English words for 'Alternative form of flash pan.'
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noun
- the handle of a pan
- The handle of a pan.
- a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area
- (aviation) The handle that activates an ejector seat.
- (cartography, US) An area within a nation or subnational division that appears to stick out or project when viewed on a map; an especially elongated salient.
verb
- beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money
- (intransitive, US) To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, as a homeless or vagrant person.
- (transitive, figuratively, uncommon) To elicit; to attempt to obtain or provoke a certain response or answer.
noun
adj
noun
verb
noun
noun
verb
- (soccer) To get in the way of a kick of the ball.
- (intransitive) To be suffocated.
- (transitive, cooking) To cook in a close dish.
- (intransitive) To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
- (intransitive, figuratively) to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
- (intransitive, of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
- (transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
- (transitive) To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
- (boxing) To prevent the development of an opponent's attack by one's arm positioning.
- (transitive) To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
- (Australian rules football) To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
- (transitive) To daub or smear.
- suppress in order to conceal or hide
- deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
- envelop completely
- deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
- form an impenetrable cover over
noun
- (cooking) A large pan containing hot water, into which other smaller pans are set in order to cook food slowly, or to keep food warm.
- A unit comprising an array of such pans.
- a large pan that is filled with hot water; smaller pans containing food can be set in the larger pan to keep food warm or to cook food slowly
noun
- A kind of cooking-pan, having a tin core in the centre.
- (Caribbean) The melon cactus.
- (colloquial, dialect) A long-handled, round-headed broom for sweeping ceilings, etc.
- A knot, or any of various similar kinds of knot, resulting in a ball of rope.
- (California) Any of several species of Echinocactus.
- an ornamental knot that resembles a small turban
noun
- A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
- (UK, horse-racing, slang) A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.
- (historical) Any of various traditional units of volume notionally based on the capacity of a pot.
- (slang, uncountable) Ruin or deterioration.
- A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffeepot or teapot.
- A crucible: a melting pot.
- (slang, electronics) A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.
- (slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
- (chiefly East Midlands, Yorkshire) A plaster cast.
- (rail transport) A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.
- (roleplaying games, video games) Clipping of potion.
- (slang) Clipping of potbelly (“a pot-shaped belly, a paunch”).
- A perforated cask for draining sugar.
- A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot.
- (Maine) A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobster pot.
- (archaic except in place names) Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave.
- An allocation of money for a particular purpose.
- (historical) Alternative form of pott: a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.
- A shallow hole used in certain games played with marbles. The marbles placed in it are called potsies.
- (Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania) A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL).
- (historical) An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
- A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot.
- (gambling, poker) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement.
- (slang) Clipping of potshot (“a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot”).
- A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot.
- the quantity contained in a pot
- the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
- a container in which plants are cultivated
- street names for marijuana
- slang for a paunch
- metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
verb
- (electronics) To package a circuit by encasing it in resin.
- To put (something) into a pot.
- (transitive, British) To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.
- (transitive) To drain (e.g. sugar of the molasses) in a perforated cask.
- (snooker, pool, billiards, transitive) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
- (chiefly East Midlands) To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.
- (rugby, transitive) To score (a drop goal).
- (transitive) To shoot with a firearm.
- To preserve by bottling or canning.
- (transitive, colloquial) To secure; gain; win; bag.
- (British) To send someone to jail, expeditiously.
- To catch (a fish, eel, etc) via a pot.
- (snooker, pool, billiards, intransitive) To be capable of being potted.
- (slang, broadcasting) To fade volume in or out by means of a potentiometer.
- plant in a pot
noun
- a special cooking pan for roasting
- a cook who roasts food
- flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting
- a harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment)
- Someone who roasts food.
- One who roasts or banters, especially as a comedy routine.
- (Scotland, slang, derogatory) An objectionable person; somebody making a fool of themselves.
- Someone who roasts coffee beans; a company or place of business that does so.
- A machine for roasting things; especially, one that roasts coffee beans.
- (planetology, informal) An epistellar gas giant exoplanet.
- A chicken, pig, etc. suitable for roasting.
- (cooking) A kitchen utensil used for roasting.
- A type of industrial furnace; especially, one that roasts ore.
verb
- (transitive) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
- (transitive, baseball) To strike (the ball) very hard.
- (transitive) To convey on poles.
- To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
- (transitive) To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.
- To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
- (transitive) To furnish with poles for support.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To treat (copper) by blowing natural gas or other reducing agent through the molten oxide, burning off the oxygen.
- deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
- propel with a pole
- support on poles
noun
- Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
- (US, African-American Vernacular, slang) A rifle.
- (figuratively, by extension) Any of a small set of extremes; especially, either of two extremes that are possible or available.
- (complex analysis) For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z)→∞ as z→a.
- A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
- (cricket, slang) A wicket, especially in the context of the number of wickets taken by a particular bowler.
- Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.
- (motor racing) A pole position.
- (vulgar, slang) A penis.
- (electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
- (fishing) A type of basic fishing rod.
- A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
- (historical) A unit of length, equal to a rod (¹⁄₄ chain or 5+¹⁄₂ yards).
- (geometry) A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
- A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage.
- Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
- (slang, spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
- one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
- a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
- a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
- one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
- a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
- a square rod of land
- one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
noun
- a material used to coat cooking utensils and in industrial applications where sticking is to be avoided
- Multiple film, resin, coatings, fabric and surface protectors made with PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) or fluoropolymer and surfactants not made with PTFE.
- Synonym of polytetrafluoroethylene (“PTFE”).
adj
name
noun
- A large pan containing hot water, into which other smaller pans are set in order to cook food at low heat (below the boiling point) or to keep food warm.
- A pair of interlocking pots, the lower one filled with water which when boiling heats the contents of the upper pot.
- two saucepans, one fitting inside the other
noun
- cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
- shallow container made of metal
- A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
- (music) Ellipsis of steelpan.
- (rail transport, informal) Clipping of pantograph.
- A part; a portion.
- A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.
- A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
- A bedpan.
- (South Africa) Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.
- (firearms) The part of a matchlock, flintlock, or wheellock firearm that holds the priming.
- (figurative) The brain, seen as one's intellect.
- (Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
- (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
- (especially South Africa) A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.
- A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
- A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
- A sequence in a film in which the camera pans over an area.
- (carpentry) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
- (slang) A human face, a mug.
- (chiefly Ireland) A loaf of bread; a pan-loaf.
- (fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
- Ellipsis of salt pan: a flat artificial pond used for collecting minerals from evaporated water.
- A leaf of gold or silver.
- The contents of such a receptacle.
- The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
- Alternative form of paan.
- (geology) Ellipsis of hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.
- Strong adverse criticism.
verb
- wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
- express a totally negative opinion of
- make a sweeping movement
- (imaging, intransitive) To shift an image relative to the display window without changing the viewing scale.
- To join or fit together; to unite.
- (intransitive, with out, to pan out) To turn out well; to be successful.
- (sound engineering, intransitive) (of a sound) To move in the multichannel sound field.
- (photography, intransitive) To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360° from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
- (sound engineering, transitive) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.
- (intransitive) (of a camera) To turn horizontally.
- (transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
- (transitive, informal, of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
- (transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)
adj
noun
- a utensil for cooking
- One who cooks.
- (slang, derogatory, Australia) A conspiracy theorist, especially one who is involved in politics.
- (slang) The container in which recreational drugs are prepared.
- (slang, derogatory, Australia) A person who is cooked in the head; a crazy person.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland) A cookstove.
- Ellipsis of cooking apple.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, except in compounds) An appliance or utensil for cooking food.
- (slang, Australia) A person who makes or uses illicit drugs, especially methamphetamine or cannabis.
noun
- A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
- (curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
- A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
- (euphemistic, slang) Euphemistic form of shit.
- A broad, flat expanse or covering of a material on a surface.
- (geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
- (nautical, nonstandard) A sail.
- (nonstandard) A layer of veneer.
- (nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
- A thin, flat piece or layer of solid material.
- (figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
- An expanse of something.
- A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc. In modern books, each sheet of paper is typically folded in half, to produce two leaves and four pages. In the absence of folding, "leaf" and "sheet" are equivalent.
- (nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
- (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape
- newspaper with half-size pages
- bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs
- a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
- any broad thin expanse or surface
- a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
- paper used for writing or printing
verb
noun
- the handle of a pan
- The handle of a pan.
- a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area
- (aviation) The handle that activates an ejector seat.
- (cartography, US) An area within a nation or subnational division that appears to stick out or project when viewed on a map; an especially elongated salient.
verb
- beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money
- (intransitive, US) To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, as a homeless or vagrant person.
- (transitive, figuratively, uncommon) To elicit; to attempt to obtain or provoke a certain response or answer.
noun
adj
noun
verb
noun
noun
verb
- (soccer) To get in the way of a kick of the ball.
- (intransitive) To be suffocated.
- (transitive, cooking) To cook in a close dish.
- (intransitive) To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
- (intransitive, figuratively) to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
- (intransitive, of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
- (transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
- (transitive) To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
- (boxing) To prevent the development of an opponent's attack by one's arm positioning.
- (transitive) To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
- (Australian rules football) To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
- (transitive) To daub or smear.
- suppress in order to conceal or hide
- deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
- envelop completely
- deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
- form an impenetrable cover over
noun
- (cooking) A large pan containing hot water, into which other smaller pans are set in order to cook food slowly, or to keep food warm.
- A unit comprising an array of such pans.
- a large pan that is filled with hot water; smaller pans containing food can be set in the larger pan to keep food warm or to cook food slowly
noun
- A kind of cooking-pan, having a tin core in the centre.
- (Caribbean) The melon cactus.
- (colloquial, dialect) A long-handled, round-headed broom for sweeping ceilings, etc.
- A knot, or any of various similar kinds of knot, resulting in a ball of rope.
- (California) Any of several species of Echinocactus.
- an ornamental knot that resembles a small turban
noun
- A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
- (UK, horse-racing, slang) A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.
- (historical) Any of various traditional units of volume notionally based on the capacity of a pot.
- (slang, uncountable) Ruin or deterioration.
- A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffeepot or teapot.
- A crucible: a melting pot.
- (slang, electronics) A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.
- (slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
- (chiefly East Midlands, Yorkshire) A plaster cast.
- (rail transport) A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.
- (roleplaying games, video games) Clipping of potion.
- (slang) Clipping of potbelly (“a pot-shaped belly, a paunch”).
- A perforated cask for draining sugar.
- A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot.
- (Maine) A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobster pot.
- (archaic except in place names) Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave.
- An allocation of money for a particular purpose.
- (historical) Alternative form of pott: a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.
- A shallow hole used in certain games played with marbles. The marbles placed in it are called potsies.
- (Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania) A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL).
- (historical) An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
- A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot.
- (gambling, poker) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement.
- (slang) Clipping of potshot (“a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot”).
- A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot.
- the quantity contained in a pot
- the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
- a container in which plants are cultivated
- street names for marijuana
- slang for a paunch
- metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
verb
- (electronics) To package a circuit by encasing it in resin.
- To put (something) into a pot.
- (transitive, British) To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.
- (transitive) To drain (e.g. sugar of the molasses) in a perforated cask.
- (snooker, pool, billiards, transitive) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
- (chiefly East Midlands) To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.
- (rugby, transitive) To score (a drop goal).
- (transitive) To shoot with a firearm.
- To preserve by bottling or canning.
- (transitive, colloquial) To secure; gain; win; bag.
- (British) To send someone to jail, expeditiously.
- To catch (a fish, eel, etc) via a pot.
- (snooker, pool, billiards, intransitive) To be capable of being potted.
- (slang, broadcasting) To fade volume in or out by means of a potentiometer.
- plant in a pot
noun
- a special cooking pan for roasting
- a cook who roasts food
- flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting
- a harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment)
- Someone who roasts food.
- One who roasts or banters, especially as a comedy routine.
- (Scotland, slang, derogatory) An objectionable person; somebody making a fool of themselves.
- Someone who roasts coffee beans; a company or place of business that does so.
- A machine for roasting things; especially, one that roasts coffee beans.
- (planetology, informal) An epistellar gas giant exoplanet.
- A chicken, pig, etc. suitable for roasting.
- (cooking) A kitchen utensil used for roasting.
- A type of industrial furnace; especially, one that roasts ore.
noun
- a material used to coat cooking utensils and in industrial applications where sticking is to be avoided
- Multiple film, resin, coatings, fabric and surface protectors made with PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) or fluoropolymer and surfactants not made with PTFE.
- Synonym of polytetrafluoroethylene (“PTFE”).
adj
name
noun
- A large pan containing hot water, into which other smaller pans are set in order to cook food at low heat (below the boiling point) or to keep food warm.
- A pair of interlocking pots, the lower one filled with water which when boiling heats the contents of the upper pot.
- two saucepans, one fitting inside the other
noun
- cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
- shallow container made of metal
- A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
- (music) Ellipsis of steelpan.
- (rail transport, informal) Clipping of pantograph.
- A part; a portion.
- A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.
- A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
- A bedpan.
- (South Africa) Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.
- (firearms) The part of a matchlock, flintlock, or wheellock firearm that holds the priming.
- (figurative) The brain, seen as one's intellect.
- (Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
- (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
- (especially South Africa) A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.
- A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
- A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
- A sequence in a film in which the camera pans over an area.
- (carpentry) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
- (slang) A human face, a mug.
- (chiefly Ireland) A loaf of bread; a pan-loaf.
- (fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
- Ellipsis of salt pan: a flat artificial pond used for collecting minerals from evaporated water.
- A leaf of gold or silver.
- The contents of such a receptacle.
- The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
- Alternative form of paan.
- (geology) Ellipsis of hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.
- Strong adverse criticism.
verb
- wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
- express a totally negative opinion of
- make a sweeping movement
- (imaging, intransitive) To shift an image relative to the display window without changing the viewing scale.
- To join or fit together; to unite.
- (intransitive, with out, to pan out) To turn out well; to be successful.
- (sound engineering, intransitive) (of a sound) To move in the multichannel sound field.
- (photography, intransitive) To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360° from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
- (sound engineering, transitive) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.
- (intransitive) (of a camera) To turn horizontally.
- (transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
- (transitive, informal, of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
- (transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)
adj
noun
- a utensil for cooking
- One who cooks.
- (slang, derogatory, Australia) A conspiracy theorist, especially one who is involved in politics.
- (slang) The container in which recreational drugs are prepared.
- (slang, derogatory, Australia) A person who is cooked in the head; a crazy person.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland) A cookstove.
- Ellipsis of cooking apple.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, except in compounds) An appliance or utensil for cooking food.
- (slang, Australia) A person who makes or uses illicit drugs, especially methamphetamine or cannabis.
noun
- A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
- (curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
- A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
- (euphemistic, slang) Euphemistic form of shit.
- A broad, flat expanse or covering of a material on a surface.
- (geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
- (nautical, nonstandard) A sail.
- (nonstandard) A layer of veneer.
- (nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
- A thin, flat piece or layer of solid material.
- (figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
- An expanse of something.
- A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc. In modern books, each sheet of paper is typically folded in half, to produce two leaves and four pages. In the absence of folding, "leaf" and "sheet" are equivalent.
- (nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
- (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape
- newspaper with half-size pages
- bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs
- a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
- any broad thin expanse or surface
- a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
- paper used for writing or printing
verb
verb
- (transitive) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
- (transitive, baseball) To strike (the ball) very hard.
- (transitive) To convey on poles.
- To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
- (transitive) To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.
- To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
- (transitive) To furnish with poles for support.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To treat (copper) by blowing natural gas or other reducing agent through the molten oxide, burning off the oxygen.
- deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
- propel with a pole
- support on poles
noun
- Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
- (US, African-American Vernacular, slang) A rifle.
- (figuratively, by extension) Any of a small set of extremes; especially, either of two extremes that are possible or available.
- (complex analysis) For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z)→∞ as z→a.
- A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
- (cricket, slang) A wicket, especially in the context of the number of wickets taken by a particular bowler.
- Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.
- (motor racing) A pole position.
- (vulgar, slang) A penis.
- (electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
- (fishing) A type of basic fishing rod.
- A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
- (historical) A unit of length, equal to a rod (¹⁄₄ chain or 5+¹⁄₂ yards).
- (geometry) A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
- A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage.
- Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
- (slang, spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
- one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
- a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
- a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
- one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
- a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
- a square rod of land
- one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
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