English words for 'Alternative form of yardfowl.'
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noun
- a pasture subject to common use
- (British, Ireland) an area of land in the United Kingdom or Ireland that is open to the public at all times and until the 18th century would have been land that was free for anybody to graze their animals on.
- (UK, Ireland) collectively, all the common land in one of those two countries.
noun
- a pasture subject to common use
- a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- (usually singular in construction) A common (common land); especially, a central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area.
- (figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.
- (usually singular in construction) A public area, especially a dining hall, at a college or university; a similar shared space elsewhere.
- The common people collectively, the third estate, the people not belonging to the nobility or clergy.
- Food in general; rations.
- (chiefly historical) The free burghers/bourgeoisie of a given town, taken collectively.
- plural of common
verb
noun
- Alternative form of goosegrass
- annual weedy grass used for hay
- low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath; northern United States, Europe, Asia
- annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia
- coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere
noun
prep_phrase
verb
noun
- (England, historical or regional) An open space between woods.
- Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
- (biology) An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists.
- (uncountable) A type of thin linen or cotton fabric tightly woven of fine threads. (Traditionally expensive and luxurious in centuries past.)
- (in the plural) Pieces of this fabric, especially as used for the sleeves of a bishop.
- a field of cultivated and mowed grass
noun
- (also figuratively) A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals.
- (derogatory) A contemptible, or malicious or nasty, person.
- (Scotland) A simple, usually triangular, sledge which is dragged along the ground to transport items.
- A toad.
- (horse racing) An enclosure next to a racecourse where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.
- (sports, slang) A field on which a game is played; a playing field.
- (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, mining) A place in a superficial deposit where ore or washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) is excavated; also, a place for storing ore, washdirt, etc.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A field of grassland of any size, either enclosed by fences or delimited by geographical boundaries, especially a large area for keeping cattle or sheep.
- (motor racing) An area at a racing circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.
- A frog.
- pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race
verb
- To enclose or fence in (land) to form a paddock.
- (also intransitive) To excavate washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) from (a superficial deposit).
- (often passive voice) To place or keep (cattle, horses, sheep, or other animals) within a paddock (noun sense 1 or 2.4); hence, to provide (such animals) with pasture.
noun
- A yardbird.
- (cooking, slang) A chicken or turkey used as food.
- (UK, with definite article, chiefly in phrases) Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer.
- (informal) Snowbird (retiree who moves to a warmer climate).
- (slang) A man, fellow.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial, by extension) A girlfriend.
- (slang) A prison sentence.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
- (slang, US) A kilogram of cocaine.
- (slang, Canada, Philippines) A penis.
- (slang) An aircraft.
- An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
- (slang) A satellite.
- (with definite article) The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
- the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
- informal terms for a (young) woman
- a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
- warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
- (intransitive) To catch or shoot birds; to hunt birds.
- (transitive, television) To transmit via satellite.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
- (transitive, slang) To bring into prison, to roof.
- watch and study birds in their natural habitat
noun
- a pasture subject to common use
- (British, Ireland) an area of land in the United Kingdom or Ireland that is open to the public at all times and until the 18th century would have been land that was free for anybody to graze their animals on.
- (UK, Ireland) collectively, all the common land in one of those two countries.
noun
- a pasture subject to common use
- a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- (usually singular in construction) A common (common land); especially, a central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area.
- (figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.
- (usually singular in construction) A public area, especially a dining hall, at a college or university; a similar shared space elsewhere.
- The common people collectively, the third estate, the people not belonging to the nobility or clergy.
- Food in general; rations.
- (chiefly historical) The free burghers/bourgeoisie of a given town, taken collectively.
- plural of common
verb
noun
- Alternative form of goosegrass
- annual weedy grass used for hay
- low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath; northern United States, Europe, Asia
- annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia
- coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere
noun
noun
- (also figuratively) A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals.
- (derogatory) A contemptible, or malicious or nasty, person.
- (Scotland) A simple, usually triangular, sledge which is dragged along the ground to transport items.
- A toad.
- (horse racing) An enclosure next to a racecourse where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.
- (sports, slang) A field on which a game is played; a playing field.
- (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, mining) A place in a superficial deposit where ore or washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) is excavated; also, a place for storing ore, washdirt, etc.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A field of grassland of any size, either enclosed by fences or delimited by geographical boundaries, especially a large area for keeping cattle or sheep.
- (motor racing) An area at a racing circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.
- A frog.
- pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race
verb
- To enclose or fence in (land) to form a paddock.
- (also intransitive) To excavate washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) from (a superficial deposit).
- (often passive voice) To place or keep (cattle, horses, sheep, or other animals) within a paddock (noun sense 1 or 2.4); hence, to provide (such animals) with pasture.
noun
- A yardbird.
- (cooking, slang) A chicken or turkey used as food.
- (UK, with definite article, chiefly in phrases) Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer.
- (informal) Snowbird (retiree who moves to a warmer climate).
- (slang) A man, fellow.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial, by extension) A girlfriend.
- (slang) A prison sentence.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
- (slang, US) A kilogram of cocaine.
- (slang, Canada, Philippines) A penis.
- (slang) An aircraft.
- An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
- (slang) A satellite.
- (with definite article) The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
- the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
- informal terms for a (young) woman
- a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
- warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
- (intransitive) To catch or shoot birds; to hunt birds.
- (transitive, television) To transmit via satellite.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
- (transitive, slang) To bring into prison, to roof.
- watch and study birds in their natural habitat
verb
noun
- (England, historical or regional) An open space between woods.
- Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
- (biology) An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists.
- (uncountable) A type of thin linen or cotton fabric tightly woven of fine threads. (Traditionally expensive and luxurious in centuries past.)
- (in the plural) Pieces of this fabric, especially as used for the sleeves of a bishop.
- a field of cultivated and mowed grass