English words for 'A subordinate society.'
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noun
- The property of being subordinate; inferiority of rank or position.
- the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class
- the state of being subordinate to something
- The process of making or classing (something or somebody) as subordinate.
- The quality of being properly obedient to a superior (as a superior officer); this quality as a systemic principle of discipline within a hierarchical organization.
- the quality of obedient submissiveness
- the act of mastering or subordinating someone
- the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head
noun
- a position of relative inferiority
- relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
- protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
- a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view
- a slight amount or degree of difference
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- (figuratively, in the plural) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
- (countable) A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
- (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
- (historical) A candle-shade.
- (countable) A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade.
- A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
- (figuratively) A subtle variation in a concept.
- (countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
- (chiefly literary and fantasy) A ghost or specter; a spirit.
- (countable) A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
- (uncountable, originally LGBTQ slang) Subtle insults.
verb
- represent the effect of shade or shadow on
- protect from light, heat, or view
- vary slightly
- pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree
- cast a shadow over
- (transitive, slang) To throw shade, to subtly insult someone.
- (transitive) To darken, particularly in drawing.
- (intransitive, rare) To shield oneself from light.
- (intransitive, baseball, of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
- To win by a narrow margin.
- (intransitive) To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.
- (transitive) To shield (someone or something) from light.
- (transitive) To alter slightly.
noun
- a male subordinate
- an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
- a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer
- a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
- the generic use of the word to refer to any human being
- a man who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
- any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
- A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing.
- An adult or adolescent male servant. Anyone from a right-hand man (high-ranking assistant) to a low-ranking servant.
- (historical) A vassal; a subject.
- An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
- A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing.
- (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
- A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
- A term of familiar address usually reserved for other adult males. It works both with ones whose name is known and ones whose name is unknown.
- A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
- An adult male human.
- A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.
- A husband.
- (sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
- (military slang) A soldier below the rank of a non-commissioned officer.
- A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
- (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
- (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
- An adult male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a representative, etc.
- A male lover; a boyfriend.
verb
adj
intj
name
pron
verb
- make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
- hold within limits and control
- bring under control by force or authority
- get on top of; deal with successfully
- correct by punishment or discipline
- put down by force or intimidation
- (transitive) To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
- (transitive) To bring (a country) under control by force.
verb
- make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
- rank or order as less important or consider of less value
- (transitive, grammar) To embed (a clause) into another clause that is the main one.
- (transitive, finance) To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
- (transitive) To treat (someone) as of less value or importance.
adj
- Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.
- lower in rank or importance
- subject or submissive to authority or the control of another
- (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
- Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
- Descending in a regular series.
- (grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
noun
adj
noun
noun
- position in a social hierarchy
- The level of one's position in a class-based society.
- the body of members of an organization or group
- relative status
- a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
- the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
- (taxonomy) A level in a scientific taxonomy system.
- (chess) One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number).
- A hierarchical level in an organization such as the military.
- (algebra) The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D).
- (card games) The value of a playing card.
- (typically in the plural) A category of people, such as those who share an occupation or belong to an organisation.
- (mathematics) The size of any basis of a given matroid.
- One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, popularity, or quality.
- (music) In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
- (mathematics) The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor.
- (linear algebra) The maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.
- A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers.
adj
- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
- very offensive in smell or taste
- growing profusely
- conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
- very fertile; producing profuse growth
- Having a very strong, bad taste or odor.
- (intensifier, negative) complete, unmitigated, utter.
verb
- take or have a position relative to others
- assign a rank or rating to
- take precedence or surpass others in rank
- (transitive, US) To take the rank of; to outrank.
- (intransitive) To have a ranking.
- (transitive) To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.
- (transitive) To place abreast or in a line.
adj
- (figurative) Inferior, subordinate.
- Of or relating to the material world (as opposed to clerical, sacred, or spiritual); ephemeral, temporal, worldly.
- (chiefly historical) Situated beneath the moon; specifically, between the moon and the earth.
- In or of this world (as opposed to heaven, etc.); earthly, terrestrial.
- situated between the earth and the moon
- of this earth
noun
noun
- The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.
- (Israel, West Bank, also in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
- (law) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
- (nautical) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
- Access to resources such as hotel rooms and Web-based videos without transfer of the resources' ownership.
- (economics) The practice of providing assistance as economic activity.
- A religious rite or ritual.
- A set of dishes or utensils.
- (business) Synonym of utility (“commodity provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage”).
- (elliptical, uncountable) Work as a member of the military.
- (computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
- The sorb; the fruit of this tree.
- An act of being of assistance to someone.
- (sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
- A musical composition for use in churches.
- Service tree.
- A department in a company, organization, or institution.
- (with the) The military.
- a force that is a branch of the armed forces
- periodic maintenance on a car or machine
- work done by one person or group that benefits another
- a means of serving
- the act of mating by male animals
- employment in or work for another
- the act of public worship following prescribed rules
- a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- an act of help or assistance; something (such as a tool, software or system) used to render said help or assistance
- the performance of duties by a waiter or servant
- (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of their lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to them
- (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
- the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
- tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table
verb
- (transitive) To make a repayment or pay interest (on a debt).
- (transitive) To serve.
- (transitive) To perform maintenance.
- (transitive, military, euphemistic) To attack.
- (public relations, transitive) To supply (media outlets) with press releases etc.
- (transitive, agriculture, euphemistic) To inseminate through sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, vulgar) To perform a sexual act upon.
- mate with
- be used by; as of a utility
- make fit for use
adv
- in or into a state of subordination or subjugation
- below the horizon
- below some quantity or limit
- further down
- down to defeat, death, or ruin
- down below
- through a range downward
- into unconsciousness
- 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
- lower in rank, power, or authority
- located below or beneath something else
- 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
- in a subordinate position
- a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
- A person of low condition or spirit.
- One who serves another, providing help in some manner.
- One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
- (religion) A person who dedicates themselves to God.
noun
adj
noun
- (Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of vise (“mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping”).
- One who acts in place of a superior.
- A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
- (law) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.
- Bad or immoral behaviour.
- A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
- (law enforcement, slang) Clipping of vice squad.
- (architecture) A winding or spiral staircase.
- a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place
- a specific form of evildoing
- moral weakness
verb
noun
- status in a society or organization
- a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset
- a body of troops arranged in a line
- A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
- (military) A formation of troops, ships, aircraft, etc., in diagonal parallel rows.
- (cycling) A line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.
adj
verb
noun
- The state or condition of being smaller, inferior, or subordinate to something or someone else; lesserness.
- Any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority.
- (US) A member of an ethnic minority.
- The state of being a minor; youth, the period of a person's life prior to reaching adulthood.
- (sociology) A group of people seen as distinct who are subordinated and discriminated against in a society.
- (India, euphemistic) A Muslim.
- any age prior to the legal age
- a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part
- being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
adj
noun
adj
adj
noun
verb
adj
noun
verb
- (more generally) To demote; to give a lower position within a hierarchy.
- (military) To strip of rank; demote.
- (linguistics) To inflect into a form that cannot be used in independent declarative clauses.
- To lower or remove an official ranking or accreditation.
- (video games) To lower or remove achievements and skill level.
- To lower the status or importance of
noun
- The property of being subordinate; inferiority of rank or position.
- the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class
- the state of being subordinate to something
- The process of making or classing (something or somebody) as subordinate.
- The quality of being properly obedient to a superior (as a superior officer); this quality as a systemic principle of discipline within a hierarchical organization.
- the quality of obedient submissiveness
- the act of mastering or subordinating someone
- the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head
noun
- a position of relative inferiority
- relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
- protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
- a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view
- a slight amount or degree of difference
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- (figuratively, in the plural) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
- (countable) A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
- (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
- (historical) A candle-shade.
- (countable) A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade.
- A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
- (figuratively) A subtle variation in a concept.
- (countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
- (chiefly literary and fantasy) A ghost or specter; a spirit.
- (countable) A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
- (uncountable, originally LGBTQ slang) Subtle insults.
verb
- represent the effect of shade or shadow on
- protect from light, heat, or view
- vary slightly
- pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree
- cast a shadow over
- (transitive, slang) To throw shade, to subtly insult someone.
- (transitive) To darken, particularly in drawing.
- (intransitive, rare) To shield oneself from light.
- (intransitive, baseball, of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
- To win by a narrow margin.
- (intransitive) To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.
- (transitive) To shield (someone or something) from light.
- (transitive) To alter slightly.
noun
- a male subordinate
- an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
- a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer
- a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
- the generic use of the word to refer to any human being
- a man who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
- any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
- A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing.
- An adult or adolescent male servant. Anyone from a right-hand man (high-ranking assistant) to a low-ranking servant.
- (historical) A vassal; a subject.
- An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
- A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing.
- (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
- A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
- A term of familiar address usually reserved for other adult males. It works both with ones whose name is known and ones whose name is unknown.
- A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
- An adult male human.
- A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.
- A husband.
- (sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
- (military slang) A soldier below the rank of a non-commissioned officer.
- A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
- (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
- (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
- An adult male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a representative, etc.
- A male lover; a boyfriend.
verb
adj
intj
name
pron
noun
- position in a social hierarchy
- The level of one's position in a class-based society.
- the body of members of an organization or group
- relative status
- a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
- the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
- (taxonomy) A level in a scientific taxonomy system.
- (chess) One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number).
- A hierarchical level in an organization such as the military.
- (algebra) The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D).
- (card games) The value of a playing card.
- (typically in the plural) A category of people, such as those who share an occupation or belong to an organisation.
- (mathematics) The size of any basis of a given matroid.
- One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, popularity, or quality.
- (music) In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
- (mathematics) The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor.
- (linear algebra) The maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.
- A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers.
adj
- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
- very offensive in smell or taste
- growing profusely
- conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
- very fertile; producing profuse growth
- Having a very strong, bad taste or odor.
- (intensifier, negative) complete, unmitigated, utter.
verb
- take or have a position relative to others
- assign a rank or rating to
- take precedence or surpass others in rank
- (transitive, US) To take the rank of; to outrank.
- (intransitive) To have a ranking.
- (transitive) To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.
- (transitive) To place abreast or in a line.
noun
- The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.
- (Israel, West Bank, also in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
- (law) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
- (nautical) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
- Access to resources such as hotel rooms and Web-based videos without transfer of the resources' ownership.
- (economics) The practice of providing assistance as economic activity.
- A religious rite or ritual.
- A set of dishes or utensils.
- (business) Synonym of utility (“commodity provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage”).
- (elliptical, uncountable) Work as a member of the military.
- (computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
- The sorb; the fruit of this tree.
- An act of being of assistance to someone.
- (sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
- A musical composition for use in churches.
- Service tree.
- A department in a company, organization, or institution.
- (with the) The military.
- a force that is a branch of the armed forces
- periodic maintenance on a car or machine
- work done by one person or group that benefits another
- a means of serving
- the act of mating by male animals
- employment in or work for another
- the act of public worship following prescribed rules
- a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- an act of help or assistance; something (such as a tool, software or system) used to render said help or assistance
- the performance of duties by a waiter or servant
- (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of their lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to them
- (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
- the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
- tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table
verb
- (transitive) To make a repayment or pay interest (on a debt).
- (transitive) To serve.
- (transitive) To perform maintenance.
- (transitive, military, euphemistic) To attack.
- (public relations, transitive) To supply (media outlets) with press releases etc.
- (transitive, agriculture, euphemistic) To inseminate through sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, vulgar) To perform a sexual act upon.
- mate with
- be used by; as of a utility
- make fit for use
noun
- in a subordinate position
- a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
- A person of low condition or spirit.
- One who serves another, providing help in some manner.
- One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
- (religion) A person who dedicates themselves to God.
noun
adj
- (figurative) Inferior, subordinate.
- Of or relating to the material world (as opposed to clerical, sacred, or spiritual); ephemeral, temporal, worldly.
- (chiefly historical) Situated beneath the moon; specifically, between the moon and the earth.
- In or of this world (as opposed to heaven, etc.); earthly, terrestrial.
- situated between the earth and the moon
- of this earth
noun
noun
- status in a society or organization
- a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset
- a body of troops arranged in a line
- A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
- (military) A formation of troops, ships, aircraft, etc., in diagonal parallel rows.
- (cycling) A line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.
adj
verb
noun
- The state or condition of being smaller, inferior, or subordinate to something or someone else; lesserness.
- Any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority.
- (US) A member of an ethnic minority.
- The state of being a minor; youth, the period of a person's life prior to reaching adulthood.
- (sociology) A group of people seen as distinct who are subordinated and discriminated against in a society.
- (India, euphemistic) A Muslim.
- any age prior to the legal age
- a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part
- being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
adj
noun
adj
verb
- make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
- hold within limits and control
- bring under control by force or authority
- get on top of; deal with successfully
- correct by punishment or discipline
- put down by force or intimidation
- (transitive) To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
- (transitive) To bring (a country) under control by force.
verb
- make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
- rank or order as less important or consider of less value
- (transitive, grammar) To embed (a clause) into another clause that is the main one.
- (transitive, finance) To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
- (transitive) To treat (someone) as of less value or importance.
adj
- Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.
- lower in rank or importance
- subject or submissive to authority or the control of another
- (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
- Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
- Descending in a regular series.
- (grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
noun
verb
adj
noun
verb
- (more generally) To demote; to give a lower position within a hierarchy.
- (military) To strip of rank; demote.
- (linguistics) To inflect into a form that cannot be used in independent declarative clauses.
- To lower or remove an official ranking or accreditation.
- (video games) To lower or remove achievements and skill level.
- To lower the status or importance of
adv
- in or into a state of subordination or subjugation
- below the horizon
- below some quantity or limit
- further down
- down to defeat, death, or ruin
- down below
- through a range downward
- into unconsciousness
- 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
- lower in rank, power, or authority
- located below or beneath something else
- 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.
adj
noun
adj
- (figurative) Inferior, subordinate.
- Of or relating to the material world (as opposed to clerical, sacred, or spiritual); ephemeral, temporal, worldly.
- (chiefly historical) Situated beneath the moon; specifically, between the moon and the earth.
- In or of this world (as opposed to heaven, etc.); earthly, terrestrial.
- situated between the earth and the moon
- of this earth
noun
verb
- make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
- rank or order as less important or consider of less value
- (transitive, grammar) To embed (a clause) into another clause that is the main one.
- (transitive, finance) To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
- (transitive) To treat (someone) as of less value or importance.
adj
- Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.
- lower in rank or importance
- subject or submissive to authority or the control of another
- (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
- Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
- Descending in a regular series.
- (grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
noun
adj
noun
- (Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of vise (“mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping”).
- One who acts in place of a superior.
- A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
- (law) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.
- Bad or immoral behaviour.
- A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
- (law enforcement, slang) Clipping of vice squad.
- (architecture) A winding or spiral staircase.
- a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place
- a specific form of evildoing
- moral weakness
verb
adv
- in or into a state of subordination or subjugation
- below the horizon
- below some quantity or limit
- further down
- down to defeat, death, or ruin
- down below
- through a range downward
- into unconsciousness
- 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
- lower in rank, power, or authority
- located below or beneath something else
- 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.