double tackle
block and tackle
block
rack
sister block
glut
fiddle block
pulley
idle wheel
parbuckle
tackled
idler pulley
idle pulley
sister hook
swig
trace
marry
running block
shoe block
scissorwise
mechanical yielding prop
friction yielding prop
friction prop
swallow
shears
quarter belt
buckle
bungee cord
mule pulley
lasher
pair of scissors
bungee
cam
gin block
spudger
boat hook
tied
fastened
quickdraw
becket
Italian grip
scissors
French grip
snatch block
shank
funiliform
ripping bar
towball
cat's-paw
skid
dead block
fleet
jaw
belt
peg
spreader bar
speed pulley
knurl
nog
biscutate
lashline
spheno-
pair of pincers
swage block
pincers
top
polyspast
center
secateurs
holster
boss head
lug wrench
polyspaston
pulley shell
crosspiece
hook
tug
uneven bars
grapnel
grapple
ruched
runner
ladder
log
grappling hook
tag
living hinge
grappling iron
grappler
cable
C-clamp
sash cord
puller
cable-laid rope
pounding block
tackled
tied
fastened
funiliform
biscutate
ruched
scissorwise
double tackle
block and tackle
block
sister block
glut
fiddle block
pulley
idle wheel
parbuckle
idler pulley
idle pulley
sister hook
swig
trace
running block
shoe block
mechanical yielding prop
friction yielding prop
friction prop
swallow
shears
quarter belt
buckle
bungee cord
mule pulley
lasher
pair of scissors
bungee
cam
gin block
spudger
rack
boat hook
quickdraw
becket
Italian grip
scissors
French grip
snatch block
shank
ripping bar
towball
cat's-paw
skid
dead block
jaw
belt
peg
spreader bar
speed pulley
knurl
nog
lashline
pair of pincers
swage block
pincers
top
polyspast
center
secateurs
holster
boss head
lug wrench
polyspaston
pulley shell
crosspiece
hook
tug
uneven bars
grapnel
grapple
runner
ladder
log
grappling hook
living hinge
grappling iron
grappler
cable
C-clamp
sash cord
puller
cable-laid rope
pounding block
rack
marry
fleet
peg
tag
noun
noun
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A cellblock.
- The popping crease.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
- A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
- Solitary confinement.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- A blockhole.
- A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- The human head.
- A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A roughly cuboid building.
- A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
verb
- To hit with a block.
- To wait for some condition to become true.
- To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
- To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- To bar (someone undesirable) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- To play a block shot.
- To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
- To shape or sketch out roughly.
- To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- To impede (an opponent or opponent's play).
- To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
verb
- seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
- go at a rack
- stretch to the limits
- put on a rack and pinion
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- run before a gale
- fly in high wind
- draw off from the lees
- torment emotionally or mentally
- work on a rack
- place in a rack
- torture on the rack
noun
- rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
- the destruction or collapse of something
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- a support for displaying ot holding various articles
- a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
- a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
noun
- A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
- That which is swallowed.
- A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
- Five goals scored by one player in a game.
- A block used for a fulcrum.
- An excess, too much.
- The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
- Something that fills up an opening.
- A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
- An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc.
- A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is fastened aloft, and both ends of the rope are looped under, then over the cylinder and looped back towards the attachment point. The object rests in the loops, and rolls upward in them as the rope ends are hauled up, or downward when the ends are payed out.
verb
noun
- One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
- The ground plan of a work or works.
- The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
- The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.
- An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.
- A residue of some substance or material.
- An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
- A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.
- A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
- An act of tracing.
- A very small amount.
- An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
- A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
verb
- To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.
- To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
- To follow the trail of.
- To follow the history of.
- To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
verb
- To place (two ropes) alongside each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time.
- To enter into marriage with one another.
- To take as husband or wife.
- To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
- To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband.
- To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place.
- To join (two ropes) end to end so that both will pass through a block.
- To join or connect. See also marry up.
- To unite; to join together into a close union.
noun
- The opening in a pulley block between the sheave and shell through which the rope passes.
- Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing.
- The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.
- A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.
verb
- To retract; to recant.
- To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.
- To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.
- To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
- To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.
- To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.
- To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.
noun
- A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for cutting cloth, or for removing the fleece from sheep etc.
- Anything resembling a pair of shears in shape or motion, such as a pair of wings.
- The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured.
- An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle. Also sheers.
noun
- A clasp used for fastening two things together, such as the ends of a belt, or for retaining the end of a strap.
- A contorted expression, as of the face.
- A curl of hair, especially a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.
- An upward, elongated displacement of a roof membrane frequently occurring over insulation or deck joints. A buckle may be an indication of movement with the roof assembly.
- The brisure of an eighth daughter.
- A cake baked with fresh fruit and a streusel topping.
- A distortion, bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.
verb
- To buckle down; to apply oneself.
- To distort or collapse under physical pressure; especially, of a slender structure in compression.
- To give in; to react suddenly or adversely to stress or pressure (of a person).
- To make bend; to cause to become distorted.
- To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.
- To fasten using a buckle.
- To unite in marriage.
noun
noun
noun
- A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
- A spring-loaded camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.
- Camera.
- A ridge or mound of earth.
- A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
verb
noun
- A hand tool used to work on punch-down blocks without short circuiting electric terminals. It has a hook on one end and a notched blade on the other.
- A computer technician's tool used as a prybar and probe for use with plastic and other parts.
- An electronics tool made of nylon filled with glass, for holding components while soldering.
noun
- The clevis of a pulley block.
- A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end. Used to secure oars etc. at their place.
- A spade for digging turf in the Fens.
- A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
- A method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.
- An eye in the end of a rope.
- A pocket in clothing.
- A loop of thread, typically braided, attached at each end to a jacket. Used to pass through the brooch bar of medals to affix them to the jacket without damaging it.
noun
- A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.
- A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
- A scissors hold.
- An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
- An attacking move conducted by two players; the player without the ball runs from one side of the ball carrier, behind the ball carrier, and receives a pass from the ball carrier on the other side.
- A hand with the index and middle fingers open (a handshape resembling scissors), that beats paper and loses to rock. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
- An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
- A type of defensive maneuver in dogfighting, involving repeatedly turning one's aircraft towards that of the attacker in order to force them to overshoot.
noun
- The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
- The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.
- A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
- A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.
- A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
- The main part or beginning of a period of time.
- Meat from that part of an animal.
- An improvised stabbing weapon.
- The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
- The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
- The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.
- A loop forming an eye to a button.
- The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.
- A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
- A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.
- The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
- Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
verb
- To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
- To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
- To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.
- To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.
- To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye).
- To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it.
- To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
adj
verb
- To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
- To flee, to escape, to speed away.
- To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
- To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
- To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
- To move or change in position.
- To take the cream from; to skim.
- To evanesce, disappear, die out.
noun
- A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
- Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.
- An arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek.
- A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.
- A large, coordinated group of people.
- Any group of associated items.
- A group of vessels or vehicles.
adj
noun
- One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.
- Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; especially plural, the mouth or way of entrance.
- Axle guard.
- One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
- The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.
- The part of the face below the mouth.
- A notch or opening.
- A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.
- The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
verb
noun
- endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
- a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)
- an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found
- a vigorous blow
- a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)
- ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun
- the act of hitting vigorously
verb
noun
- a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
- small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
- informal terms for the leg
- a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
- regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
- a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
verb
noun
- A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
- A garment worn to cover the torso.
- A stroke on the top of the ball.
- The highest or uppermost part of something.
- A top quark.
- A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached.
- A lid, cap or cover of a container.
- the part of something that is usually the top.
- The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
- A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top; topspin
- (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.
- A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
- A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
- The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
- Highest pitch or loudest volume.
- The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
- Oral stimulation of the male member, a blowjob.
- The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc.
- The near end of somewhere
- A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
- A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.
verb
- To anally penetrate in gay sex.
- To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
- To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.
- To commit suicide.
- To excel, to surpass, to beat, to exceed.
- To murder.
- To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
- To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
- To cover on the top or with a top.
- To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
- To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
- To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
- To cover with another dye.
- To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
adj
- Situated on the top of something.
- Best; of the highest quality or rank.
- Very good, of high quality, power, or rank.
adv
noun
- One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.
- A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
- The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
- The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates.
- The subgroup (respectively, subring), denoted Z(G), of those elements of a given group (respectively, ring) G that commute with every element of G.
- The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
- The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- A topic that is particularly important in a given context, the element in a subject of cognition, volition or discussion that is perceived as decisive.
- A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity.
- The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
- A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
- A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
- The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).
- The venue in which the head of government in a centralized state is situated.
- The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
- The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
- The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
- One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
- A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
verb
- To give (something) a central basis.
- To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
- To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
- To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
- To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
adj
noun
- A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
- Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
- a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.
- The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
- A ship's anchor.
- Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
- A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
- A field sown two years in succession.
- A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.)
- A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
- A ball that is rolled in a curved line.
- A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.
- A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.
- A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
- A jack (the playing card).
- Any of the chevrons denoting rank.
- An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
- The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
- Synonym of shoulder (“the part of a wave that has not yet broken”)
- A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
- a háček.
- a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
- A finesse.
- A curveball.
- A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
- The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
- Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
- A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
- a diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
- A prostitute.
- A snare; a trap.
- A knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming the frontmost part of the bow) or the sternpost in cog-like vessels or similar vessels.
verb
- To attach a hook to.
- To finesse.
- To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
- To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
- To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)
- To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
- To connect (hook into, hook together).
- To engage in prostitution.
- To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.
- To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
- To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
- To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
- To play a hook shot.
- To make addicted; to captivate.
- To move or go with a sudden turn.
- To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
noun
- A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
- Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
- A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
- Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
- A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
- An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
- A competitor in a poker tournament.
- A person or vessel who runs blockades or engages in smuggling. (Especially used in combination, e.g. gunrunner).
- Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
- A speedrunner.
- A long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
- An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
- A quick escape away from a scene.
- A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
- A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
- Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
- An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
- A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
- A baserunner.
- One who runs away; a deserter or escapee.
- The blade of an ice skate.
- The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
- Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
- The curved base of a rocking chair.
- In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
- In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
- The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
- The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
- A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.
- A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
- A running gag
- A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
- A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
- A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
- A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
- A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
- A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
noun
- A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps).
- A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.
- A series of stages by which one progresses to a better position.
- In the game of go, a sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.
- The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder.
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noun
- A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
- A difference of one in the logarithm, usually in base 10; an order of magnitude.
- Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
- Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
- The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
- A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress.
- A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
- Specifically, an append-only sequence of records written to file.
- A blockhead; a very stupid person.
- Synonym of logarithm.
- A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ¹⁄₃ liter).
- A rolled cake with filling.
- A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.
- A piece of feces.
- A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
- A heavy longboard.
- A penis.
verb
verb
- To fasten; to attach.
- To mark (something) with one’s tag.
- To label (something).
- To remove dung tags from a sheep.
- To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.
- To follow closely, accompany, tag along.
- To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag).
- To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags.
- to have sex with someone (especially a man of a woman)
- To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).
- To hit the ball hard.
noun
- Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist.
- Something mean and paltry; the rabble.
- A sheep in its first year.
- The last line (or last two lines) of a song's chorus that is repeated to indicate the end of the song.
- Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify, solubilize or visualize these proteins.
- A children's chasing game in which one player (known as "it") attempts to touch another, who then becomes "it".
- An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand to rule him "out."
- The last scene of a TV program, often focusing on the program's subplot.
- A person's name.
- Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely.
- A type of cardboard.
- A keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information enabling keyword-based classification; often used to categorize content.
- The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
- A small label.
- A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.
- An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said") or attributed words (e.g. "he thought").
- A vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).
- A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.
- A decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls.
- A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
- A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.
noun
- An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
- 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
- A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
- An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
- The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
- A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
- A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
- A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
- A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
- A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.
- A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
verb
English words for 'A block and tackle composed of two pulley blocks, each of which has two sheaves (pulleys).'
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