English words for '(transitive) To form an underapproximation of.'
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noun
- The action of representing (something) as slight and trifling; underrating; an instance of this, a plea to this end; a modification in terms.
- (US, humorous, in the plural as “extenuations”) Thin garments.
- The action of lessening, or seeking to lessen, the guilt of (an offence or fault) by alleging partial excuses; and instance or means of doing this; a plea in mitigation of censure.
- The action or process of making or becoming thin; an instance of this; a shrunken condition; leanness, emaciation.
- to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
- a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
verb
- (transitive) To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.
- (transitive) To make something seem less important than it really is.
- (transitive, card games) To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.
- play a card lower than (a held high card)
- act (a role) with great restraint
noun
verb
- (transitive) To take up as an example.
- (transitive) To think about seriously.
- (intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
- To believe or opine (that).
- To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
- (transitive) To look at attentively.
- (transitive, parliamentary procedure) To debate (or dispose of) a motion.
- (transitive) To think about whether one will do (an action); to weigh as a possible course of action.
- (ditransitive) To assign some quality to.
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- judge or regard; look upon; judge
- regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem
- deem to be
- give careful consideration to
- look at attentively
- think about carefully; weigh
- look at carefully; study mentally
- show consideration for; take into account
verb
- (transitive) To misrepresent (something) by oversimplifying a summary of its essence.
- (transitive) To reduce (something) to its essence.
- (transitive) To misrepresent (a characteristic of something) by falsely portraying it as essential to the whole (that is, implying that it defines the whole's essence).
verb
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To cover; to overspread.
- (uncommon) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
- (informal) To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.
- (collectible card games) To cause a player to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game.
- knock down with force
- decorate
- be beautiful to look at
noun
- (graph theory) The multiset of graphs formed from a single graph by deleting a single vertex in all possible ways.
- (slang) A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.
- Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
- (aviation) A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
- (card games) A pack or set of playing cards.
- (colloquial) The floor.
- (nautical) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship or boat. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.
- (computing) A collection of cards (pages or forms) in systems such as WML (Wireless Markup Language) and HyperCard.
- (British, fishing) The bottom of a water body.
- (card games, by extension) A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.
- Ellipsis of slide deck: a set of slides for a presentation.
- (theater) The stage.
- (journalism) A headline consisting of one or more full lines of text; especially, a subheadline.
- Ellipsis of tape deck.
- a porch that resembles the deck on a ship
- street name for a packet of illegal drugs
- any of various platforms built into a vessel
- a pack of 52 playing cards
verb
- (transitive) To represent faintly and imperfectly.
- (transitive) To shade, cloud, or darken.
- (transitive, intransitive) To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
- (transitive) To block light or radio transmission from.
- (particularly espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
- (transitive) To hide; to conceal.
- (transitive, computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
- (transitive, programming) To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
- make appear small by comparison
- follow, usually without the person's knowledge
- cast a shadow over
adj
noun
- (UK, law enforcement) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
- A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
- (Jungian psychology) An unconscious aspect of the personality.
- (typography) A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
- Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
- An imperfect and faint representation.
- An inseparable companion.
- (figurative) That which looms as though a shadow.
- One who secretly or furtively follows another.
- An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
- (chiefly in the negative) A small degree; a shade.
- An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
- refuge from danger or observation
- something existing in perception only
- an inseparable companion
- an unilluminated area
- shade within clear boundaries
- a premonition of something adverse
- a dominating and pervasive presence
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- an indication that something has been present
verb
- (transitive) To represent in words.
- (transitive) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.
- (transitive, mathematics) To give rise to a geometrical structure.
- (transitive, taxonomy) To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- to give an account or representation of in words
- give a description of
verb
- (transitive) To give something a shape and definition.
- To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
- (of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.
- To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.
- (Northern England, Scotland, rare) To create or make.
- shape or influence; give direction to
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give shape or form to
noun
- The status or condition of something
- (iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.
- A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.
- Form; formation.
- (geometry) A geometric figure defined by its surfaces, lines, and angles, existing in 2D or 3D
- Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.
- (iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
- (gambling) A loaded die.
- (programming) In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type.
- the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases ‘in condition’ or ‘in shape’ or ‘out of condition’ or ‘out of shape’)
- any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
- a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a perceptual structure
- the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
- the visual appearance of something or someone
verb
noun
- Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
- (ornithology) A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
- (astronomy) An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
- Obscurity, decline, downfall.
- one celestial body obscures another
verb
- (transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.
- To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
- (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.
- To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
- To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
- (transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
- (transitive) To make something by merging parts.
- (sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.
- make up plans or basic details for
- put together out of existing material
- produce a literary work
- write music
- calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet
- form the substance of
verb
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
- (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
- urge to attack someone
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- equip with sails or masts
- set in type
- arrange attractively
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- become gelatinous
- disappear beyond the horizon
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- produce fruit
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- locate
- adapt for performance in a different way
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- fix in a border
- apply or start
- estimate
adj
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Rigid, solidified.
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in position.
- Ready, prepared.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- Prearranged.
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- fixed and unmoving
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- being below the horizon
noun
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- An object made up of several parts.
- A tool for dressing forged iron.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the act of putting something in position
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
verb
- (transitive) To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
- (transitive) To put a tap on (a shoe).
- (mining, ambitransitive, of a vein, fault, or lode) To incline from the vertical.
- (transitive) To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
- simple past of underlie
- put (something) under or beneath
- provide with a base, support, lining, or backing
- raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type
noun
- A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
- (music) Lyrics; or more specifically, the way in which lyrics are assigned to musical notes.
- Anything that is underlaid.
- A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
- (printing, historical) A piece of paper pasted under woodcuts, stereotype plates, etc. in a form, to bring them up to the necessary level for printing.
- a pad placed under a carpet
verb
- (transitive) To impart meaning where it is not obvious or does not exist.
- (transitive, law, of a court or ruling) To establish that a legislative text should be understood to include certain words or concepts not explicitly found there, by necessary implication and/or to obey constitutional imperatives or similar.
- (transitive) To reveal a non-obvious or hidden aspect of a plan or situation to (a person).
verb
- (transitive) To make confusing or obscure.
- (transitive, photography) To make dim or obscure.
- (transitive) To cover with or as if with fog.
- (transitive) To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.
- (transitive, photography) To spoil (film) via exposure to light other than in the normal process of taking a photograph.
- (intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.
- (intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.
- (transitive) To obscure in condensation or water.
- (intransitive) To become covered with the kind of grass called fog.
- (transitive) To pasture cattle on the fog (of), or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from (a field).
- (intransitive, photography) To become dim or obscure.
- make less visible or unclear
noun
- (uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
- (Scotland) Moss.
- (UK, dialect) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season.
- A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
- (uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.
- (photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
- (figurative) A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
- (computer graphics) Distance fog.
- confusion characterized by lack of clarity
- an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
- droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
verb
- (transitive, nonstandard) To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.
- (transitive, usually with in) To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.
- (pragmatics) To imply without entailing; to have as an implicature.
- bring into intimate and incriminating connection
- impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To give a false representation of.
- (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
- (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
- (transitive, rare) To fill with lies; to lie to.
- (transitive, rare) To call a liar; to accuse of falsehood.
- (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To show, evince or demonstrate (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
- represent falsely
- be in contradiction with
verb
- (transitive) To make sense of.
- (transitive) To smooth or perfect.
- (mining) To remove all the mineral that can be profitably exploited.
- (intransitive, US) To earn a wage working away from one's farm.
- (transitive, intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, out.
- (transitive) To calculate.
- (intransitive) To conclude with the correct solution.
- (transitive) To bring about or cause to happen by work or effort.
- (intransitive) To exercise, especially by lifting weights.
- (transitive) To resolve; to find a solution for.
- (transitive) To develop or devise in detail; to elaborate.
- (intransitive) To succeed; to result in a satisfactory situation.
- (transitive) To decide.
- (transitive) To strengthen a part of one’s body by exercise.
- work out in detail
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
- happen in a certain way, leading to, producing, or resulting in a certain outcome, often well
- do physical exercise
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- give a workout to
- come up with
- be calculated
verb
- (transitive) To represent inadequately in an artistic depiction, or in words.
- To sketch a work of art in chalk, pencil, or other temporary medium prior to painting, inking, or otherwise making the final work.
- To take or draw less than one needs or is entitled to.
- (transitive) To cover or line the underside of (a floor or roof) with plasterwork, boarding or other such treatment.
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To give a definite or precise form to (something).
- (transitive) To coat something with crystals, especially with sugar.
- (transitive, chemistry, physics) To make something form into crystals.
- (intransitive) To assume a crystalline form.
- (intransitive) To take a definite form.
- cause to take on a definite and clear shape
- assume crystalline form; become crystallized
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.
- simple past of overlie
- To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
- (transitive, gambling) To bet too much money on.
- (transitive, printing) To put an overlay on.
- kill by lying on
- put something on top of something else
noun
- (horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
- (photography, graphic arts) An image to be overlaid on another; a superimposition or diapositive.
- A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
- (Scotland) A cravat.
- (Internet) A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.
- (printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
- (gambling) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
- (programming) A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.
- A covering over something else.
- protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior
- a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface
noun
- The action of representing (something) as slight and trifling; underrating; an instance of this, a plea to this end; a modification in terms.
- (US, humorous, in the plural as “extenuations”) Thin garments.
- The action of lessening, or seeking to lessen, the guilt of (an offence or fault) by alleging partial excuses; and instance or means of doing this; a plea in mitigation of censure.
- The action or process of making or becoming thin; an instance of this; a shrunken condition; leanness, emaciation.
- to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
- a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
verb
- (transitive) To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.
- (transitive) To make something seem less important than it really is.
- (transitive, card games) To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.
- play a card lower than (a held high card)
- act (a role) with great restraint
noun
verb
- (transitive) To take up as an example.
- (transitive) To think about seriously.
- (intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
- To believe or opine (that).
- To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
- (transitive) To look at attentively.
- (transitive, parliamentary procedure) To debate (or dispose of) a motion.
- (transitive) To think about whether one will do (an action); to weigh as a possible course of action.
- (ditransitive) To assign some quality to.
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- judge or regard; look upon; judge
- regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem
- deem to be
- give careful consideration to
- look at attentively
- think about carefully; weigh
- look at carefully; study mentally
- show consideration for; take into account
verb
- (transitive) To misrepresent (something) by oversimplifying a summary of its essence.
- (transitive) To reduce (something) to its essence.
- (transitive) To misrepresent (a characteristic of something) by falsely portraying it as essential to the whole (that is, implying that it defines the whole's essence).
verb
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To cover; to overspread.
- (uncommon) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
- (informal) To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.
- (collectible card games) To cause a player to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game.
- knock down with force
- decorate
- be beautiful to look at
noun
- (graph theory) The multiset of graphs formed from a single graph by deleting a single vertex in all possible ways.
- (slang) A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.
- Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
- (aviation) A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
- (card games) A pack or set of playing cards.
- (colloquial) The floor.
- (nautical) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship or boat. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.
- (computing) A collection of cards (pages or forms) in systems such as WML (Wireless Markup Language) and HyperCard.
- (British, fishing) The bottom of a water body.
- (card games, by extension) A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.
- Ellipsis of slide deck: a set of slides for a presentation.
- (theater) The stage.
- (journalism) A headline consisting of one or more full lines of text; especially, a subheadline.
- Ellipsis of tape deck.
- a porch that resembles the deck on a ship
- street name for a packet of illegal drugs
- any of various platforms built into a vessel
- a pack of 52 playing cards
verb
- (transitive) To represent faintly and imperfectly.
- (transitive) To shade, cloud, or darken.
- (transitive, intransitive) To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
- (transitive) To block light or radio transmission from.
- (particularly espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
- (transitive) To hide; to conceal.
- (transitive, computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
- (transitive, programming) To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
- make appear small by comparison
- follow, usually without the person's knowledge
- cast a shadow over
adj
noun
- (UK, law enforcement) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
- A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
- (Jungian psychology) An unconscious aspect of the personality.
- (typography) A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
- Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
- An imperfect and faint representation.
- An inseparable companion.
- (figurative) That which looms as though a shadow.
- One who secretly or furtively follows another.
- An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
- (chiefly in the negative) A small degree; a shade.
- An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
- refuge from danger or observation
- something existing in perception only
- an inseparable companion
- an unilluminated area
- shade within clear boundaries
- a premonition of something adverse
- a dominating and pervasive presence
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- an indication that something has been present
verb
- (transitive) To represent in words.
- (transitive) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.
- (transitive, mathematics) To give rise to a geometrical structure.
- (transitive, taxonomy) To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- to give an account or representation of in words
- give a description of
verb
- (transitive) To give something a shape and definition.
- To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
- (of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.
- To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.
- (Northern England, Scotland, rare) To create or make.
- shape or influence; give direction to
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give shape or form to
noun
- The status or condition of something
- (iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.
- A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.
- Form; formation.
- (geometry) A geometric figure defined by its surfaces, lines, and angles, existing in 2D or 3D
- Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.
- (iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
- (gambling) A loaded die.
- (programming) In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type.
- the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases ‘in condition’ or ‘in shape’ or ‘out of condition’ or ‘out of shape’)
- any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
- a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a perceptual structure
- the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
- the visual appearance of something or someone
verb
noun
- Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
- (ornithology) A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
- (astronomy) An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
- Obscurity, decline, downfall.
- one celestial body obscures another
verb
- (transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.
- To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
- (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.
- To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
- To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
- (transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
- (transitive) To make something by merging parts.
- (sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.
- make up plans or basic details for
- put together out of existing material
- produce a literary work
- write music
- calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet
- form the substance of
verb
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
- (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
- urge to attack someone
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- equip with sails or masts
- set in type
- arrange attractively
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- become gelatinous
- disappear beyond the horizon
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- produce fruit
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- locate
- adapt for performance in a different way
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- fix in a border
- apply or start
- estimate
adj
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Rigid, solidified.
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in position.
- Ready, prepared.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- Prearranged.
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- fixed and unmoving
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- being below the horizon
noun
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- An object made up of several parts.
- A tool for dressing forged iron.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the act of putting something in position
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
verb
- (transitive) To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
- (transitive) To put a tap on (a shoe).
- (mining, ambitransitive, of a vein, fault, or lode) To incline from the vertical.
- (transitive) To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
- simple past of underlie
- put (something) under or beneath
- provide with a base, support, lining, or backing
- raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type
noun
- A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
- (music) Lyrics; or more specifically, the way in which lyrics are assigned to musical notes.
- Anything that is underlaid.
- A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
- (printing, historical) A piece of paper pasted under woodcuts, stereotype plates, etc. in a form, to bring them up to the necessary level for printing.
- a pad placed under a carpet
verb
- (transitive) To impart meaning where it is not obvious or does not exist.
- (transitive, law, of a court or ruling) To establish that a legislative text should be understood to include certain words or concepts not explicitly found there, by necessary implication and/or to obey constitutional imperatives or similar.
- (transitive) To reveal a non-obvious or hidden aspect of a plan or situation to (a person).
verb
- (transitive) To make confusing or obscure.
- (transitive, photography) To make dim or obscure.
- (transitive) To cover with or as if with fog.
- (transitive) To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.
- (transitive, photography) To spoil (film) via exposure to light other than in the normal process of taking a photograph.
- (intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.
- (intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.
- (transitive) To obscure in condensation or water.
- (intransitive) To become covered with the kind of grass called fog.
- (transitive) To pasture cattle on the fog (of), or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from (a field).
- (intransitive, photography) To become dim or obscure.
- make less visible or unclear
noun
- (uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
- (Scotland) Moss.
- (UK, dialect) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season.
- A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
- (uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.
- (photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
- (figurative) A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
- (computer graphics) Distance fog.
- confusion characterized by lack of clarity
- an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
- droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
verb
- (transitive, nonstandard) To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.
- (transitive, usually with in) To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.
- (pragmatics) To imply without entailing; to have as an implicature.
- bring into intimate and incriminating connection
- impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To give a false representation of.
- (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
- (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
- (transitive, rare) To fill with lies; to lie to.
- (transitive, rare) To call a liar; to accuse of falsehood.
- (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To show, evince or demonstrate (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
- represent falsely
- be in contradiction with
verb
- (transitive) To make sense of.
- (transitive) To smooth or perfect.
- (mining) To remove all the mineral that can be profitably exploited.
- (intransitive, US) To earn a wage working away from one's farm.
- (transitive, intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, out.
- (transitive) To calculate.
- (intransitive) To conclude with the correct solution.
- (transitive) To bring about or cause to happen by work or effort.
- (intransitive) To exercise, especially by lifting weights.
- (transitive) To resolve; to find a solution for.
- (transitive) To develop or devise in detail; to elaborate.
- (intransitive) To succeed; to result in a satisfactory situation.
- (transitive) To decide.
- (transitive) To strengthen a part of one’s body by exercise.
- work out in detail
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
- happen in a certain way, leading to, producing, or resulting in a certain outcome, often well
- do physical exercise
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- give a workout to
- come up with
- be calculated
verb
- (transitive) To represent inadequately in an artistic depiction, or in words.
- To sketch a work of art in chalk, pencil, or other temporary medium prior to painting, inking, or otherwise making the final work.
- To take or draw less than one needs or is entitled to.
- (transitive) To cover or line the underside of (a floor or roof) with plasterwork, boarding or other such treatment.
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To give a definite or precise form to (something).
- (transitive) To coat something with crystals, especially with sugar.
- (transitive, chemistry, physics) To make something form into crystals.
- (intransitive) To assume a crystalline form.
- (intransitive) To take a definite form.
- cause to take on a definite and clear shape
- assume crystalline form; become crystallized
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.
- simple past of overlie
- To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
- (transitive, gambling) To bet too much money on.
- (transitive, printing) To put an overlay on.
- kill by lying on
- put something on top of something else
noun
- (horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
- (photography, graphic arts) An image to be overlaid on another; a superimposition or diapositive.
- A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
- (Scotland) A cravat.
- (Internet) A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.
- (printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
- (gambling) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
- (programming) A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.
- A covering over something else.
- protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior
- a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface