strap
lashing
lasher
tail
guy rope
cleat
cat-block
catch-rope
descendeur
cable
turning steel
tether
drawbar
heave
tackle
lanyard
viol
jumar
grapnel
grappling hook
grapple
grappler
grappling iron
runner
stopper
girthline
slack
snatch block
idle pulley
tiedown
idler pulley
sash cord
idle wheel
dragrope
woolding
ascendeur
rack
belay
monkey block
pinch
undergird
bungee
bungee cord
tackle fall
guy cable
fish tape
guy wire
karada
backsaw
back saw
guy
log
shot garland
chime
pulley shell
cringle
ropy
bindable
fishhook
bondable
loop
hammer
eyelet
alligator clip
grommet
tail block
buckle
grummet
leash
rope
working end
jeff
tackle block
warping hook
chain
pry bar
raip
wrecking bar
towrope
crowbar
housing
pry
fid
hank
belay device
carabiner
bardiche
handrope
skid
swage block
cabin hook
tug
yard-rope
Blackwall hitch
block and tackle
ropy
bindable
bondable
strap
lashing
lasher
tail
guy rope
cleat
cat-block
catch-rope
descendeur
cable
turning steel
tether
drawbar
tackle
lanyard
viol
jumar
grapnel
grappling hook
grapple
grappler
grappling iron
runner
stopper
girthline
slack
snatch block
idle pulley
tiedown
idler pulley
sash cord
idle wheel
dragrope
woolding
ascendeur
rack
belay
monkey block
pinch
bungee
bungee cord
tackle fall
guy cable
fish tape
guy wire
karada
backsaw
back saw
guy
log
shot garland
chime
pulley shell
cringle
fishhook
loop
hammer
eyelet
alligator clip
grommet
tail block
buckle
grummet
working end
jeff
tackle block
warping hook
pry bar
raip
wrecking bar
towrope
crowbar
housing
pry
fid
hank
belay device
carabiner
bardiche
handrope
skid
swage block
cabin hook
tug
yard-rope
Blackwall hitch
block and tackle
heave
undergird
leash
rope
chain
noun
- A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
- Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
- A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
- A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
- A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
- A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
- An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bullish than a straddle.
- The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
- Synonym of strapline
- A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
- A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
- The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
- A strap worn on the shoulder.
verb
noun
- A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
- All the last terms of a sequence, from some term on.
- A downy or feathery appendage of certain achens, formed of the permanent elongated style.
- Sexual intercourse.
- Synonym of pigtail (“a short length of twisted electrical wire”)
- A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
- The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
- A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; called also tailing.
- The part of a distribution most distant from the mode; as, a long tail.
- A filamentous projection on the tornal section of each hind wing of certain butterflies.
- Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs.
- One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
- The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.
- The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
- The penis of a person or animal.
- A tailing.
- The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
- The distal tendon of a muscle.
- The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile.
- One who surreptitiously follows another.
- The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.
- The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
- The lower order of batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
- The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.
- The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
- The stern; the back of the kayak.
- The buttocks or backside.
- An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
- The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
- The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
verb
- To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
- To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
- To follow and observe surreptitiously.
- To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
- To pull or draw by the tail.
adj
noun
- A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
- A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.
- An athletic shoe equipped with cleats.
- A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.
- A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe or wheel meant for better traction.
verb
noun
- a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
- a telegram sent abroad
- a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
- a nautical unit of depth
- television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
- a television system that transmits over cables
verb
noun
- a rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement
- a strong rope or line that connects a sailor's safety harness to the boat's jackstay
- the limit of one's abilities, resources etc.
- The cardinal number three in an old counting system used in Teesdale and Swaledale. (Variant of tethera)
verb
verb
- To pull up with a rope or cable.
- To throw, cast.
- To displace (a vein, stratum).
- To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
- To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
- To rise and fall.
- To utter with effort.
- To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
- To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.
- To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.
noun
- A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
- An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, etc.
- An effort to vomit; retching.
- Broken wind in horses.
- The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time. Compare pitch.
- An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.
- A forceful shot in which the ball follows a high trajectory
noun
- A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook.
- Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground.
- A block and tackle.
- A man's genitalia.
- Equipment, gear, gadgetry.
- A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.
- Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
- An offensive line position between a guard and an end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position.
- A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.
- Clothing.
- A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position.
verb
- To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in.
- To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.
- To bring a ball carrier to the ground.
- To attempt to take away a ball.
- To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them.
noun
- A short rope used for fastening rigging, as a handle, etc.
- A cord worn around the neck, shoulder, or wrist which is attached to a small object to be carried such as an identity card or security pass, key, knife, or whistle.
- A cord with a hook which is secured to an artillery piece, and pulled to fire the weapon.
- A craft activity done by intricately braiding thin colored plastic lines to make patterns, or the product of such a craft.
noun
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
- 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 short rope for making something fast.
- Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.
- A bung or cork.
- In the commodity futures market, someone who is long (owns) a futures contract and is demanding delivery because they want to take possession of the deliverable commodity.
- A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
- Goalkeeper.
- A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
- A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.
verb
noun
- a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
- dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
- a stretch of water without current or movement
- a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- the quality of being loose (not taut)
verb
- avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
- be inattentive to, or neglect
- release tension on
- make less active or fast
- become slow or slower
- make less active or intense
- become less in amount or intensity
- cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
adj
noun
- A friction device for abseiling, consisting of a frame with five or more metal bars, around which the rope is threaded.
- A cranequin, a mechanism including a rack, pinion and pawl, providing both mechanical advantage and a ratchet, used to bend and cock a crossbow.
- Any of various kinds of frame for holding luggage or other objects on a vehicle or vessel.
- A distaff.
- A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other
- A cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs.
- A woman's breasts.
- A climber's set of equipment for setting up protection and belays, consisting of runners, slings, carabiners, nuts, Friends, etc.
- A thousand pounds (£1,000), especially if proceeds of crime
- Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapour in the sky.
- A bunk.
- A grate on which bacon is laid.
- A set of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk).
- Sleep.
- A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.
- A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes.
- A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.
- A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with a pawl as a ratchet allowing movement in one direction only, used for example in a handbrake or crossbow.
- A set with a distributive binary operation whose result is unique.
- A fast amble.
- A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with those of a gearwheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive or be driven by it.
verb
- To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
- To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
- To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
- To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
- To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round.
- To fly, as vapour or broken clouds.
- To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.
- To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir.
- To place in or hang on a rack.
- To torture (someone) on the rack.
- To tend to shear a structure (that is, force it to bend, lean, or move in different directions at different points).
- To strike in the testicles.
- To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
- To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.
noun
- A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
- A close compression of anything with the fingers.
- A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
- An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
- An organic herbal smoke additive.
- A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.
- The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
- The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- An arrest.
verb
- To squeeze between two objects.
- Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
- To arrest or capture.
- To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
- To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
- To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
- To steal, usually something inconsequential.
- To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
- To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
- To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
- To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- To seize; to grip; to bite.
noun
noun
noun
- A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
- A difference of one in the logarithm, usually in base 10; an order of magnitude.
- Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
- Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
- The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
- A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress.
- A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
- Specifically, an append-only sequence of records written to file.
- A blockhead; a very stupid person.
- Synonym of logarithm.
- A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ¹⁄₃ liter).
- A rolled cake with filling.
- A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.
- A piece of feces.
- A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
- A heavy longboard.
- A penis.
verb
noun
- A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
- The sound of such an instrument or device.
- An individual ringing component of such a set.
- A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
- A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
verb
noun
- fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
- anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
- (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
- an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)
- the basic pattern of the human fingerprint
- a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
- the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component
- an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
- a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates
- a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
verb
noun
- a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
- the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
- a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
- the ossicle attached to the eardrum
- a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
- a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
- a power tool for drilling rocks
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
verb
noun
- fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
- a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar
- fabric decorated with small holes with finely stitched edges that form an ornamental pattern.
noun
- A clasp used for fastening two things together, such as the ends of a belt, or for retaining the end of a strap.
- A contorted expression, as of the face.
- A curl of hair, especially a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.
- An upward, elongated displacement of a roof membrane frequently occurring over insulation or deck joints. A buckle may be an indication of movement with the roof assembly.
- The brisure of an eighth daughter.
- A cake baked with fresh fruit and a streusel topping.
- A distortion, bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.
verb
- To buckle down; to apply oneself.
- To distort or collapse under physical pressure; especially, of a slender structure in compression.
- To give in; to react suddenly or adversely to stress or pressure (of a person).
- To make bend; to cause to become distorted.
- To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.
- To fasten using a buckle.
- To unite in marriage.
verb
- To fasten something with a chain.
- To link multiple items together.
- To connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings
- To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
- To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
- To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
- To obligate.
- To secure someone with fetters.
- To load and automatically run (a program).
- To be chained to another data item.
noun
- A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
- A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
- A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
- A unit of length equal to 22 yards. The length of a Gunter's surveying chain. The length of a cricket pitch. Equal to 20.12 metres, 4 rods, or 100 links.
- That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
- A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
- Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
- A long measuring tape.
- A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
- A sequence of linked house purchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer or seller pulls out).
- A livery collar, a chain of office.
- The warp threads of a web.
- A series of interconnected things.
noun
- An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
- A mechanical component's container or covering.
- Residences, collectively.
- A niche for a statue.
- A houseline.
- That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
- A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
- The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
- The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another.
noun
- A wooden or metal bar or pin, used to support or steady anything.
- A square bar of wood or iron, with a shoulder at one end, to support the weight of the topmast (on a ship).
- A small thick piece of anything.
- A plug of oakum for the vent of a gun.
- The penis.
- A pointed tool without any sharp edges, used in weaving or knotwork to tighten and form up weaves or complex knots; used in sailing ships to open the strands of a rope before splicing. Compare marlinespike.
verb
noun
- A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
- A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.
- A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.
- Doubt, difficulty.
- Mess, tangle.
- A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward.
verb
noun
- A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.
- A ski-shaped runner or supporting surface as found on a helicopter or other aircraft in place of wheels.
- A runner of a sled.
- (also losing skid) A losing streak.
- Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it when handling cargo.
- A basic platform for the storage and transport of goods, machinery or equipment, later developed into the pallet.
- One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, such as a boat or barrel.
- A banked sideslip where the aircraft's nose is yawed towards the low wing, often due to excessive rudder input.
- A stepchild.
- A script kiddie.
- An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car.
- A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill.
verb
- To operate an aircraft in a banked sideslip with the nose yawed towards the low wing.
- To protect or support with a skid or skids.
- To cause to move on skids.
- To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.
- (of a wheel, sled runner, or vehicle tracks) To slide along the ground, without the rotary motion that wheels or tracks would normally have.
- To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard, the wheels sliding with limited spinning.
noun
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