English words for '(computing) A servlet'
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- (computing) Initialism of Server Side Include.
- (US) Initialism of Supplemental Security Income.
- (medicine) Initialism of surgical site infection.
- (electronics) Initialism of Small Scale Integration.
- (military, US) Initialism of shoulder sleeve insignia.
- (finance) Initialism of standard settlement instruction.
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- (computing) Initialism of Server-sent events, a technique for pushing events from HTTP server to client, specified in HTML5.
- (linguistics) Initialism of Standard Scottish English/Scottish Standard English.
- (military) Initialism of Secure site exploitation, the process of gaining information from a location.
- (computing) Initialism of Streaming SIMD Extensions, an extension to the x86 CPU instruction set architecture.
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- (Java programming language) A web container.
- (cloud computing) A bundle consisting of operating system, application code and dependencies to be run sandboxed inside a virtualized environment; (by extension) the environment itself.
- (crosswording) A type of cryptic device where one word is inserted into another.
- (transport) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.
- An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
- (graphical user interface) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.
- (by extension) Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
- (object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
- (file format) A file format that can hold various types of data.
- any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
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- (computing) A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
- (informal, often derogatory) A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits; a hermaphrodite.
- A kind of shallowly cutting plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.
- (crime) A thin device inserted into a card reader by a criminal to facilitate fraud.
- A wedge.
- A small metal device used to pick open a lock.
- A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
- (informal, often derogatory) A transsexual person, especially a trans woman; (loosely) a drag queen or transvestite.
- a thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices
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- (computing, transitive) To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes.
- (ambitransitive) To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery or other assembly; to adjust (something) by using shims.
- To adjust the homogeneity of a magnetic field (after the mechanical devices once used for the purpose).
- (ambitransitive) To attack a point-of-sale card reader with a shim.
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- (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
- (countable) A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
- (figuratively) Moral strength and resolve.
- Dietary fiber.
- (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
- (category theory) The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).
- (cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
- (textiles) A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
- (uncountable) A material in the form of fibers.
- a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
- coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
- any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
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- (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
- Moral strength and resolve.
- (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
- (cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
- (category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
- (uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.
- Dietary fibre.
- (countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
- a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
- coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
- any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
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- (programming) Initialism of Language Server Protocol.
- (programming) Initialism of Liskov substitution principle, one of the SOLID programming principles.
- (physics) Initialism of lightest supersymmetric particle/partner.
- (linguistics) Initialism of language for specific purposes.
- (astronomy) Initialism of long secondary period
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- (programming, Internet) A fragment of a template containing markup.
- (dentistry) dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth
- (bodybuilding) The condition of not exhausting the amplitude during the repetition of an exercise.
- (forensics) An incomplete fingerprint
- (furry fandom) A fursuit that does not fully cover the wearer's body.
- (mathematics) A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant.
- (music) Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental.
- the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant
- a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
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- (botany) Subordinate.
- Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute.
- (crosswording, of a clue) Having a wordplay element, but no definition.
- (followed by the preposition to) Having a predilection for something.
- (computer science) Describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates.
- Existing as a part or portion; incomplete.
- (mathematics) Of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential.
- (followed by ‘of’ or ‘to’) having a strong preference or liking for
- being or affecting only a part; not total
- constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety
- showing favoritism
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- (computing) Initialism of service pack.
- (law enforcement) Abbreviation of superintendent.
- (horse racing) Initialism of starting price.
- Initialism of state park.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of substance P.
- Initialism of selling price.
- (Scientology) Initialism of suppressive person.
- (firearms) Initialism of soft point.
- (US, military, navy) Initialism of shore patrol.
- (highways) Abbreviation of spur.
- Initialism of slow play.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of state police.
- (music industry) Abbreviation of sub-publishing.
- (ice skating) Initialism of short program.
- (Hong Kong) Initialism of sex partner.
- (video games, mostly role-playing games) Initialism of skill point, special point, spirit point, or spell point; synonym of or alternative to MP/magic points, especially for games that lack magic or fantasy elements.
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- (computing, informal) Apache HTTP Server, a widely used open source web server software suite.
- A town in Oklahoma, United States. See Apache, Oklahoma.
- The group of languages used by any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
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- (historical) A Parisian gangster of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- (military, plural only "Apaches") AH-64 Apache, a U.S. military helicopter.
- A person belonging to an Apache people.
- Any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e., Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
- any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma
- the language of the Apache
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- (computing) Initialism of OpenAPI Specification, a specification for machine-readable interface files for describing, producing, consuming, and visualizing RESTful Web services.
- Initialism of Organization of American States.
- Initialism of Organisation de l’Armée Secrète, a French organization.
- (Canada) Initialism of Old Age Security.
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- (computing) Ellipsis of blade server.
- Ellipsis of razor blade.
- (sailing) The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel.
- Thin plate, foil.
- (mathematics) An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)
- (climbing) Synonym of knifeblade.
- (ultimate frisbee) A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.
- (athletics, informal) An artificial foot used by amputee athletes, shaped like an upside-down question mark.
- A bulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular to the forward motion of the vehicle.
- The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
- (archaeology) A piece of prepared, sharp-edged stone, often flint, at least twice as long as it is wide; a long flake of ground-edge stone or knapped vitreous stone.
- (architecture, in the plural) The principal rafters of a roof.
- (uncountable, music) The quality of singing with a pure, resonant sound; especially of a countertenor.
- The part of a key that is inserted into the lock.
- (botany) The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole).
- A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).
- (slang, chiefly US) A homosexual, usually male.
- (metonymic) A sword or knife.
- (photography) One of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera.
- (slang, chiefly US) An area of a city which is commonly known for prostitution.
- (biology) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.
- The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.
- A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
- (chiefly phonetics, phonology) The part of the tongue just behind the tip, used to make laminal consonants.
- The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
- something long and thin resembling a blade of grass
- a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
- a cut of beef from the shoulder blade
- a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)
- especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
- the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge
- a dashing young man
- the part of the skate that slides on the ice
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- (computing, countable) A group of coordinated servers.
- (historical) The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes.
- (historical) A baby farm.
- (countable) A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation.
- The body of farmers of public revenues.
- The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease.
- (countable, often in combination) A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures.
- (countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
- (historical) A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which he is empowered to collect; also, a fixed charge imposed on a town, county, etc., in respect of a tax or taxes to be collected within its limits.
- workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit
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- (Internet slang, derogatory, in compound terms) To act performatively or deliberately to elicit a desired response.
- (Internet slang, online gaming) To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular drop or item.
- (UK, dialectal) To cleanse; clean out; put in order; empty; empty out
- (transitive) To grow (a particular crop).
- (intransitive) To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.
- (transitive) To devote (land) to farming.
- (Internet) To cultivate and/or disseminate through artificial algorithm-incentivized means, especially in the a way that misinforms or causes harm.
- To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; to farm out.
- collect fees or profits
- be a farmer; work as a farmer
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
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- (computing, programming) Code folding: a source code display technique that can hide the contents of methods, classes, etc. for easier navigation.
- The keeping of sheep in enclosures on arable land, etc.
- (slang) Paper money, as opposed to coins.
- The action of folding; a fold.
- (geology) the deformation of the Earth's crust in response to slow lateral compression.
- the act of folding
- a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
- the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape
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- (computing) describes computer software usually comprising a number of client modules, and a server module to which they are connected in some way. The clients make requests of the server; the server processes the requests and returns the results to the appropriate client.
- relating to a computer system in which a central server supports a number of networked workstations
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- (Java programming language) Initialism of application server.
- (education, UK, historical) Initialism of Advanced Supplementary.
- (medicine) Initialism of ankylosing spondylitis.
- Initialism of Alström syndrome.
- (Internet) Initialism of autonomous system.
- (education, UK) Initialism of Advanced Subsidiary.
- (neurology) Initialism of Asperger's syndrome.
- (cardiology) Initialism of aortic stenosis.
- (US, Navy) Initialism of auxiliary submarine: a naval tender, a submarine tender that tends to submarines.
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- (computing) A group of techniques for creating interactive Web applications, in which applications can retrieve data from the server asynchronously in the background without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page.
- A town in Ontario, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
- Nickname of Aspen Mountain, a mountain in Pitkin County, Colorado.
- An unincorporated community in South Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
- (Greek mythology) Either of two heroes of the Trojan War.
- (soccer) The Amsterdam football club AFC Ajax
- A ghost town in Utah.
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- A serval (Leptailurus serval).
- A margay (Leopardus wiedii).
- (Australia) A tiger quoll (Dasyurus maculatus).
- (Canadian football) A member of the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats (rendered as Tiger-Cat).
- An oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus).
- An ocelot (Leopardus pardalis).
- a cat having a striped coat
- medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coat
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- (computing) Acronym of Simple Web Interface Toolset.
- (banking) Acronym of Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication.
- (US, Colorado) Acronym of State Wildland Inmate Fire Team.
- (US, Colorado) Acronym of Statewide Interlibrary loan Fast Track.
- (UK) Acronym of South Wales Integrated Fast transit.
- (aviation) Acronym of Southwest Airlines Integrated Flights Tracking.
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- (computing) Initialism of Server Side Include.
- (US) Initialism of Supplemental Security Income.
- (medicine) Initialism of surgical site infection.
- (electronics) Initialism of Small Scale Integration.
- (military, US) Initialism of shoulder sleeve insignia.
- (finance) Initialism of standard settlement instruction.
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- (Java programming language) A web container.
- (cloud computing) A bundle consisting of operating system, application code and dependencies to be run sandboxed inside a virtualized environment; (by extension) the environment itself.
- (crosswording) A type of cryptic device where one word is inserted into another.
- (transport) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.
- An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
- (graphical user interface) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.
- (by extension) Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
- (object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
- (file format) A file format that can hold various types of data.
- any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
noun
- (computing) A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
- (informal, often derogatory) A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits; a hermaphrodite.
- A kind of shallowly cutting plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.
- (crime) A thin device inserted into a card reader by a criminal to facilitate fraud.
- A wedge.
- A small metal device used to pick open a lock.
- A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
- (informal, often derogatory) A transsexual person, especially a trans woman; (loosely) a drag queen or transvestite.
- a thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices
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- (computing, transitive) To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes.
- (ambitransitive) To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery or other assembly; to adjust (something) by using shims.
- To adjust the homogeneity of a magnetic field (after the mechanical devices once used for the purpose).
- (ambitransitive) To attack a point-of-sale card reader with a shim.
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- (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
- (countable) A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
- (figuratively) Moral strength and resolve.
- Dietary fiber.
- (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
- (category theory) The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).
- (cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
- (textiles) A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
- (uncountable) A material in the form of fibers.
- a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
- coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
- any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
noun
- (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
- Moral strength and resolve.
- (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
- (cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
- (category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
- (uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.
- Dietary fibre.
- (countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
- a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
- coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
- any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
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- (programming) Initialism of Language Server Protocol.
- (programming) Initialism of Liskov substitution principle, one of the SOLID programming principles.
- (physics) Initialism of lightest supersymmetric particle/partner.
- (linguistics) Initialism of language for specific purposes.
- (astronomy) Initialism of long secondary period
noun
- (programming, Internet) A fragment of a template containing markup.
- (dentistry) dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth
- (bodybuilding) The condition of not exhausting the amplitude during the repetition of an exercise.
- (forensics) An incomplete fingerprint
- (furry fandom) A fursuit that does not fully cover the wearer's body.
- (mathematics) A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant.
- (music) Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental.
- the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant
- a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
adj
- (botany) Subordinate.
- Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute.
- (crosswording, of a clue) Having a wordplay element, but no definition.
- (followed by the preposition to) Having a predilection for something.
- (computer science) Describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates.
- Existing as a part or portion; incomplete.
- (mathematics) Of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential.
- (followed by ‘of’ or ‘to’) having a strong preference or liking for
- being or affecting only a part; not total
- constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety
- showing favoritism
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- (computing) Initialism of service pack.
- (law enforcement) Abbreviation of superintendent.
- (horse racing) Initialism of starting price.
- Initialism of state park.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of substance P.
- Initialism of selling price.
- (Scientology) Initialism of suppressive person.
- (firearms) Initialism of soft point.
- (US, military, navy) Initialism of shore patrol.
- (highways) Abbreviation of spur.
- Initialism of slow play.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of state police.
- (music industry) Abbreviation of sub-publishing.
- (ice skating) Initialism of short program.
- (Hong Kong) Initialism of sex partner.
- (video games, mostly role-playing games) Initialism of skill point, special point, spirit point, or spell point; synonym of or alternative to MP/magic points, especially for games that lack magic or fantasy elements.
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- (computing) Ellipsis of blade server.
- Ellipsis of razor blade.
- (sailing) The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel.
- Thin plate, foil.
- (mathematics) An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)
- (climbing) Synonym of knifeblade.
- (ultimate frisbee) A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.
- (athletics, informal) An artificial foot used by amputee athletes, shaped like an upside-down question mark.
- A bulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular to the forward motion of the vehicle.
- The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
- (archaeology) A piece of prepared, sharp-edged stone, often flint, at least twice as long as it is wide; a long flake of ground-edge stone or knapped vitreous stone.
- (architecture, in the plural) The principal rafters of a roof.
- (uncountable, music) The quality of singing with a pure, resonant sound; especially of a countertenor.
- The part of a key that is inserted into the lock.
- (botany) The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole).
- A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).
- (slang, chiefly US) A homosexual, usually male.
- (metonymic) A sword or knife.
- (photography) One of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera.
- (slang, chiefly US) An area of a city which is commonly known for prostitution.
- (biology) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.
- The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.
- A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
- (chiefly phonetics, phonology) The part of the tongue just behind the tip, used to make laminal consonants.
- The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
- something long and thin resembling a blade of grass
- a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
- a cut of beef from the shoulder blade
- a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)
- especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
- the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge
- a dashing young man
- the part of the skate that slides on the ice
verb
noun
- (computing, countable) A group of coordinated servers.
- (historical) The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes.
- (historical) A baby farm.
- (countable) A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation.
- The body of farmers of public revenues.
- The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease.
- (countable, often in combination) A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures.
- (countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
- (historical) A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which he is empowered to collect; also, a fixed charge imposed on a town, county, etc., in respect of a tax or taxes to be collected within its limits.
- workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit
verb
- (Internet slang, derogatory, in compound terms) To act performatively or deliberately to elicit a desired response.
- (Internet slang, online gaming) To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular drop or item.
- (UK, dialectal) To cleanse; clean out; put in order; empty; empty out
- (transitive) To grow (a particular crop).
- (intransitive) To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.
- (transitive) To devote (land) to farming.
- (Internet) To cultivate and/or disseminate through artificial algorithm-incentivized means, especially in the a way that misinforms or causes harm.
- To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; to farm out.
- collect fees or profits
- be a farmer; work as a farmer
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
noun
- (computing, programming) Code folding: a source code display technique that can hide the contents of methods, classes, etc. for easier navigation.
- The keeping of sheep in enclosures on arable land, etc.
- (slang) Paper money, as opposed to coins.
- The action of folding; a fold.
- (geology) the deformation of the Earth's crust in response to slow lateral compression.
- the act of folding
- a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
- the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape
adj
verb
noun
- (Java programming language) Initialism of application server.
- (education, UK, historical) Initialism of Advanced Supplementary.
- (medicine) Initialism of ankylosing spondylitis.
- Initialism of Alström syndrome.
- (Internet) Initialism of autonomous system.
- (education, UK) Initialism of Advanced Subsidiary.
- (neurology) Initialism of Asperger's syndrome.
- (cardiology) Initialism of aortic stenosis.
- (US, Navy) Initialism of auxiliary submarine: a naval tender, a submarine tender that tends to submarines.
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phrase
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- A serval (Leptailurus serval).
- A margay (Leopardus wiedii).
- (Australia) A tiger quoll (Dasyurus maculatus).
- (Canadian football) A member of the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats (rendered as Tiger-Cat).
- An oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus).
- An ocelot (Leopardus pardalis).
- a cat having a striped coat
- medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coat
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verb
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- (computing) A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
- (informal, often derogatory) A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits; a hermaphrodite.
- A kind of shallowly cutting plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.
- (crime) A thin device inserted into a card reader by a criminal to facilitate fraud.
- A wedge.
- A small metal device used to pick open a lock.
- A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
- (informal, often derogatory) A transsexual person, especially a trans woman; (loosely) a drag queen or transvestite.
- a thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices
verb
- (computing, transitive) To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes.
- (ambitransitive) To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery or other assembly; to adjust (something) by using shims.
- To adjust the homogeneity of a magnetic field (after the mechanical devices once used for the purpose).
- (ambitransitive) To attack a point-of-sale card reader with a shim.
adj
- (computing) describes computer software usually comprising a number of client modules, and a server module to which they are connected in some way. The clients make requests of the server; the server processes the requests and returns the results to the appropriate client.
- relating to a computer system in which a central server supports a number of networked workstations