English words for 'A choke collar.'
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noun
- a high tight collar
- (fashion) A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat.
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation
- someone who kills by strangling
- One who, or that which, chokes or strangles.
- One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.
- One who performs badly at an important part of a competition because they are nervous, especially when winning.
- (slang) Any disappointing or upsetting circumstance.
- A loop of cable fastened around a log to haul it.
noun
- a high tight collar
- (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
- common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season
- an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
- A fish of species Arripis georgianus, found in cool waters off the southern coast of Australia
- Anything formed with plaits or flutings like a frill.
- (music, often military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruffle.
- (zoology) A collar of lengthened or distinctively coloured fur on or around the neck of an animal.
- A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).
- Alternative spelling of ruffe: a small freshwater fish of the genus Gymnocephalus; specifically a Eurasian ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua or Gymnocephalus cernuus) which has spiny fins; the pope.
- An instance of ruffing, or an opportunity to ruff, when unable to follow suit.
- (ornithology) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers on or around the neck of a bird.
- (engineering) A collar on a shaft or other piece to prevent endwise motion.
- A gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of species Calidris pugnax (syn. Philomachus pugnax), of Eurasia; specifically, a male of the species which develops a distinctive ruff of feathers and ear tufts during mating season (the female is called a reeve).
verb
- play a trump
- (transitive, falconry) Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to hit (the prey) without fixing or grabbing hold of it.
- (transitive) To shape (fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (a garment, etc.) with a ruff.
- (rare, transitive) To ruffle; to disorder.
- (intransitive) Of a drum, etc.: to have a ruff or ruffle beaten on it.
- (transitive) Especially in the form ruff out: to defeat (a card, etc.) by ruffing, thus establishing the master card in the suit led.
- (ambitransitive) To play a trump card to a trick when unable to follow suit (that is, when unable to play a card of the same suit as the previous or leading card).
- (transitive) To beat a ruff or ruffle, as on a drum.
intj
noun
- a high tight collar
- a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
- a noisy fight
- Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
- Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
- (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
- (zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
verb
- disturb the smoothness of
- pleat or gather into a ruffle
- mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- erect or fluff up
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- twitch or flutter
- trouble or vex
- discompose
- to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
- To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
- (intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
- (intransitive) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
- (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
- To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
- (intransitive) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
- To throw together in a disorderly manner.
- (military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
- (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
noun
noun
- An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
- (architecture) The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another.
- A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
- (uncountable) The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
- (uncountable) Residences, collectively.
- (nautical) A houseline.
- A niche for a statue.
- (nautical) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
- (countable) A mechanical component's container or covering.
- a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component
- stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse
- structures collectively in which people are housed
verb
noun
- A chain worn around the neck.
- A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
- (technology) Any encircling device or structure.
- (slang) An arrest.
- A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
- (mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
- (mathematics) A topological neighborhood around a submanifold that can be deformed to preserve a specified condition or structure.
- (in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
- A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
- A similar detachable item.
- (nautical) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
- (finance) A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices.
- (botany) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem
- A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
- (architecture) A collar beam.
- (architecture) A ring or cincture.
- (rail transport) A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
- The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
- A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
- A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
- a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
- (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
- a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
- a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- a figurative restraint
- anything worn or placed about the neck
verb
- furnish with a collar
- (transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.
- (transitive) To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
- (transitive) To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
- (law enforcement, transitive) To arrest.
- (transitive) To seize, capture or detain.
- (transitive, BDSM) To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
- (transitive) To steal.
- (figuratively, transitive) To bind in conversation.
- (transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
- To surround or encircle.
- take into custody
- seize by the neck or collar
adj
noun
verb
noun
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- (figurative) The limit of one's abilities, resources, patience, etc.
- (nautical, sailing) A strong rope or line that connects a sailor's safety harness to the boat's jackstay.
- (figurative) An attachment to a place, time, entity or person.
- A rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement.
num
noun
- The cuff of a sleeve that wraps around the wrist.
- A strip of material worn around the wrist, e.g. to absorb perspiration, especially in sports.
- A cord worn around the wrist, used to hold a small object such as a knife: a lanyard
- A band that supports a wristwatch.
- A decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist.
- a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist
- band consisting of a part of a sleeve that covers the wrist
noun
- neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- A knot; a fastening.
- a fastener that serves to join or connect
- (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
- equality of score in a contest
- a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied
- a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating
- a social or business relationship
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
- (music) 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 lace-up shoe.
- (phonetic transcription) A curved line connecting two letters (⁀), used in the IPA to denote a coarticulation, as for example /d͡ʒ/.
- 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 tiewig.
- A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
- The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
- (cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
- (sports, British) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
- (construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
- A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
- A connection between people or groups of people, especially a strong connection.
- (rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
- (graph theory) A connection between two vertices.
- (statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
- (surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
- (sports, US) An equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same score(s).
verb
- perform a marriage ceremony
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- unite musical notes by a tie
- create social or emotional ties
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- limit or restrict to
- make by tying pieces together
- form a knot or bow in
- (music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
- (US, transitive) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
- (ambitransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
- (programming, transitive) In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.
- (transitive) To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
- (transitive) To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
- (transitive) To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To secure (something) by string or the like.
noun
verb
noun
- a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
- the act of grasping
- (countable) A device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together, such as a fastener or a holder.
- (uncountable) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.
- (countable) A bar or insignia on a medal ribbon, to either indicate an additional award of the medal, or the action or service for which it was awarded.
adj
noun
noun
- A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
- (mining) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
- (UK, slang) A foundationer or colleger at Eton.
- (slang) An act of male masturbation.
- A type of tractor used for moving trailers.
- A sudden powerful pull.
- (nautical) A tugboat.
- A dog toy consisting of a rope, often with a knot in it.
- a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
- a sudden abrupt pull
verb
- (transitive) To pull hard repeatedly.
- (transitive) To pull or drag with great effort.
- (slang, ambitransitive) To masturbate.
- (transitive) To tow by tugboat.
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- move by pulling hard
- struggle in opposition
- pull or strain hard at
- tow (a vessel) with a tug
- carry with difficulty
- pull hard
noun
- A punitive strap such as a belt.
- (by extension) Any paddle used for corporal punishment.
- A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).
- Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.
- (computational linguistics) A word-based n-gram.
- A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.
- A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
- coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)
- building material used as siding or roofing
- a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.
verb
- (transitive) To increase the storage density of (a hard disk) by writing tracks that partially overlap.
- (transitive) To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.
- (transitive, manufacturing) To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.
- (transitive) To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.
- (transitive) To beat with a shingle.
- cover with shingles
verb
- fasten with a belt
- deliver a blow to
- sing loudly and forcefully
- (transitive, informal, normally belt out) To scream or sing in a loud, strong manner.
- (transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.
- (transitive) To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.
- (transitive) To fasten a belt on; to encircle with a belt.
- (transitive, colloquial) To hit someone or something, especially forcefully; to bash.
- (transitive) To hit with a belt.
- (transitive, baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
- (intransitive) To move, run, drive, etc., very fast.
- (transitive) To encircle; to surround.
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)
- ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun
- a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)
- a vigorous blow
- the act of hitting vigorously
- an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found
- A quick drink of liquor.
- (baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
- (weaponry) A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.
- A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
- A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
- (usually capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
- (military, nautical) A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces.
- (astronomy) A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
- A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
- (astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
- (geography, geology) A mostly-continuous, often curvilinear structure expressed on the surface or in the subsurface of a terrestrial planet or other solid planemo, such as a mountain belt, a fold and thrust belt, or an ore belt.
- (music) A vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice.
- A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
- Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
- (clothing) A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
noun
- a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie
- long heavy knife with a single edge; of Philippine origin
- (attributive) A type of punch; an uppercut.
- A soldier not capable of the minimum standards of marksmanship.
- A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
- (US law enforcement) A request for law enforcement officers to be on the lookout for a suspect.
- A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide.
verb
noun
noun
- (historical) A collar of mail protecting the neck.
- One of the upright members that supports the horizontal axis of a transit or theodolite.
- A measure for timber.
- A level of quality or attainment.
- A sturdy, woody plant whose upright stem is used to graft a less hardy ornamental flowering plant on, rather then actually planting it.
- Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model.
- Any upright support, such as one of the poles of a scaffold.
- A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.
- The flag or ensign carried by a military unit.
- a hill with a cairn or tumulus at its summit
- A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
- (shipbuilding) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
- An object supported in an upright position, such as a lamp standard.
- The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established for coinage.
- (India) Grade level in primary education.
- The sheth of a plough.
- Ellipsis of standard poodle.
- A manual transmission vehicle.
- (sociolinguistics) standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language
- (botany) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
- A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government.
- A large drinking cup.
- (in place names, chiefly Northern England, Scotland) a cairn or tumulus
- A musical work of established popularity.
- the value behind the money in a monetary system
- a board measure = 1980 board feet
- the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
- an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support)
- a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
- any distinctive flag
adj
- Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
- Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
- As normally supplied (not optional).
- Having recognized excellence or authority.
- (linguistics) Conforming to the standard variety.
- (not comparable, of a motor vehicle) Having a manual transmission.
- (of a tree or shrub) Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
- commonly used or supplied
- established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence
- conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind
- regularly and widely used or sold
- conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
intj
verb
noun
- a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)
- stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
- Equipment for any kind of labour.
- The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.
- (countable) A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function: a wiring harness.
- (countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.
verb
- put a harness
- accept as a challenge
- seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball
- (rugby, American football) To bring a ball carrier to the ground.
- (Singapore, colloquial) To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in.
- To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.
- (sports) To attempt to take away a ball.
- To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them.
noun
- gear used in fishing
- gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, typically opposite one of the offensive guards
- (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground
- the person who plays offensive or defensive tackle on a football team
- A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook.
- (rugby, American football, countable) A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.
- (sports, countable) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.
- (uncountable, informal, by extension) Equipment, gear, gadgetry.
- (slang) The penis.
- (American football) An offensive line position between a guard and an end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position.
- (nautical, slang, uncountable) Clothing.
- (American football) A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position.
- A block and tackle.
- (countable) Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground.
- (fishing, uncountable) Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
- lean end of the neck
- the lean end of a neck of veal
- (UK, slang, derogatory) A chav or ned; a stereotypically loud and aggressive person of lower social class.
- (Australia, slang, derogatory) A rough or unkempt woman.
- (Scotland) A scrog.
- A ragged, stunted tree or branch.
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.
- (engineering) 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.
- An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
- A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
- An act of tracing.
- (meteorology) A small amount of rain, not enough to be measured.
- (semiotics) A signifier approximated in the absence of stable signified.
- A very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material.
- An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
- (linear algebra) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.
- (programming) A sequence of instructions, including branches but not loops, that is executed for some input data.
- (electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
- (fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.
- (grammar) 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.
- (geometry) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
- a just detectable amount
- a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
- either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
- a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
- an indication that something has been present
- a suggestion of some quality
adj
verb
- (transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
- (computing, transitive) 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.
- (transitive) To follow the trail of.
- To follow the history of.
- (transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- pursue or chase relentlessly
- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
- make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along
- copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of
- read with difficulty
- to go back over again
- discover traces of
noun
- a high tight collar
- (fashion) A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat.
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation
- someone who kills by strangling
- One who, or that which, chokes or strangles.
- One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.
- One who performs badly at an important part of a competition because they are nervous, especially when winning.
- (slang) Any disappointing or upsetting circumstance.
- A loop of cable fastened around a log to haul it.
noun
- a high tight collar
- (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
- common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season
- an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
- A fish of species Arripis georgianus, found in cool waters off the southern coast of Australia
- Anything formed with plaits or flutings like a frill.
- (music, often military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruffle.
- (zoology) A collar of lengthened or distinctively coloured fur on or around the neck of an animal.
- A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).
- Alternative spelling of ruffe: a small freshwater fish of the genus Gymnocephalus; specifically a Eurasian ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua or Gymnocephalus cernuus) which has spiny fins; the pope.
- An instance of ruffing, or an opportunity to ruff, when unable to follow suit.
- (ornithology) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers on or around the neck of a bird.
- (engineering) A collar on a shaft or other piece to prevent endwise motion.
- A gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of species Calidris pugnax (syn. Philomachus pugnax), of Eurasia; specifically, a male of the species which develops a distinctive ruff of feathers and ear tufts during mating season (the female is called a reeve).
verb
- play a trump
- (transitive, falconry) Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to hit (the prey) without fixing or grabbing hold of it.
- (transitive) To shape (fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (a garment, etc.) with a ruff.
- (rare, transitive) To ruffle; to disorder.
- (intransitive) Of a drum, etc.: to have a ruff or ruffle beaten on it.
- (transitive) Especially in the form ruff out: to defeat (a card, etc.) by ruffing, thus establishing the master card in the suit led.
- (ambitransitive) To play a trump card to a trick when unable to follow suit (that is, when unable to play a card of the same suit as the previous or leading card).
- (transitive) To beat a ruff or ruffle, as on a drum.
intj
noun
- a high tight collar
- a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
- a noisy fight
- Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
- Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
- (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
- (zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
verb
- disturb the smoothness of
- pleat or gather into a ruffle
- mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- erect or fluff up
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- twitch or flutter
- trouble or vex
- discompose
- to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
- To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
- (intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
- (intransitive) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
- (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
- To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
- (intransitive) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
- To throw together in a disorderly manner.
- (military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
- (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
noun
noun
- An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
- (architecture) The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another.
- A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
- (uncountable) The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
- (uncountable) Residences, collectively.
- (nautical) A houseline.
- A niche for a statue.
- (nautical) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
- (countable) A mechanical component's container or covering.
- a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component
- stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse
- structures collectively in which people are housed
verb
noun
- A chain worn around the neck.
- A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
- (technology) Any encircling device or structure.
- (slang) An arrest.
- A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
- (mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
- (mathematics) A topological neighborhood around a submanifold that can be deformed to preserve a specified condition or structure.
- (in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
- A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
- A similar detachable item.
- (nautical) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
- (finance) A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices.
- (botany) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem
- A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
- (architecture) A collar beam.
- (architecture) A ring or cincture.
- (rail transport) A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
- The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
- A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
- A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
- a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
- (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
- a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
- a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- a figurative restraint
- anything worn or placed about the neck
verb
- furnish with a collar
- (transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.
- (transitive) To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
- (transitive) To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
- (law enforcement, transitive) To arrest.
- (transitive) To seize, capture or detain.
- (transitive, BDSM) To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
- (transitive) To steal.
- (figuratively, transitive) To bind in conversation.
- (transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
- To surround or encircle.
- take into custody
- seize by the neck or collar
noun
- The cuff of a sleeve that wraps around the wrist.
- A strip of material worn around the wrist, e.g. to absorb perspiration, especially in sports.
- A cord worn around the wrist, used to hold a small object such as a knife: a lanyard
- A band that supports a wristwatch.
- A decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist.
- a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist
- band consisting of a part of a sleeve that covers the wrist
noun
- neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- A knot; a fastening.
- a fastener that serves to join or connect
- (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
- equality of score in a contest
- a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied
- a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating
- a social or business relationship
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
- (music) 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 lace-up shoe.
- (phonetic transcription) A curved line connecting two letters (⁀), used in the IPA to denote a coarticulation, as for example /d͡ʒ/.
- 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 tiewig.
- A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
- The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
- (cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
- (sports, British) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
- (construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
- A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
- A connection between people or groups of people, especially a strong connection.
- (rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
- (graph theory) A connection between two vertices.
- (statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
- (surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
- (sports, US) An equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same score(s).
verb
- perform a marriage ceremony
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- unite musical notes by a tie
- create social or emotional ties
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- limit or restrict to
- make by tying pieces together
- form a knot or bow in
- (music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
- (US, transitive) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
- (ambitransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
- (programming, transitive) In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.
- (transitive) To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
- (transitive) To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
- (transitive) To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To secure (something) by string or the like.
noun
noun
- A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
- (mining) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
- (UK, slang) A foundationer or colleger at Eton.
- (slang) An act of male masturbation.
- A type of tractor used for moving trailers.
- A sudden powerful pull.
- (nautical) A tugboat.
- A dog toy consisting of a rope, often with a knot in it.
- a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
- a sudden abrupt pull
verb
- (transitive) To pull hard repeatedly.
- (transitive) To pull or drag with great effort.
- (slang, ambitransitive) To masturbate.
- (transitive) To tow by tugboat.
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- move by pulling hard
- struggle in opposition
- pull or strain hard at
- tow (a vessel) with a tug
- carry with difficulty
- pull hard
noun
- A punitive strap such as a belt.
- (by extension) Any paddle used for corporal punishment.
- A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).
- Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.
- (computational linguistics) A word-based n-gram.
- A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.
- A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
- coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)
- building material used as siding or roofing
- a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.
verb
- (transitive) To increase the storage density of (a hard disk) by writing tracks that partially overlap.
- (transitive) To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.
- (transitive, manufacturing) To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.
- (transitive) To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.
- (transitive) To beat with a shingle.
- cover with shingles
noun
- a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie
- long heavy knife with a single edge; of Philippine origin
- (attributive) A type of punch; an uppercut.
- A soldier not capable of the minimum standards of marksmanship.
- A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
- (US law enforcement) A request for law enforcement officers to be on the lookout for a suspect.
- A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide.
verb
noun
noun
- (historical) A collar of mail protecting the neck.
- One of the upright members that supports the horizontal axis of a transit or theodolite.
- A measure for timber.
- A level of quality or attainment.
- A sturdy, woody plant whose upright stem is used to graft a less hardy ornamental flowering plant on, rather then actually planting it.
- Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model.
- Any upright support, such as one of the poles of a scaffold.
- A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.
- The flag or ensign carried by a military unit.
- a hill with a cairn or tumulus at its summit
- A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
- (shipbuilding) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
- An object supported in an upright position, such as a lamp standard.
- The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established for coinage.
- (India) Grade level in primary education.
- The sheth of a plough.
- Ellipsis of standard poodle.
- A manual transmission vehicle.
- (sociolinguistics) standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language
- (botany) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
- A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government.
- A large drinking cup.
- (in place names, chiefly Northern England, Scotland) a cairn or tumulus
- A musical work of established popularity.
- the value behind the money in a monetary system
- a board measure = 1980 board feet
- the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
- an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support)
- a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
- any distinctive flag
adj
- Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
- Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
- As normally supplied (not optional).
- Having recognized excellence or authority.
- (linguistics) Conforming to the standard variety.
- (not comparable, of a motor vehicle) Having a manual transmission.
- (of a tree or shrub) Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
- commonly used or supplied
- established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence
- conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind
- regularly and widely used or sold
- conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
intj
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.
- (engineering) 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.
- An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
- A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
- An act of tracing.
- (meteorology) A small amount of rain, not enough to be measured.
- (semiotics) A signifier approximated in the absence of stable signified.
- A very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material.
- An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
- (linear algebra) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.
- (programming) A sequence of instructions, including branches but not loops, that is executed for some input data.
- (electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
- (fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.
- (grammar) 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.
- (geometry) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
- a just detectable amount
- a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
- either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
- a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
- an indication that something has been present
- a suggestion of some quality
adj
verb
- (transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
- (computing, transitive) 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.
- (transitive) To follow the trail of.
- To follow the history of.
- (transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- pursue or chase relentlessly
- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
- make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along
- copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of
- read with difficulty
- to go back over again
- discover traces of
noun
- A chain worn around the neck.
- A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
- (technology) Any encircling device or structure.
- (slang) An arrest.
- A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
- (mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
- (mathematics) A topological neighborhood around a submanifold that can be deformed to preserve a specified condition or structure.
- (in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
- A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
- A similar detachable item.
- (nautical) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
- (finance) A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices.
- (botany) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem
- A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
- (architecture) A collar beam.
- (architecture) A ring or cincture.
- (rail transport) A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
- The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
- A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
- A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
- a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
- (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
- a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
- a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- a figurative restraint
- anything worn or placed about the neck
verb
- furnish with a collar
- (transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.
- (transitive) To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
- (transitive) To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
- (law enforcement, transitive) To arrest.
- (transitive) To seize, capture or detain.
- (transitive, BDSM) To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
- (transitive) To steal.
- (figuratively, transitive) To bind in conversation.
- (transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
- To surround or encircle.
- take into custody
- seize by the neck or collar
verb
noun
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- (figurative) The limit of one's abilities, resources, patience, etc.
- (nautical, sailing) A strong rope or line that connects a sailor's safety harness to the boat's jackstay.
- (figurative) An attachment to a place, time, entity or person.
- A rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement.
num
verb
noun
- a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
- the act of grasping
- (countable) A device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together, such as a fastener or a holder.
- (uncountable) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.
- (countable) A bar or insignia on a medal ribbon, to either indicate an additional award of the medal, or the action or service for which it was awarded.
verb
- fasten with a belt
- deliver a blow to
- sing loudly and forcefully
- (transitive, informal, normally belt out) To scream or sing in a loud, strong manner.
- (transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.
- (transitive) To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.
- (transitive) To fasten a belt on; to encircle with a belt.
- (transitive, colloquial) To hit someone or something, especially forcefully; to bash.
- (transitive) To hit with a belt.
- (transitive, baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
- (intransitive) To move, run, drive, etc., very fast.
- (transitive) To encircle; to surround.
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)
- ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun
- a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)
- a vigorous blow
- the act of hitting vigorously
- an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found
- A quick drink of liquor.
- (baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
- (weaponry) A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.
- A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
- A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
- (usually capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
- (military, nautical) A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces.
- (astronomy) A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
- A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
- (astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
- (geography, geology) A mostly-continuous, often curvilinear structure expressed on the surface or in the subsurface of a terrestrial planet or other solid planemo, such as a mountain belt, a fold and thrust belt, or an ore belt.
- (music) A vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice.
- A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
- Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
- (clothing) A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
verb
noun
- a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)
- stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
- Equipment for any kind of labour.
- The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.
- (countable) A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function: a wiring harness.
- (countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.
verb
- put a harness
- accept as a challenge
- seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball
- (rugby, American football) To bring a ball carrier to the ground.
- (Singapore, colloquial) To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in.
- To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.
- (sports) To attempt to take away a ball.
- To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them.
noun
- gear used in fishing
- gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, typically opposite one of the offensive guards
- (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground
- the person who plays offensive or defensive tackle on a football team
- A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook.
- (rugby, American football, countable) A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.
- (sports, countable) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.
- (uncountable, informal, by extension) Equipment, gear, gadgetry.
- (slang) The penis.
- (American football) An offensive line position between a guard and an end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position.
- (nautical, slang, uncountable) Clothing.
- (American football) A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position.
- A block and tackle.
- (countable) Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground.
- (fishing, uncountable) Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
- lean end of the neck
- the lean end of a neck of veal
- (UK, slang, derogatory) A chav or ned; a stereotypically loud and aggressive person of lower social class.
- (Australia, slang, derogatory) A rough or unkempt woman.
- (Scotland) A scrog.
- A ragged, stunted tree or branch.
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