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noun
- A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
- A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
- General shape or form.
- A fontanelle.
- Earth, ground.
- Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
- Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
- A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
- A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
- Distinctive character or type.
- The shape or pattern of a mold.
- A group of moldings.
verb
- To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
- To ornament with moldings.
- To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
- To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
- To cover with mold or soil.
- To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
- To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
- To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
- To fit closely by following the contours of.
noun
- a representative form or pattern
- a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
- a type of product
- a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
- representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
- something to be imitated
- someone worthy of imitation
- a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
- the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
adj
verb
noun
- A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling.
- The noise made by deer during sexual excitement.
- Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals.
- Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.
- A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road.
- In omegaverse fiction, the intense biological urge of an alpha to mate, typically triggered by proximity to an omega in heat.
- A dull routine.
verb
noun
- A fundamental rule or principle.
- The principle that one should treat other people in the manner in which one would want to be treated by them.
- A method of statutory interpretation, whereby a judge will deviate from a literal interpretation of the law to the extent necessary to circumvent obvious absurdities or (sometimes) conclusions repugnant to public policy.
verb
- To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish or fix.
- To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
- To silence, especially by force.
- To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
- To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
- To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
- To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
- To become stationary or fixed; to come to rest.
- To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
- To become married, or a householder.
- To cause to no longer be in a disturbed, confused or stormy; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).
- To kill.
- To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.
- Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.
- To cause to sink down or to be deposited (dregs, sediment, etc).
- To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
- To become compact due to sinking.
- To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
- To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
- To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or due.
- In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
- To be established in a profession or in employment.
- To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
- To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
- In particular, to terminate (a lawsuit), usually out of court, by agreement of all parties.
- To put into (proper) place; to make sit or lie properly.
- To pay (a bill).
- To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
- To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
- To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. also used figuratively.)
- To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
- To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).
noun
noun
- Set theory.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- An object made up of several parts.
- General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- A drum kit, a drum set.
- A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
verb
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To prepare (a stage or film set).
- To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- To defeat a contract.
- To put (something) down, to rest.
- To produce after pollination.
- To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- To sit (be in a seated position).
- To arrange (type).
- To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- To introduce or describe.
- To solidify.
- To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- To adjust.
- To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- To suit; to become.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- To determine or settle.
- To fit music to words.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- To start (a fire).
- To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
adj
noun
- An established or distinctive style or method
- The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
- A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.
- A commonly held system.
noun
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- something regarded as a normative example
- prescribed guide for conduct or action
- (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
- the duration of a monarch's or government's power
- dominance or power through legal authority
- directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted
- any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
- (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
- measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths
verb
adj
- Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
- Unfailing; infallible.
- Known but not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; sometimes used independently as a noun, and meaning certain persons; see also "one".
- Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
- Sure, positive, not doubting.
- Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
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noun
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- an authoritative command
- the state of being controlled or governed
- (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
- the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
- the act of controlling or directing according to rule
adj
noun
- An established rule or custom; a guideline.
- A flourish after a signature.
- Red ochre.
- A set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback.
- The directions for a religious service, formerly printed in red letters.
- A heading in a book highlighted in red.
- A title of a category or a class.
verb
adj
adj
- According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.
- Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
- Which has a very specific bell curve shape; that is or has the qualities of a normal distribution.
- Which is the splitting field of a family of polynomials in K.
- Describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound in which a substituent is in the 1- position of such a hydrocarbon.
- In the default position, set for the most frequently used route.
- Which commutes with its adjoint.
- In which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency (see normal mode).
- Which commutes with its conjugate transpose.
- In whose representation in a given base b ≥ 2, for every positive integer n, the bⁿ possible strings of n digits follow a uniform distribution.
- Perpendicular to a tangent of a curve or derivative of a surface.
- In which disjoint closed sets can be separated by disjoint neighborhoods.
- Being (as a morphism) or containing (as a category) only normal epimorphism(s) or monomorphism(s), that is, those which are the kernel or cokernel of some morphism, respectively.
- teaching teachers how to teach (to certain norms)
- Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution.
- Which has a normal distribution; which is associated with a random variable that has a normal distribution.
- Which is pre-compact.
- With cosets which form a group.
- Which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology.
noun
verb
- shape or influence; give direction to
- establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- decide upon or fix definitely
- reach, make, or come to a decision about something
- fix in scope; fix the boundaries of
- settle conclusively; come to terms
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
noun
- The stance that linguistic signs act (or approach acting) as fixed codes with invariant pairings of form and meaning.
- The isolation of a person or group of people to achieve a specific end.
- The conflation of sign and meaning.
- Segregationism; the support or practice of segregating racial, ethnic, or religious groups.
verb
- shape or influence; give direction to
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give shape or form to
noun
- any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
- the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')
- a perceptual structure
adj
- in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
- (used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces
- (of solids) having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula
- not constipated
noun
- a regular patron
- a soldier in the regular army
- a dependable follower (especially in party politics)
- a garment size for persons of average height and weight
adj
- often used as intensifiers
- conforming to a standard or pattern
- regularly scheduled for fixed times
- in accord with regular practice or procedure
- occurring at fixed intervals
- relating to a person who does something regularly
- symmetrically arranged
- not deviating from what is normal
- officially full-time
verb
noun
- The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow.
- A gallery in a coal mine running across the face of the coal.
- The forehead.
- The first tine of an antler's beam.
- The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.
- The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay.
- Aspect; appearance.
- The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
noun
- Form, outline or boundaries.
- Ornamentation or decoration, especially by the addition of figures.
- Mixture of concords and discords.
- The act of giving figure or determinate form.
- Representation through visual forms.
- A structure through which people are joined, or the process of constructing such structures.
noun
- A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
- Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
- The state of being well arranged.
- A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles.
- The overall power of the rate law of a chemical reaction, expressed as a polynomial function of concentrations of reactants and products.
- A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a distinct character, kind, or sort.
- A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.
- The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (since the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural design.
- The number of vertices in a graph.
- The cardinality, or number of elements in a set, group, or other structure regardable as a set.
- The sequence in which a side’s batsmen bat; the batting order.
- A written direction to furnish someone with money or property; compare money order, postal order.
- An association of knights.
- Any group of people with common interests.
- A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity.
- A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below class and above family; a taxon at that rank.
- Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet.
- A command.
- An ecclesiastical rank or position, usually for the sake of ministry, (especially, when plural) holy orders.
- A power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- For given group G and element g ∈ G, the smallest positive natural number n, if it exists, such that (using multiplicative notation), gⁿ = e, where e is the identity element of G; if no such number exists, the element is said to be of infinite order (or sometimes zero order).
- A partially ordered set.
- The relation on a partially ordered set that determines that it is, in fact, a partially ordered set.
- The sum of the exponents on the variables in a monomial, or the highest such among all monomials in a polynomial.
verb
adj
verb
- To apply a pattern.
- To serve as an example for.
- To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
- To fit into a pattern.
- To follow an example.
- To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
noun
- Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
- Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
- A representative example.
- A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
- A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
- A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.
- A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
- A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
- The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
- An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
- A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
- The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
- The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
- A design pattern.
noun
- a particular functioning condition or arrangement
- how something is done or how it happens
- a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
- verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
- any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
- the most frequent value of a random variable
noun
- A type.
- An act of sorting.
- An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.
- A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
- Manner; form of being or acting.
- A general type.
- A person evaluated in a certain way (bad, good, strange, etc.).
- A good-looking woman.
verb
- To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
- To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
- To fix (a problem) or handle (a task).
- To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
- To attack physically.
- To geld.
- To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.
- To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
noun
- a type or class
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving
- a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that postal fees have been paid
- something that can be used as an official medium of payment
- a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid
- machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
- a block or die used to imprint a mark or design
- a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents
verb
- walk heavily
- to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something
- reveal clearly as having a certain character
- affix a stamp to
- treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
- destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot
- form or cut out with a mold, form, or die
- crush or grind with a heavy instrument
- raise in a relief
verb
noun
- a standard or typical example
- an iconic mental representation
- (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
- a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
- language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
- the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public
- a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
verb
noun
- a standard or typical example
- systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word
- the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)
- the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time
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