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- look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
- shop around; not necessarily buying
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- eat lightly, try different dishes
- (transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.
- (intransitive, of an animal) To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees.
- To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
- To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
noun
- reading superficially or at random
- the act of feeding by continual nibbling
- vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat
- (Cornwall, fishing, uncountable) Bruised fish used as bait.
- (countable) That which one browses through; something to read.
- (uncountable) Young shoots and twigs.
- (uncountable) Fodder for cattle and other animals.
- (countable) The act of browsing through something.
verb
- look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
- switch channels, on television
- ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard
- (ambitransitive) To browse the Internet, television, etc.
- To ride a wave on a surfboard; to pursue or take part in the sport of surfing.
- To surf at a specified place.
- To bodysurf; to swim in the surf at a beach.
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- wander from a direct course or at random
- move in an unhurried fashion
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
- drive slowly and far afield for grazing
- vary or move from a fixed point or course
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- cause to be carried by a current
- be subject to fluctuation
- (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
noun
- Anything driven at random.
- the pervading meaning or tenor
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a force that moves something along
- (mining) Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- (mining) In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- (mining) A heading driven through a seam of coal.
- (uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- In the New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to sell them.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
- (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- (mining) A sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage.
- (mining) An adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- (uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
verb
- wander from a direct course or at random
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
- (intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
- (intransitive) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
- (intransitive) To wander from company or outside proper limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray.
- (transitive) To cause to stray; lead astray.
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- an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
- (BDSM) A submissive that has not committed to submit to any particular dominant, particulary in petplay.
- (radio) An instance of atmospheric interference.
- (literally or figuratively) A person who is lost.
- (slang) A casual or offhand insult.
- Ellipsis of stray bullet.
- (historical) An area of common land for use by domestic animals.
- Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.
- An act of wandering off or going astray.
verb
- To move or roam around aimlessly.
- (by extension) Often followed by with: to spend time companionably; to hang around.
- (by extension, usually in present participial form) To be mislaid in a place.
- (by extension) To engage in a relaxing activity in a place; to hang around in.
- (transitive) To hit (someone or something) all over repeatedly; hence, to behave violently towards or mistreat (someone or something).
- To be present at or inhabit a certain place.
- (by extension) To live an unconventional life.
- (transitive) To knock back a drink; to finish a drink.
- be around; be alive or active
- strike against forcefully
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- Dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp.
- Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals.
- (slang) Passion, temper, anger. Usually preceded by "have" or "get" and followed by "up".
- (chiefly Scotland) A cinder; (in the plural) the refuse of a furnace
- Allergen particles that accumulate on and may be shed from the skin and fur of domestic animals, especially from household pets such as cats and dogs.
- a feeling of anger and animosity
- small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people
verb
- (intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
- To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
- (transitive) To card wool or other fibres.
- simple past of reeve
- simple past of rive
- To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
- To draw through an eye or aperture.
- To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
- (transitive) To roam or wander through.
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
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- a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln
- One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
- The chicken turtle, Deirochelys reticularia.
- One who pots meats or other eatables.
- The red-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys rubriventris (species of turtle).
- One who hawks crockery or earthenware.
- One who places flowers or other plants inside their pots.
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- the iron normally used on the putting green
- a golfer who is putting
- One who puts or places.
- (golf) A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
- A shot-putter.
- (mining) One who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, to transport the coal mined by the getter.
- (golf) A person who is taking a putt or putting.
adj
- Seemingly randomly distributed.
- (meteorology, of clouds) Covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
- (meteorology, of precipitation) Affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.
- Dispersed, spread apart into disunited units.
- occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
- lacking orderly continuity
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- walk clumsily
- come together as in a cluster or flock
- gather or cause to gather into a cluster
- make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
- (ambitransitive) To gather in dense groups.
- (transitive, UK, regional) To strike; to beat.
- (ambitransitive) To form clusters or lumps.
- (intransitive) To walk with heavy footfalls.
noun
- a grouping of a number of similar things
- a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
- a compact mass
- A small group of trees or plants.
- A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
- The compressed clay of coal strata.
- (historical) A thick addition to the sole of a shoe.
- A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
- A dull thud.
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- walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- speak haltingly
- (originally Scotland and Northern England, transitive) To carry out (a task) clumsily, incompetently, or with many careless mistakes; to bungle, to botch.
- (intransitive) To boom, as a Eurasian bittern.
- (intransitive, frequently with on) To speak in a rambling, incoherent, or indistinct manner, especially at tedious length.
- (intransitive) To act or move in an awkward or confused manner (often clumsily, incompetently, or carelessly).
- (intransitive, of an insect) To buzz or bum.
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- walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly
- be unsure or weak
- speak haltingly
- move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
- To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.
- To stumble.
- To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
- To cleanse or sift, as barley.
- (ambitransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.
- To hesitate in purpose or action.
- (figuratively) To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).
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- walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly
- make an error
- miss a step and fall or nearly fall
- encounter by chance
- To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, across, or against.
- (intransitive) To make a mistake or have trouble.
- (transitive) To cause to stumble or trip.
- (transitive, figurative) To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall.
- (intransitive) To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.
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- walk or tramp about
- (intransitive) To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To travel with purpose; usually a significant or tedious amount.
- (transitive, colloquial) To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort
- (transitive, colloquial) to walk about or over (a place) aimlessly or insouciantly.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort.
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- a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
- a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries
- (law) An English legal ceremony in which an official from a town or parish walks around it to delineate and record its boundaries.
- The district thus inspected.
- (rare) A survey, a tour; an instance of walking around.
noun
- a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
- a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
- a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
- a march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance
- a square dance figure; couples march counterclockwise in a circle
- (formal) A prom (dance).
- A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.
- A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.
- A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.
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- Prone to roaming around.
- Having or permitting range or scope; roomy; commodious.
- (music) Requiring a large vocal range; having a great difference from the highest to the lowest notes.
- Slender and long of limb; lanky.
- tall and thin and having long slender limbs
- allowing ample room for ranging
- adapted to wandering or roaming
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- A walk to and fro.
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- The transition from one period or era to another.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (UK, finance, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
- A single loop of a coil.
- (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- The time required to complete a project.
- (circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a movement in a new direction
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- a circular segment of a curve
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
- an unforeseen development
- turning or twisting around (in place)
verb
- (transitive, roleplaying games) To magically or divinely repel undead.
- (intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- (transitive, fantasy) To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- (intransitive, fantasy) To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- (transitive) To direct or impel (something) into a place.
- (transitive) To twist or sprain.
- (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- (intransitive, of a body, person, etc) To move about an axis through itself.
- (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- (transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To hinge; to depend.
- (transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- (reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (copulative) To become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).
- (transitive, slang, sometimes offensive) To change the sexual orientation or gender of another person, or otherwise awaken a sexual preference.
- (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
- (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- accomplish by rotating
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- to send or let go
- pass to the other side of
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- to change orientation or direction
- move around an axis or a center
- get by buying and selling
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- alter the functioning or setting of
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- cause to move around or rotate
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become officially one year older
- go sour or spoil
- change to the contrary
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- change color
- undergo a change or development
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- direct at someone
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- wander from a direct course or at random
- move in an unhurried fashion
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
- drive slowly and far afield for grazing
- vary or move from a fixed point or course
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- cause to be carried by a current
- be subject to fluctuation
- (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
noun
- Anything driven at random.
- the pervading meaning or tenor
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a force that moves something along
- (mining) Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- (mining) In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- (mining) A heading driven through a seam of coal.
- (uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- In the New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to sell them.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
- (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- (mining) A sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage.
- (mining) An adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- (uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
noun
verb
- walk or tramp about
- (intransitive) To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To travel with purpose; usually a significant or tedious amount.
- (transitive, colloquial) To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort
- (transitive, colloquial) to walk about or over (a place) aimlessly or insouciantly.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort.
noun
verb
noun
- a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
- a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries
- (law) An English legal ceremony in which an official from a town or parish walks around it to delineate and record its boundaries.
- The district thus inspected.
- (rare) A survey, a tour; an instance of walking around.
noun
- a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
- a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
- a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
- a march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance
- a square dance figure; couples march counterclockwise in a circle
- (formal) A prom (dance).
- A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.
- A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.
- A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.
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noun
verb
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- A walk to and fro.
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- The transition from one period or era to another.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (UK, finance, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
- A single loop of a coil.
- (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- The time required to complete a project.
- (circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a movement in a new direction
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- a circular segment of a curve
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
- an unforeseen development
- turning or twisting around (in place)
verb
- (transitive, roleplaying games) To magically or divinely repel undead.
- (intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- (transitive, fantasy) To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- (intransitive, fantasy) To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- (transitive) To direct or impel (something) into a place.
- (transitive) To twist or sprain.
- (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- (intransitive, of a body, person, etc) To move about an axis through itself.
- (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- (transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To hinge; to depend.
- (transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- (reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (copulative) To become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).
- (transitive, slang, sometimes offensive) To change the sexual orientation or gender of another person, or otherwise awaken a sexual preference.
- (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
- (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- accomplish by rotating
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- to send or let go
- pass to the other side of
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- to change orientation or direction
- move around an axis or a center
- get by buying and selling
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- alter the functioning or setting of
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- cause to move around or rotate
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become officially one year older
- go sour or spoil
- change to the contrary
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- change color
- undergo a change or development
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- direct at someone
noun
adj
verb
verb
- look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
- shop around; not necessarily buying
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- eat lightly, try different dishes
- (transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.
- (intransitive, of an animal) To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees.
- To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
- To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
noun
- reading superficially or at random
- the act of feeding by continual nibbling
- vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat
- (Cornwall, fishing, uncountable) Bruised fish used as bait.
- (countable) That which one browses through; something to read.
- (uncountable) Young shoots and twigs.
- (uncountable) Fodder for cattle and other animals.
- (countable) The act of browsing through something.
verb
- look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
- switch channels, on television
- ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard
- (ambitransitive) To browse the Internet, television, etc.
- To ride a wave on a surfboard; to pursue or take part in the sport of surfing.
- To surf at a specified place.
- To bodysurf; to swim in the surf at a beach.
noun
verb
- wander from a direct course or at random
- move in an unhurried fashion
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
- drive slowly and far afield for grazing
- vary or move from a fixed point or course
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- cause to be carried by a current
- be subject to fluctuation
- (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
noun
- Anything driven at random.
- the pervading meaning or tenor
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a force that moves something along
- (mining) Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- (mining) In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- (mining) A heading driven through a seam of coal.
- (uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- In the New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to sell them.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
- (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- (mining) A sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage.
- (mining) An adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- (uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
verb
- wander from a direct course or at random
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
- (intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
- (intransitive) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
- (intransitive) To wander from company or outside proper limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray.
- (transitive) To cause to stray; lead astray.
adj
noun
- an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
- (BDSM) A submissive that has not committed to submit to any particular dominant, particulary in petplay.
- (radio) An instance of atmospheric interference.
- (literally or figuratively) A person who is lost.
- (slang) A casual or offhand insult.
- Ellipsis of stray bullet.
- (historical) An area of common land for use by domestic animals.
- Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.
- An act of wandering off or going astray.
verb
- To move or roam around aimlessly.
- (by extension) Often followed by with: to spend time companionably; to hang around.
- (by extension, usually in present participial form) To be mislaid in a place.
- (by extension) To engage in a relaxing activity in a place; to hang around in.
- (transitive) To hit (someone or something) all over repeatedly; hence, to behave violently towards or mistreat (someone or something).
- To be present at or inhabit a certain place.
- (by extension) To live an unconventional life.
- (transitive) To knock back a drink; to finish a drink.
- be around; be alive or active
- strike against forcefully
verb
noun
- Dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp.
- Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals.
- (slang) Passion, temper, anger. Usually preceded by "have" or "get" and followed by "up".
- (chiefly Scotland) A cinder; (in the plural) the refuse of a furnace
- Allergen particles that accumulate on and may be shed from the skin and fur of domestic animals, especially from household pets such as cats and dogs.
- a feeling of anger and animosity
- small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people
verb
- (intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
- To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
- (transitive) To card wool or other fibres.
- simple past of reeve
- simple past of rive
- To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
- To draw through an eye or aperture.
- To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
- (transitive) To roam or wander through.
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
noun
verb
noun
- a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln
- One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
- The chicken turtle, Deirochelys reticularia.
- One who pots meats or other eatables.
- The red-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys rubriventris (species of turtle).
- One who hawks crockery or earthenware.
- One who places flowers or other plants inside their pots.
verb
noun
- the iron normally used on the putting green
- a golfer who is putting
- One who puts or places.
- (golf) A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
- A shot-putter.
- (mining) One who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, to transport the coal mined by the getter.
- (golf) A person who is taking a putt or putting.
verb
- walk clumsily
- come together as in a cluster or flock
- gather or cause to gather into a cluster
- make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
- (ambitransitive) To gather in dense groups.
- (transitive, UK, regional) To strike; to beat.
- (ambitransitive) To form clusters or lumps.
- (intransitive) To walk with heavy footfalls.
noun
- a grouping of a number of similar things
- a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
- a compact mass
- A small group of trees or plants.
- A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
- The compressed clay of coal strata.
- (historical) A thick addition to the sole of a shoe.
- A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
- A dull thud.
verb
- walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- speak haltingly
- (originally Scotland and Northern England, transitive) To carry out (a task) clumsily, incompetently, or with many careless mistakes; to bungle, to botch.
- (intransitive) To boom, as a Eurasian bittern.
- (intransitive, frequently with on) To speak in a rambling, incoherent, or indistinct manner, especially at tedious length.
- (intransitive) To act or move in an awkward or confused manner (often clumsily, incompetently, or carelessly).
- (intransitive, of an insect) To buzz or bum.
noun
verb
- walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly
- be unsure or weak
- speak haltingly
- move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
- To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.
- To stumble.
- To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
- To cleanse or sift, as barley.
- (ambitransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.
- To hesitate in purpose or action.
- (figuratively) To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).
noun
verb
- walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly
- make an error
- miss a step and fall or nearly fall
- encounter by chance
- To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, across, or against.
- (intransitive) To make a mistake or have trouble.
- (transitive) To cause to stumble or trip.
- (transitive, figurative) To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall.
- (intransitive) To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.
noun
noun
verb
- walk or tramp about
- (intransitive) To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To travel with purpose; usually a significant or tedious amount.
- (transitive, colloquial) To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort
- (transitive, colloquial) to walk about or over (a place) aimlessly or insouciantly.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort.
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adv
adj
adv
adj
- Seemingly randomly distributed.
- (meteorology, of clouds) Covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
- (meteorology, of precipitation) Affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.
- Dispersed, spread apart into disunited units.
- occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
- lacking orderly continuity
verb
adj
noun
adj
- Prone to roaming around.
- Having or permitting range or scope; roomy; commodious.
- (music) Requiring a large vocal range; having a great difference from the highest to the lowest notes.
- Slender and long of limb; lanky.
- tall and thin and having long slender limbs
- allowing ample room for ranging
- adapted to wandering or roaming