tail block
snatch block
warping post
karada
hawsehole
hawse
hawsepipe
ropeline
clump block
reaching-post
loose end
running block
monkey block
slack
viol
lashline
ligule
round turn
oroya
tailblock
aweigh
tackle block
stirrup
feazings
kevel
obijime
monkey bridge
strap
snakeline
becket
slackline
loper
log
jeff
flap
tether
overarching
enclosure
catch-rope
slab
cable
raip
barrier
swing
pulley shell
skyhook
wapp
strip
tail
viol block
kellet
sept
dead-rope
slatch
kedger
shoulder block
extracrevicular
rope ladder
spar
cat-block
dragrope
backfriend
kackling
straddle
nip
lead
leader
tangling
tightwire
timberhead
barricade
post
chord
drop
descendeur
cinder block
clinker block
hollow block
paraductular
breeze-block
hang dog
crosswedge
elbow
lay
rope bridge
parcel
wedgelet
bicycle
block and tackle
keystrip
subsheath
extrastructural
stopper knot
forelock
hoist bridge
weather anchor
gantry
aweigh
extracrevicular
paraductular
extrastructural
tail block
snatch block
warping post
karada
hawsehole
hawse
hawsepipe
ropeline
clump block
reaching-post
loose end
running block
monkey block
slack
viol
lashline
ligule
round turn
oroya
tailblock
tackle block
stirrup
feazings
kevel
obijime
monkey bridge
strap
snakeline
becket
slackline
loper
log
jeff
flap
tether
overarching
enclosure
catch-rope
slab
cable
raip
barrier
swing
pulley shell
skyhook
wapp
strip
tail
viol block
kellet
sept
dead-rope
slatch
kedger
shoulder block
rope ladder
spar
cat-block
dragrope
backfriend
kackling
straddle
nip
lead
leader
tangling
tightwire
timberhead
barricade
post
chord
drop
descendeur
cinder block
clinker block
hollow block
breeze-block
hang dog
crosswedge
elbow
lay
rope bridge
wedgelet
bicycle
block and tackle
keystrip
subsheath
stopper knot
forelock
hoist bridge
weather anchor
gantry
parcel
noun
- a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
- dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
- a stretch of water without current or movement
- a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- the quality of being loose (not taut)
verb
- avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
- be inattentive to, or neglect
- release tension on
- make less active or fast
- become slow or slower
- make less active or intense
- become less in amount or intensity
- cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
adj
noun
noun
- A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.
- Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.
- A portable, flexible ladder-like device used in climbing.
- A ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding.
- A stapes.
adj
noun
- A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
- Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
- A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
- A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
- A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
- A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
- An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bullish than a straddle.
- The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
- Synonym of strapline
- A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
- A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
- The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
- A strap worn on the shoulder.
verb
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 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
noun
- any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
- an excited state of agitation
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
- a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
verb
noun
- a rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement
- a strong rope or line that connects a sailor's safety harness to the boat's jackstay
- the limit of one's abilities, resources etc.
- The cardinal number three in an old counting system used in Teesdale and Swaledale. (Variant of tethera)
verb
noun
- a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
- a telegram sent abroad
- a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
- a nautical unit of depth
- television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
- a television system that transmits over cables
verb
noun
- A structure that bars passage.
- A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others.
- A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries.
- The lists in a tournament.
- An obstacle or impediment.
- A node (in government and binding theory) said to intervene between other nodes A and B if it is a potential governor for B, c-commands B, and does not c-command A.
- A boundary or limit.
verb
noun
- A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
- In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
- Influence or power of anything put in motion.
- The amount of change towards or away from something.
- The genre of music associated with this dance style.
- The manner in which something is swung.
- The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
- A dance style.
- In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
- A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
- A type of hook with the arm more extended.
- A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
- Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
- Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
- The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
verb
- To move one's arm in a punching motion.
- To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
- To move sideways in its trajectory.
- To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
- To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
- To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
- To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
- To turn in a different direction.
- To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
- To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
- To ride on a swing.
- To dance.
- To fluctuate or change.
- (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
- To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
- To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
- To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
- In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
noun
- a relatively long narrow piece of something
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- an airfield without normal airport facilities
- a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
- thin piece of wood or metal
- a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music
verb
- take away possessions from someone
- get undressed
- remove the surface from
- remove substances from by a percolating liquid
- lay bare
- steal goods; take as spoils
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
- strip the cured leaves from
- remove the thread (of screws)
- remove a constituent from a liquid
- take off or remove
- draw the last milk (of cows)
- remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
noun
- A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
- All the last terms of a sequence, from some term on.
- A downy or feathery appendage of certain achens, formed of the permanent elongated style.
- Sexual intercourse.
- Synonym of pigtail (“a short length of twisted electrical wire”)
- A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
- The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
- A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; called also tailing.
- The part of a distribution most distant from the mode; as, a long tail.
- A filamentous projection on the tornal section of each hind wing of certain butterflies.
- Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs.
- One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
- The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.
- The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
- The penis of a person or animal.
- A tailing.
- The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
- The distal tendon of a muscle.
- The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile.
- One who surreptitiously follows another.
- The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.
- The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
- The lower order of batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
- The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.
- The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
- The stern; the back of the kayak.
- The buttocks or backside.
- An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
- The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
- The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
adj
verb
- To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
- To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
- To follow and observe surreptitiously.
- To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
- To pull or draw by the tail.
noun
- A thick pole or piece of wood.
- Any crystal with readily discernible faces.
- A rafter of a roof.
- A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
- A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting.
- Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft.
- Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
verb
noun
- A vertical mine-timber supporting a set.
- A voluntary raise made prior to receiving cards by the first player after the blinds.
- A posture in which one straddles something.
- A pair or salvo of successive artillery shots falling both in front of and behind a target.
- An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with put and call options on the same security at the same strike price, giving a non-directional position sensitive to volatility.
verb
- To form a disorderly sprawl; to spread out irregularly.
- To be on both sides of something; to have parts that are in different places, regions, etc.
- To fire successive artillery shots in front of and behind of a target, especially in order to determine its range (the term "bracket" is often used instead).
- To consider or favor two apparently opposite sides; to be noncommittal.
- To execute a commodities market spread.
- To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; to sit astride.
- To place a voluntary raise prior to receiving cards (only by the first player after the blinds).
- To stand with the ends staggered; said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
adv
noun
- A short turn in a rope.
- A hamburger.
- A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A playful bite.
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
- A nipple, usually of a woman.
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
verb
- To squeeze or pinch.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
- To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To taunt.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
noun
- The course of a rope from end to end.
- The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
- The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- bullets; ammunition.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor
- The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- A lode.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game.
- The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
adj
verb
- To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To direct; to counsel; to instruct
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
- To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
- To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- To step off base and move towards the next base.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
- To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- Lead climb.
- To produce (with to).
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- To place leads between the lines of.
- To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- To have the highest interim score in a game.
- To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
- To lead off or out, to go first; to begin.
- To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- To begin a game, round, or trick, with
noun
- A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
- The path taken by electrons from a cloud to ground level, determining the shape of a bolt of lightning.
- One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.
- One having authority to direct.
- A performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra.
- The dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions.
- an animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs
- Either of the two front horses of a team of four in front of a carriage.
- A person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.
- A loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price.
- The first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.
- A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
- A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
- A fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant.
- Any person who leads or directs.
- The drive wheel in any kind of machinery.
- Someone or something that leads or conducts.
- One who goes first.
- A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground.
- A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.
- The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.
- A section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line.
- A piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to be threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press.
- A row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.
noun
noun
noun
- A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
- A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
- A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
- A pole in a battery.
- The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
- A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
- A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
- A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
- A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.
- A post mortem (investigation of body's cause of death).
- A goalpost.
- An appointed position in an organization, job.
- A stud; a two-by-four.
- An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
- A location on a basketball court near the basket.
- Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
- Post-production.
- A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.
- An assigned station; a guard post.
prep
verb
- To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
- To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
- To assign to a station; to set; to place.
- To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
- To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
- To pay down (the stake).
- To pay (a blind).
- To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
- To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
- To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
- To travel quickly; to hurry.
- To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
- To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
adv
noun
- A horizontal member of a truss.
- A straight line between two points of a curve.
- A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them.
- The distance between the leading and trailing edge of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow.
- A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M followed by P.
- An imaginary line from the luff of a sail to its leech.
- A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
- A cord.
- An edge that is not part of a cycle but connects two vertices of the cycle.
- The string of a musical instrument.
verb
noun
- The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- A dropped pass.
- The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on An advantage.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trace, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- A single measure of whisky.
- A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
verb
- To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- To reduce; to make smaller.
- To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- To impart (something).
- To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- To perform (rap music).
- Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- To drop out of the betting.
- To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- To fall into a particular condition or state.
- To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- To present the user with a more basic interface.
- To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- To enter a more basic interface.
- To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
adj
noun
- Two nearby crossings of a rope.
- The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
- Part of a basketball court located at the intersection of the free-throw line and the free-throw lane.
- Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.
- A hit with the elbow.
verb
noun
- The direction a rope is twisted.
- A casual sexual partner.
- A lake.
- A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
- What was I, just another lay you can toss aside as you go on to your next conquest?
- Arrangement or relationship; layout.
- An act of sexual intercourse.
- A share of the profits in a business.
- A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
- The laying of eggs.
adj
- Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
- Not trumps.
- Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
verb
- To take a position; to come or go.
- To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
- To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).
- To have sex with.
- To place (new type) properly in the cases.
- To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
- To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
- To produce and deposit an egg.
- To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- To apply; to put.
- To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
- To bet (that something is or is not the case).
- To point; to aim.
- To be in a horizontal position; to lie (from confusion with lie).
- To present or offer.
- simple past tense of lie when pertaining to position.
- To state; to allege.
- To impute; to charge; to allege.
- To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
- To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
- To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
verb
- To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
- To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.
- To wrap something up into the form of a package.
- To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
noun
- An individual item appearing on an invoice or receipt (only in the phrase bill of parcels).
- A package wrapped for shipment.
- An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
- A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
- A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
- A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
- An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
noun
- A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.
- The best possible hand in lowball.
- A vehicle that has two wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals.
- A motorbike.
- A stabilizing technique in which one foot is pushed down while the other is pulled up.
- A slut; a promiscuous woman.
verb
noun
- A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
- A gantry crane or gantry scaffold.
- A supporting framework for a barrel.
- A cylindrical scanner assembly in the bore of which the response of bodies or tissues to some specific exposure can be detected for 3D imaging.
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