English words for '(video games) The program code that handles interactions over a network.'
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- (video games) (by extension) A unique code that acts as a blueprint for generating a specific game world, determining terrain, structures, and resource placement.
- (countable) Any small seed-like fruit.
- (countable) A fragment of coral.
- (US slang) A child.
- (sports) The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
- (physics) A small particle, bubble, or imperfection that serves as a nucleation point for some process.
- (Internet marketing) A commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
- The competitor or team occupying a given seed (position).
- (uncountable, collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
- (countable, agriculture) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
- (countable, figurative) A precursor.
- (uncountable) Semen.
- Race; generation; birth.
- (cryptography, computing) The initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator or similar system.
- (countable, botany) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
- a small hard fruit
- the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- anything that provides inspiration for later work
- one of the outstanding players in a tournament
- a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
verb
- (reflexive) To shed seeds (refers to plants)
- (transitive) To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
- (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
- (meteorology) To scatter small particles within (a cloud or airmass) in order to trigger the formation of rain.
- (intransitive) To produce seed.
- (transitive) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- (intransitive) To grow to maturity.
- (dialectal) simple past and past participle of see
- (intransitive) To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final, or final.
- (sports, gaming) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
- (Internet, transitive) To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
- (transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.
- bear seeds
- help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
- place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
- distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
- remove the seeds from
- inoculate with microorganisms
- go to seed; shed seeds
- sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain
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- (video games) Cross-platform multiplayer functionality.
- (linguistics) Subordinate communication between participants in a conversation.
- (cosplay) A form of cosplay in which one dresses up as a character of the opposite sex.
- (engineering) The ability to record data with one device and play back the data on a different, compatible device.
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- (computing, of a program or application, especially one with a screen-based interface) Running.
- (phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
- Able to have something pass through or along it.
- (sometimes business) Not fulfilled or resolved; incomplete.
- (computing, not comparable, of a file, document, etc.) In current use; connected to as a resource.
- Not settled; not decided or determined; not withdrawn from consideration.
- Of a space, free of objects and obstructions.
- (law, of correspondence) Written or sent with the intention that it may made public or referred to at any trial, rather than by way of confidential private negotiation for a settlement.
- Of a person, not concealing their feelings, opinions, etc.; candid, ingenuous.
- (not comparable) Available for use or operation.
- Not concealed; overt.
- (electricity, of a switch or circuit breaker) In a position such that a circuit is not completed, preventing electricity from flowing.
- (music) Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
- (sports and games) Characterised by free-flowing play.
- (comparable, with 'to') Susceptible or vulnerable (to the stated means).
- (now regional) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
- (engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) In a position allowing fluid to flow.
- (music, stringed instruments) Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
- Not covered, sealed, etc.; having an opening or aperture showing what is inside.
- (graph theory, of a walk) Having different first and last vertices.
- (not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
- (medicine) Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
- (phonetics, of a syllable) Ending in a vowel; not having a coda.
- (especially sports) Of a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
- (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
- (phonetics, sometimes with comparative opener) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
- (comparable) Receptive.
- (mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X.
- Not physically drawn together, folded or contracted.
- (not comparable) Allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
- (of a multi-word compound) Having component words separated by spaces, as opposed to being joined together or hyphenated; for example, time slot as opposed to timeslot or time-slot.
- (sports) Of a tournament or competition, allowing anyone to enter, especially or originally irrespective of professional or amateur status.
- (computing, education) Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.
- Not having one end joined to the other; not forming a closed loop.
- (sometimes proscribed) Unlocked or unlatched but not physically open.
- (computing, used before "code") Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.
- (not comparable) Public.
- (not comparable) With open access, of open science, or both.
- Of a sandwich, etc.: composed of a single slice of bread with a topping.
- open to or in view of all
- openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
- (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints
- not sealed or having been unsealed
- open and observable; not secret or hidden
- not requiring union membership
- accessible to all
- without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition
- not having been filled
- not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought
- ready for business
- affording free passage or access
- used of mouth or eyes
- (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
- not defended or capable of being defended
- affording free passage or view
- with no protection or shield
- possibly accepting or permitting
- ready or willing to receive favorably
- having no protecting cover or enclosure
- affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed
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- (electronics) A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
- (in the definite) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
- The act of something being opened, such as an e-mail message.
- (in the definite) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
- A sports event in which anybody can compete, especially or originally irrespective of amateur or professional status.
- a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play
- information that has become public
- where the air is unconfined
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- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become operative or available.
- (transitive) To make an open relationship or marriage, i.e., with possible additional relationships.
- (transitive, intransitive) To spread; to expand into a wider or looser position.
- (transitive) To enter upon, begin.
- (intransitive, poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
- (transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position allowing fluid to flow.
- (transitive, nursing) To make (a bed) ready for a patient by folding back the bedcovers.
- (intransitive, with 'for') To precede another as a performer at a concert or show.
- (transitive) To bring up, broach.
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To start running (a program or application, especially one with a screen-based interface).
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become receptive or susceptible (to something).
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To connect to a resource (a file, document, etc.) for viewing or editing.
- (transitive, intransitive) To unseal or uncover, or become unsealed or uncovered.
- (transitive, intransitive) To cause or allow a gap to form or widen.
- (Manglish, Quebec) To turn on; to switch on.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position preventing electricity from flowing.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become accessible or clear for passage by moving from a shut position.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become clear by removal of objects and obstructions, so as to allow passage, access, or visibility.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become accessible to customers, clients or visitors.
- (especially sports, transitive, intransitive) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
- (intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
- (transitive or intransitive) To start (an event or activity) as the first performer or actor.
- (intransitive) Of an event, activity etc., to start or get underway.
- begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
- start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
- make the opening move
- become available
- make available
- display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
- cause to open or to become open
- become open
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- have an opening or passage or outlet
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- (video games, slang) A public server.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.
- Clipping of publisher.
- Clipping of publication.
- tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
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- (video games) A hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games.
- (nautical) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.
- (computer hardware) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
- (linguistics) The subject of a control verb. See Control (linguistics)
- (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that treat input and output, forming an interface between models and views.
- (espionage) The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.
- (business) The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
- One who controls something.
- (electronics) Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
- someone who maintains and audits business accounts
- a person who directs and restrains
- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
noun
- (computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
- A waitress or waiter.
- (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
- A tray for dishes.
- (tennis, volleyball) The player who serves the ball.
- (Christianity) A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.
- A spoon for serving food.
- (social media) A community space where only those who joined it can communicate in channels.
- (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
- (court games) the player who serves to start a point
- utensil used in serving food or drink
- a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
noun
- (programming) A reusable object in a video game world.
- A prefabricated section of a building.
- (British) A single-storey prefabricated home built in many British cities immediately after World War II, intended to have a short life, but in a few cases still in use.
- A prefabricated building.
- a prefabricated structure
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- (video games) Any character or entity controlled by the game software.
- (nursing education) Initialism of clinical practice unit.
- (computer hardware) Initialism of central processing unit.
- (computing, slang) The main computer case containing the central components of a personal computer.
- (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
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- (video games) A business simulator game, typically involving building and managing some form of infrastructure.
- (card games) The first placer of Tycoon.
- A wealthy and powerful business person.
- (video games) A game involving the use of a base to generate bricks and cash (similar to an idle game or clicker game), which can then be used to purchase upgrades and expand. Common within the massively multiplayer online game platform Roblox.
- a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
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- (video games) A message signaling that the game has ended, usually because the player failed (for example by losing all of their lives) but sometimes following successful completion of the game.
- (by extension) death.
- (by extension) The end of some ongoing situation due to either failure or success, typically failure.
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- (video games) A computer-controlled character in a video game, especially a multiplayer one.
- The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.
- (Internet slang, often derogatory) A person with no ability to think for themselves; (by extension) an unintelligent or contemptible person.
- (British, slang) The bottom or backside.
- (computing) A piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.
- (video games, slang, derogatory) A supremely unskilled player.
- (science fiction, informal) A physical robot.
- botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
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- (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
- the operator of a motor vehicle
- a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver
- a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee
- someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
- (chiefly in the plural) A driving wheel of a locomotive.
- A mallet.
- A person who drives livestock: a drover.
- A tamping iron.
- Something that drives something else.
- (aviation, slang) A pilot (person who flies aircraft).
- (audio) A device that converts an electrical signal to sound waves; the principal component of loudspeakers and headphones.
- A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.
- (engineering) Any driving element in any mechanism, which drives the driven element.
- A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car, truck, bus, train, forklift, etc.
- (golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
- (nautical) A kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.
- One who drives something.
- A factor contributing to something; a cause.
- A screwdriver, a nutdriver, or a bit for such a tool; such bits include nutsetters.
- (computing) A device driver; a program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
noun
- (video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
- An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
- (videoconferencing) A virtual area where meeting attendees can await admittance from an authorized person.
- That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
- A waiting area in front of a bank of elevators.
- (politics) A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
- (nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
- A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.
- (West Midlands, Potteries) lobscouse
- A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
- the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
- an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying
- a large entrance or reception room or area
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- (computing, networking) The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.
- (fencing) The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.
- Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
- the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
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- (video games) The system that controls the behavior of enemies and non-player characters.
- (artificial intelligence, countable and uncountable) Initialism of artificial intelligence.
- (nutrition) Initialism of adequate intake.
- (underwater diving) Initialism of air integration.
- (British airforce) Initialism of airborne intelligence (synonym for an early type of airborne radar).
- (education) Initialism of academic integrity.
- (linguistics, anthropology) Initialism of atavistic-idiosyncratic.
- Abbreviation of angiotensin I.
- (phonetics) Initialism of articulatory index.
- (video games, countable) A character or entity controlled by the game instead of a player.
- Initialism of amelogenesis imperfecta.
- (by extension, countable) A specific artificial intelligence program, such as the chatbot ChatGPT.
- (agriculture) Initialism of artificial insemination.
- Initialism of attitude indicator.
- (management) Initialism of action item.
- the branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively
- the introduction of semen into the oviduct or uterus by some means other than sexual intercourse
- an agency of the United States Army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic level commanders
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- (video games) A coin-operated video game or amusement device.
- (video games) A game for a computer or console that shares traits of coin-operated video games, such as short levels, simple and intuitive controls, and rapidly increasing difficulty.
- An action game characterised by short levels, simple and intuitive control schemes, and rapidly increasing difficulty.
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- (computing) A computer program.
- (politics) A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
- (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- (music, computing) A custom tracklist.
- A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
- an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
- a radio or television show
- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
- an integrated course of academic studies
- a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
- (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
- a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
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- (transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
- (broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
- (transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- (transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
- arrange a program of or for
- write a computer program
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- Following the rules or syntax of a system, such as a game or a programming language.
- Being established, permitted, required or prescribed by law.
- Having its basis in the law.
- (informal) Above the age of consent or the legal drinking age.
- (Philippines) Of paper or document layouts, measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 13 inches (216 × 330 mm).
- Permitting the use and/or sale of cannabis; in which cannabis is lawful.
- Relating to the law or to lawyers.
- (Canada, US) Of paper or document layouts, measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 14 inches (216 × 356 mm).
- of or relating to jurisprudence
- established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
- allowed by official rules
- having legal efficacy or force
- relating to or characteristic of the profession of law
noun
- (uncountable, informal) The legal department of a company or organization.
- (countable) A spy who is attached to, and ostensibly employed by, an embassy, military outpost, etc.
- (countable, informal, US) One who immigrated lawfully.
- (uncountable, Canada, US) A paper sheet or document measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 14 inches (216 × 356 mm).
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- (computing) A program for viewing and editing.
- (engineering) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring several tools successively into position.
- Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
- A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
- A monitor nozzle.
- A monitor lizard (Varanus spp. and extinct relatives in family Varanidae).
- (computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
- A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
- (nautical) A relatively small armored warship with only one or two turrets (but often carrying unusually large guns for a warship of its size), usually designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than open-ocean combat.
- someone who supervises (an examination)
- electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions
- display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor
- a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
- someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
- any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
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- A computer language designed to be used as part of a larger application.
- a programming language that supports scripts, programs written for a special run-time environment that can interpret (rather than compile) and automate the execution of tasks that could alternatively be executed one-by-one by a human operator.
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- (video games) A video game in which the player is presented with (usually abstract) puzzles to solve.
- A puzzling situation or problem.
- One who is mysterious.
- A person who solves puzzles as a hobby.
- One who devises puzzles for others to solve.
- a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
noun
- (networking) Hardware or software that is accessible by a computer, network, or another object connected to a computer.
- Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
- A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
- Something that can be used to help achieve an aim, especially a book, equipment, etc. that provides information for teachers and students.
- a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed
- available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed
- the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems
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- (Anglicanism) Initialism of morning prayer.
- (photography) Initialism of megapixel.
- (military) Initialism of military police or military policeman.
- (fantasy, roleplaying games, board games, video games) Initialism of mana points or magic points.
- (politics) Initialism of Member of Parliament.
- (military) Initialism of machine pistol.
- a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners
- a member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners
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- (video games, slang) Clipping of platform game
- A map showing the boundaries of real properties (delineating one or more plots of land), especially one that forms part of a legal document.
- Clipping of platform
- A plot of land; a lot.
- Material produced by braiding or interweaving, especially a material of interwoven straw from which straw hats are made.
- A braid; a plait (of hair, straw, etc.).
- a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.)
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- (computing, slang) A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
- A kick on the shins in football of any type.
- A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
- A hacking blow.
- (derogatory) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
- (military, slang) An airplane of poor quality or in poor condition.
- (derogatory, authorship) An untalented writer.
- A tool for chopping.
- A dry cough.
- (slang, military) Time check, as for example upon synchronization of wristwatches.
- (colloquial) A trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to increase productivity, efficiency, or ease.
- A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
- (curling) The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
- (politics, slightly derogatory) A political agitator.
- (computing, slang) An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date; a workaround.
- A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
- A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
- A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
- (now chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney cab, now typically a taxicab.
- A food-rack for cattle.
- (derogatory) A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
- (derogatory) Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
- (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A practical joke that showcases cleverness and creativity.
- (falconry) A board upon which the falcon's food is placed; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
- (computing, slang) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
- A hearse.
- (slang) The driver of a taxicab (hackney cab).
- (ice hockey) The act of striking an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- (baseball) A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter, particularly a choppy, ungraceful one that misses the ball such as at a fastball.
- A grating in a mill race.
- (informal) An improvised device or solution to a problem.
- (uncountable, slang, naval) Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
- (UK, student politics, derogatory) A person who frequently canvasses for votes, either directly or by appearing to continuously act with the ulterior motive of furthering their political career.
- A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
- (figuratively) A try, an attempt.
- (computing, slang) The illegal accessing of a computer network.
- a horse kept for hire
- a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
- one who works hard at boring tasks
- a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
- a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
- a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
- an old or over-worked horse
- a mediocre and disdained writer
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- (computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.
- To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
- To play hackeysack.
- To drive a hackney cab.
- (ice hockey) To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
- (transitive, slang, computing, by extension) To gain unauthorized access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
- (transitive) To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
- (falconry) To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
- (intransitive, video games) To cheat by using unauthorized modifications.
- (transitive, colloquial, by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
- (baseball) To swing at a pitched ball.
- (computing) To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
- (intransitive) To cough noisily.
- (equestrianism) To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
- To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
- (transitive) To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- (computing, slang, transitive) To work with something on an intimately technical level.
- To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
- To strike in a frantic movement.
- To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
- (transitive, slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
- (soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.
- (ice hockey) To strike an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- significantly cut up a manuscript
- cut with a hacking tool
- kick on the shins
- cut away
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- cough spasmodically
- fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
- kick on the arms
noun
- (video games) A computer game with similar rules, usually in first-person shooter format.
- (games) A game normally played by children, or as part of paintball, in which two teams have a flag which is stored at the other team's base. Whichever team returns their flag to their own base first is the winner.
noun
- (video games) An additional physical item packaged with a game (usually interactive fiction) to immerse the player in the game world and provide hints to solving the game.
- (science fiction, often in the plural) A proposed future entertainment, akin to a film/movie, where the audience can physically feel what happens to the characters.
noun
- (video games) A game which features this mechanic as its central feature.
- A small toy sold in a plastic capsule in a vending machine, especially toys sold in or associated with Japan.
- A village-level administrative division in Inner Mongolia.
- The vending machine that sells such toys.
- (video games) A mechanism in certain video games, especially mobile games, whereby in-game items or characters are purchased randomly with real or in-game money.
noun
- (video games) (by extension) A unique code that acts as a blueprint for generating a specific game world, determining terrain, structures, and resource placement.
- (countable) Any small seed-like fruit.
- (countable) A fragment of coral.
- (US slang) A child.
- (sports) The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
- (physics) A small particle, bubble, or imperfection that serves as a nucleation point for some process.
- (Internet marketing) A commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
- The competitor or team occupying a given seed (position).
- (uncountable, collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
- (countable, agriculture) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
- (countable, figurative) A precursor.
- (uncountable) Semen.
- Race; generation; birth.
- (cryptography, computing) The initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator or similar system.
- (countable, botany) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
- a small hard fruit
- the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- anything that provides inspiration for later work
- one of the outstanding players in a tournament
- a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
verb
- (reflexive) To shed seeds (refers to plants)
- (transitive) To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
- (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
- (meteorology) To scatter small particles within (a cloud or airmass) in order to trigger the formation of rain.
- (intransitive) To produce seed.
- (transitive) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- (intransitive) To grow to maturity.
- (dialectal) simple past and past participle of see
- (intransitive) To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final, or final.
- (sports, gaming) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
- (Internet, transitive) To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
- (transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.
- bear seeds
- help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
- place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
- distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
- remove the seeds from
- inoculate with microorganisms
- go to seed; shed seeds
- sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain
noun
- (video games) Cross-platform multiplayer functionality.
- (linguistics) Subordinate communication between participants in a conversation.
- (cosplay) A form of cosplay in which one dresses up as a character of the opposite sex.
- (engineering) The ability to record data with one device and play back the data on a different, compatible device.
verb
noun
- (video games, slang) A public server.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.
- Clipping of publisher.
- Clipping of publication.
- tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
verb
noun
- (video games) A hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games.
- (nautical) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.
- (computer hardware) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
- (linguistics) The subject of a control verb. See Control (linguistics)
- (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that treat input and output, forming an interface between models and views.
- (espionage) The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.
- (business) The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
- One who controls something.
- (electronics) Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
- someone who maintains and audits business accounts
- a person who directs and restrains
- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
noun
- (computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
- A waitress or waiter.
- (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
- A tray for dishes.
- (tennis, volleyball) The player who serves the ball.
- (Christianity) A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.
- A spoon for serving food.
- (social media) A community space where only those who joined it can communicate in channels.
- (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
- (court games) the player who serves to start a point
- utensil used in serving food or drink
- a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
noun
- (programming) A reusable object in a video game world.
- A prefabricated section of a building.
- (British) A single-storey prefabricated home built in many British cities immediately after World War II, intended to have a short life, but in a few cases still in use.
- A prefabricated building.
- a prefabricated structure
adj
verb
noun
- (video games) Any character or entity controlled by the game software.
- (nursing education) Initialism of clinical practice unit.
- (computer hardware) Initialism of central processing unit.
- (computing, slang) The main computer case containing the central components of a personal computer.
- (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
noun
- (video games) A business simulator game, typically involving building and managing some form of infrastructure.
- (card games) The first placer of Tycoon.
- A wealthy and powerful business person.
- (video games) A game involving the use of a base to generate bricks and cash (similar to an idle game or clicker game), which can then be used to purchase upgrades and expand. Common within the massively multiplayer online game platform Roblox.
- a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
noun
phrase
- (video games) A message signaling that the game has ended, usually because the player failed (for example by losing all of their lives) but sometimes following successful completion of the game.
- (by extension) death.
- (by extension) The end of some ongoing situation due to either failure or success, typically failure.
verb
noun
- (video games) A computer-controlled character in a video game, especially a multiplayer one.
- The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.
- (Internet slang, often derogatory) A person with no ability to think for themselves; (by extension) an unintelligent or contemptible person.
- (British, slang) The bottom or backside.
- (computing) A piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.
- (video games, slang, derogatory) A supremely unskilled player.
- (science fiction, informal) A physical robot.
- botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
verb
noun
noun
- (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
- the operator of a motor vehicle
- a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver
- a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee
- someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
- (chiefly in the plural) A driving wheel of a locomotive.
- A mallet.
- A person who drives livestock: a drover.
- A tamping iron.
- Something that drives something else.
- (aviation, slang) A pilot (person who flies aircraft).
- (audio) A device that converts an electrical signal to sound waves; the principal component of loudspeakers and headphones.
- A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.
- (engineering) Any driving element in any mechanism, which drives the driven element.
- A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car, truck, bus, train, forklift, etc.
- (golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
- (nautical) A kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.
- One who drives something.
- A factor contributing to something; a cause.
- A screwdriver, a nutdriver, or a bit for such a tool; such bits include nutsetters.
- (computing) A device driver; a program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
noun
- (video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
- An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
- (videoconferencing) A virtual area where meeting attendees can await admittance from an authorized person.
- That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
- A waiting area in front of a bank of elevators.
- (politics) A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
- (nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
- A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.
- (West Midlands, Potteries) lobscouse
- A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
- the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
- an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying
- a large entrance or reception room or area
verb
noun
- (computing, networking) The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.
- (fencing) The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.
- Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
- the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
verb
noun
- (video games) The system that controls the behavior of enemies and non-player characters.
- (artificial intelligence, countable and uncountable) Initialism of artificial intelligence.
- (nutrition) Initialism of adequate intake.
- (underwater diving) Initialism of air integration.
- (British airforce) Initialism of airborne intelligence (synonym for an early type of airborne radar).
- (education) Initialism of academic integrity.
- (linguistics, anthropology) Initialism of atavistic-idiosyncratic.
- Abbreviation of angiotensin I.
- (phonetics) Initialism of articulatory index.
- (video games, countable) A character or entity controlled by the game instead of a player.
- Initialism of amelogenesis imperfecta.
- (by extension, countable) A specific artificial intelligence program, such as the chatbot ChatGPT.
- (agriculture) Initialism of artificial insemination.
- Initialism of attitude indicator.
- (management) Initialism of action item.
- the branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively
- the introduction of semen into the oviduct or uterus by some means other than sexual intercourse
- an agency of the United States Army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic level commanders
adj
name
verb
noun
- (video games) A coin-operated video game or amusement device.
- (video games) A game for a computer or console that shares traits of coin-operated video games, such as short levels, simple and intuitive controls, and rapidly increasing difficulty.
- An action game characterised by short levels, simple and intuitive control schemes, and rapidly increasing difficulty.
noun
- (computing) A computer program.
- (politics) A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
- (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- (music, computing) A custom tracklist.
- A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
- an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
- a radio or television show
- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
- an integrated course of academic studies
- a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
- (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
- a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
verb
- (transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
- (broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
- (transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- (transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
- arrange a program of or for
- write a computer program
noun
- (computing) A program for viewing and editing.
- (engineering) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring several tools successively into position.
- Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
- A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
- A monitor nozzle.
- A monitor lizard (Varanus spp. and extinct relatives in family Varanidae).
- (computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
- A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
- (nautical) A relatively small armored warship with only one or two turrets (but often carrying unusually large guns for a warship of its size), usually designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than open-ocean combat.
- someone who supervises (an examination)
- electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions
- display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor
- a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
- someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
- any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
verb
noun
- A computer language designed to be used as part of a larger application.
- a programming language that supports scripts, programs written for a special run-time environment that can interpret (rather than compile) and automate the execution of tasks that could alternatively be executed one-by-one by a human operator.
noun
- (video games) A video game in which the player is presented with (usually abstract) puzzles to solve.
- A puzzling situation or problem.
- One who is mysterious.
- A person who solves puzzles as a hobby.
- One who devises puzzles for others to solve.
- a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
noun
- (networking) Hardware or software that is accessible by a computer, network, or another object connected to a computer.
- Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
- A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
- Something that can be used to help achieve an aim, especially a book, equipment, etc. that provides information for teachers and students.
- a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed
- available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed
- the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems
verb
noun
- (video games, slang) Clipping of platform game
- A map showing the boundaries of real properties (delineating one or more plots of land), especially one that forms part of a legal document.
- Clipping of platform
- A plot of land; a lot.
- Material produced by braiding or interweaving, especially a material of interwoven straw from which straw hats are made.
- A braid; a plait (of hair, straw, etc.).
- a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.)
adj
adv
verb
noun
- (computing, slang) A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
- A kick on the shins in football of any type.
- A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
- A hacking blow.
- (derogatory) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
- (military, slang) An airplane of poor quality or in poor condition.
- (derogatory, authorship) An untalented writer.
- A tool for chopping.
- A dry cough.
- (slang, military) Time check, as for example upon synchronization of wristwatches.
- (colloquial) A trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to increase productivity, efficiency, or ease.
- A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
- (curling) The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
- (politics, slightly derogatory) A political agitator.
- (computing, slang) An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date; a workaround.
- A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
- A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
- A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
- (now chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney cab, now typically a taxicab.
- A food-rack for cattle.
- (derogatory) A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
- (derogatory) Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
- (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A practical joke that showcases cleverness and creativity.
- (falconry) A board upon which the falcon's food is placed; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
- (computing, slang) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
- A hearse.
- (slang) The driver of a taxicab (hackney cab).
- (ice hockey) The act of striking an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- (baseball) A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter, particularly a choppy, ungraceful one that misses the ball such as at a fastball.
- A grating in a mill race.
- (informal) An improvised device or solution to a problem.
- (uncountable, slang, naval) Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
- (UK, student politics, derogatory) A person who frequently canvasses for votes, either directly or by appearing to continuously act with the ulterior motive of furthering their political career.
- A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
- (figuratively) A try, an attempt.
- (computing, slang) The illegal accessing of a computer network.
- a horse kept for hire
- a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
- one who works hard at boring tasks
- a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
- a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
- a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
- an old or over-worked horse
- a mediocre and disdained writer
intj
verb
- (computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.
- To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
- To play hackeysack.
- To drive a hackney cab.
- (ice hockey) To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
- (transitive, slang, computing, by extension) To gain unauthorized access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
- (transitive) To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
- (falconry) To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
- (intransitive, video games) To cheat by using unauthorized modifications.
- (transitive, colloquial, by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
- (baseball) To swing at a pitched ball.
- (computing) To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
- (intransitive) To cough noisily.
- (equestrianism) To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
- To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
- (transitive) To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- (computing, slang, transitive) To work with something on an intimately technical level.
- To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
- To strike in a frantic movement.
- To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
- (transitive, slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
- (soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.
- (ice hockey) To strike an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- significantly cut up a manuscript
- cut with a hacking tool
- kick on the shins
- cut away
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- cough spasmodically
- fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
- kick on the arms
noun
- (video games) A computer game with similar rules, usually in first-person shooter format.
- (games) A game normally played by children, or as part of paintball, in which two teams have a flag which is stored at the other team's base. Whichever team returns their flag to their own base first is the winner.
noun
- (video games) An additional physical item packaged with a game (usually interactive fiction) to immerse the player in the game world and provide hints to solving the game.
- (science fiction, often in the plural) A proposed future entertainment, akin to a film/movie, where the audience can physically feel what happens to the characters.
noun
- (video games) A game which features this mechanic as its central feature.
- A small toy sold in a plastic capsule in a vending machine, especially toys sold in or associated with Japan.
- A village-level administrative division in Inner Mongolia.
- The vending machine that sells such toys.
- (video games) A mechanism in certain video games, especially mobile games, whereby in-game items or characters are purchased randomly with real or in-game money.
noun
- (video games) A computer-controlled character in a video game, especially a multiplayer one.
- The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.
- (Internet slang, often derogatory) A person with no ability to think for themselves; (by extension) an unintelligent or contemptible person.
- (British, slang) The bottom or backside.
- (computing) A piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.
- (video games, slang, derogatory) A supremely unskilled player.
- (science fiction, informal) A physical robot.
- botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
verb
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adj
- (computing, of a program or application, especially one with a screen-based interface) Running.
- (phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
- Able to have something pass through or along it.
- (sometimes business) Not fulfilled or resolved; incomplete.
- (computing, not comparable, of a file, document, etc.) In current use; connected to as a resource.
- Not settled; not decided or determined; not withdrawn from consideration.
- Of a space, free of objects and obstructions.
- (law, of correspondence) Written or sent with the intention that it may made public or referred to at any trial, rather than by way of confidential private negotiation for a settlement.
- Of a person, not concealing their feelings, opinions, etc.; candid, ingenuous.
- (not comparable) Available for use or operation.
- Not concealed; overt.
- (electricity, of a switch or circuit breaker) In a position such that a circuit is not completed, preventing electricity from flowing.
- (music) Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
- (sports and games) Characterised by free-flowing play.
- (comparable, with 'to') Susceptible or vulnerable (to the stated means).
- (now regional) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
- (engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) In a position allowing fluid to flow.
- (music, stringed instruments) Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
- Not covered, sealed, etc.; having an opening or aperture showing what is inside.
- (graph theory, of a walk) Having different first and last vertices.
- (not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
- (medicine) Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
- (phonetics, of a syllable) Ending in a vowel; not having a coda.
- (especially sports) Of a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
- (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
- (phonetics, sometimes with comparative opener) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
- (comparable) Receptive.
- (mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X.
- Not physically drawn together, folded or contracted.
- (not comparable) Allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
- (of a multi-word compound) Having component words separated by spaces, as opposed to being joined together or hyphenated; for example, time slot as opposed to timeslot or time-slot.
- (sports) Of a tournament or competition, allowing anyone to enter, especially or originally irrespective of professional or amateur status.
- (computing, education) Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.
- Not having one end joined to the other; not forming a closed loop.
- (sometimes proscribed) Unlocked or unlatched but not physically open.
- (computing, used before "code") Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.
- (not comparable) Public.
- (not comparable) With open access, of open science, or both.
- Of a sandwich, etc.: composed of a single slice of bread with a topping.
- open to or in view of all
- openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
- (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints
- not sealed or having been unsealed
- open and observable; not secret or hidden
- not requiring union membership
- accessible to all
- without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition
- not having been filled
- not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought
- ready for business
- affording free passage or access
- used of mouth or eyes
- (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
- not defended or capable of being defended
- affording free passage or view
- with no protection or shield
- possibly accepting or permitting
- ready or willing to receive favorably
- having no protecting cover or enclosure
- affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed
noun
- (electronics) A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
- (in the definite) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
- The act of something being opened, such as an e-mail message.
- (in the definite) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
- A sports event in which anybody can compete, especially or originally irrespective of amateur or professional status.
- a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play
- information that has become public
- where the air is unconfined
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become operative or available.
- (transitive) To make an open relationship or marriage, i.e., with possible additional relationships.
- (transitive, intransitive) To spread; to expand into a wider or looser position.
- (transitive) To enter upon, begin.
- (intransitive, poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
- (transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position allowing fluid to flow.
- (transitive, nursing) To make (a bed) ready for a patient by folding back the bedcovers.
- (intransitive, with 'for') To precede another as a performer at a concert or show.
- (transitive) To bring up, broach.
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To start running (a program or application, especially one with a screen-based interface).
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become receptive or susceptible (to something).
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To connect to a resource (a file, document, etc.) for viewing or editing.
- (transitive, intransitive) To unseal or uncover, or become unsealed or uncovered.
- (transitive, intransitive) To cause or allow a gap to form or widen.
- (Manglish, Quebec) To turn on; to switch on.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position preventing electricity from flowing.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become accessible or clear for passage by moving from a shut position.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become clear by removal of objects and obstructions, so as to allow passage, access, or visibility.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become accessible to customers, clients or visitors.
- (especially sports, transitive, intransitive) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
- (intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
- (transitive or intransitive) To start (an event or activity) as the first performer or actor.
- (intransitive) Of an event, activity etc., to start or get underway.
- begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
- start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
- make the opening move
- become available
- make available
- display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
- cause to open or to become open
- become open
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- have an opening or passage or outlet
adj
- Following the rules or syntax of a system, such as a game or a programming language.
- Being established, permitted, required or prescribed by law.
- Having its basis in the law.
- (informal) Above the age of consent or the legal drinking age.
- (Philippines) Of paper or document layouts, measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 13 inches (216 × 330 mm).
- Permitting the use and/or sale of cannabis; in which cannabis is lawful.
- Relating to the law or to lawyers.
- (Canada, US) Of paper or document layouts, measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 14 inches (216 × 356 mm).
- of or relating to jurisprudence
- established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
- allowed by official rules
- having legal efficacy or force
- relating to or characteristic of the profession of law
noun
- (uncountable, informal) The legal department of a company or organization.
- (countable) A spy who is attached to, and ostensibly employed by, an embassy, military outpost, etc.
- (countable, informal, US) One who immigrated lawfully.
- (uncountable, Canada, US) A paper sheet or document measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 14 inches (216 × 356 mm).
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name
noun
- (Anglicanism) Initialism of morning prayer.
- (photography) Initialism of megapixel.
- (military) Initialism of military police or military policeman.
- (fantasy, roleplaying games, board games, video games) Initialism of mana points or magic points.
- (politics) Initialism of Member of Parliament.
- (military) Initialism of machine pistol.
- a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners
- a member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners