space
lead
leading
thin space
ink eraser
dotted bar line
chorus
staccato
disconnected
thick space
pick
plectron
plectrum
slug
mute
type slug
sort
tuning fork
leaded type
subscript
space rule
bar
string
ingot
doctor blade
technoid
kern
quad
tab
tablature
fitting
silver sheet
script
foil
tapelike
contratabular
slat
Linotype
tintinnabulum
accidental
Linotype machine
bore
spline
base
fine print
small print
quoin
die
synthesizer
f-hole
synthesiser
hot metal
type
typewriterlike
cut out
abwe
clinch nut
fill out
shim
automatophone
abacus
press brake
brad
guitar pick
pink
detuner
brace
electric
pad
keyboard bass
spike
lockup
substrate
drop
metalled
metalline
double
electric piano
ink eradicator
humstrum
beatbox
enlarger
thread
virgular
s-hole
laminate
chaser
strip
chink
riffle
staple puller
memory typewriter
font
staccato
disconnected
technoid
tapelike
contratabular
base
typewriterlike
electric
metalled
metalline
double
virgular
space
lead
leading
thin space
ink eraser
dotted bar line
chorus
thick space
pick
plectron
plectrum
slug
mute
type slug
sort
tuning fork
leaded type
subscript
space rule
bar
string
ingot
doctor blade
kern
quad
tab
tablature
fitting
silver sheet
script
foil
slat
Linotype
tintinnabulum
accidental
Linotype machine
spline
fine print
small print
quoin
die
synthesizer
f-hole
synthesiser
hot metal
type
abwe
clinch nut
shim
automatophone
abacus
press brake
brad
guitar pick
detuner
brace
keyboard bass
spike
lockup
substrate
electric piano
ink eradicator
humstrum
beatbox
enlarger
thread
s-hole
chaser
strip
chink
riffle
staple puller
memory typewriter
font
bore
cut out
fill out
pink
pad
drop
laminate
noun
- A piece of metal type used to separate words, cast lower than other type so as not to take ink, especially one that is narrower than one en (compare quad).
- A (chiefly empty) area or volume with set limits or boundaries.
- Physical extent across two or three dimensions (sometimes for or to do something).
- A set of points, each of which is uniquely specified by a number (the dimensionality) of coordinates.
- A field, area, or sphere of activity or endeavour.
- A gap; an empty place.
- An undefined period of time (without qualifier, especially a short period); a while.
- The physical and psychological area one needs within which to live or operate; personal freedom.
- Distance between things.
- A generalized construct or set whose members have some property in common; typically there will be a geometric metaphor allowing these members to be viewed as "points". Often used with a restricting modifier describing the members (e.g. vector space), or indicating the inventor of the construct (e.g. Hilbert space).
- The near-vacuum in which planets, stars and other celestial objects are situated; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere.
- A specific (specified) period of time.
- A position on the staff or stave bounded by lines.
- Physical extent in all directions, seen as an attribute of the universe (now usually considered as a part of space-time), or a mathematical model of this.
- A gap in text between words, lines etc., or a digital character used to create such a gap.
- Anything analogous to a physical space in which one can interact, such as an online chat room.
verb
noun
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
- The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- bullets; ammunition.
- In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor
- The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- A lode.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game.
- The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- The course of a rope from end to end.
- The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
verb
- To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To direct; to counsel; to instruct
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
- To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
- To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- To step off base and move towards the next base.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
- To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- Lead climb.
- To produce (with to).
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- To place leads between the lines of.
- To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- To have the highest interim score in a game.
- To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
- To lead off or out, to go first; to begin.
- To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- To begin a game, round, or trick, with
adj
noun
- A feature or setting in electronic music that makes one instrument sound like many.
- The main part of a pop song played after the introduction.
- A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song.
- A song performed by the singers of such a group.
- An actor who reads the prologue and epilogue of a play, and sometimes also acts as a commentator or narrator; also, a portion of a play read by this actor.
- A piece of music, especially one in a larger work such as an opera, written to be sung by a choir in parts (for example, by sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses).
- The improvised solo section in a small group performance.
- A simple, often repetitive, song intended to be sung in a group during informal worship.
- A group of people, animals, or inanimate objects who make sounds together.
- A group of people in a performance who recite together.
- An instance of singing by a group of people.
- The opinion expressed by such a group.
- A group of people who express a unanimous opinion.
- The noise or sound made by such a group.
- A group of organ pipes or organ stops intended to be played simultaneously; a compound stop; also, the sound made by such pipes or stops.
- A group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the soloists; an ensemble.
- A part of a song which is repeated between verses; a refrain.
verb
- To sing the chorus or refrain of a song.
- To sing (a song), express (a sentiment), or recite or say (words) in chorus.
- To express concurrence with (something said by another person); to echo.
- To provide (a song) with a chorus or refrain.
- To sing, express, or say in, or as if in, unison.
- Of animals: to make cries or sounds together.
- To echo in unison another person's words.
noun
- a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
- the best people or things in a group
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
- a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
- a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
- the act of choosing or selecting
verb
- select carefully from a group
- look for and gather
- harass with constant criticism
- provoke
- remove in small bits
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- pilfer or rob
- pay for something
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- hit lightly with a picking motion
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
noun
- a strip of type metal used for spacing
- a projectile that is fired from a gun
- a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound; approximately 14.5939 kilograms
- a counterfeit coin
- an idle slothful person
- an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped
- any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
- (boxing) a blow with the fist
verb
noun
- A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
- An act of sorting.
- A type.
- An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.
- 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 solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
- An establishment offering cosmetic services.
- Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.
- A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
- The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
- A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance, especially a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).
- The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
- A broad shaft, band, or stripe.
- The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
- A drilling or tamping rod.
- A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
- An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
- A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
- A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
- A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is the negative of its usual value (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).
- A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.
- The counter of such premises.
- The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.
- A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.
- The crossbar.
- Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome.
- A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
- A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water.
- An establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served.
- Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.
- One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess.
- Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly (obsolete) including oblique marks such as the slash.
- Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
- The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.
- A city gate, in some British place names.
- An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
- A business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house.
- One of those musical sections.
- A vein or dike crossing a lode.
- A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
- One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining.
- A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
- A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.
- An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
- A measure of drugs, typically one ounce.
- The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay.
verb
- To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
- To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.
- To prohibit.
- To lock or bolt with a bar.
prep
noun
- A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
- A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
- The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
- In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
- An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- A stringed instrument.
- The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
- The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
- An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
- Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
- A series of items or events.
- The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
- A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
- A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (via the mud pumps) and torque (via the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
- A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
- A thread
- The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
- The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
- A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
- Such a structure considered as a substance.
- A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
- Cannabis or marijuana.
- The points made in a game of billiards.
- A stringcourse.
- Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”)
verb
- To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
- To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
- To put strings on (something).
- To put (items) on a string.
adj
- Electronic or electronic-sounding; resembling techno music.
- Of or pertaining to an aesthetic style which utilizes industrial or technological forms, materials, and themes.
- Pertaining to the functionality or operation of a technology; technical.
- Exhibiting, requiring, or characteristic of an interest in and/or proficiency with technology.
noun
noun
- A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.
- A quadriplegic person.
- A skate with four wheels.
- A quadcopter.
- A keyboard command which aligns text with the left or right margin, or centred between them. In combination, as quad left, quad right, or quad centre.
- A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.
- Quadruplex videotape.
- The quadriceps muscle.
- A quadrupel beer.
- A quad bike (from quadricycle)
- The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume.
- A quadruplet (infant).
- A quadrangle (quadrangular courtyard).
- A serving of four shots of espresso.
- A quadrilateral.
- A joke used to fill long days of setting type.
- A poster, measuring forty by thirty inches, advertising a cinematic film release.
adj
verb
noun
- A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
- Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate
- A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls.
- An ear.
- A student of Cambridge University.
- A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
- A tabloid newspaper.
- The cost or bill for anything.
- A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.
- A cigarette.
- A tableau curtain.
- The page or form associated with such a navigational widget.
- A fast march or run with full kit.
- A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
- A restaurant bill.
verb
noun
- A small part, especially a standardized or detachable part of a device or machine.
- The process of fitting up; especially of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.
- A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling
- The act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit.
- The action or condition of having fits in the sense of seizures or convulsions.
- A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture.
verb
adj
noun
- Type made in imitation of handwriting.
- A behavioral script; sequence of actions in a given situation.
- Written characters; style of writing.
- A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
- An original instrument or document.
- A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
- The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.
verb
noun
- a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
- anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
- a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through
- picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
- a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
verb
verb
- To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- simple past tense of bear
- To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
- To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
- To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
- To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
- To make a hole through something.
- To inspire boredom in somebody.
- simple past tense of bare
noun
- Something dull or uninteresting.
- A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
- The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
- One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
- Calibre; importance.
- A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
- The place where such a well exists.
- A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
adj
- Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
- Low in place or position.
- Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
- Not held by honourable service.
- Not considered precious or noble.
- Not classical or correct.
noun
- A basic but essential component or ingredient.
- Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
- A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
- The smallest kind of cannon.
- A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.
- The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.
- The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
- Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
- A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.
- The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
- freebase cocaine
- A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
- The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
- In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
- A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office.
- A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
- A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.
- A number raised to the power of an exponent.
- A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
- Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts.
- The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
- A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mail or other armour) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
- A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element.
- The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
- A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
- Synonym of radix.
- The game of prisoners' bars.
- The lowest third of a shield or escutcheon.
- The lower part of the field. See escutcheon.
- The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
- A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.
- One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play.
- The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
verb
noun
- A metal wedge which fits into the space between the type and the edge of a chase, and is tightened to fix the metal type in place.
- Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks.
- The keystone of an arch.
- A number of apple varieties with a distinctive ribbed appearance, like corners of a coin.
- A wedge of wood or iron put under the breech of heavy guns or the muzzle of siege-mortars to raise them to the proper level.
verb
noun
- a device used for shaping metal
- a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
- a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods
verb
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- suffer or face the pain of death
- be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame
- stop operating or functioning
- feel indifferent towards
- languish as with love or desire
- cut or shape with a die
- to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
- lose sparkle or bouquet
- disappear or come to an end
- suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)
noun
- Text printed with such type, or imitating its characteristics.
- A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
- Preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to.
- A part of the partition of the object domain of a logical theory (which due to the existence of such partition, would be called a typed theory). (Note: this corresponds to the notion of "data type" in computing theory.)
- A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.
- An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.
- A word that occurs in a text or corpus irrespective of how many times it occurs, as opposed to a token.
- The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; especially, the design on the face of a medal or a coin.
- Such types collectively, or a set of type of one font or size.
- A symbol, emblem, or example of something.
- An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.
- Something, often a specimen, selected as an objective anchor to connect a scientific name to a taxon; this need not be representative or typical.
- An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.
- A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations; a data type.
- A blood group.
verb
verb
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever.
- To take a ship out of a harbor etc. by getting between her and the shore.
- To intercept.
- To arrange or prepare.
- To remove, omit.
- To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop/cease (doing something).
- To oust, to replace.
- To separate from a herd.
- To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.
- To leave suddenly.
adj
noun
- A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
- A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
- A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.
- A small metal device used to pick open a lock.
- A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits; a hermaphrodite.
- A wedge.
- A transsexual person, especially a trans woman; (loosely) a drag queen or transvestite.
verb
noun
- A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; (rare) a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc.
- The uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave, in some cases a flat oblong or square slab, in others more decorated.
- A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments for holding bottles, cups, or the like; a kind of buffet, cupboard, or sideboard.
noun
- A paper fastener, a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.
- A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.
verb
verb
- Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.
- To become pink in color, to redden.
- Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
- To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.
- To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
- To turn (something) pink.
- To prick with a sword.
- To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
noun
- The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
- Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
- A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
- One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.
- An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
- Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green, or brown shades made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.
- Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
- The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.
- The vagina or vulva.
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noun
- A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
- Harness; warlike preparation.
- That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
- A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
- The state of being braced or tight; tension.
- A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.
- A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.
- Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
- Two goals scored by one player in a game.
- A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (The plural in this sense is unchanged.) In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.
- A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves.
- A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
- A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
- The mouth of a shaft.
verb
- To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
- To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
- To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
- To confront with questions, demands or requests.
- To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
- To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
- To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
- To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind.
verb
- line or stuff with soft material
- add details to
- walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
- add padding to
noun
- a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
- the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily)
- a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp
- a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort
- a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
- temporary living quarters
- the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger
noun
- a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
- a transient variation in voltage or current
- sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes
- fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
- (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
- a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline
- a very high narrow heel on women's shoes
- each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)
- a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- a large stout nail
verb
noun
- A device for locking type into position for printing.
- A condition where a system stops responding to inputs; a freeze.
- A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage.
- A jail cell, or a period of incarceration.
- A condition in which one or more of a vehicle's wheels suddenly cease to rotate due to the application of excessive brake torque, causing the affected wheel(s) to skid.
- A fixed layout involving one or more logos and possibly related text.
noun
- A metal which is plated with another metal which has different physical properties.
- An underlying layer; a substratum.
- The substance lining the bottom edge of an enclosure.
- A surface on which an organism grows, or to which an organism or an item is attached.
- A language that is replaced in a population by another language and that influences the language imposed on its speakers.
- A surface to which a substance adheres.
- A substance acted upon, as by an enzyme.
adj
verb
- To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- 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 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 dropped pass.
- The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on An advantage.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trace, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- 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.
adj
- Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
- Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- Having two aspects; ambiguous.
- False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
- Stooping; bent over.
- Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
- Of twice the quantity.
- Of time, twice as fast.
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
- Designed for two users.
verb
- To get a two-base hit.
- To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
- To serve a second role or have a second purpose.
- To turn sharply, following a winding course.
- To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
- To fold over so as to make two folds.
- To operate as a double agent.
- To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- (often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
- To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
- To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
- To double down.
- To multiply by two.
- (sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
- To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
- To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
- To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
- To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
- To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
- To repeat exactly; copy.
- To sail around (a headland or other point).
- To go or march at twice the normal speed.
- To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
noun
- The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
- A two-base hit.
- A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
- Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
- A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
- Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”)
- A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
- A double-precision floating-point number.
- A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
- A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- A double feast.
- A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
- A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
- Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
- A drink with two portions of alcohol.
- A hit on this ring.
- A boat for two scullers.
- The feat of scoring twice in one game.
- The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
- A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
adv
noun
- A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.
- A sequence of connections.
- A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
- A screw thread.
- A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
- The line midway between the banks of a stream.
- A continued theme or idea.
- A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread.
- Composition; quality; fineness.
verb
noun
- Someone who chases (decorates) metal; a person who decorates metal by engraving or embossing.
- Synonym of prison chaser (“person who guards military prisoners”)
- A horse: (originally) a horse used for hunting; (now) a horse trained for steeplechasing, a steeplechaser.
- A drink drunk after another of a different kind.
- A piece of music, etc. played after a performance while the audience leaves.
- A long piece of flexible wire used to draw an electrical cable through a wall cavity.
- A chubby chaser.
- In the sport of Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, a player responsible for passing the quaffle and scoring goals with it.
- A tranny chaser.
- A chase gun.
- Any dragonfly of family Libellulidae.
- One of a series of adjacent light bulbs that cycle on and off to give the illusion of movement.
- A person who seeks partners with HIV in order to become infected.
- A person or thing (ship, plane, car, etc.) that chases.
- One who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing.
- A tool used for cleaning out screw threads, either as an integral part of a tap or die to remove waste material produced by the cutting tool, or as a separate tool to repair damaged threads.
noun
- thin piece of wood or metal
- a relatively long narrow piece of something
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- an airfield without normal airport facilities
- a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
- a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music
verb
- take away possessions from someone
- get undressed
- remove the surface from
- remove substances from by a percolating liquid
- lay bare
- steal goods; take as spoils
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
- strip the cured leaves from
- remove the thread (of screws)
- remove a constituent from a liquid
- take off or remove
- draw the last milk (of cows)
- remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
noun
- A chip or dent in something metallic.
- A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening.
- A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink.
- A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
- A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.
verb
- To crack; to open.
- To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
- To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
- To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
- To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
noun
- In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool.
- A succession of small waves.
- A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
- A quick skim through the pages of a book.
- A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.
- The act of shuffling cards; the sound made while shuffling cards.
verb
- To ruffle with a rippling action.
- To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
- To flow over a swift, shallow part of a stream.
- To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the two parts.
- To leaf through rapidly.
- To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.
- To prepare samples of material using a riffler.
noun
- In metal typesetting, a set of type sorts in one size.
- Spring, source, fountain.
- In digital typesetting, a set of glyphs in a single style, representing one or more alphabets or writing systems, or the computer code representing it.
- In phototypesetting, a set of patterns forming glyphs of any size, or the film they are stored on.
- A typeface.
- A computer file containing the code used to draw and compose the glyphs of one or more typographic fonts on a computer display or printer.
- A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.
- A source, wellspring, fount.
- A receptacle for oil in a lamp.
verb
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