English words for 'A small, rounded hill.'
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noun
- a small natural hill
- a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily
- (US, archaic outside dialects) A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.
- A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
verb
- (intransitive) To lie in a hammock.
- (transitive) To make something be wrapped tight, like in a hammock.
- (transitive, of a cloth) To hang in a way that resembles a hammock.
- (transitive, broadcasting) To schedule (a new or unpopular programme) between two popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch it.
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- a small natural hill
- A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
- the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
- structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
- a large amount of something.
- (baseball) Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
- A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross.
- (US, vulgar, slang) The mons veneris.
- An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
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- A mound or small hill.
- (countable) A newly hatched, immature mayfly; a mayfly subimago.
- (countable, fishing) A fly made to resemble the mayfly subimago.
- An ancient or medieval fortification; especially a hill-fort in Scotland or Ireland.
- (countable) A collector of debts, especially one who is insistent and demanding.
- A brownish grey colour.
- An urgent request or demand of payment.
- (archaeology) A structure in the Orkney or Shetland islands or in Scotland consisting of a roundhouse surrounded by a circular wall; a broch.
- Alternative form of dhoon (“Himalayan valley”).
- horse of a dull brownish grey color
- a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
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- (nonstandard, informal) Eye dialect spelling of done: past participle of do.
- (transitive) To harass by continually repeating e.g. a request.
- (transitive) To ask or beset a debtor for payment.
- (nonstandard, informal) Pronunciation spelling of don't: contraction of do + not.
- treat cruelly
- persistently ask for overdue payment
- make a dun color
- cure by salting
noun
- A piece of raised ground or a short, steep slope; a small hill; a hillock, a knoll.
- The crest or top of a hill.
- A sudden, sharp blow, knock, or slap; a rap, a whack.
- (agriculture) Synonym of chattering damsel (“a component of a traditional mill which creates a vibratory motion to impel portions of grain toward the millstone; a clapper”).
- The sound made by such a blow, knock, or slap.
verb
- To speak crisply or sharply.
- To strike sharply.
- To make a cracking or snapping sound; to crack, to snap.
- (specifically, especially archaeology) To break away flakes from (a brittle material which fractures conchoidally (“with planar concentric curves”), usually a mineral such as chert, flint, or obsidian), often to form a tool with a sharp edge or point.
- (figurative) To say (something) crisply or sharply.
- (intransitive) To take a small, quick bite.
- Followed by off: to break (something) away from another thing by striking or tapping sharply.
- To break (something) into small pieces with a cracking sound; to fragment, to smash; also, to break (something) apart sharply; to snap.
- (transitive) To take a small, quick bite at or of (someone or something); to nibble, to nip, to snap.
- To break or fracture suddenly; to snap.
- To strike (something) sharply; to knock, to rap.
- strike sharply
- break a small piece off from
noun
- A rounded, nipple-like hill or peak.
- (informal) Clipping of paparazzo.
- (Nigeria, West Africa) A fermented cereal pudding made from corn, sorghum, or millet
- (uncountable, colloquial) Pablum or nonsense.
- (uncountable) Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children.
- (informal, derogatory) Support from official patronage.
- The pulp of fruit.
- (informal) Pa; father.
- Alternative letter-case form of Pap (“Pap smear”).
- (South Africa) Porridge.
- worthless or oversimplified ideas
- the small projection of a mammary gland
- a diet that does not require chewing; advised for those with intestinal disorders
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- having a sharp inclination
- of a slope; set at a high angle
- greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
- (of the rake of a ship's mast, or a car's windshield) resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular.
- Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
- (informal) Expensive.
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- A small valley.
- A road drain.
- (UK) A drop kerb.
- A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
- (Scotland, northern UK) A large knife.
- (cricket) A fielding position on the off side about 30 degrees behind square, between the slips and point; a fielder in such a position
- (UK) A grooved iron rail or tram plate.
- deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)
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- A hill or mountain.
- A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.
- (martial arts) A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.
- A signal for mounting a horse.
- (gymnastics) The act of getting onto the apparatus.
- A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
- An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on.
- (heraldry) A green hillock in the base of a shield.
- (palmistry) Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
- (now only figurative) A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing.
- a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
- a lightweight horse kept for riding only
- something forming a back that is added for strengthening
- the act of climbing something
- a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place
verb
- (transitive) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
- (intransitive, sometimes with up) To increase in quantity or intensity.
- (cooking) To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it).
- (transitive) To have or begin sexual intercourse with someone.
- (transitive) To get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation.
- (transitive, computing) To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
- (transitive) To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).
- (transitive) To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.
- (transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
- (transitive) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
- (transitive) To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
- (intransitive, rare) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.
- (transitive, martial arts) To sit on a combatant's torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.
- prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
- go up or advance
- fix onto a backing, setting, or support
- put up or launch
- go upward with gradual or continuous progress
- get up on the back of
- attach to a support
- copulate with
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- A gentle curve of the ground; gentle hill or valley.
- (Christianity) A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; also, the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.
- (collective) A group of sheep or goats, particularly those kept in a given enclosure.
- (geology) The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.
- One individual part of something described as manifold, twofold, fourfold, etc.
- One of the doorleaves of a folding door.
- An enclosure or dwelling generally.
- (by extension, web design) The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.
- A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
- An act of folding.
- A clasp, embrace.
- Any enclosed piece of land belonging to a farm or mill; yard, farmyard.
- (functional programming) Any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.
- A bend or crease.
- (newspapers) The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually the fold.
- (figuratively) Home, family.
- (figuratively) A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.
- (programming) A section of source code that can be collapsed out of view in an editor to aid readability.
- Any correct move in origami.
- A coil of a snake’s body.
- A layer, typically of folded or wrapped cloth.
- a group of sheep or goats
- the act of folding
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
- a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
- a pen for sheep
- a folded part (as in skin or muscle)
verb
- (transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
- (transitive) To double or lay together (one’s arms, hands, wings, etc.) so as to overlap with each other.
- (intransitive, poker) To withdraw from betting.
- (intransitive) To fail, to collapse, to disband.
- (transitive) To enclose within folded arms, to clasp, to embrace (see also enfold).
- (transitive, computing) To split (a line of text) across multiple lines, to obey line length limitations.
- (intransitive, business) Of a company, to cease to trade.
- (intransitive) To give way on a point or in an argument.
- (intransitive) To become folded; to form folds.
- (intransitive, informal) To fall over; to collapse or give way; to be crushed.
- (transitive) To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
- (transitive) To confine (animals) in a fold, to pen in.
- (transitive) To place sheep on (a piece of land) in order to manure it.
- (transitive, cooking) To stir (semisolid ingredients) gently, with an action as if folding over a solid.
- (transitive, figuratively) To cover up, to conceal.
- (transitive, figuratively) To include in a spiritual ‘flock’ or group of the saved, etc.
- (intransitive, by extension) To withdraw or quit in general.
- (transitive) To draw or coil (one’s arms, a snake’s body, etc.) around something so as to enclose or embrace it.
- (transitive) To enclose in a fold of material, to swathe, wrap up, cover, enwrap.
- bend or lay so that one part covers the other
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- become folded or folded up
- confine in a fold, like sheep
- incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating
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- A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.
- (by extension) A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
- Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
- A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
- A cliff or rock outcrop.
- A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
- A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).
- a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
- an indication of damage
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- A mountain or hill pass.
- (slang, euphemistic) The vagina.
- A vacant space or time.
- (Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
- (Australia, for a medical or pharmacy item) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
- (genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
- A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
- An opening allowing passage or entrance.
- A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
- (Australia, usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
- (baseball) The regions between the outfielders.
- Alternative form of gup (elected head of a gewog in Bhutan)
- An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
- An opening that implies a breach or defect.
- a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
- an open or empty space in or between things
- a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- a narrow opening
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
verb
- (transitive) To check the size of a gap.
- (transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
- (intransitive) To fall or spill open so as to leave a gap.
- (New Zealand, slang) To leave suddenly.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, especially video games, motor racing) To surpass (someone or something) by a considerable margin.
- (transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
- make an opening or gap in
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- A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
- a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
- A cushion used as a seat in a cart or other vehicle.
- (chiefly Australia, mining) Synonym of saddle reef (“a saddle-shaped bedded mineral (usually gold-bearing quartz) vein occurring along the crest of an anticline or (less common) a syncline (an inverted saddle)”).
- The part of a guitar which supports the strings and, in an acoustic guitar, transfers their vibrations through the bridge to the soundboard.
- A similar implement used to secure goods to animals; a packsaddle.
- Synonym of saddle brown (“a medium brown colour, like that of saddle leather”).
- The clitellum of an earthworm (family Lumbricidae).
- (dentistry) The part of a denture which holds the artificial teeth.
- (construction) The threshold, the raised floorboard in a doorway.
- In full saddle marking or saddle patch: a saddle-like marking on an animal, such as one on the back of an adult harp seal or saddleback seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), or any of numerous such markings on a boa constrictor (Boa constrictor).
- (broadcasting) A timeslot between two popular programmes, in which another programme can be scheduled to encourage people to watch it.
- A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.
- A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
- Chiefly preceded by the: horse-riding as an activity or occupation.
- (geology) An anticline (“fold with strata sloping downwards on each side”); specifically, a depression located along the axial trend of such a fold.
- The lower part of the back of a domestic fowl, especially a male bird, bearing the saddle feathers or saddle hackles.
- Synonym of saddle oxford or saddle shoe (“a shoe, resembling an oxford, which has a saddle (sense 11.1)”).
- (engineering) An equipment part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
- A piece of leather stitched across the instep of a shoe, usually having a different colour from the rest of the shoe.
- (geometry) Synonym of saddle point (“a point in the range of a smooth function, every neighbourhood of which contains points on each side of its tangent plane”).
- A small object (traditionally made of ebony) at the bottom of a string instrument such as a cello, viola, or violin below the tailpiece on which the tailgut (“cord securing the tailpiece to the instrument”) rests.
- The immovable seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.
- (nautical) A block of wood with concave depressions at the top and bottom, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
- Synonym of harness saddle (“the part of a harness which supports the weight of poles or shafts attaching a vehicle to a horse or other animal”).
- a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal
- a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe
- cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins
- a seat for the rider of a bicycle
- posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl
verb
- To put a saddle on an animal.
- (often passive voice) Chiefly followed by with: to burden or encumber (someone) with some problem or responsibility.
- To put (something) on to another thing like a saddle on an animal.
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to place (a burden or responsibility) or thrust (a problem) on someone.
- (woodworking) To cut a saddle-shaped notch in (a log or other piece of wood) so it can fit together with other such logs or pieces; also, to fit (logs or other pieces of wood) together with this method.
- To put a saddle (noun sense 1) on (an animal).
- Of a person: to get into a saddle.
- To enter (a trained horse) into a race.
- put a saddle on
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- load or burden; encumber
noun
- A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
- A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
- The act of swelling; increase in size.
- (music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
- (music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
- A bulge or protuberance.
- The front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
- Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
- (music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
- (geology) An upward protrusion of strata from whose central region the beds dip quaquaversally at a low angle.
- (informal) A person of high social standing; an important person.
- the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
- a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
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- (transitive) To cause to grow gradually in force or loudness.
- To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
- (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.
- (transitive) To cause to become bigger.
- (transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
- To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
- To protuberate; to bulge out.
- (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
- (intransitive) To be raised to arrogance.
- come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
- come up, as of a liquid
- expand abnormally
- increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
- cause to become swollen
- become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
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- the peak of a hill
- The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
- the part of the face above the eyes
- the arch of hair above each eye
- (nautical) The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay.
- The first tine of an antler's beam.
- The eyebrow.
- (figurative) Aspect; appearance; facial expression.
- The bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located.
- The forehead.
- (nautical) The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.
- (mining) A gallery in a coal mine running across the face of the coal.
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- as if echoing in a hollow space
- lacking in substance or character
- not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
- devoid of significance or force
- (figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
- (gymnastics) Pertaining to hollow body position
- (of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
- (wine) Synonym of empty (“lacking between the onset of tasting and the finish”).
- Concave; gaunt; sunken.
- (figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
- (of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
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- a long narrow range of hills
- any long raised strip
- a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
- any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
- a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
- a long narrow natural elevation or striation
- (oceanography) A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
- (anatomy) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
- The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
- (meteorology) An elongated region of high atmospheric pressure.
- A chain of hills.
- A chain of mountains.
- The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
- (fortifications) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
- Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
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- structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
- a local and well-defined elevation of the land
- (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
- (baseball) The pitcher’s mound.
- A sloping road.
- The raised portion of the surface of a vinyl record.
- (US) A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
- An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
- (US) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
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- (chiefly British) A hill.
- (obsolete except in scientific use and in some dialects) A castrated boar.
- (saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
- (mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
- A long sleeveless flannel garment for infants.
- A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
- (British) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
- (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
- the quantity that a barrow will hold
- a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels
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- a mountain or tall hill
- (Ireland) Alternative form of bin.
- The oil of the ben seed.
- The winged seed of the ben tree.
- (Scotland, Northern England) The inner room of a two-room cottage (as opposed to the but); the ben room.
- A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.
- (usually capitalized) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
- A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
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- a relatively flat highland
- A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.
- (drug slang) Any of several distinct, dose-dependent stages of a dextromethorphan trip.
- A comparatively stable level after a period of increase. (of a varying quantity)
- (sports, broadcasting) A notable level of attainment or achievement.
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- A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
- The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
- The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
- A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
- (music) The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
- The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
- The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.
- (figurative) That which supports or sustains; support.
- (printing) The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
- (firearms) The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
- The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
- (aviation) A season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic.
- (anatomy) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
- (surfing) The part of a wave that has not yet broken.
- The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
- Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
- An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.
- A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.
- a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
- a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
- the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
- a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg
- the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder
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- (transitive) To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
- (transitive) To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
- (transitive, by extension) To bully, manipulate or pull rank on (somebody).
- (transitive, figuratively) To accept responsibility for.
- (transitive) To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail.
- (transitive) To place (something) against one's shoulders.
- (transitive) To put (something) on one's shoulders.
- (intransitive) To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.
- (intransitive) To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
- (transitive, figuratively) To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
- carry a burden, either real or metaphoric
- lift onto one's shoulders
- push with the shoulders
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- A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
- A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle.
- A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand.
- (cooking) A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter).
- (geography, chiefly Appalachia, Lancashire) A prominent rounded hill.
- (vulgar, slang) The clitoris.
- (slang, US) A freshman at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.
- A bulb of the garlic plant consisting of multiple cloves.
- A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.
- A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers.
- The head of the penis; the glans.
- A chunky branch-like piece, especially of a ginger rhizome.
- (by extension, derogatory) A contemptible person; a dick.
- an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger
- a round handle
- a circular rounded projection or protuberance
- any thickened enlargement
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- a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
- a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end
- A raccoon oyster.
- Any of various creatures having a saddle-shaped marking on the back.
- A variety of domestic goose.
- (architecture) A coping that is thicker in the middle than at the edges.
- (UK) A great black-backed gull.
- A harp seal.
- A larva of the bombycid moth.
- (geology) An anticline.
- A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end.
- A breed of pig which is black with a pink saddle-shaped marking.
- A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks.
- (New Zealand) A passerine bird of the genus Philesturnus.
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- A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
- (countable) The actual thing wished for.
- (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
- (Northern England, Scotland) A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
- (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
- (Christianity, uncountable) The virtuous desire for future good.
- (countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
- a specific instance of feeling hopeful
- one of the three Christian virtues
- the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
- someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
- grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
verb
- (intransitive) To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].
- (catenative) To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].
- To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
- (transitive, dialectal, nonstandard) To wish.
- (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].
- be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
- intend with some possibility of fulfilment
- expect and wish
name
- A number of hills in various places.
- A suburb of Kenilworth, Warwick district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP3072).
- An eastern suburb of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3420).
- A hamlet in Woolaston parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST5699).
- A neighbourhood of Clifton, Staten Island, New York City.
- A hamlet near Rainford Junction, Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside (OS grid ref SD4602).
- A suburb and housing estate in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK3687).
- A neighbourhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
- A census-designated place in Cherokee County, Oklahoma.
- A historic district in North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
- A neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado.
- A neighbourhood of Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.
noun
- a small natural hill
- a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily
- (US, archaic outside dialects) A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.
- A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
verb
- (intransitive) To lie in a hammock.
- (transitive) To make something be wrapped tight, like in a hammock.
- (transitive, of a cloth) To hang in a way that resembles a hammock.
- (transitive, broadcasting) To schedule (a new or unpopular programme) between two popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch it.
noun
verb
noun
- a small natural hill
- A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
- the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
- structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
- a large amount of something.
- (baseball) Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
- A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross.
- (US, vulgar, slang) The mons veneris.
- An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
verb
noun
- A mound or small hill.
- (countable) A newly hatched, immature mayfly; a mayfly subimago.
- (countable, fishing) A fly made to resemble the mayfly subimago.
- An ancient or medieval fortification; especially a hill-fort in Scotland or Ireland.
- (countable) A collector of debts, especially one who is insistent and demanding.
- A brownish grey colour.
- An urgent request or demand of payment.
- (archaeology) A structure in the Orkney or Shetland islands or in Scotland consisting of a roundhouse surrounded by a circular wall; a broch.
- Alternative form of dhoon (“Himalayan valley”).
- horse of a dull brownish grey color
- a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
adj
intj
verb
- (nonstandard, informal) Eye dialect spelling of done: past participle of do.
- (transitive) To harass by continually repeating e.g. a request.
- (transitive) To ask or beset a debtor for payment.
- (nonstandard, informal) Pronunciation spelling of don't: contraction of do + not.
- treat cruelly
- persistently ask for overdue payment
- make a dun color
- cure by salting
noun
- A piece of raised ground or a short, steep slope; a small hill; a hillock, a knoll.
- The crest or top of a hill.
- A sudden, sharp blow, knock, or slap; a rap, a whack.
- (agriculture) Synonym of chattering damsel (“a component of a traditional mill which creates a vibratory motion to impel portions of grain toward the millstone; a clapper”).
- The sound made by such a blow, knock, or slap.
verb
- To speak crisply or sharply.
- To strike sharply.
- To make a cracking or snapping sound; to crack, to snap.
- (specifically, especially archaeology) To break away flakes from (a brittle material which fractures conchoidally (“with planar concentric curves”), usually a mineral such as chert, flint, or obsidian), often to form a tool with a sharp edge or point.
- (figurative) To say (something) crisply or sharply.
- (intransitive) To take a small, quick bite.
- Followed by off: to break (something) away from another thing by striking or tapping sharply.
- To break (something) into small pieces with a cracking sound; to fragment, to smash; also, to break (something) apart sharply; to snap.
- (transitive) To take a small, quick bite at or of (someone or something); to nibble, to nip, to snap.
- To break or fracture suddenly; to snap.
- To strike (something) sharply; to knock, to rap.
- strike sharply
- break a small piece off from
noun
- A rounded, nipple-like hill or peak.
- (informal) Clipping of paparazzo.
- (Nigeria, West Africa) A fermented cereal pudding made from corn, sorghum, or millet
- (uncountable, colloquial) Pablum or nonsense.
- (uncountable) Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children.
- (informal, derogatory) Support from official patronage.
- The pulp of fruit.
- (informal) Pa; father.
- Alternative letter-case form of Pap (“Pap smear”).
- (South Africa) Porridge.
- worthless or oversimplified ideas
- the small projection of a mammary gland
- a diet that does not require chewing; advised for those with intestinal disorders
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verb
noun
noun
adj
- having a sharp inclination
- of a slope; set at a high angle
- greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
- (of the rake of a ship's mast, or a car's windshield) resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular.
- Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
- (informal) Expensive.
verb
noun
- A small valley.
- A road drain.
- (UK) A drop kerb.
- A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
- (Scotland, northern UK) A large knife.
- (cricket) A fielding position on the off side about 30 degrees behind square, between the slips and point; a fielder in such a position
- (UK) A grooved iron rail or tram plate.
- deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)
verb
noun
- A hill or mountain.
- A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.
- (martial arts) A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.
- A signal for mounting a horse.
- (gymnastics) The act of getting onto the apparatus.
- A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
- An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on.
- (heraldry) A green hillock in the base of a shield.
- (palmistry) Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
- (now only figurative) A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing.
- a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
- a lightweight horse kept for riding only
- something forming a back that is added for strengthening
- the act of climbing something
- a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place
verb
- (transitive) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
- (intransitive, sometimes with up) To increase in quantity or intensity.
- (cooking) To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it).
- (transitive) To have or begin sexual intercourse with someone.
- (transitive) To get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation.
- (transitive, computing) To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
- (transitive) To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).
- (transitive) To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.
- (transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
- (transitive) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
- (transitive) To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
- (intransitive, rare) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.
- (transitive, martial arts) To sit on a combatant's torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.
- prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
- go up or advance
- fix onto a backing, setting, or support
- put up or launch
- go upward with gradual or continuous progress
- get up on the back of
- attach to a support
- copulate with
noun
verb
noun
- A gentle curve of the ground; gentle hill or valley.
- (Christianity) A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; also, the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.
- (collective) A group of sheep or goats, particularly those kept in a given enclosure.
- (geology) The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.
- One individual part of something described as manifold, twofold, fourfold, etc.
- One of the doorleaves of a folding door.
- An enclosure or dwelling generally.
- (by extension, web design) The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.
- A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
- An act of folding.
- A clasp, embrace.
- Any enclosed piece of land belonging to a farm or mill; yard, farmyard.
- (functional programming) Any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.
- A bend or crease.
- (newspapers) The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually the fold.
- (figuratively) Home, family.
- (figuratively) A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.
- (programming) A section of source code that can be collapsed out of view in an editor to aid readability.
- Any correct move in origami.
- A coil of a snake’s body.
- A layer, typically of folded or wrapped cloth.
- a group of sheep or goats
- the act of folding
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
- a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
- a pen for sheep
- a folded part (as in skin or muscle)
verb
- (transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
- (transitive) To double or lay together (one’s arms, hands, wings, etc.) so as to overlap with each other.
- (intransitive, poker) To withdraw from betting.
- (intransitive) To fail, to collapse, to disband.
- (transitive) To enclose within folded arms, to clasp, to embrace (see also enfold).
- (transitive, computing) To split (a line of text) across multiple lines, to obey line length limitations.
- (intransitive, business) Of a company, to cease to trade.
- (intransitive) To give way on a point or in an argument.
- (intransitive) To become folded; to form folds.
- (intransitive, informal) To fall over; to collapse or give way; to be crushed.
- (transitive) To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
- (transitive) To confine (animals) in a fold, to pen in.
- (transitive) To place sheep on (a piece of land) in order to manure it.
- (transitive, cooking) To stir (semisolid ingredients) gently, with an action as if folding over a solid.
- (transitive, figuratively) To cover up, to conceal.
- (transitive, figuratively) To include in a spiritual ‘flock’ or group of the saved, etc.
- (intransitive, by extension) To withdraw or quit in general.
- (transitive) To draw or coil (one’s arms, a snake’s body, etc.) around something so as to enclose or embrace it.
- (transitive) To enclose in a fold of material, to swathe, wrap up, cover, enwrap.
- bend or lay so that one part covers the other
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- become folded or folded up
- confine in a fold, like sheep
- incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating
noun
- A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.
- (by extension) A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
- Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
- A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
- A cliff or rock outcrop.
- A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
- A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).
- a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
- an indication of damage
verb
noun
- A mountain or hill pass.
- (slang, euphemistic) The vagina.
- A vacant space or time.
- (Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
- (Australia, for a medical or pharmacy item) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
- (genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
- A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
- An opening allowing passage or entrance.
- A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
- (Australia, usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
- (baseball) The regions between the outfielders.
- Alternative form of gup (elected head of a gewog in Bhutan)
- An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
- An opening that implies a breach or defect.
- a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
- an open or empty space in or between things
- a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- a narrow opening
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
verb
- (transitive) To check the size of a gap.
- (transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
- (intransitive) To fall or spill open so as to leave a gap.
- (New Zealand, slang) To leave suddenly.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, especially video games, motor racing) To surpass (someone or something) by a considerable margin.
- (transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
- make an opening or gap in
noun
noun
- A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
- a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
- A cushion used as a seat in a cart or other vehicle.
- (chiefly Australia, mining) Synonym of saddle reef (“a saddle-shaped bedded mineral (usually gold-bearing quartz) vein occurring along the crest of an anticline or (less common) a syncline (an inverted saddle)”).
- The part of a guitar which supports the strings and, in an acoustic guitar, transfers their vibrations through the bridge to the soundboard.
- A similar implement used to secure goods to animals; a packsaddle.
- Synonym of saddle brown (“a medium brown colour, like that of saddle leather”).
- The clitellum of an earthworm (family Lumbricidae).
- (dentistry) The part of a denture which holds the artificial teeth.
- (construction) The threshold, the raised floorboard in a doorway.
- In full saddle marking or saddle patch: a saddle-like marking on an animal, such as one on the back of an adult harp seal or saddleback seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), or any of numerous such markings on a boa constrictor (Boa constrictor).
- (broadcasting) A timeslot between two popular programmes, in which another programme can be scheduled to encourage people to watch it.
- A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.
- A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
- Chiefly preceded by the: horse-riding as an activity or occupation.
- (geology) An anticline (“fold with strata sloping downwards on each side”); specifically, a depression located along the axial trend of such a fold.
- The lower part of the back of a domestic fowl, especially a male bird, bearing the saddle feathers or saddle hackles.
- Synonym of saddle oxford or saddle shoe (“a shoe, resembling an oxford, which has a saddle (sense 11.1)”).
- (engineering) An equipment part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
- A piece of leather stitched across the instep of a shoe, usually having a different colour from the rest of the shoe.
- (geometry) Synonym of saddle point (“a point in the range of a smooth function, every neighbourhood of which contains points on each side of its tangent plane”).
- A small object (traditionally made of ebony) at the bottom of a string instrument such as a cello, viola, or violin below the tailpiece on which the tailgut (“cord securing the tailpiece to the instrument”) rests.
- The immovable seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.
- (nautical) A block of wood with concave depressions at the top and bottom, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
- Synonym of harness saddle (“the part of a harness which supports the weight of poles or shafts attaching a vehicle to a horse or other animal”).
- a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal
- a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe
- cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins
- a seat for the rider of a bicycle
- posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl
verb
- To put a saddle on an animal.
- (often passive voice) Chiefly followed by with: to burden or encumber (someone) with some problem or responsibility.
- To put (something) on to another thing like a saddle on an animal.
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to place (a burden or responsibility) or thrust (a problem) on someone.
- (woodworking) To cut a saddle-shaped notch in (a log or other piece of wood) so it can fit together with other such logs or pieces; also, to fit (logs or other pieces of wood) together with this method.
- To put a saddle (noun sense 1) on (an animal).
- Of a person: to get into a saddle.
- To enter (a trained horse) into a race.
- put a saddle on
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- load or burden; encumber
noun
- A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
- A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
- The act of swelling; increase in size.
- (music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
- (music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
- A bulge or protuberance.
- The front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
- Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
- (music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
- (geology) An upward protrusion of strata from whose central region the beds dip quaquaversally at a low angle.
- (informal) A person of high social standing; an important person.
- the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
- a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
adv
verb
- (transitive) To cause to grow gradually in force or loudness.
- To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
- (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.
- (transitive) To cause to become bigger.
- (transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
- To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
- To protuberate; to bulge out.
- (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
- (intransitive) To be raised to arrogance.
- come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
- come up, as of a liquid
- expand abnormally
- increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
- cause to become swollen
- become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
adj
noun
- the peak of a hill
- The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
- the part of the face above the eyes
- the arch of hair above each eye
- (nautical) The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay.
- The first tine of an antler's beam.
- The eyebrow.
- (figurative) Aspect; appearance; facial expression.
- The bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located.
- The forehead.
- (nautical) The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.
- (mining) A gallery in a coal mine running across the face of the coal.
verb
noun
noun
verb
adj
noun
adj
- as if echoing in a hollow space
- lacking in substance or character
- not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
- devoid of significance or force
- (figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
- (gymnastics) Pertaining to hollow body position
- (of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
- (wine) Synonym of empty (“lacking between the onset of tasting and the finish”).
- Concave; gaunt; sunken.
- (figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
- (of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
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noun
adv
verb
adv
noun
adj
verb
noun
- a long narrow range of hills
- any long raised strip
- a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
- any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
- a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
- a long narrow natural elevation or striation
- (oceanography) A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
- (anatomy) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
- The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
- (meteorology) An elongated region of high atmospheric pressure.
- A chain of hills.
- A chain of mountains.
- The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
- (fortifications) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
- Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
verb
noun
- (chiefly British) A hill.
- (obsolete except in scientific use and in some dialects) A castrated boar.
- (saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
- (mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
- A long sleeveless flannel garment for infants.
- A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
- (British) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
- (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
- the quantity that a barrow will hold
- a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels
noun
noun
- a mountain or tall hill
- (Ireland) Alternative form of bin.
- The oil of the ben seed.
- The winged seed of the ben tree.
- (Scotland, Northern England) The inner room of a two-room cottage (as opposed to the but); the ben room.
- A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.
- (usually capitalized) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
- A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
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adv
prep
noun
- a relatively flat highland
- A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.
- (drug slang) Any of several distinct, dose-dependent stages of a dextromethorphan trip.
- A comparatively stable level after a period of increase. (of a varying quantity)
- (sports, broadcasting) A notable level of attainment or achievement.
verb
noun
- A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
- The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
- The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
- A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
- (music) The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
- The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
- The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.
- (figurative) That which supports or sustains; support.
- (printing) The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
- (firearms) The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
- The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
- (aviation) A season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic.
- (anatomy) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
- (surfing) The part of a wave that has not yet broken.
- The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
- Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
- An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.
- A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.
- a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
- a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
- the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
- a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg
- the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder
verb
- (transitive) To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
- (transitive) To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
- (transitive, by extension) To bully, manipulate or pull rank on (somebody).
- (transitive, figuratively) To accept responsibility for.
- (transitive) To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail.
- (transitive) To place (something) against one's shoulders.
- (transitive) To put (something) on one's shoulders.
- (intransitive) To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.
- (intransitive) To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
- (transitive, figuratively) To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
- carry a burden, either real or metaphoric
- lift onto one's shoulders
- push with the shoulders
noun
- A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
- A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle.
- A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand.
- (cooking) A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter).
- (geography, chiefly Appalachia, Lancashire) A prominent rounded hill.
- (vulgar, slang) The clitoris.
- (slang, US) A freshman at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.
- A bulb of the garlic plant consisting of multiple cloves.
- A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.
- A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers.
- The head of the penis; the glans.
- A chunky branch-like piece, especially of a ginger rhizome.
- (by extension, derogatory) A contemptible person; a dick.
- an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger
- a round handle
- a circular rounded projection or protuberance
- any thickened enlargement
verb
noun
- a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
- a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end
- A raccoon oyster.
- Any of various creatures having a saddle-shaped marking on the back.
- A variety of domestic goose.
- (architecture) A coping that is thicker in the middle than at the edges.
- (UK) A great black-backed gull.
- A harp seal.
- A larva of the bombycid moth.
- (geology) An anticline.
- A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end.
- A breed of pig which is black with a pink saddle-shaped marking.
- A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks.
- (New Zealand) A passerine bird of the genus Philesturnus.
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noun
- A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
- (countable) The actual thing wished for.
- (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
- (Northern England, Scotland) A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
- (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
- (Christianity, uncountable) The virtuous desire for future good.
- (countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
- a specific instance of feeling hopeful
- one of the three Christian virtues
- the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
- someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
- grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
verb
- (intransitive) To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].
- (catenative) To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].
- To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
- (transitive, dialectal, nonstandard) To wish.
- (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].
- be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
- intend with some possibility of fulfilment
- expect and wish
verb
noun
- structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
- a local and well-defined elevation of the land
- (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
- (baseball) The pitcher’s mound.
- A sloping road.
- The raised portion of the surface of a vinyl record.
- (US) A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
- An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
- (US) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.