English words for 'Alternative form of jockstrap.'
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- (sports, uncountable) Alternative form of padel.
- A blade of a waterwheel.
- A paddlewheel.
- In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
- (table tennis) A broad, flat device used in striking the ball, analogous to a racket in tennis.
- A flat board with a number of holes or indentations, used to carry small alcoholic drinks such as shots.
- The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.
- A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
- A single-bladed version is typically used on canoes and some other small boats.
- A double-bladed version with blades at each end of the shaft is used for kayaking.
- A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
- A flipper in a pinball machine.
- A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
- (slang) A person's hand.
- (medicine) A flap of attached skin that has been cut away from a wound.
- (British) A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- A handheld electrode used for defibrillation or cardioversion.
- A broad, flat spanking implement.
- an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
- small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
- a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
- a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
verb
- To tread upon; to trample.
- (intransitive) To toddle.
- (intransitive, British) To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- (transitive) To spank with a paddle.
- (intransitive) To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
- (transitive) To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
- To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
- (intransitive) To dog paddle in water.
- swim like a dog in shallow water
- walk unsteadily, with short steps
- give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
- stir with a paddle
- play in or as if in water, as of small children
- propel with a paddle
verb
- (sports, transitive) To participate as a team member.
- (by extension) To present again, possibly in an altered form.
- (transitive) To portray visually; to delineate
- (transitive) To serve as a sign or symbol of.
- (transitive) To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
- (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.)
- (transitive) To constitute, to make up, to be an example of.
- (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of
- (medicine) To present again, for instance for medical attention.
- (poker, transitive) To play as if holding (a set of cards); to play as if having made (a hand).
- (transitive) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something presentative, which was originally apprehended by direct presentation).
- (transitive) To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of
- (transitive) To give an account of; to describe.
- (transitive) To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of
- (transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular) To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people; to acquit oneself well.
- be typical of
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
- describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality
- create an image or likeness of
- play a role or part
- form or compose
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
- express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
- bring forward and present to the mind
- be representative or typical for
- to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)
- be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute
- take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
- serve as a means of expressing something
- point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance
verb
- (transitive, sports) To put into play.
- (intransitive, euphemistic) To begin one's menstrual cycle.
- To set in motion.
- To begin.
- To ready the operation of a vehicle or machine.
- (intransitive) To jerk, jump up, flinch, or draw back in surprise.
- (transitive, nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
- (intransitive) To awaken suddenly.
- (transitive) To disturb and set in motion; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee.
- (ergative, of an object) To come loose, to break free of a firmly set position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
- (intransitive) To have its origin (at), begin.
- To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
- To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
- play in the starting lineup
- set in motion, cause to start
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- get off the ground
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- bulge outward
- begin or set in motion
- depart for someplace
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- get going or set in motion
- bring into being
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
noun
- A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out.
- An instance of starting.
- The beginning of an activity.
- An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
- An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
- (horticulture) A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
- The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
- A sudden involuntary movement.
- Alternative letter-case form of Start (“a typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option”)
- The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
- The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- the beginning of anything
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- a sudden involuntary movement
- the act of starting something
- the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)
- a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
- a signal to begin (as in a race)
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verb
- (intransitive, factive) To render service by being a servant, worker, employee, or officeholder; to hold those roles and perform their duties.
- (intransitive) To usefully take the place as, instead of something else.
- (ambitransitive, slang, drugs) To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.
- (transitive) To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc.
- (intransitive) To present an attractive personal appearance.
- (transitive) To perform (a public obligation).
- (transitive) To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
- (transitive) To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by.
- To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.).
- To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)
- (intransitive) To have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something.
- (transitive) To evoke (something, especially a person) with one's personal appearance.
- (transitive, military) To work, to operate (a weapon).
- (transitive) To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
- (transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.
- (transitive, intransitive, sports) To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
- (transitive) To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.
- (nautical) To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
- (transitive) To attractively display (something, especially a body part) as part of one's personal appearance.
- (intransitive) To be in military service.
- (transitive) To be useful to; to meet the needs of.
- put the ball into play
- devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas
- do military service
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to
- mate with
- provide (usually but not necessarily food)
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be used by; as of a utility
- serve a purpose, role, or function
- do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function
- contribute or conduce to
- spend time in prison or in a labor camp
- help to some food; help with food or drink
- work for, or be a servant to
noun
- (sports) An offside play.
- The right-hand side of a working animal such as a horse or bullock, especially when in harness.
- (British) The side of a canal opposite the towpath.
- (British, Australia) The side of a road vehicle furthest from the kerb: the right side if one drives on the left of the road.
- (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.)
adj
- (bridge) Unfavourably located, from the point of view of the player taking a finesse.
- (sports) In an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc.
- (by extension, slang) Out of bounds.
- To the side of a boat, opposite the primary side on which one paddles.
- (US) To the side of the road, past the curb and sidewalk.
- illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck
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- (sports, transitive) To prevent from scoring.
- To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
- (transitive) To assert that something is not true.
- To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
- (transitive) To disallow or reject.
- (ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
- deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
- refuse to recognize or acknowledge
- deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure
- declare untrue; contradict
- refuse to accept or believe
- refuse to grant, as of a petition or request
- refuse to let have
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- (rounders) The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
- (baseball, slang) A catcher; the position of catcher.
- (baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate.
- A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
- (espionage) Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
- An object or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
- (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
- (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
- a precaution in case of an emergency
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- (professional wrestling) A group of wrestlers who work together as a team. Only one is in the ring at any given time, and they change places by "tagging" each other with a gesture like a high five.
- (slang, vulgar, also attributively) An act of two or more people having sex with one person who is the focus of the sexual activity; a gangbang (sense 1); also, the people having sex with the person who is the focus of the sexual activity regarded as a group.
- Two or more people acting alternately to accomplish some task.
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- (attributive) A newborn animal that is indifferent to stimulus and does not voluntarily move.
- (sports, chiefly rugby, soccer) A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.
- (African-American Vernacular, Baltimore, slang) A term of address.
- Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.
- (linguistics) A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland) A pacifier; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby.
- (sports, UK) A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player; a feint.
- (chess) A fairy chess piece that cannot move or capture, but can be captured and used to skip moving another piece.
- A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw.
- (programming) An unused parameter or value.
- A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
- A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.
- (card games, chiefly bridge) A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.
- A stupid person.
- a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
- an ignorant or foolish person
- a person who does not talk
- a figure representing the human form
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noun
- (sports) A feint.
- (Southern US, countable) A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.
- (countable) Clipping of jukebox.
- (uncountable, music) A genre of electronic music native to Chicago, noted for its fast, abstract rhythms; see footwork.
- The neck of a bird.
- (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
- a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
verb
- (transitive) To manipulate deceptively.
- To thrust with the pelvis, in particular for sexual intercourse.
- (transitive) To deceive or outmaneuver, using a feint.
- To hit.
- (intransitive) To deceive or outmaneuver someone using a feint, especially in American football or soccer.
- To stab.
- To play dance music, or to dance, in a juke.
- (transitive) To interrupt a conversation with an unrelated topic.
- (intransitive) To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
adj
- relating to or used in sports
- exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- involving risk or willingness to take a risk
- preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
- (comparable) Exhibiting sportsmanship.
- (comparable) Fair, generous; game.
- (not comparable) Pertaining to sports
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verb
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- (countable) The movement of an athlete to a team through this system.
- The status of an athlete as a free agent.
- (sports) A system through which professional athletes are free to play for or sign a contract to play for any team.
- (philosophy) Synonym of free will
- (sports) the state of a professional athlete who is free to negotiate a contract to play for any team
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- (sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.
- Having a large physical extent from side to side.
- (computing) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
- On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
- (slang, derogatory, humorous) Overweight, obese.
- (British, slang, only in "wide boy") Sharp-witted.
- Large in scope.
- not on target
- (used of eyes) fully open or extended
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- having ample fabric
- great in degree
- broad in scope or content
- very large in expanse or scope
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- (transitive, sports) To pass to.
- (transitive) To supply with something.
- (transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
- (transitive) To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
- (transitive, figurative) To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
- (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
- simple past and past participle of fee
- (transitive, syntax, of a syntactic rule) To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before (another syntactic rule).
- (transitive, phonology, of a phonological rule) To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before (another rule).
- (intransitive) To eat (usually of animals).
- (transitive) To supply (a machine) with something to be processed.
- (ditransitive) To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
- introduce continuously
- move along, of liquids
- gratify
- take in food; used of animals only
- serve as food for; be the food for
- profit from in an exploitatory manner
- support or promote
- feed into; supply
- provide as food
- provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
- give food to
noun
- Something supplied continuously.
- (social media, often after a possessive determiner) content intended for consumption by scrolling or swiping, especially as a home page and from multiple publishers followed or algorithmically curated
- The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
- (countable) A gathering to eat, especially in large quantities.
- The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.
- (uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, countable) A meal.
- (syndication or aggregation): antichronological sequence of posts or articles from a single source, especially as consumable on a platform other as originally published.
- A straight man who delivers lines to the comedian during a performance.
- food for domestic livestock
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noun
- (figuratively) The outside or perimeter of any activity.
- (sports, usually in the plural) The area outside the playing field beyond each sideline.
- (Canada) A secondary road, especially a byroad at right angles to a main road.
- A line at the side of something.
- A line for hobbling an animal by connecting the fore and the hind feet of the same side.
- (Philippines) A side hustle.
- Something that is additional or extra or that exists around the edges or margins of a main item.
- (sports) A line defining the side boundary of a playing field. Used in Canadian football, field lacrosse and basketball.
- an auxiliary line of merchandise
- a line that marks the side boundary of a playing field
- an auxiliary activity
noun
- (sports, uncountable) The use of this form of competition.
- (sports, countable) A heat (as in rowing or fencing) in which the best competitors who have lost in a previous round compete for a place or places yet left in the next round.
- a race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final race
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- (sports, uncountable) Alternative form of padel.
- A blade of a waterwheel.
- A paddlewheel.
- In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
- (table tennis) A broad, flat device used in striking the ball, analogous to a racket in tennis.
- A flat board with a number of holes or indentations, used to carry small alcoholic drinks such as shots.
- The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.
- A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
- A single-bladed version is typically used on canoes and some other small boats.
- A double-bladed version with blades at each end of the shaft is used for kayaking.
- A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
- A flipper in a pinball machine.
- A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
- (slang) A person's hand.
- (medicine) A flap of attached skin that has been cut away from a wound.
- (British) A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- A handheld electrode used for defibrillation or cardioversion.
- A broad, flat spanking implement.
- an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
- small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
- a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
- a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
verb
- To tread upon; to trample.
- (intransitive) To toddle.
- (intransitive, British) To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- (transitive) To spank with a paddle.
- (intransitive) To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
- (transitive) To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
- To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
- (intransitive) To dog paddle in water.
- swim like a dog in shallow water
- walk unsteadily, with short steps
- give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
- stir with a paddle
- play in or as if in water, as of small children
- propel with a paddle
noun
verb
- (intransitive, factive) To render service by being a servant, worker, employee, or officeholder; to hold those roles and perform their duties.
- (intransitive) To usefully take the place as, instead of something else.
- (ambitransitive, slang, drugs) To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.
- (transitive) To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc.
- (intransitive) To present an attractive personal appearance.
- (transitive) To perform (a public obligation).
- (transitive) To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
- (transitive) To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by.
- To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.).
- To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)
- (intransitive) To have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something.
- (transitive) To evoke (something, especially a person) with one's personal appearance.
- (transitive, military) To work, to operate (a weapon).
- (transitive) To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
- (transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.
- (transitive, intransitive, sports) To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
- (transitive) To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.
- (nautical) To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
- (transitive) To attractively display (something, especially a body part) as part of one's personal appearance.
- (intransitive) To be in military service.
- (transitive) To be useful to; to meet the needs of.
- put the ball into play
- devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas
- do military service
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to
- mate with
- provide (usually but not necessarily food)
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be used by; as of a utility
- serve a purpose, role, or function
- do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function
- contribute or conduce to
- spend time in prison or in a labor camp
- help to some food; help with food or drink
- work for, or be a servant to
noun
- (sports) An offside play.
- The right-hand side of a working animal such as a horse or bullock, especially when in harness.
- (British) The side of a canal opposite the towpath.
- (British, Australia) The side of a road vehicle furthest from the kerb: the right side if one drives on the left of the road.
- (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.)
adj
- (bridge) Unfavourably located, from the point of view of the player taking a finesse.
- (sports) In an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc.
- (by extension, slang) Out of bounds.
- To the side of a boat, opposite the primary side on which one paddles.
- (US) To the side of the road, past the curb and sidewalk.
- illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck
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- (sports) A feint.
- (Southern US, countable) A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.
- (countable) Clipping of jukebox.
- (uncountable, music) A genre of electronic music native to Chicago, noted for its fast, abstract rhythms; see footwork.
- The neck of a bird.
- (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
- a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
verb
- (transitive) To manipulate deceptively.
- To thrust with the pelvis, in particular for sexual intercourse.
- (transitive) To deceive or outmaneuver, using a feint.
- To hit.
- (intransitive) To deceive or outmaneuver someone using a feint, especially in American football or soccer.
- To stab.
- To play dance music, or to dance, in a juke.
- (transitive) To interrupt a conversation with an unrelated topic.
- (intransitive) To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
noun
- (countable) The movement of an athlete to a team through this system.
- The status of an athlete as a free agent.
- (sports) A system through which professional athletes are free to play for or sign a contract to play for any team.
- (philosophy) Synonym of free will
- (sports) the state of a professional athlete who is free to negotiate a contract to play for any team
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- (sports, uncountable) The use of this form of competition.
- (sports, countable) A heat (as in rowing or fencing) in which the best competitors who have lost in a previous round compete for a place or places yet left in the next round.
- a race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final race
verb
- (sports, transitive) To participate as a team member.
- (by extension) To present again, possibly in an altered form.
- (transitive) To portray visually; to delineate
- (transitive) To serve as a sign or symbol of.
- (transitive) To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
- (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.)
- (transitive) To constitute, to make up, to be an example of.
- (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of
- (medicine) To present again, for instance for medical attention.
- (poker, transitive) To play as if holding (a set of cards); to play as if having made (a hand).
- (transitive) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something presentative, which was originally apprehended by direct presentation).
- (transitive) To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of
- (transitive) To give an account of; to describe.
- (transitive) To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of
- (transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular) To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people; to acquit oneself well.
- be typical of
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
- describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality
- create an image or likeness of
- play a role or part
- form or compose
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
- express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
- bring forward and present to the mind
- be representative or typical for
- to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)
- be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute
- take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
- serve as a means of expressing something
- point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance
verb
- (transitive, sports) To put into play.
- (intransitive, euphemistic) To begin one's menstrual cycle.
- To set in motion.
- To begin.
- To ready the operation of a vehicle or machine.
- (intransitive) To jerk, jump up, flinch, or draw back in surprise.
- (transitive, nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
- (intransitive) To awaken suddenly.
- (transitive) To disturb and set in motion; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee.
- (ergative, of an object) To come loose, to break free of a firmly set position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
- (intransitive) To have its origin (at), begin.
- To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
- To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
- play in the starting lineup
- set in motion, cause to start
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- get off the ground
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- bulge outward
- begin or set in motion
- depart for someplace
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- get going or set in motion
- bring into being
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
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- A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out.
- An instance of starting.
- The beginning of an activity.
- An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
- An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
- (horticulture) A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
- The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
- A sudden involuntary movement.
- Alternative letter-case form of Start (“a typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option”)
- The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
- The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- the beginning of anything
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- a sudden involuntary movement
- the act of starting something
- the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)
- a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
- a signal to begin (as in a race)
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- (sports, transitive) To prevent from scoring.
- To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
- (transitive) To assert that something is not true.
- To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
- (transitive) To disallow or reject.
- (ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
- deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
- refuse to recognize or acknowledge
- deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure
- declare untrue; contradict
- refuse to accept or believe
- refuse to grant, as of a petition or request
- refuse to let have
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- (rounders) The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
- (baseball, slang) A catcher; the position of catcher.
- (baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate.
- A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
- (espionage) Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
- An object or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
- (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
- (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
- a precaution in case of an emergency
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- (professional wrestling) A group of wrestlers who work together as a team. Only one is in the ring at any given time, and they change places by "tagging" each other with a gesture like a high five.
- (slang, vulgar, also attributively) An act of two or more people having sex with one person who is the focus of the sexual activity; a gangbang (sense 1); also, the people having sex with the person who is the focus of the sexual activity regarded as a group.
- Two or more people acting alternately to accomplish some task.
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- (attributive) A newborn animal that is indifferent to stimulus and does not voluntarily move.
- (sports, chiefly rugby, soccer) A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.
- (African-American Vernacular, Baltimore, slang) A term of address.
- Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.
- (linguistics) A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland) A pacifier; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby.
- (sports, UK) A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player; a feint.
- (chess) A fairy chess piece that cannot move or capture, but can be captured and used to skip moving another piece.
- A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw.
- (programming) An unused parameter or value.
- A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
- A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.
- (card games, chiefly bridge) A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.
- A stupid person.
- a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
- an ignorant or foolish person
- a person who does not talk
- a figure representing the human form
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- (transitive, sports) To pass to.
- (transitive) To supply with something.
- (transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
- (transitive) To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
- (transitive, figurative) To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
- (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
- simple past and past participle of fee
- (transitive, syntax, of a syntactic rule) To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before (another syntactic rule).
- (transitive, phonology, of a phonological rule) To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before (another rule).
- (intransitive) To eat (usually of animals).
- (transitive) To supply (a machine) with something to be processed.
- (ditransitive) To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
- introduce continuously
- move along, of liquids
- gratify
- take in food; used of animals only
- serve as food for; be the food for
- profit from in an exploitatory manner
- support or promote
- feed into; supply
- provide as food
- provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
- give food to
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- Something supplied continuously.
- (social media, often after a possessive determiner) content intended for consumption by scrolling or swiping, especially as a home page and from multiple publishers followed or algorithmically curated
- The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
- (countable) A gathering to eat, especially in large quantities.
- The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.
- (uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, countable) A meal.
- (syndication or aggregation): antichronological sequence of posts or articles from a single source, especially as consumable on a platform other as originally published.
- A straight man who delivers lines to the comedian during a performance.
- food for domestic livestock
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- (figuratively) The outside or perimeter of any activity.
- (sports, usually in the plural) The area outside the playing field beyond each sideline.
- (Canada) A secondary road, especially a byroad at right angles to a main road.
- A line at the side of something.
- A line for hobbling an animal by connecting the fore and the hind feet of the same side.
- (Philippines) A side hustle.
- Something that is additional or extra or that exists around the edges or margins of a main item.
- (sports) A line defining the side boundary of a playing field. Used in Canadian football, field lacrosse and basketball.
- an auxiliary line of merchandise
- a line that marks the side boundary of a playing field
- an auxiliary activity
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- relating to or used in sports
- exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- involving risk or willingness to take a risk
- preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
- (comparable) Exhibiting sportsmanship.
- (comparable) Fair, generous; game.
- (not comparable) Pertaining to sports
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- (sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.
- Having a large physical extent from side to side.
- (computing) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
- On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
- (slang, derogatory, humorous) Overweight, obese.
- (British, slang, only in "wide boy") Sharp-witted.
- Large in scope.
- not on target
- (used of eyes) fully open or extended
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- having ample fabric
- great in degree
- broad in scope or content
- very large in expanse or scope