item
collectible
draggable
dispenser
oddity
oddment
rarity
iterable
peculiarity
curiosity
hand-me-down
curio
discardable
yoke
pick up
on someone's hands
bolt-on
vade mecum
storable
remains
extractive
abstract
reach down
set
trap
disposable
parer
piece
pullout
nondisposable
part
clip
pelorus
objective
get out
holdfast
stuff
withhold
case
gadgetry
attachment
record
clear away
rest
semifractal
work
blivit
marker
gag
paraphernalia
runner
picker-upper
point
supply chamber
shovel
polyonym
extract
subobject
covering
standby
bridge
fetcher
pullback
selectable
fitting
friend
affair
portabilization
catch
ready-made
Dremel
tieback
provision
deal
cutensil
layaway
unroller
workbox
paperweight
slide chart
utensil
fitment
chungus
tractor
not just a pretty face
collar
parts bin
carrier
gun
lucky charm
station
pouch
holding device
drag
bug-out bag
pair of tongs
pinboarding
container
needlepoint
item
collectible
draggable
dispenser
oddity
oddment
rarity
iterable
peculiarity
curiosity
hand-me-down
curio
discardable
yoke
bolt-on
vade mecum
storable
remains
extractive
abstract
set
trap
disposable
parer
piece
pullout
nondisposable
part
clip
pelorus
objective
holdfast
stuff
case
gadgetry
attachment
record
rest
semifractal
work
blivit
marker
gag
paraphernalia
runner
picker-upper
point
supply chamber
shovel
polyonym
extract
subobject
covering
standby
bridge
fetcher
pullback
selectable
fitting
friend
affair
portabilization
catch
ready-made
Dremel
tieback
provision
deal
cutensil
layaway
unroller
workbox
paperweight
slide chart
utensil
fitment
chungus
tractor
not just a pretty face
collar
parts bin
carrier
gun
lucky charm
station
pouch
holding device
drag
bug-out bag
pair of tongs
pinboarding
container
needlepoint
pick up
reach down
get out
withhold
clear away
noun
- An object that can be picked up for later use.
- A question on a test, which may include its answers.
- Two people who are having a romantic or sexual relationship with each other.
- A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.
- A distinct physical object.
- A short article in a newspaper.
- A matter for discussion in an agenda.
adv
verb
noun
- A miscellaneous object; a gadget.
- Well-developed muscles of the neck and shoulders.
- A Y-shaped stand used to support a blowpipe or punty while reheating in the glory hole.
- From sense 1.3.1: something which oppresses or restrains a person; a burden.
- A pill of a psychoactive drug.
- A collar placed on the neck of a conquered person or prisoner to restrain movement.
- A pole carried on the neck and shoulders of a person, used for carrying a pair of buckets, etc., one at each end of the pole; a carrying pole.
- A chap, a fellow.
- A similar device used as a game controller.
- Any of various devices with crosspieces used to control an aircraft; specifically, the control column.
- Originally, a metal piece connecting the poles of a magnet or electromagnet; later, a part of magnetic circuit (such as in a generator or motor) not surrounded by windings (“wires wound around the cores of electrical transformers”).
- The electromagnetic coil that deflects the electron beam in a cathode ray tube.
- A pair of draught animals, especially oxen, yoked together to pull something.
- An amount of work done with draught animals, lasting about half a day; (by extension) an amount or shift of any work.
- A frame placed on the neck of an animal such as a cow, pig, or goose to prevent passage through a fence or other barrier.
- A fitting placed across the head of the rudder with a line attached at each end by which a boat may be steered; in modern use it is primarily found in sailing canoes and kayaks.
- A bar or frame by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at their necks enabling them to pull a cart, plough, etc.; (by extension) a device attached to a single draught animal for the same purpose.
- The part of an item of clothing which fits around the shoulders or the hips from which the rest of the garment hangs, and which is often distinguished by having a double thickness of material, or decorative flourishes.
- A frame or convex crosspiece from which a bell is hung.
- Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc.
- Chiefly in pass under the yoke: a raised yoke (sense 1.1), or a symbolic yoke formed from two spears installed upright in the ground with another spear connecting their tops, under which a defeated army was made to march as a sign of subjugation.
- A carriage, a horse and cart; (by extension, generally) a car or other vehicle.
- From sense 1.1: a bond of love, especially marriage; also, a bond of friendship or partnership; an obligation or task borne by two or more people.
verb
- To join (several draught animals) together with a yoke; also, to fasten a yoke (on one or more draught animals) to pull a cart, plough, etc.; or to attach (a cart, plough, etc.) to a draught animal.
- To put (one's arm or arms) around someone's neck, waist, etc.; also, to surround (someone's neck, waist, etc.) with one's arms.
- To put (something) around someone's neck like a yoke; also, to surround (someone's neck) with something.
- To place a collar on the neck of (a conquered person or prisoner) to restrain movement.
- To place a frame on the neck of (an animal such as a cow, pig, or goose) to prevent passage through a fence or other barrier.
- To bring (two or more people or things) into a close relationship (often one that is undesired); to connect, to link, to unite.
- To be or become connected, linked, or united in a relationship; to have dealings with.
verb
- To collect an object, especially in passing.
- To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch (a disease).
- To collect and detain (a suspect).
- To lift; to grasp and raise.
- To clean up; to return to an organized state.
- To point out the behaviour, habits, or actions of (a person) in a critical manner; used with on.
- To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
- To receive calls; to function correctly.
- To record; to notch up.
- To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.
- To promote somebody who was previously passed over.
- To answer a telephone.
- To take control (physically) of something.
- To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.
- To behave in a manner that results in a foul.
- To restart or resume.
- To receive (a radio signal or the like).
- To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on
- To improve, increase, or speed up.
- To reduce the despondency of.
- To pay for.
- To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc.
- To collect a passenger.
noun
- Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
- A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
- Concentrated essence of a product.
- An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
- The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
- An abstract work of art.
- An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
- A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
adj
- Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
- Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20ᵗʰ century.
- Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
- Lacking a story.
- Absolute.
- Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
- Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
- As a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
- Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.
- Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.
- Insufficiently factual.
verb
- To draw off (interest or attention).
- He was wholly abstracted by other objects.
- To separate; to disengage.
- To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.
- To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
- To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.
- To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
- To create abstractions.
- To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
- To remove; to take away; withdraw.
- To perform the process of abstraction.
- To withdraw oneself; to retire.
noun
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- An object made up of several parts.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- Set theory.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- A drum kit, a drum set.
- A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
verb
- To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To prepare (a stage or film set).
- To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- To defeat a contract.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- To put (something) down, to rest.
- To produce after pollination.
- To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- To sit (be in a seated position).
- To arrange (type).
- To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- To introduce or describe.
- To solidify.
- To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- To adjust.
- To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- To suit; to become.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- To determine or settle.
- To fit music to words.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- To start (a fire).
- To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
adj
noun
- a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
- drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
- something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
- a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
- the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- informal terms for the mouth
- a light two-wheeled carriage
- a hazard on a golf course
verb
noun
- an item that is an instance of some type
- a separate part of a whole
- a portion of a natural object
- a musical work that has been created
- an instance of some kind
- an artistic or literary composition
- a portable gun
- a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
- a distance
- a work of art of some artistic value
- a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
- a share of something
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
verb
noun
- An object, such as a newspaper supplement, that can be pulled out from something else.
- The ending of a period of surfing by navigating the board into or over the back of a wave.
- The coitus interruptus method of birth control.
- The change of the flight of an aircraft from a dive to level or climbing flight.
- A withdrawal, especially of armed forces.
- Synonym of liftout (“quotation given special visual treatment”)
- An area by the side of a road where vehicles may temporarily stop in safety. Typical pullouts allow drivers and passengers to safely exit the vehicle but rarely have additional amenities.
noun
- an item that is an instance of some type
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- something less than the whole of a human artifact
- a portion of a natural object
- that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation
- the extended spatial location of something
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
- a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
adv
verb
noun
- Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
- A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
- A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
- A newspaper clipping.
- A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video
- A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.
- An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
- The product of a single shearing of sheep.
- The condition of something, its state.
- A removable magazine of a firearm.
- A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
- An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
- A season's crop of wool.
verb
- To curtail; to cut short.
- To grip tightly.
- To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
- To strike with the hand.
- to grab or take stealthily
- To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
- To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
- To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
- To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
- To hit or strike, especially in passing.
- To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
- To fasten with a clip.
- To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
noun
- A material object that physically exists.
- a noun or pronoun in the objective case.
- The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.
- The objective case.
- A goal that is striven for.
adj
- Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
- Of, or relating to verbal conjugation that indicates the object (patient) of an action. (In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.)
- Not influenced by the emotions or prejudices.
- Based on observed facts; without subjective assessment.
- Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.
verb
- To take (something) from its container or storage place, so as to use or display it.
- To become known.
- To leave a vehicle such as a car. (Note: for public transport, get off is more common.)
- To help (someone) leave.
- To spend free time out of the house.
- To say with difficulty.
- To remove or eliminate (dirt or stains).
- To come out of a situation; to escape a fate.
- To publish or make available; to disseminate.
- To be released, especially from hospital or prison.
- To remove one's money from an investment; to end an investment.
- To leave or escape.
intj
noun
noun
- miscellaneous unspecified objects
- the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
- informal terms for personal possessions
- senseless talk
- unspecified qualities required to do or be something
- information in some unspecified form
- a critically important or characteristic component
verb
noun
- a portable container for carrying several objects
- an occurrence of something
- a special set of circumstances
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
- the actual state of things
- a person requiring professional services
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- a problem requiring investigation
- a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
- the quantity contained in a case
- nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
- a specific state of mind that is temporary
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
- an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
- the housing or outer covering of something
- the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
- (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
verb
noun
- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- The means by which something is physically attached.
- Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
- The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
- A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- A dependence, especially a strong one.
noun
- An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
- The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
- A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
- A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.
- Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
verb
- To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
- To give legal status to by making an official public record.
- To make a record of information.
- To make an audio or video recording of.
- To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
adj
noun
- Any object designed to be used to support something else.
- A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
- A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
- Absence of motion.
- Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
- A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
- A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
- Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
- The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
- A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
- A final position after death.
- A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
- A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
- A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
- That which remains.
- Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
- Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
verb
- To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
- To rely or depend on.
- To be or to put into a state of rest.
- To lean, lie, or lay.
- To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
- To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way.
- To sleep; slumber.
- To come to a pause or an end; end.
- To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
- To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
- To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
- To lie dormant.
- To stay, remain, be situated.
noun
- Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- The staging of events to appear as real.
- The result of a particular manner of production.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Ore before it is dressed.
- A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- One's employer.
- Something on which effort is expended.
- effort expended on a particular task.
- The place where one is employed.
- A fortification.
- A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process.
- A literary, artistic, or intellectual production.
- labour, occupation, job.
verb
- To embroider with thread.
- To cause to ferment.
- To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.
- To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- Followed by as. Said of one's job title
- To behave in a certain way when handled
- To exhaust, by working.
- Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business).
- To ferment.
- To set into action.
- Followed by for. Said of a company or individual who employs.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To cause to work.
- To effect by gradual degrees;
- To influence.
- To move in an agitated manner.
- To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To effect by gradual degrees.
- To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
noun
- a device or trick used to create a practical effect; a gimmick
- A joke or other mischievous prank.
- Mycteroperca microlepis, a species of grouper.
- Any suppression of freedom of speech.
- An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.
- A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.
- A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.
verb
noun
- Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
- Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
- A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
- Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
- A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
- An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
- A competitor in a poker tournament.
- A person or vessel who runs blockades or engages in smuggling. (Especially used in combination, e.g. gunrunner).
- Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
- A speedrunner.
- A long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
- An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
- A quick escape away from a scene.
- A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
- A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
- A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
- Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
- An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
- A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
- A baserunner.
- One who runs away; a deserter or escapee.
- The blade of an ice skate.
- The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
- The curved base of a rocking chair.
- In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
- In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
- The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
- The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
- A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.
- A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
- A running gag
- A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
- A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
- A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
- A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
- A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
- A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
noun
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
- A tine or snag of an antler.
- Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition.
- A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
- A peninsula or promontory.
- The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- Any projecting extremity of an object.
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
- An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
- The difference between two points of the compass.
- A railroad switch.
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- An electric power socket.
- A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
- A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
- A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- The sharp tip of an object.
- A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
- The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- A note; a tune.
- A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- The position of the pitcher and catcher.
- The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
- One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
- Lace worked by the needle.
- A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
verb
- To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- To repair mortar.
- To direct toward an object; to aim.
- To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
- To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- To face in a particular direction.
- To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
- To mark with diacritics.
- To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
- To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
- To indicate a probability of something.
- To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- To sail close to the wind.
- To approximate to the surface; to head.
noun
- Something that is extracted or drawn out.
- A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
- Ancestry; descent.
- A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.
- Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained
- A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).
- A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.
verb
- To select parts of a whole
- To determine (a root of a number).
- To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
- To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
- To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
noun
- An object that is part of another object.
- An object and a monomorphism from it to another object, which monomorphism is interpreted as an inclusion. Actually it is an equivalence class of monomorphisms to the same object, where the equivalence relation is the ability of a pair of monomorphisms to factor through each other.
noun
- Anything supported at the ends and serving to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
- An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
- A software component connecting two or more separate systems.
- A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
- A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from an elevated height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.
- A similar position in gymnastics.
- A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.
- A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
- A solid crust of undissolved salt in a water softener.
- A cue modified with a convex arch-shaped notched head attached to the narrow end, used to support a player's (shooter's) cue for extended or tedious shots. Also called a spider.
- The situation where a lone rider or small group of riders closes the space between them and the rider or group in front.
- An elongated chain of teammates, connected to the pack, for improved blocking potential.
- The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
- An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.
- A defensive position in which the wrestler is supported by his feet and head, belly-up, in order to prevent touch-down of the shoulders and eventually to dislodge an opponent who has established a position on top.
- A contrasting section within a song that prepares for the return of the original material section.
- The gap between the holes on a bowling ball
- A point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur.
- Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit
- A connection, real or abstract.
- An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.
- A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.
- A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.
- The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
- A rudimentary procedure before definite solution
- A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; a bridge wall.
- An intramolecular valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.
- A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2 of OSI model.
- A day falling between two public holidays and consequently designated as an additional holiday.
verb
noun
- An object or idea that can be used for good.
- A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.
- Used as a form of address when warning someone.
- A spring-loaded camming device.
- A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
- A person who backs or supports something.
- A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
- Used to refer collectively to a group of associated individuals, especially those comprising a cast, company, or crew
- A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
- An associate who provides assistance.
verb
noun
- A material object (vaguely designated).
- An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
- An adulterous relationship (from affaire de cœur, affair of the heart).
- A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.
- A romantic relationship with someone who is not one's regular partner (boyfriend, girlfriend).
- Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.
- A party or social gathering, especially of a formal nature.
- Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
noun
- Something which is captured or caught.
- The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- The game of catching a ball.
- A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- A fragment of music or poetry.
- The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- The act of seizing or capturing.
- A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- The first contact of an oar with the water.
- A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
verb
- To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or infection.
- To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- Of fire, to spread or be conveyed to.
- To be held back or impeded.
- To get pregnant.
- To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- To be hit by something.
- To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- To have something be held back or impeded.
- To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- To travel by means of.
- To become infected by (an illness).
- To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- To charm or entrance.
- To grip or entangle.
- To handle an exception.
- To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- To spread by infection or similar means.
- To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- To germinate and set down roots.
- To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
noun
adj
noun
- An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
- A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
- A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.
- The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
- Money set aside for a future event.
- Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
- A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
verb
noun
- A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
- A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
- An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
- The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
- Male genitalia.
- A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
- A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction.
- Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
- A situation, occasion, or event.
- An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
adj
verb
- To trade professionally (followed by in).
- To handle, to manage, to cope.
- To be concerned with.
- To pitch.
- To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
- To have dealings or business.
- To administer or give out, as in small portions.
- To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
- To distribute cards to the players in a game.
- To conduct oneself, to behave.
- deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.
noun
- An item of permanent furniture or equipment.
- The categorisation of an employee, for the purpose of calculating salary or allowances.
- A thing fitted to another in order to accomplish a specific purpose.
- The proper positioning and orientation of a thing for it to serve its designed purpose.
- The act of furnishing with fitments; an instance of such an act.
noun
- Any piece of machinery that pulls something.
- A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
- A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.
- An aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.
- A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.
- A movable coop without a floor to allow for free ranging.
verb
noun
- A similar detachable item.
- A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
- A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
- A collar beam.
- An arrest.
- The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem
- A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices.
- A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
- Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
- A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
- The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
- A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
- A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
- A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
- A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
- Any encircling device or structure.
- An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
- A ring or cincture.
- A chain worn around the neck.
verb
- To bind in conversation.
- To arrest.
- To place a collar on, to fit with one.
- To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
- To seize, capture or detain.
- To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
- To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
- To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
noun
- A person or object that carries someone or something else.
- A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the faceplate; a lathe dog.
- A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
- A person or other organism that has a genetic trait, mutation or infection liable to cause a disease, but displays no symptoms.
- A liquid or gas used as a medium for another substance.
- A catalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reaction.
- A certified airline.
- A charge carrier.
- A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.
- A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
- A movable piece in a planetary gear train.
- A person or company in the business of shipping freight.
- A carrier pigeon.
- A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
noun
- A device or tool that projects a substance.
- A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.
- A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
- The biceps.
- Any implement designed to fire a projectile from a tube.
- A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.
- A cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum nominal bore diameter and tube length 30 calibers or more. See also: howitzer; mortar.
- A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.
- A person who carries or uses a rifle, shotgun or handgun.
- A device or tool that applies something rather than projecting it.
- Violent blasts of wind.
- An expert.
- Someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, or cool.
- A device for projecting a hard object very forcefully; a firearm or cannon.
- A firearm or cannon used for saluting or signalling.^(21-gun salute)
- A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).
- An electron gun.
verb
noun
- A place where some object is provided.
- A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
- The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.
- Standing; rank; position.
- A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
- The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres.
- A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
- An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.
- A place used for broadcasting radio or television.
- Any of the Stations of the Cross.
- A gas station, service station.
- The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
- A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task.
- A military base.
- An official building from which police or firefighters operate.
- A ground transportation depot.
- A very large sheep or cattle farm.
- The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
- A broadcasting entity.
- Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.
- Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
- A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay.
- In British India, the place where the English officials of a district, or the officers of a garrison (not in a fortress) reside.
verb
noun
- A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
- A men's party attended in women's clothing.
- A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats.
- A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
- A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
- The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
- A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
- Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
- A device for guiding wood to the saw.
- A prison sentence of three months.
- A puff on a cigarette or joint.
- The last position in a line of hikers.
- A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.
- Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
- The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
- Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
- Street, as in 'main drag'.
- A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
- A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
- Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
- A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
- Witch house music.
- A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
- The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.
- The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
- A mailcoach.
- Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
- Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
- Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.
- A pulled load.
- Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
verb
- To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
- To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
- To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
- To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
- To hit or kick off target.
- To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
- To play at a slower tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually decrease tempo while one is playing.
- To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
- To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
- To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
- To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
- To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
- To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
- To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
- To fish with a dragnet.
noun
- An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
- A bundle consisting of operating system, application code and dependencies to be run sandboxed inside a virtualized environment; (by extension) the environment itself.
- An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
- A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.
- Someone who contains; something that contains.
- Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.
- Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
- A file format that can hold various types of data.
English words for 'An object that can be picked up for later use.'
As you may have noticed, above you will find words for "An object that can be picked up for later use.". Hover the mouse over the word you'd like to know more about to view its definition. Click 
to find a better fitting word. Finally, thanks to ChatGPT, the overall results have been greatly improved.
Recent Queries
To break out
unbelievable.
royal authority
repetitively
framed picture
to deteriorate.
to huddle together
amiss
alien species
arrival of goods
to ramble
heavy-hearted
startling.
nothing new about it
fiberboard
polyandry
fine wrinkles
live stream
to finish writing
forestalling
good plan
dishonest.
failed
omnipotent
to set at liberty.
father-in-law
To undervalue
fraudulent.
Bloody
thankfully
analogy
intricacy
phlegm
splendid.
insubstantial.
diagnosis
segmentation
to ruin.
equivalence
bark
championship
To agree
the heavens
as it is
supply
to visit
doubtful
lazy
attendance
argument