English words for 'Ancient sedimentation'
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adj
noun
- the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
- a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
- a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
- a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met
- the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
- money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
- money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use
- matter that has been deposited by some natural process
- the act of putting something somewhere
- (law) Bailment of personal property to be kept gratuitously for the bailor (depositor) and without any benefit to the bailee (depositary), e.g. for storage, carriage, repair, etc.
- (geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
- A place of deposit; a depository.
- (banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
- A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit
- Anything left behind on a surface.
- (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
verb
- put into a bank account
- put, fix, force, or implant
- put (something somewhere) firmly
- (transitive) To put money or funds into an account.
- To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
- To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
- To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
- (transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.
noun
- a sunken or depressed geological formation
- a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
- sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
- an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
- a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
- a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
- angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- pushing down
- a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
- (psychology, usually uncountable) A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future; any of several mental disorders with this state of mind as a central feature.
- (geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
- (economics) A period of major economic contraction.
- The act of lowering or pressing something down.
- (economics) Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth (for example, this operational definition is used by the US NBER and many other writers).
- (meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
- (biology, physiology) A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.
- (psychology, countable) A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned state of mind) which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.
noun
- (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
- the quantity that a barrow will hold
- a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels
- (obsolete except in scientific use and in some dialects) A castrated boar.
- (saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
- (mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
- A long sleeveless flannel garment for infants.
- (chiefly British) A hill.
- A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
- (British) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
noun
- gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
- clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
- (law) The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.
noun
- (countable, geology) The place where sediments can make, or have made, a sedimentation.
- (countable, uncountable) Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
- (theology) An adaptation or method of interpretation which explains the special form in which the revelation is presented as unessential to its contents, or rather as often adopted by way of compromise with human ignorance or weakness.
- (countable, medicine) The adjustment of the eye to a change of the distance from an observed object.
- (countable, commerce) A loan of money.
- (countable, physiology, biology) The adaptation or adjustment of an organism, organ, or part.
- (countable, commerce) An accommodation bill or note.
- (countable, uncountable) A convenience, a fitting, something satisfying a need.
- (British, Australia, a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or students, etc.
- (countable, law) An offer of substitute goods to fulfill a contract, which will bind the purchaser if accepted.
- (countable, uncountable) Adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement; compromise.
- (linguistics, sociolinguistics) Modification(s) to make one's way of communicating similar to others involved in a conversation or discourse.
- (countable) The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.
- (countable, uncountable, followed by to) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment.
- in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality
- a settlement of differences
- living quarters provided for public convenience
- (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye
- making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
- the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need
noun
- A wedge-shaped sediment deposit observed on coastlines and continental interiors around the world.
- (informal) A háček, a diacritical mark that may resemble an inverted circumflex.
- A guillemet, either of the punctuation marks “«” or “»”, used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as ““” and “””.
- Synonym of arrowhead (“horse jump obstacle”).
- A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.
- An angle bracket, either used as a typographic or a scientific symbol.
- (chiefly British) One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles.
- (heraldry) A wide inverted V placed on a shield.
- V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service
- an inverted V-shaped charge
verb
noun
- the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
- a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
- a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
- a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met
- the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
- money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
- money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use
- matter that has been deposited by some natural process
- the act of putting something somewhere
- (law) Bailment of personal property to be kept gratuitously for the bailor (depositor) and without any benefit to the bailee (depositary), e.g. for storage, carriage, repair, etc.
- (geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
- A place of deposit; a depository.
- (banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
- A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit
- Anything left behind on a surface.
- (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
verb
- put into a bank account
- put, fix, force, or implant
- put (something somewhere) firmly
- (transitive) To put money or funds into an account.
- To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
- To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
- To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
- (transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.
noun
- a sunken or depressed geological formation
- a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
- sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
- an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
- a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
- a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
- angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- pushing down
- a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
- (psychology, usually uncountable) A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future; any of several mental disorders with this state of mind as a central feature.
- (geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
- (economics) A period of major economic contraction.
- The act of lowering or pressing something down.
- (economics) Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth (for example, this operational definition is used by the US NBER and many other writers).
- (meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
- (biology, physiology) A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.
- (psychology, countable) A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned state of mind) which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.
noun
- (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
- the quantity that a barrow will hold
- a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels
- (obsolete except in scientific use and in some dialects) A castrated boar.
- (saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
- (mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
- A long sleeveless flannel garment for infants.
- (chiefly British) A hill.
- A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
- (British) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
noun
- gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
- clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
- (law) The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.
noun
- (countable, geology) The place where sediments can make, or have made, a sedimentation.
- (countable, uncountable) Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
- (theology) An adaptation or method of interpretation which explains the special form in which the revelation is presented as unessential to its contents, or rather as often adopted by way of compromise with human ignorance or weakness.
- (countable, medicine) The adjustment of the eye to a change of the distance from an observed object.
- (countable, commerce) A loan of money.
- (countable, physiology, biology) The adaptation or adjustment of an organism, organ, or part.
- (countable, commerce) An accommodation bill or note.
- (countable, uncountable) A convenience, a fitting, something satisfying a need.
- (British, Australia, a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or students, etc.
- (countable, law) An offer of substitute goods to fulfill a contract, which will bind the purchaser if accepted.
- (countable, uncountable) Adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement; compromise.
- (linguistics, sociolinguistics) Modification(s) to make one's way of communicating similar to others involved in a conversation or discourse.
- (countable) The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.
- (countable, uncountable, followed by to) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment.
- in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality
- a settlement of differences
- living quarters provided for public convenience
- (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye
- making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
- the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need
noun
- A wedge-shaped sediment deposit observed on coastlines and continental interiors around the world.
- (informal) A háček, a diacritical mark that may resemble an inverted circumflex.
- A guillemet, either of the punctuation marks “«” or “»”, used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as ““” and “””.
- Synonym of arrowhead (“horse jump obstacle”).
- A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.
- An angle bracket, either used as a typographic or a scientific symbol.
- (chiefly British) One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles.
- (heraldry) A wide inverted V placed on a shield.
- V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service
- an inverted V-shaped charge