English words for 'Alternative form of Watergate.'
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verb
name
noun
- A water gate or floodgate.
- An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
- Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply.
- (linguistics) An instance of wh-stranding ellipsis, or sluicing.
- (mining) A long box or trough through which water flows, used for washing auriferous earth.
- The stream flowing through a floodgate.
- conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
verb
- (linguistics) To elide the complement in a coordinated wh-question. See sluicing.
- (transitive, rare) To emit by, or as by, flood gates.
- (transitive, more generally) To wash (down or out).
- (transitive) To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice.
- (transitive) To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice
- (intransitive) To flow, pour.
- irrigate with water from a sluice
- draw through a sluice
- transport in or send down a sluice
- pour as if from a sluice
noun
- A floodgate; a sluice gate.
- (Scotland) A bedstead.
- (nautical) An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
- (figurative) Development; disclosure; discovery.
- (informal) A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper).
- (slang) A gullet.
- An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.
- A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
- (often as mayfly hatch) The phenomenon, lasting 1–2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location to mate, having reached maturity.
- A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
- (mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
- A trapdoor.
- The act of hatching.
- (poultry) A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.
- A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
- shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
- a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open
- a movable barrier covering a hatchway
- the production of young from an egg
verb
- (intransitive, of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
- (transitive) To close with a hatch or hatches.
- (intransitive, of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
- (transitive) To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (crosshatch).
- (transitive) To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
- (transitive) To devise (a plot or scheme).
- devise or invent
- draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper
- inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
- emerge from the eggs
- sit on (eggs)
noun
name
- (US politics) The three battleground states that were dislodged from the 1992-2012 group in 2016: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin.
- (UK politics) A group of Conservative-leaning parliamentary constituencies that are seen as shifting away from the party.
- (US politics) A group of states known for consistently voting Democratic in presidential elections from 1992 through 2012.
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adv
name
- (US politics) Initialism of Office of Special Investigations.
- (software, organisation) Initialism of Open Source Initiative.
- (networking) Initialism of Open Systems Interconnection, an International Standard ISO/IEC 7894:1994(E) subtitled Basic Reference Model, containing a formal description of an idealized computer network architecture.
- (aviation, travel industry) Initialism of Other Supplementary Information, a message sent to an airline by an agent, in a standardised format, advising relevant information such as being a VIP, language difficulty, or passport information.
verb
- (nautical) To admit water by leakage.
- To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
- To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
- To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
- To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
- fill or place a load on
- remove with or as if with a ladle
noun
noun
verb
- (transitive) To check or stop, or deter (an action).
- To make (a building or other structure) watertight or weatherproof.
- To stop the flow of (blood); also, to stop (a wound) from bleeding.
- (transitive, poetic, otherwise archaic) To stop the flow of (water or some other liquid).
- (intransitive, also reflexive) Of bleeding: to stop.
- To stop the progression of (an illness); also, to alleviate (pain); often followed by of: to relieve (someone's) pain.
- stop the flow of a liquid
noun
- (uncountable) The state of being implicated.
- (countable, uncountable) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
- (countable, logic) The connective in propositional calculus that, when joining two predicates A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true".
- (uncountable) The act of implicating.
- (countable) A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action.
- Logical consequence.
- a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
- something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
- a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form ‘if p then q’; if p is true then q cannot be false
- an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
- a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
verb
noun
- A great flood or rain.
- An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
- (firefighting) A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
- a heavy rain
- an overwhelming number or amount
prep_phrase
adv
name
- A U.S. political scandal in the 1990s.
- A number of townships in the United States, including in Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (2), and Ohio, listed under Whitewater Township.
- A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.
- A tributary in Hampshire, England, which joins the River Blackwater on the border with Berkshire; in full, the River Whitewater.
adj
noun
- belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
- A law enforcement agent immune to intimidation, bribery, or seduction.
- Synonym of outcast: a person excluded from society.
- A criminal who is so well-connected that they cannot be harmed.
- (India) A member of the lowest and most discriminated caste in traditional Indian society.
noun
- A water gate or floodgate.
- An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
- Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply.
- (linguistics) An instance of wh-stranding ellipsis, or sluicing.
- (mining) A long box or trough through which water flows, used for washing auriferous earth.
- The stream flowing through a floodgate.
- conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
verb
- (linguistics) To elide the complement in a coordinated wh-question. See sluicing.
- (transitive, rare) To emit by, or as by, flood gates.
- (transitive, more generally) To wash (down or out).
- (transitive) To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice.
- (transitive) To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice
- (intransitive) To flow, pour.
- irrigate with water from a sluice
- draw through a sluice
- transport in or send down a sluice
- pour as if from a sluice
noun
- A floodgate; a sluice gate.
- (Scotland) A bedstead.
- (nautical) An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
- (figurative) Development; disclosure; discovery.
- (informal) A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper).
- (slang) A gullet.
- An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.
- A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
- (often as mayfly hatch) The phenomenon, lasting 1–2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location to mate, having reached maturity.
- A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
- (mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
- A trapdoor.
- The act of hatching.
- (poultry) A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.
- A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
- shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
- a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open
- a movable barrier covering a hatchway
- the production of young from an egg
verb
- (intransitive, of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
- (transitive) To close with a hatch or hatches.
- (intransitive, of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
- (transitive) To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (crosshatch).
- (transitive) To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
- (transitive) To devise (a plot or scheme).
- devise or invent
- draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper
- inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
- emerge from the eggs
- sit on (eggs)
noun
name
- (US politics) The three battleground states that were dislodged from the 1992-2012 group in 2016: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin.
- (UK politics) A group of Conservative-leaning parliamentary constituencies that are seen as shifting away from the party.
- (US politics) A group of states known for consistently voting Democratic in presidential elections from 1992 through 2012.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To check or stop, or deter (an action).
- To make (a building or other structure) watertight or weatherproof.
- To stop the flow of (blood); also, to stop (a wound) from bleeding.
- (transitive, poetic, otherwise archaic) To stop the flow of (water or some other liquid).
- (intransitive, also reflexive) Of bleeding: to stop.
- To stop the progression of (an illness); also, to alleviate (pain); often followed by of: to relieve (someone's) pain.
- stop the flow of a liquid
noun
- (uncountable) The state of being implicated.
- (countable, uncountable) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
- (countable, logic) The connective in propositional calculus that, when joining two predicates A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true".
- (uncountable) The act of implicating.
- (countable) A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action.
- Logical consequence.
- a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
- something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
- a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form ‘if p then q’; if p is true then q cannot be false
- an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
- a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
verb
name
verb
- (nautical) To admit water by leakage.
- To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
- To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
- To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
- To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
- fill or place a load on
- remove with or as if with a ladle
noun
verb
noun
- A great flood or rain.
- An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
- (firefighting) A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
- a heavy rain
- an overwhelming number or amount
adj
noun
- belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
- A law enforcement agent immune to intimidation, bribery, or seduction.
- Synonym of outcast: a person excluded from society.
- A criminal who is so well-connected that they cannot be harmed.
- (India) A member of the lowest and most discriminated caste in traditional Indian society.