economy rate
concede
bowling figures
bowling average
strike rate
bowling score
century
R
run rate
put out
strike bowler
batting average
CG
M
free throw percentage
earned run average
runscoring
Bucholz
O
bonus
spell
remain down
game score
goal difference
hundred
take the count
bench
pinfall
single
L
outhomer
match play
ton
triple century
outslug
decision
hat trick
knot
outscore
pitcher's count
bowling league
outpoint
score
pair of spectacles
clanger
spectacles
back up
point
tie
level
milliequivalent
all-run four
rbi
Mankad
king pair
shorthanded
run batted in
fall of wicket
run up
meq
for
hit someone for six
pari passu
all square
candlepin bowling
semiperfect
above par
time
drive in
candlepins
runathon
attack
perfect
highrun
loaded
unearned run
hundredfold
pointscore
plycount
Triple Crown
bowl-out
statline
approach
averagely
hold
fifty
comboscore
kill-to-death ratio
seven-up
triple bogey
old sledge
open the attack
sixtieth
epogdoon
scoreline
half-century
anchorman
shorthanded
pari passu
all square
semiperfect
perfect
loaded
hundredfold
averagely
economy rate
bowling figures
bowling average
strike rate
bowling score
century
R
run rate
put out
strike bowler
batting average
CG
M
free throw percentage
earned run average
runscoring
Bucholz
O
bonus
spell
game score
goal difference
hundred
bench
pinfall
single
L
match play
ton
triple century
decision
hat trick
knot
pitcher's count
bowling league
score
pair of spectacles
clanger
spectacles
point
tie
milliequivalent
all-run four
rbi
Mankad
king pair
run batted in
fall of wicket
meq
candlepin bowling
time
candlepins
runathon
attack
highrun
unearned run
pointscore
plycount
Triple Crown
bowl-out
statline
approach
hold
fifty
comboscore
kill-to-death ratio
seven-up
triple bogey
old sledge
sixtieth
epogdoon
scoreline
half-century
anchorman
concede
remain down
take the count
outhomer
outslug
outscore
outpoint
back up
level
run up
hit someone for six
drive in
open the attack
tie
noun
- The number of runs scored by a batsman per 100 balls faced; the number of balls bowled by a bowler divided by the number of wickets taken.
- The number of runs of a batter divided by the number of balls faced.
- Sales success as a ratio of the number of customers to the number of potential leads who were approached.
noun
- A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.
- A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.
- A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.
- A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.
- A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.
- A score of one hundred points.
- A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.
- A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.
noun
- runs, the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player
- rex (“king”) or regina (“queen”); the initial by which a British monarch signs documents after his or her name
- the Crown, the government of a monarchy (abbreviating rex (“king”) or regina (“queen”))
- rook
- Thursday
- Republican
- ring
- radius
adj
character
name
noun
adj
verb
- To cause a player on offense to be out.
- To cause someone to be out of sorts; to annoy, impose, inconvenience, or disturb.
- To dislocate (a joint).
- To knock out: to eliminate from a competition.
- To blind (eyes).
- To remove from office.
- To go out, to head out, especially (sailing) to set sail.
- To broadcast, to publish.
- To produce, to emit.
- To expel.
- To place outside, to remove, particularly
- To extinguish (fire).
- To consent to sex.
- Synonym of knock out: to render unconscious.
- To turn off (light).
noun
- A statistical estimation of the scoring ability of a batsman; equal to the total number of runs scored divided by the number of times out.
- A statistical estimation of the hitting ability of a batter; equal to the number of hits divided by the number of official at-bats. Normally expressed as a real number instead of an average despite the name.
noun
noun
- The number of overs bowled.
- Orgasm.
- American Library Association abbreviation of octavo, a book size (20-25 cm).
- Someone associated with Leyton Orient Football Club, as a player, coach, supporter etc.
- Opium.
- Something shaped like the letter O.
- A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may only receive transfusions of similar type O blood, but may donate to all (neglecting Rh factor). Synonym: universal donor.
particle
character
name
noun
- One or more free throws awarded to a team when the opposing team has accumulated enough fouls.
- An addition to the player's score based on performance, e.g. for time remaining.
- An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder.
- Something extra that is good; an added benefit.
verb
noun
- An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.
- A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
- An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance.
- Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
- A definite period (of work or other activity).
- A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.
- The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.
- A period of rest; time off.
- A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc.
- A shift (of work); (rare) a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.
verb
- To be able to write or say the letters that form words.
- To work in place of (someone).
- To constitute; to measure.
- To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.
- To clarify; to explain in detail.
- Of letters: to compose (a word).
- To indicate that (some event) will occur.
- To rest from work for a time.
- To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
- To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
noun
- A score of one hundred runs or more scored by a batsman.
- A hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros).
- Similar divisions in other areas, particularly in other areas of Britain or the British Empire
- An administrative subdivision of southern English counties formerly reckoned as comprising 100 hides (households or families) and notionally equal to 12,000 acres.
num
noun
- The number of players on a team able to participate, expressed in terms of length.
- A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms.
- The dignity of holding an official seat.
- A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.
- The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
- The place where the judges sit.
- A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter.
- A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.
- The people who decide on the verdict; the judiciary.
- A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.
- The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.
- A bathroom surface which holds the washbasin, a vanity.
- A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.
- A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.
- A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
- A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.
verb
- To push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.
- To remove a player from play.
- To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.
- To place on a bench or seat of honour.
- To lift by bench pressing
- To furnish with benches.
noun
- A score of one run.
- A score of one point, awarded when a kicked ball is dead within the non-kicking team's end zone or has exited that end zone.
- A bill valued at $1.
- A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.
- A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end.
- A single cigarette.
- A one-way ticket.
- A handful of gleaned grain.
- A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track.
- A shot of only one character.
- A game with one player on each side, as in tennis.
- One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
- A floating-point number having half the precision of a double-precision value.
- One who is not married or does not have a romantic partner.
- A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.
adj
- Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.
- Designed for the use of only one.
- Performed by one person, or one on each side.
- Not divided in parts.
- Not married, and (in modern times) not dating or without a significant other.
- Having only one rank or row of petals.
- Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
verb
noun
- 100 runs.
- Fashionable society; those in style.
- The measurement ton of (US) 40 or (UK) 42 cubic feet (about 1.1 or 1.2 m³).
- The long ton of 2240 pounds (about 1016 kg), 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.
- The register ton of 100 cubic feet (about 2.83 m³).
- 100 pounds sterling.
- A speed of 100 mph.
- The metric ton of 1000 kilograms, 10 quintals of 100 kilograms each.
- 100 points.
- Synonym of tunny, particularly the common tunny or horse mackerel.
- Any large, excessive, or overwhelming amount of anything.
- The short ton of 2000 pounds (about 907 kg), 20 hundredweights of 100 pounds avoirdupois each.
- Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
- A unit of thermal power equal to 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.5 kW), approximating the idealized rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of 1 short ton of ice per day at 0°C.
noun
- A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour. (From the practice of counting the number of knots in the log-line (as it is paid out) in a standard time. Traditionally spaced at one every ¹⁄₁₂₀ of a mile.)
- A maze-like pattern.
- A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
- A tangled clump.
- Any knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
- A kind of epaulet; a shoulder knot.
- One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).
- A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
- A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
- Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
- The bulbus glandis.
- The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
- A difficult situation.
- A tightened and contracted part of a muscle that feels like a hard lump under the skin.
- A node.
- A group of people or things.
- A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.
- In omegaverse fiction, a bulbus glandis-like structure on the penis of a male alpha, which ties him to an omega during intercourse.
- A nautical mile.
- The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
- A protuberant joint in a plant.
- The swelling of the bulbus glandis in members of the dog family, Canidae.
verb
noun
- The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
- A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
- The music of a movie or play.
- In the Lowestoft area, a narrow pathway running down a cliff to the beach.
- A bribe paid to a police officer.
- An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt.
- A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
- A robbery.
- The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
- Subject.
- A weight of twenty pounds.
- The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
- An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
- A prostitute's client.
- A sexual conquest.
- Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
- An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.
- Twenty, 20.
- The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts below each other.
verb
- To extract a bribe.
- To earn points in a game.
- To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
- To win money by gambling.
- To achieve (a score) in e.g. a test.
- To obtain something desired.
- To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
- To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
- To acquire or gain.
- To obtain a sexual favor.
intj
noun
- A mistake made by a player; counted in the game statistics in the category "errors including frees against".
- Something that clangs; an alarm bell (also figuratively).
- The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound.
- A cicada, Psaltoda claripennis, of New South Wales and Queensland, having an upper body of green and brown and clear wings with green veins.
- A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.
- An early hi-hat consisting of cymbals mounted on the rim of a bass drum and struck with an arm on the drum's pedal.
verb
- For the non-striker to take a few steps down the pitch, in preparation to taking a run, just as the bowler bowls the ball.
- To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.
- To copy (data) so that it can be restored if the main copy is lost.
- To undo one's actions.
- For a fielder to position himself behind the wicket (relative to a team-mate who is throwing the ball at the wicket) so as to stop the ball, and prevent overthrows.
- To fill up because of a backlog.
- To halt the flow or movement of something.
- To provide support or the promise of support to.
- To reconsider one's thoughts.
- To move a vehicle backwards.
- Coordinate terms: back away, back off, stand back
noun
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a geometric element that has position but no extension
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- an instant of time
- the object of an activity
- a V shape
- a very small circular shape
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- an outstanding characteristic
- sharp end
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
- a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- the gun muzzle's direction
- a wall socket
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
verb
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- be oriented
- direct into a position for use
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- sail close to the wind
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- be positionable in a specified manner
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- give a point to
- repair the joints of bricks
noun
- The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
- A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
- A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
- A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
- A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
- A tiewig.
- The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
- A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.
- A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
- A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
- A knot; a fastening.
- A lace-up shoe.
- A connection between two vertices.
- One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
- A curved line connecting two letters (⁀), used in the IPA to denote a coarticulation, as for example /d͡ʒ/.
- A strong connection between people or groups of people.
- A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
- An equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same score(s).
verb
- To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
- To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
- To secure (something) by string or the like.
- To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
- In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.
- To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
- To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
- To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
verb
- To make the score of a game equal.
- To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone).
- To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
- To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
- To speak honestly and openly with.
- To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
- To progress to the next level.
- To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
- To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
noun
- A floor of a multi-storey building.
- A school grade or year.
- Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
- Degree or amount.
- A numeric value that quantifies a character, ability, or item's experience and power.
- An area of almost perfectly flat land.
- One of the specific values which may be taken by a categorical variable.
- Achievement or qualification.
- A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
- A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
- One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.
adj
- In the same position or rank.
- Perpendicular to a gravitational force.
- Unvaried in volume.
- Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic.
- Unvaried in frequency.
- Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
- The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
- Calm.
- At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
- Straightforward; direct; clear.
verb
- Of a bowler, to run, or walk up to the bowling crease in order to bowl a ball.
- To approach (an event or point in time).
- To accumulate (a debt).
- To thrust up, as anything long and slender.
- To make something, usually an item of clothing, very quickly.
- To take to a destination or before an authority.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, up.
- To rise; to swell; to grow; to increase.
- To bring (a flag) to the top of its flag pole.
- To run (towards someone or something); to hasten to a destination.
- To erect hastily, as a building.
- To string up; to hang.
prep
- Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
- Due or facing (a certain outcome or fate).
- By the standards of, usually with the implication that those standards are lower than one might otherwise expect; considering.
- Used in various more-or-less idiomatic ways to construe individual verbs, indicating various semantic relationships such as target, purpose, result, etc.; see also the entries for individual phrasal verbs, e.g. ask for, look for, stand for, etc.
- In order to obtain or acquire.
- Towards; in the direction of.
- Intended to cure, remove or counteract; in order to cure, remove or counteract.
- So (that), in order to
- On behalf of.
- Used to introduce a subject within a to-infinitive clause.
- In the role or capacity of; instead of; in place of.
- To be used or treated in a stated way, or with a stated purpose.
- Because of.
- Over (a period of time).
- To be, or as being.
- Supporting, in favour of.
- In order to help, benefit, gratify, honor etc. (someone or something).
- Introducing the first item(s) in a potential sequence.
- In exchange for; in correspondence or equivalence with.
- In honor of; after.
- Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
- Indicating something desired or anticipated.
- Despite, in spite of.
- Directed at; intended to belong to.
- Throughout or across (a distance in space).
particle
conj
noun
- Ratio of comparison.
- The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.
- The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
- The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
- The hour of childbirth.
- A numerical indication of a particular moment.
- A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
- How much of a day has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
- An instance or occurrence.
- A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
- A quantity of availability of duration.
- The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
- The serving of a prison sentence.
- An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
- The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.
- Closing time.
- Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
- A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
- A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
- An experience.
- Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.
intj
- The umpire's call in prizefights, etc.
- Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.
- A call by a bartender to warn patrons that the establishment is closing and no more drinks will be served.
verb
noun
- Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
- Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
- The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
- An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
- The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
- A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
- The beginning of active operations on anything.
- The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
- An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
- An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
- The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
- An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
verb
- To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
- To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
- To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
- To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
- (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
- To apply violent force to someone or something.
- To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
- To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
- To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
- To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
adj
- Of a number: equal to the sum of its proper divisors.
- Fitting its definition precisely.
- Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
- Of flowers, having both male parts (stamens) and female parts (carpels).
- Of a set: equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.
- Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
- Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
- Excellent and delightful in all respects.
- Representing a completed action.
- Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.
- Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented.
noun
- A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes.
- A leader of the Cathar movement.
- The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
verb
adj
- Of a die or dice: weighted asymmetrically, and so biased to produce predictable throws.
- Covered with a topping or toppings.
- Having a live round of ammunition in the chamber.
- Equipped with numerous options.
- Pertaining to a situation where there is a runner at each of the three bases.
- Drunk.
- Designed to produce a predictable answer, or to lay a trap.
- Weighted with lead or similar.
- Burdened by some heavy load; packed.
- Having strong connotations that colour the literal meaning and are likely to provoke an emotional response. Sometimes used loosely to describe a word that simply has many different meanings.
- Possessing great wealth.
noun
- The feat of leading one's league in three key statistical categories—batting average, home runs, and RBI for hitters; wins, strikeouts, and ERA for pitchers
- The three greatest thoroughbred races of the year restricted to three-year-olds: the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes
- The three greatest thoroughbred races of the year restricted to three-year-olds: the Queen's Plate, Prince of Wales Stakes, and Breeders' Stakes
- The U.S. Open, British Open, Canadian Open
- The three grandest or oldest open championships of the year
- The three greatest thoroughbred races of the year restricted to three-year-olds: the 2,000 Guineas Stakes, Derby Stakes (aka "Epsom Derby"), and St. Leger Stakes
- Victory by one of the Home Nations — England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales — over the other three in the annual Six Nations Championship.
- Victory by a driver at the three grandest car races in the world, the Indianapolis 500, 24-Hours of Le Mans, Monaco Grand Prix; usually defined as a career achievement and not a season or calendar year achievement
noun
- The area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball.
- An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.
- The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.
- An act of coming near in character or value; an approximation.
- A manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.).
- A path taken to reach the climbing area, for example, from a car park, road, etc.
- An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near.
- A specific procedure used for approaching and landing at an airport.
verb
- To play an approach shot.
- To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
- Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.
- To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near.
- Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place).
- To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works.
- To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem).
- To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc.
- To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
noun
- A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- Power over someone or something.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- An act or instance of holding.
- Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
- A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- The wager amount, the total hold.
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- The ability to persist.
- An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- Something reserved or kept.
- A grasp or grip.
- The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
- The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
verb
- To detain.
- To take place, to occur.
- In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To have and keep possession of something.
- Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- To contain or store.
- To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- To win one's own service game.
- To cause to wait or delay.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To grasp or grip.
- To reserve.
- To bear, carry, or manage.
- To keep oneself in a particular state.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
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