English words for 'A traffic light.'
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noun
- A traffic light, or (by extension) an intersection controlled by traffic lights.
- an illuminated area
- (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; opposed to shade.
- A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
- (crosswording) The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
- (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
- See lights (“lungs”).
- (by extension) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye or in nearby ranges (infrared or ultraviolet radiation).
- A lightbulb or similar light-emitting device, regardless of whether it is lit.
- (slang) A cigarette lighter.
- A flame or something used to create fire.
- (military, historical) A member of the light cavalry.
- The brightness of the eye or eyes.
- A window in architecture, carriage design, or motor car design: either the opening itself or the window pane of glass that fills it, if any.
- (figurative) Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
- (by extension, less commonly) Electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength.
- A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
- (countable) A source of illumination.
- (physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
- Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
- (Australia, uncountable) A low-alcohol lager.
- The power of perception by vision: eyesight (sightedness; vision).
- A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
- a particular perspective or aspect of a situation
- the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
- the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures
- a person regarded very fondly
- a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
- a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination
- mental understanding as an enlightening experience
- having abundant light or illumination
- a visual warning signal
- (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
- merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
- any device serving as a source of illumination
- public awareness
adj
- Slight, not forceful or intense; small in amount or intensity.
- Gentle; having little force or momentum.
- Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
- Free from burden or impediment; unencumbered.
- Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
- With low viscosity.
- (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
- Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
- Having little or relatively little actual weight; not heavy; not cumbrous or unwieldy.
- (cooking) Not heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.
- (military) Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
- (rail transport, of a locomotive or consist of locomotives) Without any piece of equipment attached or attached only to a caboose.
- Cheerful.
- Easy to endure or perform.
- Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
- (nautical, of a ship) Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.
- Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
- Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads.
- Fast; nimble.
- Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
- Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard, or proper amount; clipped or diminished.
- Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.
- Easily interrupted by stimulation.
- Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
- of comparatively little physical weight or density
- psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles
- marked by temperance in indulgence
- of little intensity or power or force
- easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned
- not great in degree or quantity or number
- moving easily and quickly; nimble
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound
- (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
- designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight
- casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
- weak and likely to lose consciousness
- (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average
- (of sleep) easily disturbed
- silly or trivial
- having relatively few calories
- characterized by or emitting light
- demanding little effort; not burdensome
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- having little importance
- (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency
- of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment
- very thin and insubstantial
adv
verb
- (transitive) To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
- (by extension) To leave; to depart.
- (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
- To find by chance.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
- To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
- (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning.
- To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
- (transitive, pinball) To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.
- (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
- begin to smoke
- introduce light into
- alight from (a horse)
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- start or maintain a fire in
- cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
- to come to rest, settle
noun
noun
- A green light used as a signal.
- (politics, sometimes capitalized) A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
- A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
- Any substance or pigment of a green color.
- (uncountable, slang) Marijuana.
- (snooker) One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
- The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.
- (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Money.
- (British) A public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
- (bowls) The surface upon which bowls is played.
- (chiefly in the plural) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.
- (theater, informal) Ellipsis of green room.
- (golf) A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
- an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party
- an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course
- any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
- green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- street names for ketamine
adj
- (politics, sometimes capitalized) Islamist.
- (film, television, historical) Of film: freshly processed by the laboratory and not yet fully physically hardened.
- Having a status (as correct, ready, or safe) denoted or coded by the color green.
- (figurative) Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; young.
- (particle physics) Having a color charge of green.
- (figurative, of people) Sickly, unwell.
- (Philippines, informal) Having a sexual connotation; indecent; lewd; risqué; obscene; profane.
- (figurative, of people) Naive or unaware of obvious facts.
- (wine) High or too high in acidity.
- Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
- Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
- (figurative) Environmentally friendly.
- (academia) Subject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is only available to read for free after an embargo period.
- Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.
- (politics, sometimes capitalized) Of a green party, environmentalism-oriented.
- Of a green hue.
- (cricket) Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
- (figurative) Inexperienced.
- (figurative, of people) Overcome with envy.
- (metallurgy) Of or pertaining to a part formed from compacted metal powder which has not yet undergone sintering to improve its strength.
- not fully developed or mature; not ripe
- of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass
- naive and easily deceived or tricked
- looking pale and unhealthy
- concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party
- Good for the environment
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verb
noun
- (informal) A red light (a traffic signal)
- (countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
- (countable, informal, UK, birdwatching) A redshank.
- (countable) Any of several varieties of ale which are brewed with red or kilned malt, giving the beer a red colour.
- (countable, snooker) One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
- (derogatory, offensive) An American Indian.
- (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
- (countable and uncountable) Red wine.
- (slang) The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.
- (countable, informal) A red variety of an animal, such as a red kangaroo or a red squirrel.
- (informal) The redfish or red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, a fish with reddish fins and scales.
- (Ireland, UK, beverages, informal) Red lemonade
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) Chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red").
- (slang, uncountable) Tomato ketchup.
- red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
- emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
- the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
adj
- (particle physics) Of a red color charge.
- (of a dog or its coat) Having a brown color.
- (of the skin) Having a redder hue than usual due to embarrassment, anger, sunburn, etc.; flushed.
- (card games, of a card) Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare black (“of the spades or clubs suits”)
- Of a red hue.
- (astronomy) Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
- (chiefly derogatory, offensive) Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations.
- (of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
- (US politics) The U.S. Republican Party.
- Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
- characterized by violence or bloodshed
- (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
- of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
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verb
noun
- A round, red light of the kind that is typically mounted on top of a police car.
- The fruit of the coffee plant, containing the seeds or beans.
- Cherry red.
- The burning tip of a cigarette.
- (cricket, slang) A red cricket ball.
- (graph theory) A subtree consisting of a node with exactly two leaves.
- The wood of a cherry tree.
- (slang) Virginity, especially female virginity as embodied by a hymen.
- (cricket, slang) A reddish mark left on the bat by the impact of the ball.
- Prunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bear cherries.
- A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
- a red fruit with a single hard stone
- wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
- any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood
- a red the color of ripe cherries
adj
noun
- a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections
- (US, Philippines) A traffic control signal, traditionally consisting of three lights, colored green, yellow/amber, and red, meaning proceed, prepare to stop, and stop, respectively.
- a red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop
- A light on the rear of a vehicle that is activated when braking; a brake light.
noun
- a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections
- A colour code using the three signals of a traffic light (green, yellow or amber, and red) as a metaphor.
- A signalling device positioned at a road intersection or pedestrian crossing indicating the moment it is safe to drive, ride or walk, using a universal color code.
- (usually in the plural) A road intersection controlled by one or more such devices.
- (philately) The colored dots on stamp sheet margins printed with offset printing or photogravure methods, used by the printers to check color accuracy.
- (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of four blinkers that are orthogonally equidistant from a central point.
noun
- (countable) A traffic light intended principally to allow pedestrian or other traffic from a lesser roadway to cross a busier roadway.
- (uncountable) Light that results from multiple sources and different directions.
- (uncountable, figurative) Multiple perspectives or points of view.
- (uncountable) Light that comes from the side, causing shadows that can obscure objects of view or create strong contrasts.
- (uncountable, theater) Illumination directed at the performers or subject matter from opposite sides of the set.
- (countable, figurative) One of a number of differing points of view.
verb
noun
- (US) The middle light in a set of three traffic lights, the lighting of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.
- Any of various pierid butterflies of the subfamily Coliadinae, especially the yellow colored species. Compare sulphur.
- The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.
- (pocket billiards) One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally British version of pool that makes use of unnumbered balls (the yellow(s) and red(s)); contrast stripes and solids in the originally American version with numbered balls).
- (snooker) One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
- (sports) A yellow card.
- yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
adj
- (informal) Lacking courage.
- Of a yellow hue.
- (publishing, journalism) Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.
- (chiefly derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Far East Asian (relating to Asian people).
- (chiefly derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, of the skin) Of a hue attributed to Far East Asians, especially the Chinese.
- (UK politics) Related to the Liberal Democrats.
- (politics) Related to the Free Democratic Party, a political party in Germany.
- cowardly or treacherous
- changed to a yellowish color by age
- easily frightened
- affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
- typical of tabloids
- of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
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noun
- A pilot light.
- One who flies a kite.
- A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
- A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
- (Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
- (aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
- Something serving as a test or trial.
- (mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
- An instrument for detecting the compass error.
- (telecommunications, often attributive) A tone or signal, usually a single frequency, transmitted over a communications system for control or synchronization purposes.
- A guide book for maritime navigation.
- A person who knows well the depths, shoals, and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
- (television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
- (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
- (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
- A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
- (Europe, motor racing) A racing driver.
- a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor
- small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
- something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors
- someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
adj
verb
- (transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
- (transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
- (transitive) To guide or conduct (a person) somewhere.
- (rail transport, of a locomotive) To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
- (transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, television show, etc.)
- act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance
- operate an airplane
noun
- A light found at the side of something; especially of a vehicle.
- (by extension) (nautical) Red and green navigation lights indicating each side of a ship for collision avoidance; red on the port (left) and green on the starboard.
- A window found at one or both sides of a door.
- A piece of incidental information that helps one understand a subject.
- light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction; vessels at night carry a red light on the port bow and a green light on the starboard bow
noun
- A traffic cone.
- An ice cream cone.
- The fruit of a conifer.
- (anatomy) Any of the small cone-shaped structures in the retina.
- (topology) A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point.
- A unit of volume, applied solely to marijuana and only while it is in a smokable state; roughly 1.5 cubic centimetres, depending on use.
- (slang, by extension) A passenger on a cruise ship (that needs to be navigated around).
- (slang) A cone-shaped cannabis joint.
- (geometry) A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
- (slang) The process of smoking cannabis in a bong.
- (slang) The bowl piece on a bong.
- A cone-shaped flower head of various plants, such as banksias and proteas.
- (geometry) A solid of revolution formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes.
- A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form.
- (computing theory) A set of formal languages with certain desirable closure properties, in particular those of the regular languages, the context-free languages and the recursively enumerable languages.
- (category theory) An object V together with an arrow going from V to each object of a diagram such that for any arrow A in the diagram, the pair of arrows from V which subtend A also commute with it. (Then V can be said to be the cone’s vertex and the diagram which the cone subtends can be said to be its base.)
- cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
- a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
- a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color
- any cone-shaped artifact
verb
noun
- A traffic cone.
- (electricity) A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.
- (aviation, historical) A starting derrick for an aeroplane.
- (architecture) A tall steel or concrete tower from which cables are strung.
- (ice hockey, derogatory) An ineffective, useless player.
- (American football) An orange marker designating one of the four corners of the end zone in American football.
- A lighting mast; a freestanding support for floodlights.
- (aviation) A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage.
- An obelisk.
- (aviation, historical) A post, tower, etc. as on an aerodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or mark a prescribed course of flight.
- (medicine) A rigid prosthesis for the lower leg.
- A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
- a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines
- a tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race
noun
- (South Africa) A traffic light (from earlier robot policeman).
- A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed.
- (surveying) A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew.
- (now historical) A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour.
- (dance, preceded by definite article) A style of dance popular in disco in which the dancer imitates the stiff movements of a stereotypical android robot.
- (Internet slang, 4chan slang) A habitual poster on the /r9k/ board on 4chan; a member of the /r9k/ community.
- (chiefly science fiction) An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.
- (figuratively) A person who does not seem to have any emotions or individuality.
- (computing) A bot, software designed to perform a task.
- a mechanism that can move automatically
noun
- (British, Australia) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop when safe to do so. See also yellow light.
- A yellow-orange colour.
- (uncountable) Hesitance to proceed, or limited approval to proceed; an amber light.
- A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
- (biology, genetics, biochemistry) The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence.
- a deep yellow color
- a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry
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noun
adj
- Of or relating to fluorescence.
- Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence.
- Vivid, as if fluorescing; neon.
- Emitting visible light as a result of the excitation of phosphors by ultraviolet photons produced by the passage of an electrical current through an inert gas infused with mercury.
- brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light
- emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source
noun
- (slang) A type of stop light (traffic light) set in the middle of the intersection, and not at the sides, corners or above (thus forming a crash hazard). These lights are placed similarly to how traffic police platforms are set dead center of intersections.
- (slang) Synonym of idiot light (“warning light”).
noun
noun
- A localized glow of light.
- A small amount of liquid on a surface.
- Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
- A number of people when considered as a resource.
- (games, uncountable) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game.
- (by extension) Any group of like things.
- (rugby union) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division.
- (law) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
- (rail transport) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
- (fencing) A group of fencers taking part in a competition.
- A set of players in quadrille etc.
- Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
- A supply of resources.
- A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed.
- Ellipsis of swimming pool.
- (sports) A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour or solids, 7 of another color or stripes, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win.
- The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
- In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.
- A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
- (by extension, computing) A set of resources that are kept ready to use.
- something resembling a pool of liquid
- any communal combination of funds
- a small lake
- the combined stakes of the betters
- an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
- a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
- an association of companies for some definite purpose
- an organization of people or resources that can be shared
- any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
verb
- (transitive) To put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of.
- (intransitive, of a liquid) To form a pool.
- (intransitive) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
- join or form a pool of people
- combine into a common fund
verb
- provide with traffic signals
- point out carefully and clearly
- make conspicuous or noteworthy
- communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
- (transitive, chiefly nautical) To communicate with (someone) by means of a signal.
- (transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To furnish (a traffic intersection) with a traffic signal.
- (transitive) To indicate; to be a sign of.
verb
- (transitive) To pass (a traffic light) when it is indicating that one should stop.
- (transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.
- (intransitive, slang) To commit suicide.
- (intransitive, biology, of DNA) To switch locations on chromosomes.
- (transitive) To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.
- (intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
- (transitive, smithwork) To join by a buttweld.
- (transitive) To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
- (transitive, slang) To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
- (transitive) To cause to jump.
- (cycling, intransitive) To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
- (intransitive, programming) To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
- (transitive) To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
- To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
- (transitive) To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
- To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.
- (intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
- (intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- (quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
- (intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
- (intransitive, figurative) To shift one's position or attitude, especially suddenly and significantly.
- rise in rank or status
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- increase suddenly and significantly
- cause to jump or leap
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
- make a sudden physical attack on
- enter eagerly into
- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
- jump down from an elevated point
- be highly noticeable
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
- run off or leave the rails
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- bypass
noun
- (film) Clipping of jump cut.
- (slang) Any abrupt increase; a sudden rise; a hike
- An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
- (mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
- (sports, equestrianism) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
- An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
- (US, informal, automotive) Ellipsis of jump-start.
- (theater) Synonym of one-night stand (“single evening's performance”).
- A jumping move in a board game.
- A kind of loose jacket for men.
- The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
- An effort; an attempt; a venture.
- An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.
- (architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
- An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
- (science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
- (with on) An early start or an advantage.
- (mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
- A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
- (programming) A change of the path of execution to a different location.
- (physics, hydrodynamics) An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.
- a sudden involuntary movement
- descent with a parachute
- an abrupt transition
- a sudden and decisive increase
- the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
- (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
noun
- a red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop
- (transport, automotive) A light on the rear of a vehicle that is activated when braking.
- (transport, automotive) A light on a vehicle's instrument panel indicating a failure or malfunction of the vehicle's brake system.
noun
noun
- light during the daytime
- the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
- Daybreak.
- A clear, open space.
- (countable, photometry) The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
- A light source that simulates daylight.
- The gap between the top of a drinking-glass and the level of drink it is filled with.
- (figurative) Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.
- Exposure to public scrutiny.
- (countable, machinery) The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
- The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days).
- (figurative) Meaningful or noticeable difference or distinction between two things, especially concepts.
- The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
verb
- (architecture) To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows.
- (intransitive) To gain exposure to the open.
- (intransitive) To moonlight (work a second, often illicit job) during the daytime.
- To allow light in, as by opening drapes.
- To expose to daylight
- (landscaping, civil engineering) To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.
noun
- A traffic light, or (by extension) an intersection controlled by traffic lights.
- an illuminated area
- (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; opposed to shade.
- A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
- (crosswording) The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
- (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
- See lights (“lungs”).
- (by extension) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye or in nearby ranges (infrared or ultraviolet radiation).
- A lightbulb or similar light-emitting device, regardless of whether it is lit.
- (slang) A cigarette lighter.
- A flame or something used to create fire.
- (military, historical) A member of the light cavalry.
- The brightness of the eye or eyes.
- A window in architecture, carriage design, or motor car design: either the opening itself or the window pane of glass that fills it, if any.
- (figurative) Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
- (by extension, less commonly) Electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength.
- A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
- (countable) A source of illumination.
- (physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
- Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
- (Australia, uncountable) A low-alcohol lager.
- The power of perception by vision: eyesight (sightedness; vision).
- A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
- a particular perspective or aspect of a situation
- the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
- the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures
- a person regarded very fondly
- a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
- a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination
- mental understanding as an enlightening experience
- having abundant light or illumination
- a visual warning signal
- (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
- merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
- any device serving as a source of illumination
- public awareness
adj
- Slight, not forceful or intense; small in amount or intensity.
- Gentle; having little force or momentum.
- Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
- Free from burden or impediment; unencumbered.
- Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
- With low viscosity.
- (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
- Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
- Having little or relatively little actual weight; not heavy; not cumbrous or unwieldy.
- (cooking) Not heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.
- (military) Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
- (rail transport, of a locomotive or consist of locomotives) Without any piece of equipment attached or attached only to a caboose.
- Cheerful.
- Easy to endure or perform.
- Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
- (nautical, of a ship) Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.
- Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
- Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads.
- Fast; nimble.
- Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
- Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard, or proper amount; clipped or diminished.
- Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.
- Easily interrupted by stimulation.
- Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
- of comparatively little physical weight or density
- psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles
- marked by temperance in indulgence
- of little intensity or power or force
- easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned
- not great in degree or quantity or number
- moving easily and quickly; nimble
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound
- (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
- designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight
- casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
- weak and likely to lose consciousness
- (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average
- (of sleep) easily disturbed
- silly or trivial
- having relatively few calories
- characterized by or emitting light
- demanding little effort; not burdensome
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- having little importance
- (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency
- of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment
- very thin and insubstantial
adv
verb
- (transitive) To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
- (by extension) To leave; to depart.
- (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
- To find by chance.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
- To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
- (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning.
- To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
- (transitive, pinball) To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.
- (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
- begin to smoke
- introduce light into
- alight from (a horse)
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- start or maintain a fire in
- cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
- to come to rest, settle
noun
noun
- A green light used as a signal.
- (politics, sometimes capitalized) A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
- A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
- Any substance or pigment of a green color.
- (uncountable, slang) Marijuana.
- (snooker) One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
- The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.
- (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Money.
- (British) A public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
- (bowls) The surface upon which bowls is played.
- (chiefly in the plural) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.
- (theater, informal) Ellipsis of green room.
- (golf) A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
- an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party
- an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course
- any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
- green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- street names for ketamine
adj
- (politics, sometimes capitalized) Islamist.
- (film, television, historical) Of film: freshly processed by the laboratory and not yet fully physically hardened.
- Having a status (as correct, ready, or safe) denoted or coded by the color green.
- (figurative) Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; young.
- (particle physics) Having a color charge of green.
- (figurative, of people) Sickly, unwell.
- (Philippines, informal) Having a sexual connotation; indecent; lewd; risqué; obscene; profane.
- (figurative, of people) Naive or unaware of obvious facts.
- (wine) High or too high in acidity.
- Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
- Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
- (figurative) Environmentally friendly.
- (academia) Subject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is only available to read for free after an embargo period.
- Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.
- (politics, sometimes capitalized) Of a green party, environmentalism-oriented.
- Of a green hue.
- (cricket) Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
- (figurative) Inexperienced.
- (figurative, of people) Overcome with envy.
- (metallurgy) Of or pertaining to a part formed from compacted metal powder which has not yet undergone sintering to improve its strength.
- not fully developed or mature; not ripe
- of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass
- naive and easily deceived or tricked
- looking pale and unhealthy
- concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party
- Good for the environment
intj
verb
noun
- (informal) A red light (a traffic signal)
- (countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
- (countable, informal, UK, birdwatching) A redshank.
- (countable) Any of several varieties of ale which are brewed with red or kilned malt, giving the beer a red colour.
- (countable, snooker) One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
- (derogatory, offensive) An American Indian.
- (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
- (countable and uncountable) Red wine.
- (slang) The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.
- (countable, informal) A red variety of an animal, such as a red kangaroo or a red squirrel.
- (informal) The redfish or red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, a fish with reddish fins and scales.
- (Ireland, UK, beverages, informal) Red lemonade
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) Chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red").
- (slang, uncountable) Tomato ketchup.
- red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
- emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
- the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
adj
- (particle physics) Of a red color charge.
- (of a dog or its coat) Having a brown color.
- (of the skin) Having a redder hue than usual due to embarrassment, anger, sunburn, etc.; flushed.
- (card games, of a card) Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare black (“of the spades or clubs suits”)
- Of a red hue.
- (astronomy) Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
- (chiefly derogatory, offensive) Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations.
- (of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
- (US politics) The U.S. Republican Party.
- Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
- characterized by violence or bloodshed
- (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
- of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
intj
verb
noun
- A round, red light of the kind that is typically mounted on top of a police car.
- The fruit of the coffee plant, containing the seeds or beans.
- Cherry red.
- The burning tip of a cigarette.
- (cricket, slang) A red cricket ball.
- (graph theory) A subtree consisting of a node with exactly two leaves.
- The wood of a cherry tree.
- (slang) Virginity, especially female virginity as embodied by a hymen.
- (cricket, slang) A reddish mark left on the bat by the impact of the ball.
- Prunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bear cherries.
- A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
- a red fruit with a single hard stone
- wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
- any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood
- a red the color of ripe cherries
adj
noun
- a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections
- (US, Philippines) A traffic control signal, traditionally consisting of three lights, colored green, yellow/amber, and red, meaning proceed, prepare to stop, and stop, respectively.
- a red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop
- A light on the rear of a vehicle that is activated when braking; a brake light.
noun
- a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections
- A colour code using the three signals of a traffic light (green, yellow or amber, and red) as a metaphor.
- A signalling device positioned at a road intersection or pedestrian crossing indicating the moment it is safe to drive, ride or walk, using a universal color code.
- (usually in the plural) A road intersection controlled by one or more such devices.
- (philately) The colored dots on stamp sheet margins printed with offset printing or photogravure methods, used by the printers to check color accuracy.
- (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of four blinkers that are orthogonally equidistant from a central point.
noun
- (countable) A traffic light intended principally to allow pedestrian or other traffic from a lesser roadway to cross a busier roadway.
- (uncountable) Light that results from multiple sources and different directions.
- (uncountable, figurative) Multiple perspectives or points of view.
- (uncountable) Light that comes from the side, causing shadows that can obscure objects of view or create strong contrasts.
- (uncountable, theater) Illumination directed at the performers or subject matter from opposite sides of the set.
- (countable, figurative) One of a number of differing points of view.
verb
noun
- (US) The middle light in a set of three traffic lights, the lighting of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.
- Any of various pierid butterflies of the subfamily Coliadinae, especially the yellow colored species. Compare sulphur.
- The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.
- (pocket billiards) One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally British version of pool that makes use of unnumbered balls (the yellow(s) and red(s)); contrast stripes and solids in the originally American version with numbered balls).
- (snooker) One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
- (sports) A yellow card.
- yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
adj
- (informal) Lacking courage.
- Of a yellow hue.
- (publishing, journalism) Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.
- (chiefly derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Far East Asian (relating to Asian people).
- (chiefly derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, of the skin) Of a hue attributed to Far East Asians, especially the Chinese.
- (UK politics) Related to the Liberal Democrats.
- (politics) Related to the Free Democratic Party, a political party in Germany.
- cowardly or treacherous
- changed to a yellowish color by age
- easily frightened
- affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
- typical of tabloids
- of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
intj
verb
noun
- A pilot light.
- One who flies a kite.
- A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
- A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
- (Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
- (aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
- Something serving as a test or trial.
- (mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
- An instrument for detecting the compass error.
- (telecommunications, often attributive) A tone or signal, usually a single frequency, transmitted over a communications system for control or synchronization purposes.
- A guide book for maritime navigation.
- A person who knows well the depths, shoals, and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
- (television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
- (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
- (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
- A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
- (Europe, motor racing) A racing driver.
- a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor
- small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
- something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors
- someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
adj
verb
- (transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
- (transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
- (transitive) To guide or conduct (a person) somewhere.
- (rail transport, of a locomotive) To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
- (transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, television show, etc.)
- act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance
- operate an airplane
noun
- A light found at the side of something; especially of a vehicle.
- (by extension) (nautical) Red and green navigation lights indicating each side of a ship for collision avoidance; red on the port (left) and green on the starboard.
- A window found at one or both sides of a door.
- A piece of incidental information that helps one understand a subject.
- light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction; vessels at night carry a red light on the port bow and a green light on the starboard bow
noun
- A traffic cone.
- An ice cream cone.
- The fruit of a conifer.
- (anatomy) Any of the small cone-shaped structures in the retina.
- (topology) A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point.
- A unit of volume, applied solely to marijuana and only while it is in a smokable state; roughly 1.5 cubic centimetres, depending on use.
- (slang, by extension) A passenger on a cruise ship (that needs to be navigated around).
- (slang) A cone-shaped cannabis joint.
- (geometry) A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
- (slang) The process of smoking cannabis in a bong.
- (slang) The bowl piece on a bong.
- A cone-shaped flower head of various plants, such as banksias and proteas.
- (geometry) A solid of revolution formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes.
- A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form.
- (computing theory) A set of formal languages with certain desirable closure properties, in particular those of the regular languages, the context-free languages and the recursively enumerable languages.
- (category theory) An object V together with an arrow going from V to each object of a diagram such that for any arrow A in the diagram, the pair of arrows from V which subtend A also commute with it. (Then V can be said to be the cone’s vertex and the diagram which the cone subtends can be said to be its base.)
- cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
- a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
- a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color
- any cone-shaped artifact
verb
noun
- A traffic cone.
- (electricity) A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.
- (aviation, historical) A starting derrick for an aeroplane.
- (architecture) A tall steel or concrete tower from which cables are strung.
- (ice hockey, derogatory) An ineffective, useless player.
- (American football) An orange marker designating one of the four corners of the end zone in American football.
- A lighting mast; a freestanding support for floodlights.
- (aviation) A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage.
- An obelisk.
- (aviation, historical) A post, tower, etc. as on an aerodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or mark a prescribed course of flight.
- (medicine) A rigid prosthesis for the lower leg.
- A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
- a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines
- a tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race
noun
- (South Africa) A traffic light (from earlier robot policeman).
- A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed.
- (surveying) A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew.
- (now historical) A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour.
- (dance, preceded by definite article) A style of dance popular in disco in which the dancer imitates the stiff movements of a stereotypical android robot.
- (Internet slang, 4chan slang) A habitual poster on the /r9k/ board on 4chan; a member of the /r9k/ community.
- (chiefly science fiction) An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.
- (figuratively) A person who does not seem to have any emotions or individuality.
- (computing) A bot, software designed to perform a task.
- a mechanism that can move automatically
noun
- (British, Australia) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop when safe to do so. See also yellow light.
- A yellow-orange colour.
- (uncountable) Hesitance to proceed, or limited approval to proceed; an amber light.
- A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
- (biology, genetics, biochemistry) The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence.
- a deep yellow color
- a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry
adj
verb
noun
adj
- Of or relating to fluorescence.
- Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence.
- Vivid, as if fluorescing; neon.
- Emitting visible light as a result of the excitation of phosphors by ultraviolet photons produced by the passage of an electrical current through an inert gas infused with mercury.
- brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light
- emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source
noun
- (slang) A type of stop light (traffic light) set in the middle of the intersection, and not at the sides, corners or above (thus forming a crash hazard). These lights are placed similarly to how traffic police platforms are set dead center of intersections.
- (slang) Synonym of idiot light (“warning light”).
noun
noun
- A localized glow of light.
- A small amount of liquid on a surface.
- Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
- A number of people when considered as a resource.
- (games, uncountable) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game.
- (by extension) Any group of like things.
- (rugby union) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division.
- (law) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
- (rail transport) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
- (fencing) A group of fencers taking part in a competition.
- A set of players in quadrille etc.
- Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
- A supply of resources.
- A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed.
- Ellipsis of swimming pool.
- (sports) A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour or solids, 7 of another color or stripes, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win.
- The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
- In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.
- A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
- (by extension, computing) A set of resources that are kept ready to use.
- something resembling a pool of liquid
- any communal combination of funds
- a small lake
- the combined stakes of the betters
- an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
- a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
- an association of companies for some definite purpose
- an organization of people or resources that can be shared
- any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
verb
- (transitive) To put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of.
- (intransitive, of a liquid) To form a pool.
- (intransitive) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
- join or form a pool of people
- combine into a common fund
noun
- a red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop
- (transport, automotive) A light on the rear of a vehicle that is activated when braking.
- (transport, automotive) A light on a vehicle's instrument panel indicating a failure or malfunction of the vehicle's brake system.
noun
noun
- light during the daytime
- the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
- Daybreak.
- A clear, open space.
- (countable, photometry) The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
- A light source that simulates daylight.
- The gap between the top of a drinking-glass and the level of drink it is filled with.
- (figurative) Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.
- Exposure to public scrutiny.
- (countable, machinery) The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
- The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days).
- (figurative) Meaningful or noticeable difference or distinction between two things, especially concepts.
- The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
verb
- (architecture) To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows.
- (intransitive) To gain exposure to the open.
- (intransitive) To moonlight (work a second, often illicit job) during the daytime.
- To allow light in, as by opening drapes.
- To expose to daylight
- (landscaping, civil engineering) To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.
verb
- provide with traffic signals
- point out carefully and clearly
- make conspicuous or noteworthy
- communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
- (transitive, chiefly nautical) To communicate with (someone) by means of a signal.
- (transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To furnish (a traffic intersection) with a traffic signal.
- (transitive) To indicate; to be a sign of.
verb
- (transitive) To pass (a traffic light) when it is indicating that one should stop.
- (transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.
- (intransitive, slang) To commit suicide.
- (intransitive, biology, of DNA) To switch locations on chromosomes.
- (transitive) To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.
- (intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
- (transitive, smithwork) To join by a buttweld.
- (transitive) To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
- (transitive, slang) To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
- (transitive) To cause to jump.
- (cycling, intransitive) To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
- (intransitive, programming) To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
- (transitive) To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
- To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
- (transitive) To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
- To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.
- (intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
- (intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- (quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
- (intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
- (intransitive, figurative) To shift one's position or attitude, especially suddenly and significantly.
- rise in rank or status
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- increase suddenly and significantly
- cause to jump or leap
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
- make a sudden physical attack on
- enter eagerly into
- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
- jump down from an elevated point
- be highly noticeable
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
- run off or leave the rails
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- bypass
noun
- (film) Clipping of jump cut.
- (slang) Any abrupt increase; a sudden rise; a hike
- An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
- (mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
- (sports, equestrianism) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
- An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
- (US, informal, automotive) Ellipsis of jump-start.
- (theater) Synonym of one-night stand (“single evening's performance”).
- A jumping move in a board game.
- A kind of loose jacket for men.
- The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
- An effort; an attempt; a venture.
- An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.
- (architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
- An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
- (science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
- (with on) An early start or an advantage.
- (mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
- A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
- (programming) A change of the path of execution to a different location.
- (physics, hydrodynamics) An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.
- a sudden involuntary movement
- descent with a parachute
- an abrupt transition
- a sudden and decisive increase
- the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
- (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another