English words for 'Agitated; worked up.'
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verb
noun
- a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
- a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
- a substance capable of bringing about fermentation
- A catalyst.
- A state of agitation or of turbulent change.
- Something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation.
- A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.
adj
- (slang) Pumped up; excited.
- (slang, bodybuilding) Pumped up; having muscles in an engorged state following exercise.
- (climbing) Very tired, especially when too fatigued to grip handholds well.
- (not comparable) Wearing pumps (the type of shoe).
- tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline
verb
adj
verb
noun
- the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
- the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland
- something that agitates and arouses
- (physics) A transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule to an excited state by the absorption of a quantum of energy; the opposite of relaxation.
- (physiology) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation.
- The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
- The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
noun
- the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
- the act of setting something on fire
- arousal to violent emotion
- a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
- (pathology) A condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.
- The state of being inflamed.
adj
- Powerful; energetic.
- Changing; active; in motion.
- (computing) Happening at runtime instead of being predetermined at compile time.
- Able to change and adapt.
- (grammar) Of a verb: not stative, but fientive; indicating continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
- (music) Having to do with the volume of sound.
- Pertaining to dynamics, the branch of mechanics concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.
- of or relating to dynamics
- characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality
- (used of verbs (e.g. ‘to run’) and participial adjectives (e.g. ‘running’ in ‘running water’)) expressing action rather than a state of being
noun
- (physics) A moving force.
- (grammar) A verb that indicates continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
- (music) A symbol in a musical score that indicates the desired level of volume.
- (music) The varying loudness or volume of a song or the markings that indicate the loudness.
- A characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior.
- an efficient incentive
adj
verb
adj
noun
- the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
- hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
- The action of the verb to drive in any sense.
- In particular, the action of operating a motor vehicle.
- (golf) The act of driving the ball; hitting the ball a long distance, especially from the tee to the putting green.
verb
verb
- erect or fluff up
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- (transitive) To make something fluffy.
- (transitive, slang) To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming.
- (informal, transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one's lines.
- (transitive, slang, by extension) To bring to a state of excitement.
- (intransitive) To move lightly like fluff.
- (intransitive) To become fluffy, puff up.
- (informal, transitive) To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.
- (intransitive, Australia, euphemistic) To break wind, to fart.
noun
- something of little value or significance
- any light downy material
- a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
- (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, euphemistic) A fart.
- (New England) Marshmallow creme.
- (informal, slang) A cloth diaper.
- Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
- (fandom slang) Fan fiction, or part of a fan fiction, which is sweet and feel-good in tone, usually involving romance.
- Anything inconsequential or superficial.
- (informal) A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.
- (UK, roleplaying games) A form of roleplaying which is inconsequential and not related to the plot; often used in the context of (but not limited to) filling time.
- (LGBTQ) A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
verb
- erect or fluff up
- disturb the smoothness of
- pleat or gather into a ruffle
- mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- twitch or flutter
- trouble or vex
- discompose
- to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
- To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
- (intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
- (intransitive) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
- (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
- To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
- (intransitive) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
- To throw together in a disorderly manner.
- (military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
- (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
noun
- a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
- a noisy fight
- a high tight collar
- Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
- Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
- (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
- (zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
adj
- Being made more intense.
- Done with intensity or to a great degree; thorough.
- (agriculture, economics) Of agriculture: increasing the productivity of an area of land.
- Of or pertaining to innate or internal intensity or strength rather than outward extent.
- Chiefly suffixed to a noun: using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something; demanding.
- Involving much activity in a short period of time; highly concentrated.
- (linguistics) Of a word: serving to give emphasis or force.
- (medicine) Chiefly in intensive care: of care or treatment: involving a great degree of life support, monitoring, and other forms of effort in order to manage life-threatening conditions.
- characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form
- tending to give force or emphasis
- of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor
noun
- (education) A course taught intensively, involving much activity in a short period of time.
- A thing which makes something more intense; specifically (linguistics), a form of a word with a more forceful or stronger sense than the root on which it is built.
- a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
adj
- Vigorous and energetic.
- vigorously energetic or forceful
- (weaponry) Of a weapon, of a caliber or power that exceeds the typical threshold.
- (optics) Of an instrument, capable of great magnification.
- Possessing great physical or political power.
- (used of microscopes) capable of a high degree of magnification
verb
prep_phrase
adv
adj
noun
adj
- vigorously energetic or forceful
- providing a relatively large amount of energy upon undergoing a chemical reaction
- of or relating to elementary particles having energies of hundreds of thousands of electron volts
- (chemistry) Producing a large amount of energy when reacting.
- (physics, of an elementary particle, or the equivalent electromagnetic radiation) Having an energy greater than 100,000 electron volts.
- Vigorous, energetic, or dynamic.
adj
- vigorously energetic or forceful
- used of gasoline; having a high octane number
- (figuratively, by extension) High-powered, energetic, forceful or dynamic.
- (automotive, engineering) Of fuel, having a high octane number, good antiknock characteristics; used in high-performance vehicles.
- (figuratively) Of a drink, highly intoxicating or caffeinated.
adj
- Dynamic, energetic.
- That lives.
- (grammar, of a noun or pronoun) having a referent that is considered alive (this generally includes humans, animals and deities, sometimes also plants, spirits, etc.)
- Possessing the quality or ability of motion.
- (grammar) Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.
- endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
- endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life
- belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings
verb
verb
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To suddenly become more active.
- (intransitive, US, idiomatic, colloquial, euphemistic) To die or quit permanently.
- (intransitive, UK, idiomatic, colloquial) To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight; to behave aggressively.
- (transitive, US, idiomatic, ranching, slang) To force the weaning of a bovine cow's calf by restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders, whether by literally kicking it away or another method.
- (transitive) To dismiss; to expel; to remove from a position.
- (ambitransitive) To make the first kick in a game or part of a game.
- (ambitransitive, idiomatic) To start; to launch; to set in motion.
- (intransitive, US, idiomatic) To shut down or turn off suddenly.
- (intransitive, UK, idiomatic, colloquial, impersonal) To have a fight or argument start; to fight or argue.
- commence officially
verb
- agitate
- throw carelessly
- move or stir about violently
- throw or cast away
- lightly throw to see which side comes up
- throw or toss with a light motion
- To subject to trials; to harass.
- (rowing) To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
- To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
- To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
- (slang, usually as "toss one's cookies") To vomit.
- (transitive, informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
- (intransitive) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
- (UK, slang) To masturbate.
- To throw with an initial upward direction.
- (UK, slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.
- To stir or mix (a salad).
- (intransitive) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
- (informal, transitive) To discard; to throw away.
- To agitate; to make restless.
noun
- the act of flipping a coin
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- an abrupt movement
- (UK, slang, uncountable) Nonsense; drivel.
- A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
- (UK, vulgar) An act of masturbation.
- (British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.
- (British slang, chiefly in the negative) Concern or consideration.
- A haughty throwing up of the head.
- (cricket, soccer) The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
- (broadcasting) A handover from one presenter to another, announced by the first presenter.
- (Billingsgate Fish Market slang) A measure of sprats.
adj
- getting higher or more vigorous
- out of bed
- (used of computers) operating properly
- extending or moving toward a higher place
- open
- being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
- used up
- (usually followed by ‘on’ or ‘for’) in readiness
- (US, bartending) Chilled and served without ice; (often specifically) shaken with ice and then strained into a coupe for serving, leaving the ice behind.
- Awake and out of bed.
- (horse-racing) Riding the horse; mounted.
- (of the sun or moon) Above the horizon, in the sky.
- (computing) Functional; working.
- (usually in the phrase up for) Willing; ready.
- Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
- Next in a sequence.
- Facing upwards.
- Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
- Ahead; leading; winning.
- (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
- Raised; lifted.
- Aloft.
- (slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned
- In a good mood.
- (of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
- Well-informed; current.
- Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
- Built, constructed.
- (slang) Erect.
- On or at a physically higher level.
- (predicative only) Finished, to an end
- (by extension) Available to view or use; made public; posted.
- (predicative only) Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
- Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
- Standing; upright.
adv
- to a more central or a more northerly place
- spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
- to a higher intensity
- to a later time
- nearer to the speaker
- Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
- (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
- (figuratively) To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
- To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
- (rail transport) Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
- To one's possession or consideration.
- To the north (as north is at the top of typical maps).
- To an upright or erect position.
- (sailing) Against the wind or current.
- (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
- Towards the source of a river, against the direction of flow.
- To or towards what is considered the top of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically higher.
- Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
- From one's possession or consideration.
- Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
- (US, bartending) Without additional ice.
- To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
verb
- raise
- (computing, slang, transitive) To upload.
- (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
- (intransitive, often in combination with another verb) To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
- (transitive, colloquial) To increase the level or amount of.
- (transitive, poetic or in certain phrases) To physically raise or lift.
noun
prep
- (vulgar slang) Of a person: having sex with.
- Toward the top of.
- From south to north of.
- From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
- Further along (in any direction).
- (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).
- Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
verb
- become more intense
- make deeper
- become deeper in tone
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked
- (transitive) To make more sound or heavy.
- (intransitive) To become deeper
- (transitive) To make lower in tone
- (intransitive) To become more sound or heavy.
- (intransitive) To become darker or more intense
- (transitive) To make deep or deeper
- (intransitive) To become lower in tone
- (transitive) To make more intimate.
- (intransitive) To become more intimate.
- (intransitive) To become more thorough or extensive.
- (transitive) To make more thorough or extensive.
- (transitive) To make darker or more intense; to darken
- (transitive) To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree
verb
- become more intense
- increase in extent or intensity
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked
- make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
- (intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
- (transitive) To render more intense.
adj
verb
noun
- the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
- the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland
- something that agitates and arouses
- (physics) A transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule to an excited state by the absorption of a quantum of energy; the opposite of relaxation.
- (physiology) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation.
- The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
- The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
noun
- the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
- the act of setting something on fire
- arousal to violent emotion
- a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
- (pathology) A condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.
- The state of being inflamed.
verb
noun
- a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
- a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
- a substance capable of bringing about fermentation
- A catalyst.
- A state of agitation or of turbulent change.
- Something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation.
- A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.
verb
- erect or fluff up
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- (transitive) To make something fluffy.
- (transitive, slang) To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming.
- (informal, transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one's lines.
- (transitive, slang, by extension) To bring to a state of excitement.
- (intransitive) To move lightly like fluff.
- (intransitive) To become fluffy, puff up.
- (informal, transitive) To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.
- (intransitive, Australia, euphemistic) To break wind, to fart.
noun
- something of little value or significance
- any light downy material
- a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
- (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, euphemistic) A fart.
- (New England) Marshmallow creme.
- (informal, slang) A cloth diaper.
- Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
- (fandom slang) Fan fiction, or part of a fan fiction, which is sweet and feel-good in tone, usually involving romance.
- Anything inconsequential or superficial.
- (informal) A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.
- (UK, roleplaying games) A form of roleplaying which is inconsequential and not related to the plot; often used in the context of (but not limited to) filling time.
- (LGBTQ) A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
verb
- erect or fluff up
- disturb the smoothness of
- pleat or gather into a ruffle
- mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- twitch or flutter
- trouble or vex
- discompose
- to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
- To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
- (intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
- (intransitive) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
- (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
- To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
- (intransitive) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
- To throw together in a disorderly manner.
- (military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
- (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
noun
- a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
- a noisy fight
- a high tight collar
- Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
- Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
- (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
- (zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
verb
verb
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To suddenly become more active.
- (intransitive, US, idiomatic, colloquial, euphemistic) To die or quit permanently.
- (intransitive, UK, idiomatic, colloquial) To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight; to behave aggressively.
- (transitive, US, idiomatic, ranching, slang) To force the weaning of a bovine cow's calf by restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders, whether by literally kicking it away or another method.
- (transitive) To dismiss; to expel; to remove from a position.
- (ambitransitive) To make the first kick in a game or part of a game.
- (ambitransitive, idiomatic) To start; to launch; to set in motion.
- (intransitive, US, idiomatic) To shut down or turn off suddenly.
- (intransitive, UK, idiomatic, colloquial, impersonal) To have a fight or argument start; to fight or argue.
- commence officially
verb
- agitate
- throw carelessly
- move or stir about violently
- throw or cast away
- lightly throw to see which side comes up
- throw or toss with a light motion
- To subject to trials; to harass.
- (rowing) To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
- To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
- To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
- (slang, usually as "toss one's cookies") To vomit.
- (transitive, informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
- (intransitive) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
- (UK, slang) To masturbate.
- To throw with an initial upward direction.
- (UK, slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.
- To stir or mix (a salad).
- (intransitive) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
- (informal, transitive) To discard; to throw away.
- To agitate; to make restless.
noun
- the act of flipping a coin
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- an abrupt movement
- (UK, slang, uncountable) Nonsense; drivel.
- A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
- (UK, vulgar) An act of masturbation.
- (British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.
- (British slang, chiefly in the negative) Concern or consideration.
- A haughty throwing up of the head.
- (cricket, soccer) The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
- (broadcasting) A handover from one presenter to another, announced by the first presenter.
- (Billingsgate Fish Market slang) A measure of sprats.
verb
- become more intense
- make deeper
- become deeper in tone
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked
- (transitive) To make more sound or heavy.
- (intransitive) To become deeper
- (transitive) To make lower in tone
- (intransitive) To become more sound or heavy.
- (intransitive) To become darker or more intense
- (transitive) To make deep or deeper
- (intransitive) To become lower in tone
- (transitive) To make more intimate.
- (intransitive) To become more intimate.
- (intransitive) To become more thorough or extensive.
- (transitive) To make more thorough or extensive.
- (transitive) To make darker or more intense; to darken
- (transitive) To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree
verb
- become more intense
- increase in extent or intensity
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked
- make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
- (intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
- (transitive) To render more intense.
adv
adj
noun
adj
- (slang) Pumped up; excited.
- (slang, bodybuilding) Pumped up; having muscles in an engorged state following exercise.
- (climbing) Very tired, especially when too fatigued to grip handholds well.
- (not comparable) Wearing pumps (the type of shoe).
- tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline
verb
adj
verb
adj
- Powerful; energetic.
- Changing; active; in motion.
- (computing) Happening at runtime instead of being predetermined at compile time.
- Able to change and adapt.
- (grammar) Of a verb: not stative, but fientive; indicating continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
- (music) Having to do with the volume of sound.
- Pertaining to dynamics, the branch of mechanics concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.
- of or relating to dynamics
- characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality
- (used of verbs (e.g. ‘to run’) and participial adjectives (e.g. ‘running’ in ‘running water’)) expressing action rather than a state of being
noun
- (physics) A moving force.
- (grammar) A verb that indicates continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
- (music) A symbol in a musical score that indicates the desired level of volume.
- (music) The varying loudness or volume of a song or the markings that indicate the loudness.
- A characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior.
- an efficient incentive
adj
verb
adj
noun
- the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
- hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
- The action of the verb to drive in any sense.
- In particular, the action of operating a motor vehicle.
- (golf) The act of driving the ball; hitting the ball a long distance, especially from the tee to the putting green.
verb
adj
- Being made more intense.
- Done with intensity or to a great degree; thorough.
- (agriculture, economics) Of agriculture: increasing the productivity of an area of land.
- Of or pertaining to innate or internal intensity or strength rather than outward extent.
- Chiefly suffixed to a noun: using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something; demanding.
- Involving much activity in a short period of time; highly concentrated.
- (linguistics) Of a word: serving to give emphasis or force.
- (medicine) Chiefly in intensive care: of care or treatment: involving a great degree of life support, monitoring, and other forms of effort in order to manage life-threatening conditions.
- characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form
- tending to give force or emphasis
- of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor
noun
- (education) A course taught intensively, involving much activity in a short period of time.
- A thing which makes something more intense; specifically (linguistics), a form of a word with a more forceful or stronger sense than the root on which it is built.
- a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
adj
- Vigorous and energetic.
- vigorously energetic or forceful
- (weaponry) Of a weapon, of a caliber or power that exceeds the typical threshold.
- (optics) Of an instrument, capable of great magnification.
- Possessing great physical or political power.
- (used of microscopes) capable of a high degree of magnification
adj
- vigorously energetic or forceful
- providing a relatively large amount of energy upon undergoing a chemical reaction
- of or relating to elementary particles having energies of hundreds of thousands of electron volts
- (chemistry) Producing a large amount of energy when reacting.
- (physics, of an elementary particle, or the equivalent electromagnetic radiation) Having an energy greater than 100,000 electron volts.
- Vigorous, energetic, or dynamic.
adj
- vigorously energetic or forceful
- used of gasoline; having a high octane number
- (figuratively, by extension) High-powered, energetic, forceful or dynamic.
- (automotive, engineering) Of fuel, having a high octane number, good antiknock characteristics; used in high-performance vehicles.
- (figuratively) Of a drink, highly intoxicating or caffeinated.
adj
- Dynamic, energetic.
- That lives.
- (grammar, of a noun or pronoun) having a referent that is considered alive (this generally includes humans, animals and deities, sometimes also plants, spirits, etc.)
- Possessing the quality or ability of motion.
- (grammar) Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.
- endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
- endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life
- belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings
verb
adj
- getting higher or more vigorous
- out of bed
- (used of computers) operating properly
- extending or moving toward a higher place
- open
- being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
- used up
- (usually followed by ‘on’ or ‘for’) in readiness
- (US, bartending) Chilled and served without ice; (often specifically) shaken with ice and then strained into a coupe for serving, leaving the ice behind.
- Awake and out of bed.
- (horse-racing) Riding the horse; mounted.
- (of the sun or moon) Above the horizon, in the sky.
- (computing) Functional; working.
- (usually in the phrase up for) Willing; ready.
- Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
- Next in a sequence.
- Facing upwards.
- Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
- Ahead; leading; winning.
- (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
- Raised; lifted.
- Aloft.
- (slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned
- In a good mood.
- (of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
- Well-informed; current.
- Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
- Built, constructed.
- (slang) Erect.
- On or at a physically higher level.
- (predicative only) Finished, to an end
- (by extension) Available to view or use; made public; posted.
- (predicative only) Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
- Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
- Standing; upright.
adv
- to a more central or a more northerly place
- spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
- to a higher intensity
- to a later time
- nearer to the speaker
- Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
- (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
- (figuratively) To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
- To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
- (rail transport) Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
- To one's possession or consideration.
- To the north (as north is at the top of typical maps).
- To an upright or erect position.
- (sailing) Against the wind or current.
- (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
- Towards the source of a river, against the direction of flow.
- To or towards what is considered the top of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically higher.
- Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
- From one's possession or consideration.
- Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
- (US, bartending) Without additional ice.
- To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
verb
- raise
- (computing, slang, transitive) To upload.
- (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
- (intransitive, often in combination with another verb) To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
- (transitive, colloquial) To increase the level or amount of.
- (transitive, poetic or in certain phrases) To physically raise or lift.
noun
prep
- (vulgar slang) Of a person: having sex with.
- Toward the top of.
- From south to north of.
- From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
- Further along (in any direction).
- (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).
- Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.