English words for 'A state of partial oblivion.'
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noun
- The state of having been erased; total blankness.
- The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.
- The place where something has been erased.
- (sociology) A tendency to ignore or conceal an element of society.
- a correction made by erasing
- deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
- a surface area where something has been erased
noun
verb
- (ambitransitive) To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To allude to something.
- (intransitive, slang) To fall asleep while under the influence of opiates.
- (ambitransitive) To sway, move up and down.
- (intransitive) To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired
- (transitive) To signify by a nod.
- (intransitive) To gradually fall asleep.
- (ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
- (transitive, intransitive, soccer) To head; to strike the ball with one's head.
- express or signify by nodding
- lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation
- be almost asleep
- sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion
- let the head fall forward through drowsiness
noun
noun
- the state of nonexistence
- something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity)
- (law) A void act; a defective proceeding or one expressly declared by statute to be a nullity.
- The state of being null, or void, or invalid.
- (mathematics) The dimension of the kernel of a linear transformation; the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix.
noun
- the state of nonexistence
- an empty area or space
- (fluid mechanics) A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.
- (Internet slang, humorous, endearing) A black cat.
- (medicine, urology) An instance of urination.
- An empty space; a vacuum.
- A cavity or empty space caused by water erosion.
- (astronomy) An extended region of space containing no galaxies.
- (materials science) A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.
- (construction) An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.
- (bridge) The lack of cards in a particular suit.
- An empty place; a location that has nothing useful.
adj
- lacking any legal or binding force
- containing nothing
- (programming) Of a function or method, that does not return a value; being a procedure rather than a function.
- Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
- Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.
- (bridge) Having no cards in a particular suit.
- (with of) Being without; destitute; devoid.
- Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
- Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.
- Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
verb
- clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something
- declare invalid
- take away the legal force of or render ineffective
- excrete or discharge from the body
- (transitive, medicine) Synonym of empty (verb).
- To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.
- (transitive) To make invalid or worthless.
adj
- In a state of decay.
- Bad or terrible.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, slang) Very drunk, intoxicated.
- Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
- Cruel, mean or immoral.
- Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state.
- damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
- having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness
- very bad
adv
noun
- The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.
- The state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.
- A form of purgatory.
- the state of being disregarded or forgotten
- total forgetfulness
verb
adv
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
- So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
- (theater) Offstage.
- In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
- at a distance in space or time
- from a particular thing or place or position (‘forth’ is obsolete)
- no longer on or in contact or attached
adj
- (by extension, Australia, slang) Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent.
- Temporarily not attending a usual place, such as work or school, especially owing to illness or holiday.
- (predicative only) Inappropriate; untoward.
- Not correct; not properly formed; not logical, harmonious, etc.
- (British, in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
- (in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
- (chiefly UK) Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
- (predicative only) Presently unavailable. (of a dish on a menu)
- (predicative only) Inoperative, disabled.
- Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
- (poker slang) Offsuit.
- (predicative only) Cancelled; not happening.
- Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
- Started on the way.
- (in phrases such as 'well off', 'poorly off', 'comfortably off', etc., and in 'how?' questions) Circumstanced.
- (cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
- Not fitted; not being worn.
- Far; off to the side.
- below a satisfactory level
- (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
- not performing or scheduled for duties
- not in operation or operational
- in an unpalatable state
noun
prep
- Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
- Removed or subtracted from.
- Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
- (colloquial, more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.
- Outside the area or region of.
- Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
- Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
- Not positioned upon, or away from a position upon.
- No longer wanting or taking.
- Temporarily not attending (a usual place), especially owing to illness or holiday.
- (slang, drugs) Under the influence of.
- (informal) As a result of.
verb
adv
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- Away from the doer, especially vigorously.
- (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
- Used to intensify or emphasize.
- To the end; completely; so that nothing remains.
- Outside; not indoors.
- Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus.
- Into a state of existence or visibility.
- Specifically, away from home or one's usual place.
- Shows that an activity has been completed to the point of exhaustion.
- (sports) Of the ball or other playing implement, so as to pass or be situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.
- Away from the inside or centre.
- (cricket, baseball, of a player) So as to be disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket or a forced out in baseball).
- (informal) Away, or at a distance, in time (relative to, and usually after, the present or a stated event) (often preceded by a stated time period and followed by "from")
- moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
- away from home
- from one's possession
adj
- (of the tide) At or near its lowest level.
- (of options) No longer acceptable or permissible.
- Without; no longer in possession of; not having any more.
- (of flowers) In bloom.
- Not in jail, prison, or captivity; freed from confinement.
- (in various games; used especially of a batsman or batter in cricket or baseball) Dismissed from play under the rules of the game.
- (of an organization, etc.) Temporarily not in operation, or not being attended as usual.
- No longer popular or in fashion.
- Freed from secrecy.
- (by extension, uncommon) Open, public; public about or openly acknowledging some (usually specified) identity.
- (LGBTQ) Openly acknowledging that one is LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
- (of lamps, fires etc.) Not shining or burning.
- (of the sun, moon or stars) Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds.
- Not inside or within a place, especially a place that someone or something was formerly inside or is customarily inside:
- Not fitted or inserted into something.
- (of a user of a service) Not having availability of a service, such as power or communications.
- (Australia, of calculations or measurements) Containing errors or discrepancies, or in error by a stated amount.
- Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
- Not at home, or not at one's office or place of employment.
- (sports, of the ball or other playing implement) Falling or passing or being situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.
- (of certain services, devices, or facilities) Not available; out of service.
- Unconscious.
- (of ideas, plans, etc.) Discarded; no longer a possibility.
- out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
- not allowed to continue to bat or run
- knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
- outside or external
- no longer fashionable
- directed outward or serving to direct something outward
- outer or outlying
- not worth considering as a possibility
- excluded from use or mention
- being out or having grown cold
intj
noun
- (baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.
- A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
- (chiefly in the plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
- (poker) A card which can make a hand a winner.
- (film, colloquial) An outtake.
- A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
- (cricket) A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicket with the ball.
- (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
prep
verb
- (intransitive) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public, revealed, or apparent.
- To kill; to snuff out.
- (transitive) To reveal (a secret).
- (transitive) To eject; to expel.
- (transitive) To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
- (transitive, LGBTQ) To reveal (a person) as LGBTQ+ (gay, trans, etc).
- reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
- be made known; be disclosed or revealed
- to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
adj
- To the point of stupor.
- (euphemistic, by association) Usually replaces an obscene or profane word, and thus is audibly stressed as such.
- (slang) Amazing.
- Unpleasant; annoying to the speaker. This sense can be used alongside obscene words.
- (of animates) Lacking in intelligence.
- Exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.
- Dulled in feeling or sensation; torpid.
- lacking intelligence
- in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
- lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
adv
noun
noun
noun
- the point beyond which something disappears or ceases to exist
- the appearance of a point on the horizon at which parallel lines converge
- The point in a perspective drawing at which parallel lines receding from an observer seem to converge.
- The situation in which, place where, or point in time when some object or phenomenon is no longer observable or notable.
verb
- disappear or come to an end
- To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
- be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame
- lose sparkle or bouquet
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- suffer or face the pain of death
- suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)
- stop operating or functioning
- languish as with love or desire
- feel indifferent towards
- to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
- cut or shape with a die
- followed by of as an indication of direct cause; general use:
- (intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
- (intransitive, of a machine) To stop working; to break down or otherwise lose "vitality".
- (intransitive, figuratively) To yearn intensely.
- (intransitive, uncommon, idiomatic) To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
- (intransitive, colloquial, hyperbolic) To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
- (video games, slang) To lose or be eliminated from a game, particularly with a deathlike animation.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
- (in bare form) to die in a certain form.
- To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
- To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
- (now sometimes proscribed) followed by to as an indication of direct cause (like from):
- (still current) followed by with as an indication of manner:
- (transitive) To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
- (intransitive, of a legislative bill or resolution) To expire at the end of the session of a legislature without having been brought to a vote.
- (intransitive, figurative, hyperbolic) To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
- followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes:
- (of a stand-up comedian or a joke, slang) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
- (often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
- followed by from as an indication of direct cause; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences:
- (intransitive, of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
- (architecture) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
noun
- a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
- a device used for shaping metal
- 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
- (semiconductors, plural also dice) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
- A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
- A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
- An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
- An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and thrown in games of chance.
- The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
- A device for cutting into a specified shape.
- Any small cubical or square body.
adv
noun
- The state of being degenerate (in all senses).
- (mathematics) A limiting case of a class of objects which appears to be qualitatively different from (and usually simpler than) the rest of the class.
- (neuroscience) The ability of one part of the brain to take over another's function without being overexerted.
- moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
- the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
noun
- a dormant or quiescent state
- a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
- (loosely) A very heavy state of sleep.
- (rare, as used by Magnavox clock radios) The snooze button on an alarm clock.
- (figurative) A state of ignorance or inaction.
- A very light state of sleep, almost awake.
verb
noun
- a momentary loss of consciousness
- A temporary loss of consciousness.
- a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
- partial or total loss of memory
- the failure of electric power for a general region
- darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
- (slang, criminology, rare) A mass murder committed, usually in an urban area, to eliminate potential witnesses of a previous crime.
- An instance of censorship, especially a temporary one.
- (Internet) An intentional outage of a website or other online service, typically as a form of protest.
- A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
- (attributive) The blocking out of as much light as possible.
- (historical) The mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings, as well as outdoor and street lighting as a measure against aerial bombing or naval attack, as imposed during, e.g., World War II.
- A temporary loss of memory.
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noun
adj
adv
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
- The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined.
- (in the plural) Money paid at the end of an incumbency by the incumbent or his heirs for the purpose of putting the parsonage etc. in good repair for the succeeding incumbent.
- (British, law) Ecclesiastical waste: impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or intentionally.
- (law) The act of dilapidating, damaging a building or structure through neglect or intentionally.
- the process of becoming dilapidated
- a state of deterioration due to old age or long use
verb
- (intransitive) To lose consciousness; to suffer a blackout.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to lose consciousness.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To censor or cover up by writing over with black ink.
- (intransitive) To be in a state of blackout, as a building, a city, a ship.
- (transitive, figuratively) To censor or cover up.
- (transitive) To obscure in darkness.
- darken completely
- suppress by censorship as for political reasons
- lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example
adv
- From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
- From a place, hence.
- Without restraint.
- So as to remove or use up something.
- In or to something's usual or proper storage place.
- (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.
- On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.
- Aside, so as to discard something.
- In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place.
- Aside; off; in another direction.
- At a stated distance in time or space.
- at a distance in space or time
- from a particular thing or place or position (‘forth’ is obsolete)
- out of existence
- indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily
- in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)
- in reserve; not for immediate use
- out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
- in a different direction
- freely or at will
- so as to be removed or gotten rid of
- from one's possession
adj
- At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
- Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
- (chiefly sports) Not on one's home territory.
- Misspelling of aweigh.
- (golf) Being the player whose ball lies farthest from the hole (or, in disc golf, whose disc lies farthest from the target).
- (baseball, following the noun modified) Out.
- used of an opponent's ground
- not present; having left
- (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
intj
verb
noun
- A state of being inactive or stuporous.
- (biology) A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep.
- A state of apathy or lethargy.
- a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility
- inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy
adv
- into unconsciousness
- below the horizon
- below some quantity or limit
- further down
- down to defeat, death, or ruin
- down below
- in or into a state of subordination or subjugation
- through a range downward
- Down to defeat, ruin, or death.
- In or to a lower or subordinate position, or a position beneath or below something, physically or figuratively.
- (informal) In or into an unconscious state.
- So as to pass beneath something.
- (usually in compounds) Less than what is necessary to be adequate or suitable; insufficient.
adj
- located below or beneath something else
- lower in rank, power, or authority
- Lower; beneath something.
- In a state of subordination, submission or defeat.
- (informal) Having a particular property that is low, especially so as to be insufficient or lacking in a particular respect.
- (medicine, colloquial) Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
noun
prep
- Within the category, classification or heading of.
- Using or adopting (a name, identity, etc.).
- Beneath; below; at or to the bottom of, or the area covered or surmounted by.
- Less than.
- (figuratively) In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
- Subordinate to; subject to the control of; in accordance with; in compliance with.
- Below the surface of.
- Subject to.
- From one side of to the other, passing beneath.
noun
- Absence of mind; reverie.
- That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.
- (mining) A pile of ore or rock.
- (historical, Australia, Canada) A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin (called a holey dollar).
- A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
- (usually in the plural) A sad, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; despondency.
- (computing) A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced automatically by a failing program.
- (slang, often with the verb "take", euphemistic) An act of defecation; a defecating.
- A storage place for supplies, especially military.
- (slang) An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring, or depressing looking place.
- A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
- (marketing) A temporary display case that holds many copies of an item being sold.
- (computing) An act of dumping, or its result.
- (Northern England) A deep hole in a river bed; a pool.
- (Internet slang) A disorganized collection of images posted on social media.
- a coarse term for defecation
- (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs
- a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
- a place where supplies can be stored
verb
- (transitive, computing) To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.
- (transitive) To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.
- (transitive, computing) To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug.
- (transitive) To discard; to get rid of something one no longer wants.
- (transitive, Australia) Of a surf wave, to crash a swimmer, surfer, etc., heavily downwards.
- (transitive) To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.
- (transitive) To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it
- (transitive, US) To precipitate (especially snow) heavily.
- (transitive, informal) To end a romantic relationship with.
- throw away as refuse
- sell at artificially low prices
- drop (stuff) in a heap or mass
- knock down with force
- fall abruptly
- sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly
adv
- Into a state of non-operation.
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- (crosswords, in relation to a numbered clued word) In a downwards direction; vertically.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- So as to be cowed into silence.
- (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- From less to greater detail.
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- (comparable) At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- (sports) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- As a down payment.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
- away from a more central or a more northerly place
- from an earlier time
- in an inactive or inoperative state
- to a lower intensity
- spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
- paid in cash at time of purchase
adj
- (baseball, cricket, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
- (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- (veterinary medicine, of a cow) Stranded in a recumbent position; unable to stand.
- (rail transport, of a train) Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- (normally in the combination 'down with') Sick or ill.
- (informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- (slang) In prison.
- (of a tree, limb, etc) Fallen or felled.
- At a lower level than before.
- (colloquial, with "on") Negative about; hostile to.
- (Canada, US, slang) Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].
- Facing downwards.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
- being put out in a game of baseball
- lower than previously
- extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- understood perfectly
- becoming progressively lower
- shut
- not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
- being or moving lower in position or less in some value
noun
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- (UK, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- (gambling) The shift or period of time during which a dealer manages a given table before rotating to the next table at a casino or cardroom, which is often 30 minutes.
- (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- (especially Southern England, also Australia, often plural, often in place names) A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.
- (crosswording) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- Down payment.
- A downer, depressant.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- soft fine feathers
- (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
- (American football) a complete play to advance the football
prep
- From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
- Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.
- (UK, Ireland) To (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From north to south of.
- (UK, Ireland) At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From the higher end to the lower of.
verb
- (transitive, golf, pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- (transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- (transitive, colloquial) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- (transitive) Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- (transitive, colloquial) To disparage; to put down.
- (transitive, American football, Canadian football) To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- (transitive, figurative) To defeat; to overpower.
- (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
- (transitive) To lower; to put (something) down.
- eat up completely, as with great appetite
- shoot at and force to come down
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- bring down or defeat (an opponent)
- drink down entirely
- cause to come or go down
noun
- The state of being quiescent; dormancy.
- Being at rest, quiet, still, inactive or motionless.
- (microbiology) The period when a cell is in a term of no growth and no division.
- (entomology) In insects, a temporary slowing down of metabolism and development in response to adverse environmental conditions, which, unlike diapause, does not involve physiological changes.
- The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a quiescent state.
- a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
- quiet and inactive restfulness
noun
adj
verb
- remove the entrails of
- take away a vital or essential part of
- surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
- remove the contents of
- (transitive) To disembowel; to remove the viscera.
- (transitive, surgery) To remove a bodily organ or its contents.
- (intransitive, of viscera) To protrude through a surgical incision.
- (transitive) To elicit the essence of.
- (transitive) To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless.
noun
- The state of having been erased; total blankness.
- The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.
- The place where something has been erased.
- (sociology) A tendency to ignore or conceal an element of society.
- a correction made by erasing
- deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
- a surface area where something has been erased
noun
verb
- (ambitransitive) To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To allude to something.
- (intransitive, slang) To fall asleep while under the influence of opiates.
- (ambitransitive) To sway, move up and down.
- (intransitive) To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired
- (transitive) To signify by a nod.
- (intransitive) To gradually fall asleep.
- (ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
- (transitive, intransitive, soccer) To head; to strike the ball with one's head.
- express or signify by nodding
- lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation
- be almost asleep
- sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion
- let the head fall forward through drowsiness
noun
noun
- the state of nonexistence
- something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity)
- (law) A void act; a defective proceeding or one expressly declared by statute to be a nullity.
- The state of being null, or void, or invalid.
- (mathematics) The dimension of the kernel of a linear transformation; the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix.
noun
- the state of nonexistence
- an empty area or space
- (fluid mechanics) A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.
- (Internet slang, humorous, endearing) A black cat.
- (medicine, urology) An instance of urination.
- An empty space; a vacuum.
- A cavity or empty space caused by water erosion.
- (astronomy) An extended region of space containing no galaxies.
- (materials science) A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.
- (construction) An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.
- (bridge) The lack of cards in a particular suit.
- An empty place; a location that has nothing useful.
adj
- lacking any legal or binding force
- containing nothing
- (programming) Of a function or method, that does not return a value; being a procedure rather than a function.
- Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
- Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.
- (bridge) Having no cards in a particular suit.
- (with of) Being without; destitute; devoid.
- Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
- Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.
- Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
verb
- clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something
- declare invalid
- take away the legal force of or render ineffective
- excrete or discharge from the body
- (transitive, medicine) Synonym of empty (verb).
- To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.
- (transitive) To make invalid or worthless.
noun
- The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.
- The state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.
- A form of purgatory.
- the state of being disregarded or forgotten
- total forgetfulness
verb
noun
noun
- the point beyond which something disappears or ceases to exist
- the appearance of a point on the horizon at which parallel lines converge
- The point in a perspective drawing at which parallel lines receding from an observer seem to converge.
- The situation in which, place where, or point in time when some object or phenomenon is no longer observable or notable.
noun
- The state of being degenerate (in all senses).
- (mathematics) A limiting case of a class of objects which appears to be qualitatively different from (and usually simpler than) the rest of the class.
- (neuroscience) The ability of one part of the brain to take over another's function without being overexerted.
- moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
- the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
noun
- a dormant or quiescent state
- a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
- (loosely) A very heavy state of sleep.
- (rare, as used by Magnavox clock radios) The snooze button on an alarm clock.
- (figurative) A state of ignorance or inaction.
- A very light state of sleep, almost awake.
verb
noun
- a momentary loss of consciousness
- A temporary loss of consciousness.
- a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
- partial or total loss of memory
- the failure of electric power for a general region
- darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
- (slang, criminology, rare) A mass murder committed, usually in an urban area, to eliminate potential witnesses of a previous crime.
- An instance of censorship, especially a temporary one.
- (Internet) An intentional outage of a website or other online service, typically as a form of protest.
- A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
- (attributive) The blocking out of as much light as possible.
- (historical) The mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings, as well as outdoor and street lighting as a measure against aerial bombing or naval attack, as imposed during, e.g., World War II.
- A temporary loss of memory.
verb
noun
adj
adv
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
- The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined.
- (in the plural) Money paid at the end of an incumbency by the incumbent or his heirs for the purpose of putting the parsonage etc. in good repair for the succeeding incumbent.
- (British, law) Ecclesiastical waste: impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or intentionally.
- (law) The act of dilapidating, damaging a building or structure through neglect or intentionally.
- the process of becoming dilapidated
- a state of deterioration due to old age or long use
noun
- A state of being inactive or stuporous.
- (biology) A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep.
- A state of apathy or lethargy.
- a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility
- inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy
noun
- Absence of mind; reverie.
- That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.
- (mining) A pile of ore or rock.
- (historical, Australia, Canada) A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin (called a holey dollar).
- A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
- (usually in the plural) A sad, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; despondency.
- (computing) A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced automatically by a failing program.
- (slang, often with the verb "take", euphemistic) An act of defecation; a defecating.
- A storage place for supplies, especially military.
- (slang) An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring, or depressing looking place.
- A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
- (marketing) A temporary display case that holds many copies of an item being sold.
- (computing) An act of dumping, or its result.
- (Northern England) A deep hole in a river bed; a pool.
- (Internet slang) A disorganized collection of images posted on social media.
- a coarse term for defecation
- (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs
- a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
- a place where supplies can be stored
verb
- (transitive, computing) To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.
- (transitive) To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.
- (transitive, computing) To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug.
- (transitive) To discard; to get rid of something one no longer wants.
- (transitive, Australia) Of a surf wave, to crash a swimmer, surfer, etc., heavily downwards.
- (transitive) To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.
- (transitive) To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it
- (transitive, US) To precipitate (especially snow) heavily.
- (transitive, informal) To end a romantic relationship with.
- throw away as refuse
- sell at artificially low prices
- drop (stuff) in a heap or mass
- knock down with force
- fall abruptly
- sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly
noun
- The state of being quiescent; dormancy.
- Being at rest, quiet, still, inactive or motionless.
- (microbiology) The period when a cell is in a term of no growth and no division.
- (entomology) In insects, a temporary slowing down of metabolism and development in response to adverse environmental conditions, which, unlike diapause, does not involve physiological changes.
- The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a quiescent state.
- a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
- quiet and inactive restfulness
noun
verb
- disappear or come to an end
- To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
- be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame
- lose sparkle or bouquet
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- suffer or face the pain of death
- suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)
- stop operating or functioning
- languish as with love or desire
- feel indifferent towards
- to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
- cut or shape with a die
- followed by of as an indication of direct cause; general use:
- (intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
- (intransitive, of a machine) To stop working; to break down or otherwise lose "vitality".
- (intransitive, figuratively) To yearn intensely.
- (intransitive, uncommon, idiomatic) To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
- (intransitive, colloquial, hyperbolic) To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
- (video games, slang) To lose or be eliminated from a game, particularly with a deathlike animation.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
- (in bare form) to die in a certain form.
- To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
- To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
- (now sometimes proscribed) followed by to as an indication of direct cause (like from):
- (still current) followed by with as an indication of manner:
- (transitive) To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
- (intransitive, of a legislative bill or resolution) To expire at the end of the session of a legislature without having been brought to a vote.
- (intransitive, figurative, hyperbolic) To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
- followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes:
- (of a stand-up comedian or a joke, slang) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
- (often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
- followed by from as an indication of direct cause; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences:
- (intransitive, of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
- (architecture) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
noun
- a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
- a device used for shaping metal
- 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
- (semiconductors, plural also dice) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
- A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
- A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
- An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
- An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and thrown in games of chance.
- The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
- A device for cutting into a specified shape.
- Any small cubical or square body.
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To lose consciousness; to suffer a blackout.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to lose consciousness.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To censor or cover up by writing over with black ink.
- (intransitive) To be in a state of blackout, as a building, a city, a ship.
- (transitive, figuratively) To censor or cover up.
- (transitive) To obscure in darkness.
- darken completely
- suppress by censorship as for political reasons
- lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example
adv
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
- So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
- (theater) Offstage.
- In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
- at a distance in space or time
- from a particular thing or place or position (‘forth’ is obsolete)
- no longer on or in contact or attached
adj
- (by extension, Australia, slang) Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent.
- Temporarily not attending a usual place, such as work or school, especially owing to illness or holiday.
- (predicative only) Inappropriate; untoward.
- Not correct; not properly formed; not logical, harmonious, etc.
- (British, in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
- (in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
- (chiefly UK) Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
- (predicative only) Presently unavailable. (of a dish on a menu)
- (predicative only) Inoperative, disabled.
- Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
- (poker slang) Offsuit.
- (predicative only) Cancelled; not happening.
- Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
- Started on the way.
- (in phrases such as 'well off', 'poorly off', 'comfortably off', etc., and in 'how?' questions) Circumstanced.
- (cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
- Not fitted; not being worn.
- Far; off to the side.
- below a satisfactory level
- (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
- not performing or scheduled for duties
- not in operation or operational
- in an unpalatable state
noun
prep
- Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
- Removed or subtracted from.
- Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
- (colloquial, more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.
- Outside the area or region of.
- Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
- Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
- Not positioned upon, or away from a position upon.
- No longer wanting or taking.
- Temporarily not attending (a usual place), especially owing to illness or holiday.
- (slang, drugs) Under the influence of.
- (informal) As a result of.
verb
adv
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- Away from the doer, especially vigorously.
- (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
- Used to intensify or emphasize.
- To the end; completely; so that nothing remains.
- Outside; not indoors.
- Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus.
- Into a state of existence or visibility.
- Specifically, away from home or one's usual place.
- Shows that an activity has been completed to the point of exhaustion.
- (sports) Of the ball or other playing implement, so as to pass or be situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.
- Away from the inside or centre.
- (cricket, baseball, of a player) So as to be disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket or a forced out in baseball).
- (informal) Away, or at a distance, in time (relative to, and usually after, the present or a stated event) (often preceded by a stated time period and followed by "from")
- moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
- away from home
- from one's possession
adj
- (of the tide) At or near its lowest level.
- (of options) No longer acceptable or permissible.
- Without; no longer in possession of; not having any more.
- (of flowers) In bloom.
- Not in jail, prison, or captivity; freed from confinement.
- (in various games; used especially of a batsman or batter in cricket or baseball) Dismissed from play under the rules of the game.
- (of an organization, etc.) Temporarily not in operation, or not being attended as usual.
- No longer popular or in fashion.
- Freed from secrecy.
- (by extension, uncommon) Open, public; public about or openly acknowledging some (usually specified) identity.
- (LGBTQ) Openly acknowledging that one is LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
- (of lamps, fires etc.) Not shining or burning.
- (of the sun, moon or stars) Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds.
- Not inside or within a place, especially a place that someone or something was formerly inside or is customarily inside:
- Not fitted or inserted into something.
- (of a user of a service) Not having availability of a service, such as power or communications.
- (Australia, of calculations or measurements) Containing errors or discrepancies, or in error by a stated amount.
- Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
- Not at home, or not at one's office or place of employment.
- (sports, of the ball or other playing implement) Falling or passing or being situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.
- (of certain services, devices, or facilities) Not available; out of service.
- Unconscious.
- (of ideas, plans, etc.) Discarded; no longer a possibility.
- out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
- not allowed to continue to bat or run
- knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
- outside or external
- no longer fashionable
- directed outward or serving to direct something outward
- outer or outlying
- not worth considering as a possibility
- excluded from use or mention
- being out or having grown cold
intj
noun
- (baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.
- A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
- (chiefly in the plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
- (poker) A card which can make a hand a winner.
- (film, colloquial) An outtake.
- A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
- (cricket) A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicket with the ball.
- (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
prep
verb
- (intransitive) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public, revealed, or apparent.
- To kill; to snuff out.
- (transitive) To reveal (a secret).
- (transitive) To eject; to expel.
- (transitive) To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
- (transitive, LGBTQ) To reveal (a person) as LGBTQ+ (gay, trans, etc).
- reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
- be made known; be disclosed or revealed
- to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
adv
- From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
- From a place, hence.
- Without restraint.
- So as to remove or use up something.
- In or to something's usual or proper storage place.
- (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.
- On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.
- Aside, so as to discard something.
- In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place.
- Aside; off; in another direction.
- At a stated distance in time or space.
- at a distance in space or time
- from a particular thing or place or position (‘forth’ is obsolete)
- out of existence
- indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily
- in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)
- in reserve; not for immediate use
- out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
- in a different direction
- freely or at will
- so as to be removed or gotten rid of
- from one's possession
adj
- At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
- Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
- (chiefly sports) Not on one's home territory.
- Misspelling of aweigh.
- (golf) Being the player whose ball lies farthest from the hole (or, in disc golf, whose disc lies farthest from the target).
- (baseball, following the noun modified) Out.
- used of an opponent's ground
- not present; having left
- (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
intj
verb
adv
- into unconsciousness
- below the horizon
- below some quantity or limit
- further down
- down to defeat, death, or ruin
- down below
- in or into a state of subordination or subjugation
- through a range downward
- Down to defeat, ruin, or death.
- In or to a lower or subordinate position, or a position beneath or below something, physically or figuratively.
- (informal) In or into an unconscious state.
- So as to pass beneath something.
- (usually in compounds) Less than what is necessary to be adequate or suitable; insufficient.
adj
- located below or beneath something else
- lower in rank, power, or authority
- Lower; beneath something.
- In a state of subordination, submission or defeat.
- (informal) Having a particular property that is low, especially so as to be insufficient or lacking in a particular respect.
- (medicine, colloquial) Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
noun
prep
- Within the category, classification or heading of.
- Using or adopting (a name, identity, etc.).
- Beneath; below; at or to the bottom of, or the area covered or surmounted by.
- Less than.
- (figuratively) In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
- Subordinate to; subject to the control of; in accordance with; in compliance with.
- Below the surface of.
- Subject to.
- From one side of to the other, passing beneath.
adv
- Into a state of non-operation.
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- (crosswords, in relation to a numbered clued word) In a downwards direction; vertically.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- So as to be cowed into silence.
- (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- From less to greater detail.
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- (comparable) At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- (sports) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- As a down payment.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
- away from a more central or a more northerly place
- from an earlier time
- in an inactive or inoperative state
- to a lower intensity
- spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
- paid in cash at time of purchase
adj
- (baseball, cricket, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
- (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- (veterinary medicine, of a cow) Stranded in a recumbent position; unable to stand.
- (rail transport, of a train) Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- (normally in the combination 'down with') Sick or ill.
- (informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- (slang) In prison.
- (of a tree, limb, etc) Fallen or felled.
- At a lower level than before.
- (colloquial, with "on") Negative about; hostile to.
- (Canada, US, slang) Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].
- Facing downwards.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
- being put out in a game of baseball
- lower than previously
- extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- understood perfectly
- becoming progressively lower
- shut
- not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
- being or moving lower in position or less in some value
noun
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- (UK, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- (gambling) The shift or period of time during which a dealer manages a given table before rotating to the next table at a casino or cardroom, which is often 30 minutes.
- (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- (especially Southern England, also Australia, often plural, often in place names) A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.
- (crosswording) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- Down payment.
- A downer, depressant.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- soft fine feathers
- (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
- (American football) a complete play to advance the football
prep
- From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
- Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.
- (UK, Ireland) To (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From north to south of.
- (UK, Ireland) At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From the higher end to the lower of.
verb
- (transitive, golf, pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- (transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- (transitive, colloquial) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- (transitive) Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- (transitive, colloquial) To disparage; to put down.
- (transitive, American football, Canadian football) To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- (transitive, figurative) To defeat; to overpower.
- (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
- (transitive) To lower; to put (something) down.
- eat up completely, as with great appetite
- shoot at and force to come down
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- bring down or defeat (an opponent)
- drink down entirely
- cause to come or go down
adj
- In a state of decay.
- Bad or terrible.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, slang) Very drunk, intoxicated.
- Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
- Cruel, mean or immoral.
- Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state.
- damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
- having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness
- very bad
adv
adj
- To the point of stupor.
- (euphemistic, by association) Usually replaces an obscene or profane word, and thus is audibly stressed as such.
- (slang) Amazing.
- Unpleasant; annoying to the speaker. This sense can be used alongside obscene words.
- (of animates) Lacking in intelligence.
- Exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.
- Dulled in feeling or sensation; torpid.
- lacking intelligence
- in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
- lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
adv
noun
adj
verb
- remove the entrails of
- take away a vital or essential part of
- surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
- remove the contents of
- (transitive) To disembowel; to remove the viscera.
- (transitive, surgery) To remove a bodily organ or its contents.
- (intransitive, of viscera) To protrude through a surgical incision.
- (transitive) To elicit the essence of.
- (transitive) To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless.