drop
weight-saving
controller
hollow out
waterwork
propelment
control
dethermalizer
spoiler
throw-out
jet pack
reducer
telemechanism
depression
decorrelator
pilot
runner
pull apart
catadrome
bin tipper
weakening
high-lift device
press
flycraft
shears
setdown
boat lift
disassembly
blitter
dismantlement
dismantling
hard stop
turn down
decompress
thruster
remote control
mechano-
remote
liftgate
repulsor
downshift
deflexibilization
unwind
modulator
drive
unload
dynamic scale
outrigger
contrivance
break ground
depower
Cooper vane
weighing machine
compensator
disable
arresting gear
gimbal
Johnson bar
derate
bate
unencumber
channeled
air fountain
manhandle
dead weight
cyclone
preheater
deconstruction
punch
teagle
uplock
pony
run in
sea skimming
windup
davit
hydrospring
robotlike
automatic
automatonlike
surfacer
downweighting
knock out
machinelike
lowerer
robotic
hijacked
run down
action
landing gear
action mechanism
fan
shredder
load
workings
deboner
lower
pipe tong
channeled
windup
robotlike
automatic
automatonlike
machinelike
robotic
hijacked
drop
weight-saving
controller
waterwork
propelment
control
dethermalizer
spoiler
throw-out
jet pack
reducer
telemechanism
depression
decorrelator
runner
catadrome
bin tipper
weakening
high-lift device
press
flycraft
shears
setdown
boat lift
disassembly
blitter
dismantlement
dismantling
hard stop
thruster
remote control
remote
liftgate
repulsor
deflexibilization
unwind
modulator
drive
dynamic scale
outrigger
contrivance
Cooper vane
weighing machine
compensator
arresting gear
gimbal
Johnson bar
air fountain
dead weight
cyclone
preheater
deconstruction
teagle
uplock
pony
sea skimming
davit
hydrospring
surfacer
downweighting
lowerer
action
landing gear
action mechanism
fan
shredder
workings
deboner
pipe tong
hollow out
pilot
pull apart
turn down
decompress
downshift
unload
break ground
depower
disable
derate
bate
unencumber
manhandle
punch
run in
knock out
run down
load
lower
noun
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- A dropped pass.
- The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on An advantage.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trace, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- A single measure of whisky.
- A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
verb
- To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- To reduce; to make smaller.
- To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- To impart (something).
- To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- To perform (rap music).
- Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- To drop out of the betting.
- To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- To fall into a particular condition or state.
- To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- To present the user with a more basic interface.
- To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- To enter a more basic interface.
- To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
noun
- A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
- An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.
- The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
- One who controls something.
- The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.
- Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
- In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that treat input and output, forming an interface between models and views.
- A hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games.
- The subject of a control verb. See Control (linguistics)
noun
- A machine or mechanism for raising or carrying water.
- A textile fabric used like tapestry.
- A hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes; also, an ornamental fountain or waterfall.
- Some action or activity done on, in, or using water.
- A style of painting executed in distemper or size, on canvas or a wall, intended to resemble a tapestry; (countable) such a painting.
noun
- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
- power to direct or determine
- a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another
- (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc
- a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
- the activity of managing or exerting control over something
- the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- discipline in personal and social activities
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
- the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
verb
- exercise authoritative control or power over
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- handle and cause to function
- maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
- check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
- place under restrictions; limit access to by law
- verify by using a duplicate register for comparison
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
noun
- A device to reduce lift and increase downforce.
- An individual (or organisation etc.), unable to win themselves, who spoils the chances of another's victory.
- One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.
- A document, review or comment that discloses the ending or some key surprise or twist in a story, or the internal rules controlling the behaviour of a video game, etc.
- A device to reduce lift and increase drag.
- One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless.
verb
noun
- A mechanism to rapidly disengage a portion of a machine from the source of its motion, as an automotive clutch.
- A put-out caused by a throw to a base of a fielded ground ball.
- An item that is thrown out to an audience or crowd, usually for dramatic effect.
- A discard, rejection.
- A folded paper in a publication, such as a book or a greeting card, that is intended to be unfolded for use outside the normal form factor of the publication.
- An overarm throw of the ball from a goalkeeper.
noun
- A hydraulic device for reducing pressure and hence increasing movement, used to transmit the load from the hydraulic support of the lower shackle to the lever weighing apparatus in some kinds of heavy testing machine.
- A reducing agent.
- A liquid used in the process of developing a negative to reduce its darkness.
- A function that takes state and action as arguments and returns the next state of the app.
- A component used to connect two pipes of different bores.
- Something that reduces.
noun
- The act of lowering or pressing something down.
- Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.
- A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future.
- A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.
- A period of major economic contraction.
- A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned state of mind) which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.
- An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
- An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
verb
- To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
- To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
- To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
- To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.)
adj
- Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination.
- Used to control or activate another device.
- Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.
noun
- A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
- A pilot light.
- A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
- A guide book for maritime navigation.
- A racing driver.
- An instrument for detecting the compass error.
- A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
- Something serving as a test or trial.
- The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
- A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
- A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
- One who flies a kite.
- A cowcatcher.
- A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
- A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
- A pilot vehicle.
noun
- Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
- Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
- A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
- Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
- A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
- An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
- A competitor in a poker tournament.
- A person or vessel who runs blockades or engages in smuggling. (Especially used in combination, e.g. gunrunner).
- Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
- A speedrunner.
- A long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
- An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
- A quick escape away from a scene.
- A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
- A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
- A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
- Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
- An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
- A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
- A baserunner.
- One who runs away; a deserter or escapee.
- The blade of an ice skate.
- The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
- The curved base of a rocking chair.
- In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
- In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
- The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
- The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
- A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.
- A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
- A running gag
- A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
- A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
- A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
- A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
- A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
- A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
noun
- A device used to apply pressure to an item.
- A printing machine.
- Pure, unfermented grape juice.
- An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
- In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
- An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
- A publisher.
- The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
- A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
- An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
- An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
verb
- To hasten, urge onward.
- To lay stress upon.
- To throng, crowd.
- To force into service, particularly into naval service.
- To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
- To urge, beseech, entreat.
- To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
- To compress, squeeze.
- To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
- To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
- To try to force (something upon someone).
- To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
- To clasp, hold in an embrace.
- To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
noun
- An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle. Also sheers.
- A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for cutting cloth, or for removing the fleece from sheep etc.
- Anything resembling a pair of shears in shape or motion, such as a pair of wings.
- The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured.
verb
- To relieve the pressure or compression on something.
- To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
- To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
- To relax.
- To restore (compressed data) to its original form.
noun
- A device for propelling an object, especially a spacecraft or a ship (marine vessel).
- An ambitious, driven person; a go-getter.
- One who thrusts, who pushes or stabs.
- A bow thruster or a stern thruster.
- A surfboard (usually a shortboard) with three fins of approximately equal size, one centred at the back, one on each side about 25cm forward and out near the rails.
verb
- To reduce (something) in quality or quantity (as effect, scope, speed, etc.)
- To shift a transmission into a lower gear.
- To shift (a car or bicycle) into a lower gear.
- To function at a lower rate; to slacken.
- To change (one's career or lifestyle) to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
- To change one's career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
noun
noun
verb
- To undo something.
- To relax; to chill out; to rest and become relieved of stress
- To close out a position, especially a complicated position.
- To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
- To analyse (a call stack) so as to generate a stack trace etc.
- To separate (something that is wound up)
noun
- A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
- Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
- A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
- An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
- Desire or interest.
- A stroke made with a driver.
- An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
- An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
- An act of driving (prompting) livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.
- A driveway.
- A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product, e.g. by offering a discount.
- A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
- Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
- A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
- A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
- A straight level shot or pass.
- An act of driving (prompting) game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.
- A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
- A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
- A type of public roadway.
- A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
verb
- To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
- To cause intrinsic motivation through the application or demonstration of force: to impel or urge onward thusly, to compel to move on, to coerce, intimidate or threaten.
- To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
- To hit the ball with a drive.
- To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
- To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
- To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
- To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
- To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
- To move forcefully.
- To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
- To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
- To move (something) by hitting it with great force.
- To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
- To operate (an aircraft).
- To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
- To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind.
- To cause animals to flee out of.
- To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
- (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
- To cause to become.
- To compel (to do something).
- To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
- To be the dominant party in a sex act.
verb
- To reduce the vertical load factor on (an airplane's wing or other lifting surface), typically by pitching downwards toward the ground to decrease angle of attack and reduce the amount of lift generated.
- To remove (the load or cargo) from a vehicle, etc.
- To deposit one's load or cargo.
- To give vent to or express; to unburden oneself of.
- To discharge, pour, or expel.
- To get rid of or dispose of.
- To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.).
- To remove the charge from.
- To deliver forcefully.
- To ejaculate, particularly within an orifice.
- To remove (something previously loaded) from memory.
noun
- An extension mechanism, often retractable when not in use, on a boat, vehicle, or structure which helps to stabilize it to keep it from tipping over.
- An outrigger canoe or boat.
- A long thin timber, pontoon, or other float attached parallel to a canoe or boat by projecting struts as a means of preventing tipping or capsizing.
- An iron bracket or brace for an oarlock projecting from the side of a rowing boat.
- Any of various projecting beams or spars that provide support for a sailing ship's mast.
- A type of ski pole, with skis attached at the bottom, instead of the spike/pick found on a normal pole. It is used in downhill skiing variants of para-skiing, especially those that use a sit-ski, such as the monoski.
noun
- Any device used to compensate for something, notably to achieve a better balance.
- A party or thing which compensates, pays or otherwise provides a compensation
- A building control device used to deliver the compensation relationship or curve between the air temperature outside a building and the temperature of water or air provided to spaces or zones within the building for purposes of heating or cooling.
- One of several small magnets placed in the binnacle to neutralize the effect of the ship's metal on the compass
verb
- To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- To deprive of.
- To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
- To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
- To masturbate.
- To waste away.
- To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
- To cut off, remove, take away.
- To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
- To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
- Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
noun
noun
- A low pressure system.
- A weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a center of low atmospheric pressure
- A cyclone separator; the cylindrical vortex tube within such a separator
- Such weather phenomenon occurring in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean
- The more or less violent, small-scale circulations such as tornadoes, waterspouts, and dust devils.
- A strong wind.
verb
noun
- The destroying or taking apart of an object; disassembly.
- A philosophical theory of textual criticism; a form of critical analysis that emphasizes inquiry into the variable projection of the meaning and message of critical works, the meaning in relation to the reader and the intended audience, and the assumptions implicit in the embodied forms of expression.
verb
- To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
- To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
- To strike with one's fist.
- To thrust against; to poke.
- To enter (information) on a device or system.
- To herd.
- To mark a ticket.
- To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc)
- In winemaking, to perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation.
- To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
noun
- A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
- A hole or opening created with a punch.
- Impact.
- Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.
- An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
- A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
- Power, strength, energy.
- A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
- A hit or strike with one's fist.
- A blow from something other than the fist.
- A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.
noun
- a contraption built like a mount, strong enough to support one's weight
- One horsepower.
- A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
- A translation used as a study aid; loosely, a crib, a cheat-sheet.
- Crap; rubbish, nonsense.
- A ponytail hairstyle.
- A small serving of an alcoholic beverage, especially beer.
- A serving of 140 millilitres of beer (formerly 5 fl oz); a quarter pint.
- Twenty-five pounds sterling.
- A chorus girl of small stature.
verb
adj
verb
- To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage. (transitive sense)
- To arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest.
- To insert (a word, etc.) without making a line break or new paragraph (so that it is not free-hanging).
- To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage.
- To start a new regime slowly.
- To score (a try).
- To alter the position of matter to fill vacant space.
adj
noun
- A crane, often working in pairs and usually made of steel, used to lower things over an edge of a long drop off, such as lowering a maintenance trapeze down a building or launching a lifeboat over the side of a ship.
- A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship.
adj
adj
noun
verb
- To cause a mechanism to become non-functional by damaging or destroying it.
- To fall asleep, especially suddenly.
- To lose the scent of hounds in fox-hunting.
- To eliminate from a contest or similar.
- To put to sleep.
- To complete, especially in haste; knock off.
- To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head.
- To strike or bump (someone or something) out.
- To exhaust.
- To communicate (a message) by knocking.
verb
- To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.
- To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted.
- To describe in the form of a rundown, a rough outline or summary.
- To reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure.
- To run against and sink, as a vessel.
- To read quickly a list or other short text.
- To find something or someone after searching for a long time.
- To decline in quality or condition.
- To crush; to overthrow; to overbear.
- To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
- To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.
noun
- the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
- something done (usually as opposed to something said)
- the state of being active
- a military engagement
- a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
- the series of events that form a plot
- the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
- a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
- an act by a government body or supranational organization
- the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
- In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).
verb
noun
- An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
- A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock mill always in the direction of the wind.
- Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
- A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.
- An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
- The action of fanning; agitation of the air.
- A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
- A section of a tree having a finite number of branches
verb
- To dispel by waving a hand-held fan.
- To strike out.
- To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
- To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.
- To slap (a behind, especially).
- To invigorate, like flames when fanned.
- To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
- To apply (the air brake) many times in rapid succession.
- To strike out (a batter).
- To winnow grain.
verb
- To be put into use in an apparatus.
- To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
- To put runners on first, second and third bases
- To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
- To provide in abundance.
- To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
- To weight (a cane, whip, etc.) with lead or similar.
- To receive a load.
- To be placed into storage or conveyance.
- To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.
- to top up or purchase phone credits
- To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
- To put a load on something.
- To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.
- To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.
- To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
- To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
- To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
noun
- The charge of powder for a firearm.
- A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
- A burden; a weight to be carried.
- The volume of work required to be performed.
- A unit of measure for various quantities.
- The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
- Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
- The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
- The viral load
- A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
- Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
- Nonsense; rubbish.
- prepaid phone credit
- The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
- A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
- A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
- A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.
- A large number or amount.
- The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
verb
- To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
- To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
- To decrease in value, amount, etc.
- To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.
- To bring down; to humble
- (lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
- To reduce the height of
- To depress as to direction
- to pull down
- To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
- To make less elevated
- To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
adj
noun
- A tool that uses a scissor action to exert pressure on a pipe or other cylindrical object in order to lift or handle the object. Normally used with a crane or other power equipment.
- A hand tool consisting of a lever that ends in a toothed surface and an attached chain or strap. In use, the pipe is squeezed between the chain and the teeth, thus gripping the pipe. This version is used more for threading pipe sections together.
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