of a ring homomorphism) Such that its target, regarded as a module over its source, is flat (as above).
- (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
- In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
- (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
- (algebraic geometry, scheme theory, of a morphism of schemes) Such that the induced map on every stalk is flat (as a map of rings).
- (authorship, figuratively, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
- (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
- (slang) Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
- (phonetics, of a vowel) Not diphthongal; without variation in height or backness.
- (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
- (homological algebra, of a module) Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See Flat module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
- (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
- (of measurements of time) Exact.
- Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
- Having no variations in height.
- (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- (music, voice) Without variations in pitch.
- (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
- Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
- (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
- (of coffee) Having little froth and little milk.
- (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
noun
- a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- a deflated pneumatic tire
- scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
- a level tract of land
- a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
- a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
- freight car without permanent sides or roof
- (American football) The areas behind the line of scrimmage to either side of an offensive football formation.
- (rail transport) A flat spot on the wheel of a rail vehicle.
- (publishing) A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
- An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
- (technical, theatre, stagecraft) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene, and are a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth or backdrop.
- (entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
- A flat sheet for use on a bed.
- (horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
- (postal) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
- (music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
- (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
- (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/flat tire.
- (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
- (optics) A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
- Ellipsis of flat ride (“spinning amusement ride”).
- A wide, shallow container or pallet.
- (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
- (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
- The most prominent flat part of something.
- A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
- (swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
- A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
- A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
- (Australia, horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) the area in the centre of a racecourse.
- (gambling, slang) A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
- (in the phrase 'the flat') Level ground in general.
- (historical) An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
- (US) Ellipsis of flat water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).
- (chiefly British, New England, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, archaic elsewhere) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent
- (Canadian Prairies, British Columbia) A 24-case of beer.
- The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
- (rail transport, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
- (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
adv
- with flat sails
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.
- Directly; flatly.
- (with units of time, distance, etc) Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
- (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
- Completely.
- (of accurately measured timings) Exactly, precisely.
- So as to be flat.
- (of a sentence) Without parole.
verb
- (transitive) To dash or throw
- (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
- (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
- (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
- (intransitive) To dash, rush
- (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
adj
noun
- the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
- a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven
- a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete
- a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it
- a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
- sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports
- mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
- A thickly tangled mess.
- A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
- A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
- (athletics) A floor pad to protect athletes.
- Alternative spelling of matte (“decorative border around a picture”).
- A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
- Vulgar, obscene, or profane language in Russian and some other Slavic language communities.
- (printing) Clipping of matrix.
- (coppersmithing) An alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc.; white metal.
- A thin surface layer; superficial cover.
- Alternative form of matte (“instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface”).
- (video games slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of material.
verb
- twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
- change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
- (transitive) To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
- Alternative form of matte (“to produce a dull, lustreless surface on metal”).
- (intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
adj
noun
- the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
- (film) Alternative spelling of matte (“background, often painted or created with computers”).
- Alternative spelling of mat (“an alloy in coppersmithing”).
- Alternative form of matte (“instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface”).
verb
adj
noun
- the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
- a mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted
- (pyrometallurgy) The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.
- (art, photography) A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
- An instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface.
- (film) A background, often painted or created with computers
verb
noun
- an appearance of reflected light
- a flash of light (especially reflected light)
- A look of joy or liveliness on one's face.
- A bright, but intermittent or short-lived, appearance of something.
- (countable) An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived.
- An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint.
verb
- to shine with faint or brief light
- shine brightly, like a star or a light
- be shiny, as if wet
- To shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner; to glisten, to glitter.
- (transitive) Chiefly in conjunction with an adverb: to cause (light) to shine.
- (figuratively) To be strongly but briefly apparent.
noun
- an appearance of reflected light
- light from nonthermal sources
- a steady even light without flames
- the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
- the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
- a feeling of considerable warmth
- an alert and refreshed state
- A state of heat being emitted by a person or an animal's body.
- A state of brightness or warmth of colour; specifically, a reddish colour on a person's face indicating health or youth; a flush.
- A state of light being emitted by something (for example, a bioluminescent animal or fungus, or a mineral) which is not hot; luminescence.
- A state of heat and light being emitted by a hot object.
- A condition of being passionate or having warm feelings; an ardour.
verb
- shine intensely, as if with heat
- emit a steady even light without flames
- be exuberant or high-spirited
- have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
- experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
- To be very hot; also, to be on fire; to burn.
- (figurative, Internet slang, alt-right) To expose (someone) to the authorities.
- To emit heat and light without a flame.
- Of a person: to display intense emotion.
- Of a fire: to emit heat and light.
- To emit light brightly and steadily as if heated to a high temperature; to shine.
- (intransitive, obsolete except UK, dialectal) To look intently; to stare.
- Of a person's body or a part of it: to feel hot and often to flush (“become suffused with a reddish colour”) as well, due to an emotional response, exertion, etc.
- (chiefly US, Internet slang) To be involved in an (chiefly online) undercover sting operation, especially by American federal agencies.
- Of a colour: to be bright; also, of a thing: to have a bright colour.
- (chiefly US, Internet slang, alt-right) To create a threatening online post that may involve violence, and look suspicious enough to attract a police investigation.
verb
- shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
- use tariffs to favor domestic industry
- (travel, aviation) To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.
- (ambitransitive) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
noun
- An object that partially or completely impedes the amount of light reaching the eye.
- (medicine, cardiology) A catheter-delivered device that blocks a hole in the wall of a heart, often having an umbrella-type design and folded up until the catheter arrives at the area of the defect in the heart. Once in place the occluder is unfolded on both sides of the defect so that pressure from both sides keeps it in place.
- (medicine) An implement designed to temporarily block light to one eye.
noun
- an artificial source of visible illumination
- a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs
- A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
- A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
- A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
verb
verb
- separate (light) into spectral rays
- cause to become widely known
- cause to separate
- to cause to separate and go in different directions
- move away from each other
- distribute loosely
- (physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
- (transitive, intransitive) To disseminate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To break up and disappear; to dissipate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To scatter in different directions.
- (transitive, intransitive) To distribute throughout.
adj
noun
- (attributive) The blocking out of as much light as possible.
- (slang, criminology, rare) A mass murder committed, usually in an urban area, to eliminate potential witnesses of a previous crime.
- An instance of censorship, especially a temporary one.
- (Internet) An intentional outage of a website or other online service, typically as a form of protest.
- A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
- (historical) The mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings, as well as outdoor and street lighting as a measure against aerial bombing or naval attack, as imposed during, e.g., World War II.
- A temporary loss of consciousness.
- A temporary loss of memory.
- a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
- a momentary loss of consciousness
- partial or total loss of memory
- the failure of electric power for a general region
- darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
verb
noun
- An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
- A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- (UK, law enforcement) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
- A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
- (Jungian psychology) An unconscious aspect of the personality.
- (typography) A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
- Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
- An imperfect and faint representation.
- An inseparable companion.
- (figurative) That which looms as though a shadow.
- One who secretly or furtively follows another.
- An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
- (chiefly in the negative) A small degree; a shade.
- refuge from danger or observation
- something existing in perception only
- an inseparable companion
- an unilluminated area
- shade within clear boundaries
- a premonition of something adverse
- a dominating and pervasive presence
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- an indication that something has been present
adj
verb
- (transitive) To shade, cloud, or darken.
- (transitive, intransitive) To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
- (transitive) To block light or radio transmission from.
- (particularly espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
- (transitive) To represent faintly and imperfectly.
- (transitive) To hide; to conceal.
- (transitive, computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
- (transitive, programming) To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
- make appear small by comparison
- follow, usually without the person's knowledge
- cast a shadow over
noun
- light in a transparent protective case
- (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.
adj
verb
verb
- protect from light, heat, or view
- (transitive) To shield (someone or something) from light.
- (intransitive, rare) To shield oneself from light.
- represent the effect of shade or shadow on
- vary slightly
- pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree
- cast a shadow over
- (transitive, slang) To throw shade, to subtly insult someone.
- (transitive) To darken, particularly in drawing.
- (intransitive, baseball, of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
- To win by a narrow margin.
- (intransitive) To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.
- (transitive) To alter slightly.
noun
- protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
- a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view
- relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
- a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a position of relative inferiority
- a slight amount or degree of difference
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- (figuratively, in the plural) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
- (countable) A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
- (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
- (historical) A candle-shade.
- (countable) A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade.
- A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
- (figuratively) A subtle variation in a concept.
- (countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
- (chiefly literary and fantasy) A ghost or specter; a spirit.
- (countable) A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
- (uncountable, originally LGBTQ slang) Subtle insults.
noun
verb
- (fashion) To wear an oversize top with skintight thigh-high boots and no leggings.
- (narratology, fandom slang) To intentionally call attention to the improbable, incongruent, or clichéd nature of an element or situation featured in a work of fiction within the work itself.
- To adorn with one or more lampshades.
- To design or create lampshades.
noun
- (science fiction) An invisible barrier used as a protective shield.
- (chemistry) A mathematical description of the potential energy of a system of atoms.
- (physics) A region of space (a vector field) in which a force operates; contains lines of force; a field of force.
- the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
noun
- a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
- a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
- something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
- people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
- A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
- (poker) A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) No score.
- A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
- A hiding place.
- A place where people can hide in order to observe wildlife.
- (poker) A player who is forced to pay such a bet.
- Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge, deception.
- (rugby, colloquial) The blindside.
- (military) A blindage.
adj
- unable to see
- not based on reason or evidence
- unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
- (not comparable) Unable to see, or only partially able to see.
- (horticulture) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.
- Unintelligible or illegible.
- (not comparable) Without any prior knowledge.
- (not comparable) Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.
- (comparable) Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.
- (LGBTQ, slang) Uncircumcised.
- (not comparable, metalworking, construction, of a fastener) Able to be fixed without access to one end.
- (Of a pimple) not having a well-defined head.
- (not comparable, of a place) Having little or no visibility.
- (sciences) Using blinded study design, wherein information is purposely limited to prevent bias.
- (in certain phrases, chiefly in the negative) Smallest or slightest.
- (not comparable) Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.
- (not comparable) Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
verb
- render unable to see
- make blind by putting the eyes out
- make dim by comparison or conceal
- (transitive) To make temporarily or permanently blind.
- To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
- To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
- (informal, obsolete except when paired, especially eff and blind) To curse, swear, use foul language
adv
noun
- a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
- the personnel of the film industry
- the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube
- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
- a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame
- a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
- a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
- partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space
- (American football) Ellipsis of screen pass.
- (mining, quarrying) A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.
- (cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
- (basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
- The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
- (figurative) A disguise; concealment.
- (by extension) A room in a cinema.
- (printing) A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
- (architecture) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, etc.
- (nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
- (genetics) A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
- One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
- (computing) The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
- (baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
- The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
- (by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening, or the method for it.
verb
- examine in order to test suitability
- separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
- test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
- protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
- project onto a screen for viewing
- examine methodically
- prevent from entering
- To shelter or conceal.
- (basketball) To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- To filter by passing through a screen.
- To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.
- (molecular biology) To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.
- To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.
- To fit with a screen.
- (film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).
- (medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
noun
- A shield surrounding the eyepiece of a camera.
- Raccoon eyes.
- (US) An eyebath.
- Alternative form of eye-cup or kylix.
- a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball
- (embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina
noun
- Brightness from reflected light.
- Brightness from a source of light.
- Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour.
- (slang) Moonshine; an illicitly brewed alcoholic drink.
- (slang) A liking for a person; a fancy.
- (cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
- Shoeshine.
- (slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
- Sunshine (typically in contrast with rain).
- the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
verb
- (intransitive, copulative) To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
- (transitive, cricket) To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.
- (transitive) To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
- (intransitive, copulative) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be immediately apparent.
- (intransitive, copulative) To distinguish oneself; to excel.
- (transitive) To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be smooth and shiny by rubbing; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
- (intransitive, copulative) To reflect light.
- be distinguished or eminent
- emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
- be clear and obvious
- be shiny, as if wet
- throw or flash the light of (a lamp)
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
- make (a surface) shine
- experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
- be bright by reflecting or casting light
noun
- an appearance of reflected light
- a flash of light (especially reflected light)
- A look of joy or liveliness on one's face.
- A bright, but intermittent or short-lived, appearance of something.
- (countable) An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived.
- An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint.
verb
- to shine with faint or brief light
- shine brightly, like a star or a light
- be shiny, as if wet
- To shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner; to glisten, to glitter.
- (transitive) Chiefly in conjunction with an adverb: to cause (light) to shine.
- (figuratively) To be strongly but briefly apparent.
noun
- an appearance of reflected light
- light from nonthermal sources
- a steady even light without flames
- the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
- the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
- a feeling of considerable warmth
- an alert and refreshed state
- A state of heat being emitted by a person or an animal's body.
- A state of brightness or warmth of colour; specifically, a reddish colour on a person's face indicating health or youth; a flush.
- A state of light being emitted by something (for example, a bioluminescent animal or fungus, or a mineral) which is not hot; luminescence.
- A state of heat and light being emitted by a hot object.
- A condition of being passionate or having warm feelings; an ardour.
verb
- shine intensely, as if with heat
- emit a steady even light without flames
- be exuberant or high-spirited
- have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
- experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
- To be very hot; also, to be on fire; to burn.
- (figurative, Internet slang, alt-right) To expose (someone) to the authorities.
- To emit heat and light without a flame.
- Of a person: to display intense emotion.
- Of a fire: to emit heat and light.
- To emit light brightly and steadily as if heated to a high temperature; to shine.
- (intransitive, obsolete except UK, dialectal) To look intently; to stare.
- Of a person's body or a part of it: to feel hot and often to flush (“become suffused with a reddish colour”) as well, due to an emotional response, exertion, etc.
- (chiefly US, Internet slang) To be involved in an (chiefly online) undercover sting operation, especially by American federal agencies.
- Of a colour: to be bright; also, of a thing: to have a bright colour.
- (chiefly US, Internet slang, alt-right) To create a threatening online post that may involve violence, and look suspicious enough to attract a police investigation.
noun
- An object that partially or completely impedes the amount of light reaching the eye.
- (medicine, cardiology) A catheter-delivered device that blocks a hole in the wall of a heart, often having an umbrella-type design and folded up until the catheter arrives at the area of the defect in the heart. Once in place the occluder is unfolded on both sides of the defect so that pressure from both sides keeps it in place.
- (medicine) An implement designed to temporarily block light to one eye.
noun
- an artificial source of visible illumination
- a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs
- A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
- A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
- A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
verb
adj
noun
verb
verb
- shield from light
- plan where and when songs should be inserted into a theatrical production, or plan a theatrical production in general
- indicate roughly
- prevent from entering
- (transitive) to prevent from entering or penetrating.
- (transitive) to cover something, so as to make it impossible to see.
- (idiomatic, transitive) to prevent (a thought) from entering one's mind.
- (transitive) to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out roughly; to lay out.
verb
- shield from light
- hide under a false appearance
- make unrecognizable
- cover with a sauce
- put a mask on or cover with a mask
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To bewilder; confuse.
- (transitive, military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham) To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
- (transitive, military) To cover or keep in check.
- (intransitive) To put on a mask; to wear a mask.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) (brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
- (transitive) To conceal from view or knowledge; to cover; to hide.
- (transitive, computing) To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
- (transitive, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham dialectal) To be infused or steeped.
- (intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
- (transitive) To disguise as something else.
- (transitive) To cover or shield something, or a portion of something, so as to prevent reproduction or to safeguard the surface from the colors used when working with an air brush or painting.
- (transitive) To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.
- (transitive, computing) To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by setting or unsetting the associated bit.
- (Scotland, Northern England, rare, of clouds, the weather, a storm, etc) To prepare (to storm).
- (intransitive) To conceal or disguise one's autism; to learn, practice, and perform certain behaviors and suppress others in order to appear more neurotypical.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To mash.
noun
- a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- a protective covering worn over the face
- a covering to disguise or conceal the face
- activity that tries to conceal something
- A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
- (computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
- (UK dialectal) Mash.
- A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade.
- (heraldry) The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- (computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
- (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
- (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
- That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
- Mesh.
- (poetic) Appearance, likeness.
- (publishing, film) A flat covering used to block off an unwanted portion of a scene or image.
- (fortification) A screen for a battery.
- (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like.
- A person wearing a mask.
verb
- protect from light, heat, or view
- (transitive) To shield (someone or something) from light.
- (intransitive, rare) To shield oneself from light.
- represent the effect of shade or shadow on
- vary slightly
- pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree
- cast a shadow over
- (transitive, slang) To throw shade, to subtly insult someone.
- (transitive) To darken, particularly in drawing.
- (intransitive, baseball, of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
- To win by a narrow margin.
- (intransitive) To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.
- (transitive) To alter slightly.
noun
- protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
- a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view
- relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
- a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a position of relative inferiority
- a slight amount or degree of difference
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- (figuratively, in the plural) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
- (countable) A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
- (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
- (historical) A candle-shade.
- (countable) A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade.
- A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
- (figuratively) A subtle variation in a concept.
- (countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
- (chiefly literary and fantasy) A ghost or specter; a spirit.
- (countable) A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
- (uncountable, originally LGBTQ slang) Subtle insults.
verb
adj
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- hidden and difficult to see
- Esoteric.
- Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.
- (medicine) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.
- (medicine): not visible, but chemically detectable.
noun
verb
- cover from sight
- place in a grave or tomb
- embed deeply
- dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
- enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
- place in the earth and cover with soil
- (figuratively) To suppress and hide away in one's mind.
- (figuratively) To put an end to; to abandon.
- To render imperceptible by other, more prominent stimuli; to drown out.
- (often figurative) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
- To place in the ground.
- (professional wrestling slang) To ruin the image or character of another wrestler; usually by embarrassing or defeating them in dominating fashion.
- (figurative, slang) To kill or murder.
- (by extension) To overwhelm.
- (figurative, humorous) To outlive.
- (sports) To score (a goal).
noun
verb
- (transitive) To prevent (light) from passing through.
- (transitive, figurative) To destroy (something) by depriving it of a vital resource.
- (transitive) To prevent (something) from growing by overwhelming it or robbing it of nutrients.
- (transitive) To extinguish (fire) (by depriving it of oxygen or fuel).
- (transitive) To say (something) with difficulty, while or as if choking.
- (transitive) To cause (a person) to lose consciousness by applying a chokehold.
verb
- shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
- use tariffs to favor domestic industry
- (travel, aviation) To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.
- (ambitransitive) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
verb
- separate (light) into spectral rays
- cause to become widely known
- cause to separate
- to cause to separate and go in different directions
- move away from each other
- distribute loosely
- (physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
- (transitive, intransitive) To disseminate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To break up and disappear; to dissipate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To scatter in different directions.
- (transitive, intransitive) To distribute throughout.
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adj
verb
adj
- Light-emitting.
- (India) Self-aware; knowable by itself.
- (color theory, of a perceived color) Having a luminosity exceeding 100%.
- (philosophy) Self-illuminating; knowable only as its unambiguous self; self-evident.
- (figurative) Prominent or famous for virtue or greatness.
- having in itself the property of emitting light
adj
- reflecting light
- superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense
- based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
- (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and shiny especially by pressing between rollers
- (figurative) Attention-grabbing and superficially attractive.
- Having a smooth, silklike, reflective (shiny) surface.
noun
adj
noun
verb
adj
- not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight
- hard or impossible to understand
- Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
- (computing) Describes a type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out by the type's defined abstract operators.
- Neither reflecting nor emitting light.
- (figuratively) Obtuse, stupid.
- (figuratively) Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of.
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verb
adj
- not reflecting light; not glossy
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- having lost effervescence
- lacking contrast or shading between tones
- horizontally level
- stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
- having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
- lacking taste or flavor or tang
- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
- not modified or restricted by reservations
- commercially inactive
- lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
- (not comparable, commerce) Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
- Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
- (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
- At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
- (of colours) Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
- (algebra, ring theory, of a ring homomorphism) Such that its target, regarded as a module over its source, is flat (as above).
- (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
- In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
- (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
- (algebraic geometry, scheme theory, of a morphism of schemes) Such that the induced map on every stalk is flat (as a map of rings).
- (authorship, figuratively, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
- (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
- (slang) Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
- (phonetics, of a vowel) Not diphthongal; without variation in height or backness.
- (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
- (homological algebra, of a module) Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See Flat module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
- (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
- (of measurements of time) Exact.
- Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
- Having no variations in height.
- (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- (music, voice) Without variations in pitch.
- (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
- Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
- (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
- (of coffee) Having little froth and little milk.
- (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
noun
- a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- a deflated pneumatic tire
- scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
- a level tract of land
- a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
- a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
- freight car without permanent sides or roof
- (American football) The areas behind the line of scrimmage to either side of an offensive football formation.
- (rail transport) A flat spot on the wheel of a rail vehicle.
- (publishing) A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
- An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
- (technical, theatre, stagecraft) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene, and are a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth or backdrop.
- (entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
- A flat sheet for use on a bed.
- (horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
- (postal) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
- (music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
- (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
- (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/flat tire.
- (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
- (optics) A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
- Ellipsis of flat ride (“spinning amusement ride”).
- A wide, shallow container or pallet.
- (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
- (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
- The most prominent flat part of something.
- A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
- (swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
- A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
- A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
- (Australia, horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) the area in the centre of a racecourse.
- (gambling, slang) A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
- (in the phrase 'the flat') Level ground in general.
- (historical) An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
- (US) Ellipsis of flat water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).
- (chiefly British, New England, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, archaic elsewhere) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent
- (Canadian Prairies, British Columbia) A 24-case of beer.
- The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
- (rail transport, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
- (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
adv
- with flat sails
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.
- Directly; flatly.
- (with units of time, distance, etc) Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
- (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
- Completely.
- (of accurately measured timings) Exactly, precisely.
- So as to be flat.
- (of a sentence) Without parole.
verb
- (transitive) To dash or throw
- (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
- (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
- (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
- (intransitive) To dash, rush
- (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
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noun
- the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
- a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven
- a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete
- a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it
- a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
- sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports
- mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
- A thickly tangled mess.
- A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
- A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
- (athletics) A floor pad to protect athletes.
- Alternative spelling of matte (“decorative border around a picture”).
- A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
- Vulgar, obscene, or profane language in Russian and some other Slavic language communities.
- (printing) Clipping of matrix.
- (coppersmithing) An alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc.; white metal.
- A thin surface layer; superficial cover.
- Alternative form of matte (“instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface”).
- (video games slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of material.
verb
- twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
- change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
- (transitive) To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
- Alternative form of matte (“to produce a dull, lustreless surface on metal”).
- (intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
adj
noun
- the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
- (film) Alternative spelling of matte (“background, often painted or created with computers”).
- Alternative spelling of mat (“an alloy in coppersmithing”).
- Alternative form of matte (“instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface”).
verb
adj
noun
- the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
- a mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted
- (pyrometallurgy) The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.
- (art, photography) A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
- An instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface.
- (film) A background, often painted or created with computers