bottom-dwelling
lanterne rouge
adrift
off one's game
dead last
easybeats
running target
behind
yokozuna
outsider
giant-killer
minor premiers
minor premier
track event
stack rank
lesser mortal
white belt
overplay
ahead
in the lead
leading
underplace
junior varsity
cough up
finals
back
hard-run
play through
JV
runners and riders
low-status
passenger
kick downstairs
bottom
major league
rank
second-division
bump
break
squeeze out
subelite
relegate
demote
upsetter
bus factor
wheelbarrow race
last
nontiered
downrank
inferior
midtable
in contention
below
Mickey Mouse ring
social loafing
high-status
relegation
bush league
contendership
hand-for-hand
second string
outrank
magic number
bubble position
teamwide
altitude
subcontest
bring up
vyingly
upper
pool of death
one-upmanship
drop
general classification
signal
group of death
first among equals
flat-track bully
minor league
ranking
spectator sport
scoring
junior
rotten egg
low status
seeded
defend
lowliness
lowness
competitorship
down
yusho
cellar dweller
above
bottom-dwelling
adrift
dead last
behind
ahead
in the lead
leading
hard-run
low-status
bottom
second-division
last
nontiered
inferior
midtable
high-status
teamwide
upper
signal
junior
seeded
vyingly
down
above
lanterne rouge
easybeats
running target
yokozuna
outsider
giant-killer
minor premiers
minor premier
track event
stack rank
lesser mortal
white belt
junior varsity
finals
back
JV
runners and riders
passenger
major league
subelite
upsetter
bus factor
wheelbarrow race
inferior
Mickey Mouse ring
social loafing
relegation
bush league
contendership
hand-for-hand
second string
magic number
bubble position
altitude
subcontest
pool of death
one-upmanship
drop
general classification
group of death
first among equals
flat-track bully
minor league
ranking
spectator sport
scoring
rotten egg
low status
lowliness
lowness
competitorship
yusho
cellar dweller
overplay
underplace
cough up
play through
kick downstairs
rank
bump
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squeeze out
relegate
demote
downrank
outrank
bring up
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adj
adv
noun
- In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- Effort, usually physical.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The keel and keelson of a ship.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- A ferryboat.
- The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- Large and attractive buttocks.
- The inside margin of a page.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
- The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
verb
- To go in the reverse direction.
- To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- To push or force backwards.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- To support.
- To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
- To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- To draw from behind the back [+accusative = a knife etc.] (as also back out).
- To row backward with (oars).
- To carry an infant on one's back.
postp
adv
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- So as to reverse direction and return.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
- In a manner that impedes.
- In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- So as shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- To or in a previous condition or place.
- Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
adj
- Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- Not current.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- At or near the rear.
- Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
noun
- Somebody in a team who does not do their fair share of the work.
- One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.
- A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.
- A moth, Dysgonia algira
- Any of the individual warheads of a MIRV missile.
verb
adj
adj
verb
noun
verb
- To take rank of; to outrank.
- To have a ranking.
- To place abreast, or in a line.
- To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.
noun
- A hierarchical level in an organization such as the military.
- One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number).
- The maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.
- The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D).
- The size of any basis of a given matroid.
- One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality.
- The level of one's position in a class-based society.
- The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor.
- In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
- A level in a scientific taxonomy system.
- A category of people, such as those who share an occupation or belong to an organisation.
- A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers.
adj
- Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.
- Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative, referring to incompetence).
- Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome.
- Having a very strong and bad taste or odor.
- Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile.
- Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric.
- Strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter (used of negative things).
- Gross, disgusting.
verb
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- knock against with force or violence
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
- remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
- to enjoy some music greatly
- to play music at loud volume
noun
verb
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- terminate or end
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- render inoperable or ineffective
- ruin completely
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- move away or escape suddenly
- scatter or part
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- prevent completion
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- surpass in excellence
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- come into being
- stop operating or functioning
- interrupt a continued activity
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- lessen in force or effect
- be broken in
- come to an end
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- cause to give up a habit
- give up
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- happen or take place
- cause the failure or ruin of
- invalidate by judicial action
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- reduce to bankruptcy
- change directions suddenly
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- do a break dance
- exchange for smaller units of money
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- go to pieces
- break a piece from a whole
- become punctured or penetrated
- pierce or penetrate
- be released or become known; of news
- cease an action temporarily
- interrupt the flow of current in
- undergo breaking
- find a flaw in
- find the solution or key to
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- happen
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- fall sharply
- fracture a bone of
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
noun
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- the occurrence of breaking
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- a sudden dash
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an escape from jail
adj
- Lowest in rank or degree.
- Being the only one remaining of its class.
- Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable.
- Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
- Most recent, latest, last so far.
- Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
det
- The (one) immediately before the present.
- Closest in the past, or closest but one if the closest was very recent; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) ago, or the most recent instance before seven days (one week) ago.
noun
- A tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes.
- A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value.
verb
- To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.
- To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last.
- To endure, continue over time.
adv
verb
adj
- Lower in rank, status, or quality.
- Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
- (of a court or tribunal) Susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court.
- On the side of a flower which is next to the bract.
- Situated further below (another part of the body), a direction that in humans corresponds to caudad.
- Situated in a relatively low posterior or ventral position in a quadrupedal body.
- Situated below some other organ (said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx).
- Of low rank, standard or quality.
- Denoting goods or services which are in greater demand during a recession than in a boom, for example second-hand clothes.
- Below the horizon.
- Printed in subscript.
noun
noun
- The tendency for members of a group to put in less effort together than they might put in individually.
noun
- The lowest such number that assures a team a playoff berth.
- The number of neutrons or protons in nuclei which are required to fill the major quantum shells, and thus produce exceptionally stable nuclei: 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82 and 126.
- A number which is manually entered into source code, rather than defined somewhere as a named constant; especially one which is arbitrary or lacks explanation.
- A number or pattern in a binary file that identifies the filetype.
- The sum of one and the wins by one team and losses by an opponent necessary for the team to ensure the opponent cannot catch it in the standings by the end of the regular season. In Major League Baseball, with a regular season of 162 games, the magic number M is calculated as M = 163 - W₁ - L₂, in which W₁ is the leading team's current win total, and L₂ is the opponent's current loss total. A magic number of 0 indicates that the trailing team cannot catch the leading team.
- A sentinel value which cannot occur in normal use, typically used as a placeholder (e.g. a fictitious date such as 2000-02-32).
- A hash code, such as those used by some webmail servers to keep track of sessions.
noun
- Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
- The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level.
- The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon.
- Highest point or degree.
- A vertical distance.
- The distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex.
verb
- promote from a lower position or rank
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- look after a child until it is an adult
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- cause to come to a sudden stop
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- make reference to
- cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
adj
- At a higher level, rank or position.
- Of or pertaining to a secondary school.
- younger, more recent
- Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.
noun
- A denture or retainer for the teeth in the upper jaw.
- The piece of leather, etc., that forms the top part of a shoe above the sole.
- An upper berth or bunk.
- That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
- A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite.
- The upper portion of something
- Someone with higher social standing
- A spiritual passageway through which consciousness can reach a higher dimension.
- A senior student.
- A tooth in the upper jaw.
- The Y-shaped strap on flip-flops.
noun
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- A dropped pass.
- The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on An advantage.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trace, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- A single measure of whisky.
- A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
verb
- To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- To reduce; to make smaller.
- To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- To impart (something).
- To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- To perform (rap music).
- Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- To drop out of the betting.
- To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- To fall into a particular condition or state.
- To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- To present the user with a more basic interface.
- To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- To enter a more basic interface.
- To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
adj
verb
- To communicate with (a person or system) by a signal.
- To indicate; to convey or communicate by a signal.
noun
- A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
- A signalling interaction between cells
- An electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time, that conveys the information of the radio or TV program or of communication with another party.
- Any variation of a quantity or change in an entity over time that conveys information upon detection.
- An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.
- A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.
- Useful information, as opposed to noise.
- An action, change or process done to convey information and thus reduce uncertainty.
- A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action.
- A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel.
noun
- A sporting activity which has a relatively high ratio of watchers to direct participants.
- An activity which consists of watching or observing.
- Something, especially a process or activity, which is a popular object of observation; an activity which a person prefers to watch rather than to participate in.
verb
- To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous edition of that competition.
- To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
- To call a raise from the big blind.
- To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
- To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
- To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
adv
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- From less to greater detail.
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- As a down payment.
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- Get down.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
verb
- To disparage; to put down.
- To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- To lower; to put (something) down.
- To defeat; to overpower.
- To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
noun
- The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- Down payment.
- A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland
- A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
adj
- Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- Sick or ill.
- Negative about; hostile to.
- Comfortable with, accepting of.
- Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- Facing downwards.
- Fallen or felled.
- At a lower level than before.
- Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- Out.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
prep
adv
- Higher in rank, power, or position.
- On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.
- Above zero; above freezing.
- More in number.
- Into or from heaven; in the sky.
- Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.
- In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream.
- Directly overhead; vertically on top of.
prep
- In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface.
- Higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; higher in measure, degree, volume, or pitch, etc. than; out of reach; not exposed to; not likely to be affected by; incapable of negative actions or thoughts.
- Higher in rank, status, or position.
- Farther north than.
- In preference to.
- Upstage of.
- Rising; appearing out of reach height-wise.
- Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.
- Surpassing in number or quantity; more than.
- Beyond; on the other side.
- Too proud to stoop to; averse to; disinclined towards;
- In addition to; besides.
noun
- Something, especially a person's name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page.
- Heaven.
- Higher authority.
adj
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