English words for '(intransitive) To climb using this device.'
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noun
- (climbing) A portable, flexible ladder-like device used in climbing.
- (construction) A bent rebar wrapped around the main rebars to reinforce against shear stress.
- (equestrianism) A ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding.
- (anatomy) A stapes.
- (by extension) Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.
- (nautical) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.
- support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go
- the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea
adj
noun
- a small foothold used in climbing
- a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints
- a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made
- (climbing) A foothold small enough to support just the toe.
- (wrestling) A hold in which the aggressor bends back the opponent's foot.
- (by extension) Any small advantage which allows one to make significant progress; a slight footing or foothold.
verb
- (climbing) to hold using a crimp
- (transitive) To impress (seamen or soldiers); to entrap, to decoy.
- To bend or mold leather into shape.
- To press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate.
- (electricity) To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened.
- To pinch and hold; to seize.
- To style hair into a crimp, to form hair into tight curls, to make it kinky.
- To gash the flesh, e.g. of a raw fish, to make it crisper when cooked.
- curl tightly
- make ridges into by pinching together
noun
- (climbing) A small hold with little surface area.
- (climbing) A grip on such a hold.
- The natural curliness of wool fibres.
- An agent who procures seamen, soldiers, etc., especially by decoying, entrapping, impressing, or seducing them.
- (usually in the plural) Hair that is shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks.
- (specifically, law) One who infringes sub-section 1 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1854, applied to a person other than the owner, master, etc., who engages seamen without a license from the Board of Trade.
- A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts.
- a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
noun
- (climbing) A device for attaching a climber at the top of a climb, such as a chain or ring or a natural feature.
- (cricket) A batter who remains in for a long time.
- (architecture) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
- (nautical) The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
- (Internet) A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
- (economics) A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.
- (archery) A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.
- (heraldry) Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
- One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.
- (figurative) That which gives stability or security.
- (US) A screw anchor.
- (slang) The brake of a vehicle.
- (soccer) A defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition's best offensive player.
- Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.
- (television) An anchorman or anchorwoman.
- (computing) A line of code in a program which acts as a reference point for further code to be added immediately before or after, usually via copy and paste.
- (nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
- One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.
- (nautical) An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached.
- (athletics) The final runner in a relay race.
- Alternative form of anker.
- (architecture) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain mouldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
- a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
- a central cohesive source of support and stability
verb
- To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
- To stop; to fix or rest.
- To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
- To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.
- To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
- To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
- fix firmly and stably
- secure a vessel with an anchor
noun
- A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing.
- Any creeping animal (such as a serpent), reptile.
- Strophitus undulatus, a freshwater mussel of the eastern United States.
- A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.
- A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.
- (derogatory, slang) A person who creeps people out; a creepy person.
- Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.
- (often in the plural) A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
- A low-profile wheeled platform whereupon one may lie on one's back and gain better access to the roof of a space with very low height (such as the underbody of a vehicle), or a low stool similarly wheeled.
- A treecreeper.
- Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, such as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.
- A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various 20th-century subcultures.
- The lowest gear of some tractors or trucks: one with so low a gear ratio that the vehicle creeps along at the speed of a human's slow walk.
- (nautical) A small four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.
- An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water.
- A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping.
- (cricket) A ball that travels low, near ground level.
- (chiefly in the plural) A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
- any of various small insectivorous birds of the Northern Hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet
- a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
- any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping
noun
- (climbing) A hold large enough for both hands
- A serving vessel or container, typically circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, an ear handle and often a stopper or top.
- (vulgar, slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breasts.
- (US, Jesuit schools, countable or uncountable) Detention (after-school student punishment).
- (CB radio slang, chiefly in the plural) A kind of large, high-powered vacuum tube.
- (Australia, New Zealand) An upright electric kettle.
- (US, slang) The P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft.
- (slang) Jail.
- The amount that a jug can hold.
- (UK, informal) A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer.
- A small mixed breed of dog created by mating a Jack Russell terrier and a pug.
- the quantity contained in a jug
- a large bottle with a narrow mouth
verb
- (slang) To acquire or obtain through force; snatch, steal; to rob, especially in reference to jugging (which see).
- (intransitive) To utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
- (US, Jesuit schools, transitive) To issue a detention (to a student).
- (intransitive, of quails or partridges) To nestle or collect together in a covey.
- (transitive, slang) To put into jail.
- (transitive) To stew in an earthenware jug etc.
- (slang) To hustle or make money, usually aggressively.
- stew in an earthenware jug
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
noun
- (climbing) A set of moves required to complete a climb.
- Difficulty in accepting or understanding or refusal to accept or understand.
- Objection.
- A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
- An addiction, other substance use disorder, or comparable psychological challenge.
- A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
- A puzzling circumstance.
- a source of difficulty
- a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
- a question raised for consideration or solution
adj
adj
- Capable of being climbed.
- (computing, logistics, business) Able to greatly increase in capacity, with relative ease.
- (manufacturing, of an engineering drawing or its features) Suitable to provide accurate dimensions to manufacturing staff by being measured and having the measurements multiplied by the scale factor.
- Able to be changed in scale; resizeable.
- capable of being scaled; possible to scale
verb
noun
- (soccer) A short backwards pass to a teammate in an attacking position.
- (audio editing) The process of recording the final sound onto the master track.
- (skateboarding, snowboarding) A trick where the boarder leans back while on the lip of the ramp, or down a rail.
- (climbing) A maneuver to scale a vertical crack, by pulling with the arms and jamming the legs underneath, and shuffling up one limb at a time.
- (surfing) A surf maneuver where the upright surfer leans back against the wave.
- A wedge-shaped kerbstone that allows a vehicle to enter a driveway without a bump
- (figure skating) A spin in which the head and shoulders are dropped backwards and the back arched downwards toward the ice; also called a layback spin.
noun
- (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device.
- (euphemistic) A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.
- (informal) An object or idea that can be used for good.
- (in the plural, usually preceded by "and") Used to refer collectively to a group of associated individuals, especially those comprising a cast, company, or crew
- An associate who provides assistance; patron, mentor.
- (colloquial, ironic, used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.
- A person who backs or supports something.
- A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
- A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
- (object-oriented programming) A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
- a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
- a person with whom you are acquainted
- a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
- an associate who provides cooperation or assistance
verb
noun
- (climbing) A handhold that allows one to pull oneself up from below.
- The act of pulling (any sense) insufficiently.
- (engineering) A driver for pumping that has the eccentrics under the gear wheel.
- (medicine) Failure to pull a muscle as far as it can contract.
- Synonym of undertow.
- A secret or indirect influence.
- (more generally) A downward pull or force.
- A negative influence.
adj
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To practise the sport of climbing.
- go up or advance
- slope upward
- move with effort, by grasping
- go upward with gradual or continuous progress
- increase in value or to a higher point
- improve one's social status
- (intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.
- (transitive) To scale; to get to the top of something.
- To move to a higher position on a chart or hierarchy.
- (transitive) To mount; to move upwards on.
- (transitive) To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
- (transitive or intransitive) (botany) Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.
- (intransitive) To jump high.
noun
- the act of climbing something
- a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
- a lightweight horse kept for riding only
- something forming a back that is added for strengthening
- a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place
- A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.
- (martial arts) A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.
- A signal for mounting a horse.
- (gymnastics) The act of getting onto the apparatus.
- A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
- An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on.
- A hill or mountain.
- (heraldry) A green hillock in the base of a shield.
- (palmistry) Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
- (now only figurative) A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing.
verb
- prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
- go up or advance
- fix onto a backing, setting, or support
- put up or launch
- go upward with gradual or continuous progress
- get up on the back of
- attach to a support
- copulate with
- (transitive) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
- (intransitive, sometimes with up) To increase in quantity or intensity.
- (cooking) To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it).
- (transitive) To have or begin sexual intercourse with someone.
- (transitive) To get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation.
- (transitive, computing) To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
- (transitive) To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).
- (transitive) To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.
- (transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
- (transitive) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
- (transitive) To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
- (intransitive, rare) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.
- (transitive, martial arts) To sit on a combatant's torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.
- (slang) To wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them, so that they will be released for absorption when the covering dissolves within the body.
- (transitive) To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into.
- (transitive) To introduce into a place using such a device.
- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
noun
- (BDSM) A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung.
- Any of various mushrooms with broad, domed caps.
- (zoology) A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.
- (aviation) A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.
- A large sheet of fabric used in children's physical education, often colorful, with handles allowing many people to control its motion.
- rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
verb
- (climbing, transitive) To climb a route without falling.
- (slang) To pursue (a course of action) committedly, enthusiastically, and often recklessly; go for.
- (transitive) To bring to a certain condition, to drive.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
- (nautical, intransitive) To pitch.
- (intransitive, usually with for) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message or do an errand.
- (transitive, slang) To get one going; move to excitement or rapture; to delight or thrill.
- (UK, slang) To call out or diss a specific person in a diss track.
- (Nigeria, slang, intransitive) To care.
- (Singapore, transitive) To give (someone) a lift, to drive (someone) to another place.
- transfer
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- transport commercially
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
- cause to go somewhere
- to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place
- assign to a station
noun
- (climbing) A successful ascent of a sport climbing route.
- (telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.
- (UK, slang) A callout or diss usually aimed at a specific person, often in the form of a diss track.
- (graphical user interface; often capitalized, or capitalized and put in quotation marks) An icon (usually on a computer screen and labeled with the word "Send") on which one clicks (with a mouse or its equivalent) or taps to transmit an email or other electronic message.
- (Scotland) A messenger, especially one sent to fetch the bride.
- (nautical) Alternative form of scend.
verb
- (intransitive, climbing) To complete a route by reaching and climbing over its top.
- (intransitive) To complete the construction of a tall building, originally by putting on a "topping-out" course.
- (intransitive) To quit one's career during a period of success.
- (intransitive) To reach one's highest point.
- provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)
- to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity
- give up one's career just as one becomes very successful
noun
- (climbing) A technique involving the placement of the edge of the climbing shoe on a sharp hold.
- The sexual technique of maintaining a high level of sexual arousal for an extended period of time without reaching orgasm.
- The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.
- Anything that forms, defines, or marks the edge of something.
- border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug)
verb
verb
- (climbing) To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
- (transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
- (transitive) To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface.
- (transitive) To make something dirty.
- (transitive) To write or draw (something) by spreading a substance on a surface.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance.
- (transitive) To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
- (transitive) (of a substance, etc.) To make a surface dirty by covering it.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it.
- (transitive) To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.
- (intransitive) To become messy or not clear by being spread.
- (transitive, derogatory) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
- charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
noun
- (medicine) A Pap smear (screening test for cervical cancer).
- (climbing) A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
- (music) A rough glissando in jazz music.
- (radio, television, uncountable) Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.
- (biology) A preparation to be examined under a microscope, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a slide.
- (countable, uncountable) A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.
- A mark made by smearing.
- slanderous defamation
- a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
- a blemish made by dirt
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
noun
- (climbing) a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope; ascendeur.
- (typography, uncommon) A lowercase letter that has such a portion, such as d or h.
- A person or thing that ascends.
- (typography, graphology) The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline.
- someone who ascends
- a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters
- (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters
noun
- (climbing, caving) A device for abseiling, so-called for its shape.
- The shape or form of an 8 (eight).
- A type of knot.
- a two-dimensional figure having the shape of the number eight
- a knot having the shape of the numeral 8; tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose
verb
noun
- (nautical) A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.
- (climbing) A rope, used for the climber's safety, which runs from a belayer at the foot of a route through one or more carabiners connected to an anchor system at the top of the route and back down to the climber, usually attaching to the climber by means of a harness.
noun
- A small climbing hold that can only be held with the tips of a person's fingers.
- A device for giving hair a wavy appearance.
- A tool used to crimp, to join two pieces of metal.
- Someone who adds pleats to fabric for clothes, drapery, etc.
- A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape.
- (chiefly British) A hairdresser.
- A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.
- An instrument for crimping or ruffling pastry when making a pie.
- A person who crimps when climbing.
- a hand tool used for joining two pieces of metal or other ductile material (usually a wire and a metal plate) by deforming one or both of them to hold the other.
- a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
- someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
noun
- (specifically, climbing) A foothold or ledge on which to set up a belay.
- One's opinion or point of view.
- (Scotland) A place where a fair or market is held; a location where a street trader can carry on business.
- A place to stand; a position, a site, a station.
- The manner, pose, or posture in which one stands.
- (Scotland) A place for buses or taxis to await passengers; a bus stop, a taxi rank.
- standing posture
- a rationalized mental attitude
verb
noun
- (climbing, uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
- (uncountable, also figuratively) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
- The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and (in nautical terminology) the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
- That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
- The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
- A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
- That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
- something acquired by purchase
- the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
- the acquisition of something for payment
- a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage
verb
- To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
- To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
- To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
- To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
- To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.
- To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
- To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
noun
- A push from behind or below, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.
- (automotive engineering, uncountable) A positive intake manifold pressure in cars with turbochargers or superchargers.
- Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance.
- (physics) A coordinate transformation that changes velocity.
- an increase in cost
- the act of giving hope or support to someone
- the act of giving a push
verb
- (slang, transitive) To steal.
- (transitive) To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.
- (Canada, transitive) To jump-start a vehicle by using cables to connect the battery in a running vehicle to the battery in a vehicle that won't start.
- (transitive, medicine) To give a booster shot to.
- (transitive, by extension) To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.
- (transitive, engineering) To amplify; to signal boost.
- increase or raise
- push or shove upward, as if from below or behind
- give a boost to; be beneficial to
- increase
- contribute to the progress or growth of
noun
- (climbing) A moderately difficult route.
- (Internet slang, originally Twitch-speak, humorous, in the plural) Used to express a wish of removal or, often hyperbolic, harm (as opposed to a literal request to moderators).
- (mathematics, programming) Abbreviation of modulus.
- A festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture, akin to the Welsh eisteddfod.
- (video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.
- (Internet) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
- (computing, informal) A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
- (politics) Abbreviation of moderate.
- (in the plural, Oxford University, informal) Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
- (uncountable) An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
- (UK) A 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.
- (statistics) Abbreviation of mode.
- (informal) Clipping of modification.
- a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers
adj
verb
- (transitive, Internet, informal) To moderate; to silence or punish (a rule-breaking user) on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.
- (transitive, informal) To modify (an object) from its original condition, typically to individualize and/or enhance the performance of the object.
- (video games) To install or create a mod.
verb
noun
- (countable, chiefly in the plural, horse racing) The rider's use of hands, legs, voice, etc. to control the horse.
- (countable) A helper; an assistant.
- (countable, British) An exchequer loan.
- (countable, law) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
- (countable) Alternative form of aide (“an aide-de-camp”).
- (uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.
- (countable) Something which helps; a material source of help.
- (countable, British) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
- a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause
- the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
verb
- (intransitive) To climb by means of a rope or ropes.
- (intransitive) To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
- (transitive) To pull or restrain (the horse one is riding) to prevent it from winning a race.
- (transitive) To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something).
- (Internet slang, originally incel slang, intransitive) To commit suicide, particularly by hanging.
- (transitive) To tie (something) with rope.
- catch with a lasso
- fasten with a rope
noun
- (Jainism) A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.
- (rhythmic gymnastics, countable) An apparatus, currently with limited use by the senior contestants and not used in world-wide tournaments.
- (nautical) Cordage of at least one inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.
- (military, uncountable) A kind of chaff (material dropped to interfere with radar) consisting of foil strips with paper chutes attached.
- (uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
- (with "the") Death by hanging.
- (rhythmic gymnastics, metonymic) An apparatus program with a rope.
- (computer science) A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.
- (jewelry) A necklace of at least one meter in length.
- (ceramics) A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.
- A cohesive strand of something.
- (slang, usually in the plural) Semen being ejaculated.
- (in the plural) The small intestines.
- (countable) An individual length of such material.
- (slang) Rohypnol.
- (baseball) A hard line drive.
- street names for flunitrazepam
- a strong line
noun
- (climbing) A solid grip with the feet.
- (by extension) A secure position from which it is difficult to be dislodged.
- (military) Airhead, beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement.
- a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing
- an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments
- an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
verb
- To climb something (e.g. a pole) gradually (e.g. using alternately one's arms then one's legs).
- (intransitive, video games) To move across a narrow ledge, either by hanging from it or by strafing on it along the wall.
- (intransitive, rare) To shake the body as if dancing the shimmy.
- (dance) To perform a shimmy (dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately).
- (intransitive) To vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel.
- tremble or shake
- dance a shimmy
noun
- (rare) A sleeveless chemise.
- An abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle.
- A dance that was popular in the 1920s.
- A dance move involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately.
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels)
- lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips
noun
verb
- turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or them
- fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat
- (intransitive, nautical) The general command to stop or cease.
- (transitive, climbing) To handle a climbing rope to prevent (a climber) from falling to the ground.
- (ambitransitive, nautical) To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
- (transitive) To lay aside; to stop; to cancel.
- simple past of belie (“encompass”)
noun
adj
verb
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To climb (whether by means of a grapple and rope, or by hand, etc).
- (intransitive) To wrestle or tussle.
- (transitive, intransitive) To hook and raise with a grapple.
- (intransitive) To use a grapple (for example to attempt to find, hook, and raise a net or cable).
- (figuratively, with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.
- (transitive) To seize something and hold it firmly.
- (transitive) To fasten, as with a grapple; (by extension) to fix; to join indissolubly.
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
- to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
noun
- A close hand-to-hand struggle.
- The act of grappling. (uncountable)
- (marketing) A combination of grape and apple flavors.
- (nautical) A grapnel (“type of anchor”).
- (nautical) A device consisting of iron claws, attached to the end of a rope, used for grasping and holding an enemy ship prior to boarding; a grappling iron.
- a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
- a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
- the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
verb
- (climbing) To traverse by crawling, as a ledge.
- (Southern US, colloquial) To hunt raccoons.
- (African-American Vernacular, of an African-American) To play the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
- (Georgia, colloquial) To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes.
- (Southern US, colloquial) To crawl while straddling, especially in crossing a creek.
noun
- (informal, chiefly Southern US) A raccoon.
- (informal, South Africa) A member of a colorfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations.
- (slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) a black race traitor.
- (Southern US, ethnic slur) A coonass; a white Acadian French person who lives in the swamps.
- (slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
- (African-American Vernacular) A black person who "plays the coon"; that is, who plays the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
- North American raccoon
- an eccentric or undignified rustic
noun
- (climbing) a hexagon-shaped item of rock climbing equipment intended to be wedged into a crack or other opening in the rock.
- (rare) A spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft).
- (chemistry) Clipping of uranium hexafluoride.
- A witch.
- An evil spell or curse.
- (computing, informal) Clipping of hexadecimal.
- A hexagonal space on a game board.
- an evil spell
verb
adj
noun
- (climbing) A belay device used in rock climbing, or as a fire escape.
- (cycling) A cyclist who excels at fast descents.
- (typography, uncommon) A letter that has such a portion, such as g, j, or in some fonts Q.
- A person or thing that descends.
- (typography) The part of a letter or number that is drawn below the baseline (the bottom of most lowercase letters).
- someone who descends
- (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters
- a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters
noun
- (climbing) A device secured by a bolt and used to attach a carabiner.
- A bridle iron.
- A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
- A person who attempts suicide by hanging.
- A clothes hanger.
- (now historical) A short and broad backsword, worn so to hang at the side, especially popular in the 18th century.
- (cycling) Ellipsis of derailleur hanger
- (slang) Hunger and anger, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.
- (UK) A steep, wooded slope.
- One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman, paper hanger, etc.
- (baseball, slang) A hanging pitch; a pitch (typically a breaking ball or slider) that is poorly executed, hence easy to hit.
- (Australian rules football, informal) Synonym of spectacular mark.
- anything from which something can be hung
- a worker who hangs something
noun
- (climbing) A portable, flexible ladder-like device used in climbing.
- (construction) A bent rebar wrapped around the main rebars to reinforce against shear stress.
- (equestrianism) A ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding.
- (anatomy) A stapes.
- (by extension) Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.
- (nautical) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.
- support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go
- the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea
adj
noun
- a small foothold used in climbing
- a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints
- a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made
- (climbing) A foothold small enough to support just the toe.
- (wrestling) A hold in which the aggressor bends back the opponent's foot.
- (by extension) Any small advantage which allows one to make significant progress; a slight footing or foothold.
noun
- (climbing) A device for attaching a climber at the top of a climb, such as a chain or ring or a natural feature.
- (cricket) A batter who remains in for a long time.
- (architecture) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
- (nautical) The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
- (Internet) A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
- (economics) A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.
- (archery) A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.
- (heraldry) Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
- One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.
- (figurative) That which gives stability or security.
- (US) A screw anchor.
- (slang) The brake of a vehicle.
- (soccer) A defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition's best offensive player.
- Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.
- (television) An anchorman or anchorwoman.
- (computing) A line of code in a program which acts as a reference point for further code to be added immediately before or after, usually via copy and paste.
- (nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
- One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.
- (nautical) An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached.
- (athletics) The final runner in a relay race.
- Alternative form of anker.
- (architecture) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain mouldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
- a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
- a central cohesive source of support and stability
verb
- To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
- To stop; to fix or rest.
- To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
- To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.
- To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
- To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
- fix firmly and stably
- secure a vessel with an anchor
noun
- A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing.
- Any creeping animal (such as a serpent), reptile.
- Strophitus undulatus, a freshwater mussel of the eastern United States.
- A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.
- A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.
- (derogatory, slang) A person who creeps people out; a creepy person.
- Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.
- (often in the plural) A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
- A low-profile wheeled platform whereupon one may lie on one's back and gain better access to the roof of a space with very low height (such as the underbody of a vehicle), or a low stool similarly wheeled.
- A treecreeper.
- Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, such as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.
- A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various 20th-century subcultures.
- The lowest gear of some tractors or trucks: one with so low a gear ratio that the vehicle creeps along at the speed of a human's slow walk.
- (nautical) A small four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.
- An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water.
- A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping.
- (cricket) A ball that travels low, near ground level.
- (chiefly in the plural) A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
- any of various small insectivorous birds of the Northern Hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet
- a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
- any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping
verb
- (climbing) to hold using a crimp
- (transitive) To impress (seamen or soldiers); to entrap, to decoy.
- To bend or mold leather into shape.
- To press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate.
- (electricity) To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened.
- To pinch and hold; to seize.
- To style hair into a crimp, to form hair into tight curls, to make it kinky.
- To gash the flesh, e.g. of a raw fish, to make it crisper when cooked.
- curl tightly
- make ridges into by pinching together
noun
- (climbing) A small hold with little surface area.
- (climbing) A grip on such a hold.
- The natural curliness of wool fibres.
- An agent who procures seamen, soldiers, etc., especially by decoying, entrapping, impressing, or seducing them.
- (usually in the plural) Hair that is shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks.
- (specifically, law) One who infringes sub-section 1 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1854, applied to a person other than the owner, master, etc., who engages seamen without a license from the Board of Trade.
- A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts.
- a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
noun
- (climbing) A hold large enough for both hands
- A serving vessel or container, typically circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, an ear handle and often a stopper or top.
- (vulgar, slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breasts.
- (US, Jesuit schools, countable or uncountable) Detention (after-school student punishment).
- (CB radio slang, chiefly in the plural) A kind of large, high-powered vacuum tube.
- (Australia, New Zealand) An upright electric kettle.
- (US, slang) The P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft.
- (slang) Jail.
- The amount that a jug can hold.
- (UK, informal) A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer.
- A small mixed breed of dog created by mating a Jack Russell terrier and a pug.
- the quantity contained in a jug
- a large bottle with a narrow mouth
verb
- (slang) To acquire or obtain through force; snatch, steal; to rob, especially in reference to jugging (which see).
- (intransitive) To utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
- (US, Jesuit schools, transitive) To issue a detention (to a student).
- (intransitive, of quails or partridges) To nestle or collect together in a covey.
- (transitive, slang) To put into jail.
- (transitive) To stew in an earthenware jug etc.
- (slang) To hustle or make money, usually aggressively.
- stew in an earthenware jug
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
noun
- (climbing) A set of moves required to complete a climb.
- Difficulty in accepting or understanding or refusal to accept or understand.
- Objection.
- A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
- An addiction, other substance use disorder, or comparable psychological challenge.
- A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
- A puzzling circumstance.
- a source of difficulty
- a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
- a question raised for consideration or solution
adj
noun
- (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device.
- (euphemistic) A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.
- (informal) An object or idea that can be used for good.
- (in the plural, usually preceded by "and") Used to refer collectively to a group of associated individuals, especially those comprising a cast, company, or crew
- An associate who provides assistance; patron, mentor.
- (colloquial, ironic, used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.
- A person who backs or supports something.
- A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
- A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
- (object-oriented programming) A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
- a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
- a person with whom you are acquainted
- a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
- an associate who provides cooperation or assistance
verb
noun
- (climbing) A handhold that allows one to pull oneself up from below.
- The act of pulling (any sense) insufficiently.
- (engineering) A driver for pumping that has the eccentrics under the gear wheel.
- (medicine) Failure to pull a muscle as far as it can contract.
- Synonym of undertow.
- A secret or indirect influence.
- (more generally) A downward pull or force.
- A negative influence.
adj
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To practise the sport of climbing.
- go up or advance
- slope upward
- move with effort, by grasping
- go upward with gradual or continuous progress
- increase in value or to a higher point
- improve one's social status
- (intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.
- (transitive) To scale; to get to the top of something.
- To move to a higher position on a chart or hierarchy.
- (transitive) To mount; to move upwards on.
- (transitive) To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
- (transitive or intransitive) (botany) Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.
- (intransitive) To jump high.
noun
- the act of climbing something
- a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
- a lightweight horse kept for riding only
- something forming a back that is added for strengthening
- a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place
- A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.
- (martial arts) A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.
- A signal for mounting a horse.
- (gymnastics) The act of getting onto the apparatus.
- A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
- An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on.
- A hill or mountain.
- (heraldry) A green hillock in the base of a shield.
- (palmistry) Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
- (now only figurative) A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing.
verb
- prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
- go up or advance
- fix onto a backing, setting, or support
- put up or launch
- go upward with gradual or continuous progress
- get up on the back of
- attach to a support
- copulate with
- (transitive) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
- (intransitive, sometimes with up) To increase in quantity or intensity.
- (cooking) To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it).
- (transitive) To have or begin sexual intercourse with someone.
- (transitive) To get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation.
- (transitive, computing) To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
- (transitive) To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).
- (transitive) To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.
- (transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
- (transitive) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
- (transitive) To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
- (intransitive, rare) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.
- (transitive, martial arts) To sit on a combatant's torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.
noun
- (climbing) A technique involving the placement of the edge of the climbing shoe on a sharp hold.
- The sexual technique of maintaining a high level of sexual arousal for an extended period of time without reaching orgasm.
- The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.
- Anything that forms, defines, or marks the edge of something.
- border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug)
verb
noun
- (climbing) a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope; ascendeur.
- (typography, uncommon) A lowercase letter that has such a portion, such as d or h.
- A person or thing that ascends.
- (typography, graphology) The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline.
- someone who ascends
- a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters
- (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters
verb
noun
noun
- (climbing, caving) A device for abseiling, so-called for its shape.
- The shape or form of an 8 (eight).
- A type of knot.
- a two-dimensional figure having the shape of the number eight
- a knot having the shape of the numeral 8; tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose
noun
- A small climbing hold that can only be held with the tips of a person's fingers.
- A device for giving hair a wavy appearance.
- A tool used to crimp, to join two pieces of metal.
- Someone who adds pleats to fabric for clothes, drapery, etc.
- A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape.
- (chiefly British) A hairdresser.
- A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.
- An instrument for crimping or ruffling pastry when making a pie.
- A person who crimps when climbing.
- a hand tool used for joining two pieces of metal or other ductile material (usually a wire and a metal plate) by deforming one or both of them to hold the other.
- a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
- someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
noun
- (specifically, climbing) A foothold or ledge on which to set up a belay.
- One's opinion or point of view.
- (Scotland) A place where a fair or market is held; a location where a street trader can carry on business.
- A place to stand; a position, a site, a station.
- The manner, pose, or posture in which one stands.
- (Scotland) A place for buses or taxis to await passengers; a bus stop, a taxi rank.
- standing posture
- a rationalized mental attitude
verb
noun
- (climbing, uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
- (uncountable, also figuratively) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
- The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and (in nautical terminology) the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
- That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
- The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
- A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
- That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
- something acquired by purchase
- the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
- the acquisition of something for payment
- a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage
verb
- To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
- To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
- To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
- To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
- To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.
- To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
- To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
noun
- A push from behind or below, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.
- (automotive engineering, uncountable) A positive intake manifold pressure in cars with turbochargers or superchargers.
- Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance.
- (physics) A coordinate transformation that changes velocity.
- an increase in cost
- the act of giving hope or support to someone
- the act of giving a push
verb
- (slang, transitive) To steal.
- (transitive) To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.
- (Canada, transitive) To jump-start a vehicle by using cables to connect the battery in a running vehicle to the battery in a vehicle that won't start.
- (transitive, medicine) To give a booster shot to.
- (transitive, by extension) To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.
- (transitive, engineering) To amplify; to signal boost.
- increase or raise
- push or shove upward, as if from below or behind
- give a boost to; be beneficial to
- increase
- contribute to the progress or growth of
noun
- (climbing) A moderately difficult route.
- (Internet slang, originally Twitch-speak, humorous, in the plural) Used to express a wish of removal or, often hyperbolic, harm (as opposed to a literal request to moderators).
- (mathematics, programming) Abbreviation of modulus.
- A festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture, akin to the Welsh eisteddfod.
- (video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.
- (Internet) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
- (computing, informal) A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
- (politics) Abbreviation of moderate.
- (in the plural, Oxford University, informal) Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
- (uncountable) An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
- (UK) A 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.
- (statistics) Abbreviation of mode.
- (informal) Clipping of modification.
- a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers
adj
verb
- (transitive, Internet, informal) To moderate; to silence or punish (a rule-breaking user) on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.
- (transitive, informal) To modify (an object) from its original condition, typically to individualize and/or enhance the performance of the object.
- (video games) To install or create a mod.
verb
- (climbing, transitive) To climb a route without falling.
- (slang) To pursue (a course of action) committedly, enthusiastically, and often recklessly; go for.
- (transitive) To bring to a certain condition, to drive.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
- (nautical, intransitive) To pitch.
- (intransitive, usually with for) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message or do an errand.
- (transitive, slang) To get one going; move to excitement or rapture; to delight or thrill.
- (UK, slang) To call out or diss a specific person in a diss track.
- (Nigeria, slang, intransitive) To care.
- (Singapore, transitive) To give (someone) a lift, to drive (someone) to another place.
- transfer
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- transport commercially
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
- cause to go somewhere
- to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place
- assign to a station
noun
- (climbing) A successful ascent of a sport climbing route.
- (telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.
- (UK, slang) A callout or diss usually aimed at a specific person, often in the form of a diss track.
- (graphical user interface; often capitalized, or capitalized and put in quotation marks) An icon (usually on a computer screen and labeled with the word "Send") on which one clicks (with a mouse or its equivalent) or taps to transmit an email or other electronic message.
- (Scotland) A messenger, especially one sent to fetch the bride.
- (nautical) Alternative form of scend.
noun
- (climbing) A solid grip with the feet.
- (by extension) A secure position from which it is difficult to be dislodged.
- (military) Airhead, beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement.
- a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing
- an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments
- an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
noun
verb
- turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or them
- fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat
- (intransitive, nautical) The general command to stop or cease.
- (transitive, climbing) To handle a climbing rope to prevent (a climber) from falling to the ground.
- (ambitransitive, nautical) To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
- (transitive) To lay aside; to stop; to cancel.
- simple past of belie (“encompass”)
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- (climbing) a hexagon-shaped item of rock climbing equipment intended to be wedged into a crack or other opening in the rock.
- (rare) A spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft).
- (chemistry) Clipping of uranium hexafluoride.
- A witch.
- An evil spell or curse.
- (computing, informal) Clipping of hexadecimal.
- A hexagonal space on a game board.
- an evil spell
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adj
noun
- (climbing) A belay device used in rock climbing, or as a fire escape.
- (cycling) A cyclist who excels at fast descents.
- (typography, uncommon) A letter that has such a portion, such as g, j, or in some fonts Q.
- A person or thing that descends.
- (typography) The part of a letter or number that is drawn below the baseline (the bottom of most lowercase letters).
- someone who descends
- (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters
- a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters
noun
- (climbing) A device secured by a bolt and used to attach a carabiner.
- A bridle iron.
- A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
- A person who attempts suicide by hanging.
- A clothes hanger.
- (now historical) A short and broad backsword, worn so to hang at the side, especially popular in the 18th century.
- (cycling) Ellipsis of derailleur hanger
- (slang) Hunger and anger, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.
- (UK) A steep, wooded slope.
- One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman, paper hanger, etc.
- (baseball, slang) A hanging pitch; a pitch (typically a breaking ball or slider) that is poorly executed, hence easy to hit.
- (Australian rules football, informal) Synonym of spectacular mark.
- anything from which something can be hung
- a worker who hangs something
verb
- (climbing) to hold using a crimp
- (transitive) To impress (seamen or soldiers); to entrap, to decoy.
- To bend or mold leather into shape.
- To press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate.
- (electricity) To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened.
- To pinch and hold; to seize.
- To style hair into a crimp, to form hair into tight curls, to make it kinky.
- To gash the flesh, e.g. of a raw fish, to make it crisper when cooked.
- curl tightly
- make ridges into by pinching together
noun
- (climbing) A small hold with little surface area.
- (climbing) A grip on such a hold.
- The natural curliness of wool fibres.
- An agent who procures seamen, soldiers, etc., especially by decoying, entrapping, impressing, or seducing them.
- (usually in the plural) Hair that is shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks.
- (specifically, law) One who infringes sub-section 1 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1854, applied to a person other than the owner, master, etc., who engages seamen without a license from the Board of Trade.
- A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts.
- a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
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- (soccer) A short backwards pass to a teammate in an attacking position.
- (audio editing) The process of recording the final sound onto the master track.
- (skateboarding, snowboarding) A trick where the boarder leans back while on the lip of the ramp, or down a rail.
- (climbing) A maneuver to scale a vertical crack, by pulling with the arms and jamming the legs underneath, and shuffling up one limb at a time.
- (surfing) A surf maneuver where the upright surfer leans back against the wave.
- A wedge-shaped kerbstone that allows a vehicle to enter a driveway without a bump
- (figure skating) A spin in which the head and shoulders are dropped backwards and the back arched downwards toward the ice; also called a layback spin.
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- (intransitive) To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.
- (slang) To wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them, so that they will be released for absorption when the covering dissolves within the body.
- (transitive) To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into.
- (transitive) To introduce into a place using such a device.
- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
noun
- (BDSM) A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung.
- Any of various mushrooms with broad, domed caps.
- (zoology) A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.
- (aviation) A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.
- A large sheet of fabric used in children's physical education, often colorful, with handles allowing many people to control its motion.
- rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
verb
- (climbing, transitive) To climb a route without falling.
- (slang) To pursue (a course of action) committedly, enthusiastically, and often recklessly; go for.
- (transitive) To bring to a certain condition, to drive.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
- (nautical, intransitive) To pitch.
- (intransitive, usually with for) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message or do an errand.
- (transitive, slang) To get one going; move to excitement or rapture; to delight or thrill.
- (UK, slang) To call out or diss a specific person in a diss track.
- (Nigeria, slang, intransitive) To care.
- (Singapore, transitive) To give (someone) a lift, to drive (someone) to another place.
- transfer
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- transport commercially
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
- cause to go somewhere
- to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place
- assign to a station
noun
- (climbing) A successful ascent of a sport climbing route.
- (telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.
- (UK, slang) A callout or diss usually aimed at a specific person, often in the form of a diss track.
- (graphical user interface; often capitalized, or capitalized and put in quotation marks) An icon (usually on a computer screen and labeled with the word "Send") on which one clicks (with a mouse or its equivalent) or taps to transmit an email or other electronic message.
- (Scotland) A messenger, especially one sent to fetch the bride.
- (nautical) Alternative form of scend.
verb
- (intransitive, climbing) To complete a route by reaching and climbing over its top.
- (intransitive) To complete the construction of a tall building, originally by putting on a "topping-out" course.
- (intransitive) To quit one's career during a period of success.
- (intransitive) To reach one's highest point.
- provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)
- to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity
- give up one's career just as one becomes very successful
verb
- (climbing) To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
- (transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
- (transitive) To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface.
- (transitive) To make something dirty.
- (transitive) To write or draw (something) by spreading a substance on a surface.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance.
- (transitive) To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
- (transitive) (of a substance, etc.) To make a surface dirty by covering it.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it.
- (transitive) To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.
- (intransitive) To become messy or not clear by being spread.
- (transitive, derogatory) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
- charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
noun
- (medicine) A Pap smear (screening test for cervical cancer).
- (climbing) A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
- (music) A rough glissando in jazz music.
- (radio, television, uncountable) Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.
- (biology) A preparation to be examined under a microscope, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a slide.
- (countable, uncountable) A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.
- A mark made by smearing.
- slanderous defamation
- a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
- a blemish made by dirt
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
verb
noun
- (nautical) A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.
- (climbing) A rope, used for the climber's safety, which runs from a belayer at the foot of a route through one or more carabiners connected to an anchor system at the top of the route and back down to the climber, usually attaching to the climber by means of a harness.
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To practise the sport of climbing.
- go up or advance
- slope upward
- move with effort, by grasping
- go upward with gradual or continuous progress
- increase in value or to a higher point
- improve one's social status
- (intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.
- (transitive) To scale; to get to the top of something.
- To move to a higher position on a chart or hierarchy.
- (transitive) To mount; to move upwards on.
- (transitive) To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
- (transitive or intransitive) (botany) Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.
- (intransitive) To jump high.
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- (countable, chiefly in the plural, horse racing) The rider's use of hands, legs, voice, etc. to control the horse.
- (countable) A helper; an assistant.
- (countable, British) An exchequer loan.
- (countable, law) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
- (countable) Alternative form of aide (“an aide-de-camp”).
- (uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.
- (countable) Something which helps; a material source of help.
- (countable, British) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
- a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause
- the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
verb
- (intransitive) To climb by means of a rope or ropes.
- (intransitive) To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
- (transitive) To pull or restrain (the horse one is riding) to prevent it from winning a race.
- (transitive) To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something).
- (Internet slang, originally incel slang, intransitive) To commit suicide, particularly by hanging.
- (transitive) To tie (something) with rope.
- catch with a lasso
- fasten with a rope
noun
- (Jainism) A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.
- (rhythmic gymnastics, countable) An apparatus, currently with limited use by the senior contestants and not used in world-wide tournaments.
- (nautical) Cordage of at least one inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.
- (military, uncountable) A kind of chaff (material dropped to interfere with radar) consisting of foil strips with paper chutes attached.
- (uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
- (with "the") Death by hanging.
- (rhythmic gymnastics, metonymic) An apparatus program with a rope.
- (computer science) A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.
- (jewelry) A necklace of at least one meter in length.
- (ceramics) A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.
- A cohesive strand of something.
- (slang, usually in the plural) Semen being ejaculated.
- (in the plural) The small intestines.
- (countable) An individual length of such material.
- (slang) Rohypnol.
- (baseball) A hard line drive.
- street names for flunitrazepam
- a strong line
verb
- To climb something (e.g. a pole) gradually (e.g. using alternately one's arms then one's legs).
- (intransitive, video games) To move across a narrow ledge, either by hanging from it or by strafing on it along the wall.
- (intransitive, rare) To shake the body as if dancing the shimmy.
- (dance) To perform a shimmy (dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately).
- (intransitive) To vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel.
- tremble or shake
- dance a shimmy
noun
- (rare) A sleeveless chemise.
- An abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle.
- A dance that was popular in the 1920s.
- A dance move involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately.
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels)
- lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To climb (whether by means of a grapple and rope, or by hand, etc).
- (intransitive) To wrestle or tussle.
- (transitive, intransitive) To hook and raise with a grapple.
- (intransitive) To use a grapple (for example to attempt to find, hook, and raise a net or cable).
- (figuratively, with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.
- (transitive) To seize something and hold it firmly.
- (transitive) To fasten, as with a grapple; (by extension) to fix; to join indissolubly.
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
- to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
noun
- A close hand-to-hand struggle.
- The act of grappling. (uncountable)
- (marketing) A combination of grape and apple flavors.
- (nautical) A grapnel (“type of anchor”).
- (nautical) A device consisting of iron claws, attached to the end of a rope, used for grasping and holding an enemy ship prior to boarding; a grappling iron.
- a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
- a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
- the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
verb
- (climbing) To traverse by crawling, as a ledge.
- (Southern US, colloquial) To hunt raccoons.
- (African-American Vernacular, of an African-American) To play the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
- (Georgia, colloquial) To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes.
- (Southern US, colloquial) To crawl while straddling, especially in crossing a creek.
noun
- (informal, chiefly Southern US) A raccoon.
- (informal, South Africa) A member of a colorfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations.
- (slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) a black race traitor.
- (Southern US, ethnic slur) A coonass; a white Acadian French person who lives in the swamps.
- (slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
- (African-American Vernacular) A black person who "plays the coon"; that is, who plays the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
- North American raccoon
- an eccentric or undignified rustic
adj
- Capable of being climbed.
- (computing, logistics, business) Able to greatly increase in capacity, with relative ease.
- (manufacturing, of an engineering drawing or its features) Suitable to provide accurate dimensions to manufacturing staff by being measured and having the measurements multiplied by the scale factor.
- Able to be changed in scale; resizeable.
- capable of being scaled; possible to scale