English words for 'Anything crescent-shaped.'
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- A curved pastry.
- (historical) Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.
- A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.
- The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
- (heraldry) The emblem of the waxing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.
- A crescentspot butterfly.
- (Islam) A representation of a crescent, used as a symbol of Islam.
- (New Zealand) A crescent spanner.
- any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
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- Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
- An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.
- (Scotland, slang) An idiot.
- (surfing) A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.
- (Canada, US, colloquial) A television. Compare cathode ray tube and picture tube.
- (Australia, slang) A tin can containing beer.
- (British, colloquial, often capitalised as Tube, a trademark) The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.)
- electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
- an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
- conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
- a hollow cylindrical shape
- (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure
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- A crescent moon, or an object shaped like it.
- (anatomy) Either of two parts of the human knee that provide structural integrity to the knee when it undergoes tension and torsion.
- (optics) A lens which is convex on one side and concave on the other, being crescent-shaped in cross-section.
- The curved surface of liquids in tubes, whether concave or convex, caused by the surface tension of the liquid.
- (physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube
- (optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other
- (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
noun
- Something that is L-shaped.
- (historical) A measure of length. An English ell was 1¼ yards (45 inches or 114 cm), a Scottish ell was about 37 inches (94 cm), a Flemish ell was ¾ yard (27 inches or 69 cm), while certain European ells were less than 50 cm.
- The name of the Latin script letter L/l. (more commonly el)
- An extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building
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- Roughly rectangular or elliptical.
- (bookmaking) Having the horizontal axis of a page longer than the vertical; In landscape orientation.
- Having a length and width that are different; not square or circular.
- deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction
- (of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides
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- To create or form an edge in the shape of a crescent or multiple crescents.
- (intransitive) To harvest scallops
- (transitive) To bake in a casserole (gratin), originally in a scallop shell; especially used in form scalloped
- fish for scallops
- shape or cut in scallops
- decorate an edge with scallops
- form scallops in
- bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top
noun
- A dish shaped like a scallop shell.
- (cooking) A fillet of meat, escalope.
- One of a series of curves, forming an edge similar to a scallop shell, especially in knitting and crochet.
- (cooking, UK, regional, rare) A sautéed potato (a shallow-fried round potato slice).
- Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pectinoidea.
- (cooking, UK, Ireland, Australia, regional) A battered and deep-fried round potato slice.
- one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
- edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
- edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
- thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
noun
- Anything shaped like a V
- Abbreviation of vowel.
- A flying skein of geese or other birds which have placed themselves in a V-shaped formation.
- Abbreviation of velocity.
- (UK, Ireland) A V-sign; by extension, an insult or show of defiance.
- (linguistics) Abbreviation of verb.
- (grammar) Abbreviation of vocative case.
- (slang, countable) Viagra.
- (euphemistic) Vagina.
- the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet
- a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it
- the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite
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- any spherically shaped artifact
- the geographical area in which one nation is very influential
- a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses)
- the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
- a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center
- a particular environment or walk of life
- a particular aspect of life or activity
- (figuratively) The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain.
- The natural, normal, or proper place (of something).
- (historical, astronomy, mythology) Any of the concentric hollow transparent globes formerly believed to rotate around the Earth, and which carried the heavenly bodies; there were originally believed to be eight, and later nine and ten; friction between them was thought to cause a harmonious sound (the music of the spheres).
- (mythology) An area of activity for a planet; or by extension, an area of influence for a god, hero etc.
- (mathematics) A surface in three dimensions consisting of all points equidistant from a center. .
- (geometry) The set of all points in three-dimensional Euclidean space (or n-dimensional space, in topology) that are a fixed distance from a fixed point .
- An object which appears to be bounded by a sphere; a round object, a ball.
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- Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
- An oblique or sideways movement.
- A squint or sidelong glance.
- A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
- (chiefly Scotland, architecture) The coping of a gable.
- (statistics) A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.
- (chiefly Cornwall) A thick drizzling rain or driving mist.
- (electronics) A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
- A kind of wooden vane or cowl in a chimney which revolves according to the direction of the wind and prevents smoking.
- (architecture) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.
- A piece of rock lying in a slanting position and tapering upwards which overhangs a working-place in a mine and is liable to fall.
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- (not comparable) Neither parallel nor perpendicular to a certain line; askew.
- (comparable, statistics) Of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean.
- (not comparable, geometry) Of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel.
- having an oblique or slanting direction or position
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- (statistics) To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
- (intransitive) To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
- (transitive) To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
- (transitive, Northumbria, Yorkshire) To hurl or throw.
- (transitive) To bias or distort in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
- (intransitive) To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
- turn or place at an angle
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- Anything shaped like a crescent, especially the base of a fingernail.
- A semicircular or crescent-shaped Filipino butter cookie.
- Synonym of black and white (“type of cookie”).
- The moon in its first or last quarter when only half the visible face is illuminated; a quarter moon.
- the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail
- the time at which the Moon is at first or last quarter when half its face is illuminated
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- something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
- A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
- (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
- a flat circular plate
- sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
- (anatomy) An intervertebral disc.
- A vinyl phonograph or gramophone record.
- Alternative form of disk
- (disc sports) Ellipsis of flying disc; synonym of frisbee; generic name for the trademark Frisbee.
- Something resembling a disc.
- (botany) The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.
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- something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
- A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
- (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
- a flat circular plate
- sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
- (figuratively) Something resembling a disk.
- (geometry) A two-dimensional geometric region, the set of points bounded by a circle.
- (computer hardware) Ellipsis of hard disk.
- (computer hardware) Ellipsis of floppy disk.
- (anatomy) An intervertebral disc
- (computer hardware, nonstandard) Ellipsis of optical disk.
- (agriculture) A type of harrow.
- (botany) A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.
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- something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
- a disk used in throwing competitions
- directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
- a small shallow dish for holding a cup at the table
- An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.
- A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
- A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
- A circular sled without runners.
- A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
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- A thing having such a shape, such as an arena.
- An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.
- (Australia) A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape.
- (mathematics) In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point.
- a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
noun
- Anything, such as a burgee, of a similar forked shape.
- A type of tailcoat with two long tapering tails.
- The forked tail of a swallow.
- Any of various butterflies of the family Papilionidae, many of which have a long extension to each hindwing.
- a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back
noun
- any cone-shaped artifact
- cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
- a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
- a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color
- An ice cream cone.
- The fruit of a conifer.
- (anatomy) Any of the small cone-shaped structures in the retina.
- (topology) A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point.
- A unit of volume, applied solely to marijuana and only while it is in a smokable state; roughly 1.5 cubic centimetres, depending on use.
- (slang, by extension) A passenger on a cruise ship (that needs to be navigated around).
- (slang) A cone-shaped cannabis joint.
- (geometry) A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
- (slang) The process of smoking cannabis in a bong.
- (slang) The bowl piece on a bong.
- A traffic cone.
- A cone-shaped flower head of various plants, such as banksias and proteas.
- (geometry) A solid of revolution formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes.
- A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form.
- (computing theory) A set of formal languages with certain desirable closure properties, in particular those of the regular languages, the context-free languages and the recursively enumerable languages.
- (category theory) An object V together with an arrow going from V to each object of a diagram such that for any arrow A in the diagram, the pair of arrows from V which subtend A also commute with it. (Then V can be said to be the cone’s vertex and the diagram which the cone subtends can be said to be its base.)
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- (historical) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptical form, or crescent-shaped.
- (microbiology) A crescent-shaped sheet of microtubules that encircles the base of the flagella of a protozoan.
- (art, historical) A crescent-shaped design used in mosaics.
- (botany) A flat apothecium with no rim.
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- something curved in shape
- a continuous portion of a circle
- electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- (narratology) Ellipsis of story arc.
- A curve, in general.
- (mathematics) A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.
- (graph theory) A directed edge.
- (geometry) A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.
- A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape.
- (astronomy) That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.
- (electrics) A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge either between two electrodes or as lightning.
- (film) An arclight.
- (by extension, Internet slang) A period or phase in a person's life.
- (basketball, slang) The three-point line.
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- something curved in shape
- a decorative interlacing of ribbons
- a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow
- a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments
- a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
- a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
- an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience
- bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
- front part of a vessel or aircraft
- (music) A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
- A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
- (nautical) A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
- A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
- (nautical) The front of a boat or ship.
- (saddlery) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddle tree.
- Alternative form of bao; any of several Chinese buns and breads
- (archery) A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
- Either of the two handles of a pair of scissors.
- Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
- Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
- Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
- Ellipsis of bow-wow
- The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
- The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
- A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
- A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
- (rowing) The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
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- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
- yield to another's wish or opinion
- bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting
- play on a stringed instrument with a bow
- (intransitive) To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
- (ergative) To bend or curve, particularly downward.
- (transitive and intransitive) To debut.
- (transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend or incline, figuratively; to humble or subdue.
- about to
- (transitive) To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
- Ellipsis of bow-wow
- (intransitive) To defer (to something).
- To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
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- Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
- (informal) A drumstick (of chicken, turkey, etc).
- (US) Synonym of construction barrel.
- (now historical) A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
- (architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
- A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
- (architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
- (Australia slang) A tip; a piece of information.
- (slang, chiefly UK) A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel.
- A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
- (music) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
- a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
- a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
- small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
- the sound of a drum
- a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids
- a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
verb
- Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming.
- (intransitive) To beat a drum.
- To throb, as the heart.
- To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.
- (ambitransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
- (transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
- study intensively, as before an exam
- make a rhythmic sound
- play a percussion instrument
noun
- anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop
- electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity
- lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (‘bulb’ is an old term for medulla oblongata)
- a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure
- a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ
- a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end)
- The bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant such as a tulip, consisting of a shortened stem and many fleshy scale leaves, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
- Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
- (nautical) A bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.
- A light bulb (not necessarily bulbous in shape).
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- Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
- (heraldry) A circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle.
- (music) A roundelay or rondelay.
- A bastion of a circular form.
- (aviation) A circular insignia painted on an aircraft to identify its nationality or service.
- A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
- (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a filled circle
- English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third
- round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit
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- anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
- (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
- a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
- an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
- the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component
- an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)
- a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
- a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates
- the basic pattern of the human fingerprint
- fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
- (algebra) A quasigroup with an identity element.
- A complete circuit for an electric current.
- (graph theory) An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
- The opening so formed.
- (topology) A path that starts and ends at the same point.
- An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
- (transport) A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.
- (programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
- An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.
- A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
- (cricket) The curved path of the ball bowled by a spin bowler.
- (biochemistry) A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.
- A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
- A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
- Alternative form of loup (“mass of iron”).
- (rail transport) A place at a terminus where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop.
- (rail transport) A passing loop.
- A ring road or beltway.
- A loop-shaped intrauterine device.
verb
- wind around something in coils or loops
- fasten or join with a loop
- make a loop in
- fly loops, perform a loop
- move in loops
- (intransitive) To move in a loop.
- (transitive) To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
- (transitive) To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.
- To place in a loop.
- (transitive) To play something (such as a song or video) in a loop.
- (transitive) To form something into a loop.
- (transitive) To fly an aircraft in a loop.
- (education, ambitransitive) To have the teacher progress through multiple school years with the same students.
- (intransitive) To form a loop.
- (transitive) To move something in a loop.
- (transitive) To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
- (transitive) To duplicate the route of a pipeline.
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- having the shape of
- shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
- (in compounds) Having a particular shape (sharing the appearance of something in space, especially its outline – often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure).
- (in compounds) Designed for a particular person or thing.
- Having been given a shape, especially a curved shape.
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- A shape.
- A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
- The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
- The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
- A number, an amount.
- (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
- (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
- Any complex dance moveᵂ.
- (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
- A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
- A numeral.
- A drawing or diagram conveying information.
- A figure of speech.
- (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
- A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
- a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating
- a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
- language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
- a well-known or notable person
- a decorative or artistic work
- the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
- an amount of money expressed numerically
- the impression produced by a person
- one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
- a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
- a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)
verb
- (music) To embellish.
- (intransitive) To enter into; to be a part of.
- (chiefly US, intransitive) To be reasonable or predictable.
- To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
- (chiefly US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
- (transitive) To represent in a picture or drawing.
- (chiefly US) To come to understand.
- To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
- (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
- To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
- understand
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- be or play a part of or in
- judge to be probable
noun
- anything rolled up in cylindrical form
- walking with a swaying gait
- a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
- the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
- rotary motion of an object around its own axis
- the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
- small rounded bread either plain or sweet
- photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
- a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
- a list of names
- a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
- the act of throwing dice
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
- a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
- A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
- (programming) An operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end" being wrapped around to the other end.
- (firefighting) A 14-day deployment.
- An official or public document; a register; a record.
- (paddlesport) The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
- A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
- An instance of the act of rolling an aircraft through one or more complete rotations about its longitudinal axis.
- A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
- The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
- The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
- The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
- One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
- A swagger or rolling gait.
- That which is rolled up.
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- (finance) Any of various financial instruments or transactions that involve opposite positions at different expiries, "rolling" a position from one expiry to another.
- A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
- (US, paddlesport) An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- (nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
- A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
- A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
- A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
- A heavy, reverberatory sound.
- (nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis.
- A catalogue or list, (especially) one kept for official purposes.
- A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
verb
- boil vigorously
- pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
- cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- show certain properties when being rolled
- flatten or spread with a roller
- occur in soft rounded shapes
- begin operating or running
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- shape by rolling
- move by turning over or rotating
- take the shape of a roll or cylinder
- emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
- arrange or coil around
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
- execute a roll, in tumbling
- move, rock, or sway from side to side
- (ambitransitive, of a camera) To (cause to) film.
- (ergative) To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.
- (slang, intransitive) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
- (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial, intransitive) To leave or begin a journey; sometimes with out.
- (chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, intransitive) To walk, especially leisurely or idly; to stroll.
- (dice games, transitive) To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
- (intransitive, in folk songs) To travel by sailing.
- (ergative, sometimes figurative) To drive, impel, or flow onward with a steady, wave-like motion.
- (intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
- (transitive, US) To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
- (geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
- (ergative) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
- (intransitive) To have a rolling aspect.
- (ergative) To move upon rollers or wheels.
- (transitive, soccer) To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
- (intransitive, video games) To drum on the reverse of a game controller with one's fingers in rapid succession, pushing the controller face into the opposite hand such that a button is rapidly pressed and depressed.
- (transitive, martial arts) To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.
- (transitive) To create a customized version of.
- (ergative, slang) To (cause to) betray secrets or testify for the prosecution.
- (transitive) To utter with an alveolar trill.
- (US, slang, intransitive) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
- (programming) To perform an operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end" being wrapped around to the other end.
- (computing) To generate a random number.
- (ergative) To press, level, spread, or form with a roller or rollers.
- (roleplaying games) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
- (ergative) To turn over in one's mind, as of deep thoughts; to (cause to) be considered thoroughly.
- (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial, intransitive) To compete, especially with vigor.
- (transitive, music) To briskly arpeggiate (a chord), typically in an upward motion.
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical, of an aircraft or vessel) To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch, yaw.
- (transitive) To beat up; to assault.
- (intransitive, shipping) To load ocean freight cargo onto a vessel other than the one it was meant to sail on.
- (transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as with a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
- (intransitive) To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
- (transitive) To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
- (ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
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verb
noun
- any shape that is triangular in cross section
- (neuroanatomy) A portion of the occipital lobe of the human brain, involved in visual processing.
- (entomology) A wedge-shaped section of the forewing of certain heteropteran bugs.
- (architecture) One of a set of wedge-shaped divisions separated by stairways, found in the Ancient Roman theatre and in mediaeval architecture.
noun
- any shape that is triangular in cross section
- (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
- something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
- a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
- a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
- One of the basic elements that make up cuneiform writing, a single triangular impression made with the corner of a reed stylus.
- One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
- (meteorology) A barometric ridge; an elongated region of high atmospheric pressure between two low-pressure areas.
- (figurative) Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
- (music) A hairpin, an elongated horizontal V-shaped sign indicating a crescendo or decrescendo.
- (US, regional, especially Westchester, New York) A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
- (colloquial, British, countable, uncountable, by extension) A quantity of money.
- A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
- (geometry) A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
- (typography, US) A háček.
- (finance) A market trend characterized by a contracting range in prices coupled with an upward trend in prices (a rising wedge) or a downward trend in prices (a falling wedge).
- (UK, Cambridge University slang) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.
- (zoology, collective) A group of geese, swans, or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
- (meteorology) A wedge tornado.
- (architecture) A voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.
- (phonetics) The IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
- (mathematics) The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
- One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
- (golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
verb
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- put, fix, force, or implant
- (computing, informal, intransitive) Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
- (transitive) To shape into a wedge.
- (ambitransitive) To force into a narrow gap.
- (transitive) To support or secure using a wedge.
- (transitive) To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
- (transitive) To pack (people or animals) together tightly into a mass.
- (transitive) To force or drive with a wedge.
- (transitive) To cleave with a wedge.
noun
- The shape of something curved.
- (mathematics) The extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space.
- (differential geometry) The extent to which a Riemannian manifold is intrinsically curved.
- the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve
- the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
- (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal
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adj
- Shaped like a crescent moon; lunate.
- (chiefly historical) (Believed to be) influenced by the Moon, as in character, growth, or properties.
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon).
- Extremely high.
- (astronomy) Of or pertaining to travel through space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon.
- (alchemy, chemistry, historical) Of or pertaining to silver (which was symbolically associated with the Moon by alchemists).
- of or relating to or associated with the moon
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adj
noun
- Ellipsis of flat iron steak.
- (especially referring to the shape of a building) a quadrilateral with two parallel sides, one of which is very short, and whose non-parallel sides are longer than either parallel side.
- A simple iron (for pressing laundry) which is heated on a stove.
- (geomorphology) A steeply sloping triangular landform created by the differential erosion of a steeply dipping, erosion-resistant layer of rock overlying softer strata.
- A pair of metal tongs with heated ceramic plates used for straightening hair.
- an iron that was heated by placing it on a stove
noun
- Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
- An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.
- (Scotland, slang) An idiot.
- (surfing) A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.
- (Canada, US, colloquial) A television. Compare cathode ray tube and picture tube.
- (Australia, slang) A tin can containing beer.
- (British, colloquial, often capitalised as Tube, a trademark) The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.)
- electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
- an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
- conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
- a hollow cylindrical shape
- (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure
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noun
adj
noun
- A crescent moon, or an object shaped like it.
- (anatomy) Either of two parts of the human knee that provide structural integrity to the knee when it undergoes tension and torsion.
- (optics) A lens which is convex on one side and concave on the other, being crescent-shaped in cross-section.
- The curved surface of liquids in tubes, whether concave or convex, caused by the surface tension of the liquid.
- (physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube
- (optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other
- (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
noun
- Something that is L-shaped.
- (historical) A measure of length. An English ell was 1¼ yards (45 inches or 114 cm), a Scottish ell was about 37 inches (94 cm), a Flemish ell was ¾ yard (27 inches or 69 cm), while certain European ells were less than 50 cm.
- The name of the Latin script letter L/l. (more commonly el)
- An extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building
noun
adj
- Roughly rectangular or elliptical.
- (bookmaking) Having the horizontal axis of a page longer than the vertical; In landscape orientation.
- Having a length and width that are different; not square or circular.
- deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction
- (of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides
verb
noun
- Anything shaped like a V
- Abbreviation of vowel.
- A flying skein of geese or other birds which have placed themselves in a V-shaped formation.
- Abbreviation of velocity.
- (UK, Ireland) A V-sign; by extension, an insult or show of defiance.
- (linguistics) Abbreviation of verb.
- (grammar) Abbreviation of vocative case.
- (slang, countable) Viagra.
- (euphemistic) Vagina.
- the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet
- a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it
- the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite
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name
symbol
noun
- any spherically shaped artifact
- the geographical area in which one nation is very influential
- a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses)
- the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
- a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center
- a particular environment or walk of life
- a particular aspect of life or activity
- (figuratively) The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain.
- The natural, normal, or proper place (of something).
- (historical, astronomy, mythology) Any of the concentric hollow transparent globes formerly believed to rotate around the Earth, and which carried the heavenly bodies; there were originally believed to be eight, and later nine and ten; friction between them was thought to cause a harmonious sound (the music of the spheres).
- (mythology) An area of activity for a planet; or by extension, an area of influence for a god, hero etc.
- (mathematics) A surface in three dimensions consisting of all points equidistant from a center. .
- (geometry) The set of all points in three-dimensional Euclidean space (or n-dimensional space, in topology) that are a fixed distance from a fixed point .
- An object which appears to be bounded by a sphere; a round object, a ball.
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noun
- Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
- An oblique or sideways movement.
- A squint or sidelong glance.
- A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
- (chiefly Scotland, architecture) The coping of a gable.
- (statistics) A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.
- (chiefly Cornwall) A thick drizzling rain or driving mist.
- (electronics) A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
- A kind of wooden vane or cowl in a chimney which revolves according to the direction of the wind and prevents smoking.
- (architecture) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.
- A piece of rock lying in a slanting position and tapering upwards which overhangs a working-place in a mine and is liable to fall.
adj
- (not comparable) Neither parallel nor perpendicular to a certain line; askew.
- (comparable, statistics) Of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean.
- (not comparable, geometry) Of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel.
- having an oblique or slanting direction or position
adv
verb
- (statistics) To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
- (intransitive) To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
- (transitive) To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
- (transitive, Northumbria, Yorkshire) To hurl or throw.
- (transitive) To bias or distort in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
- (intransitive) To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
- turn or place at an angle
noun
- Anything shaped like a crescent, especially the base of a fingernail.
- A semicircular or crescent-shaped Filipino butter cookie.
- Synonym of black and white (“type of cookie”).
- The moon in its first or last quarter when only half the visible face is illuminated; a quarter moon.
- the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail
- the time at which the Moon is at first or last quarter when half its face is illuminated
noun
- something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
- A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
- (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
- a flat circular plate
- sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
- (anatomy) An intervertebral disc.
- A vinyl phonograph or gramophone record.
- Alternative form of disk
- (disc sports) Ellipsis of flying disc; synonym of frisbee; generic name for the trademark Frisbee.
- Something resembling a disc.
- (botany) The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.
verb
noun
- something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
- A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
- (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
- a flat circular plate
- sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
- (figuratively) Something resembling a disk.
- (geometry) A two-dimensional geometric region, the set of points bounded by a circle.
- (computer hardware) Ellipsis of hard disk.
- (computer hardware) Ellipsis of floppy disk.
- (anatomy) An intervertebral disc
- (computer hardware, nonstandard) Ellipsis of optical disk.
- (agriculture) A type of harrow.
- (botany) A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.
verb
noun
- something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
- a disk used in throwing competitions
- directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
- a small shallow dish for holding a cup at the table
- An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.
- A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
- A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
- A circular sled without runners.
- A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
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noun
- Anything, such as a burgee, of a similar forked shape.
- A type of tailcoat with two long tapering tails.
- The forked tail of a swallow.
- Any of various butterflies of the family Papilionidae, many of which have a long extension to each hindwing.
- a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back
noun
- any cone-shaped artifact
- cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
- a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
- a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color
- An ice cream cone.
- The fruit of a conifer.
- (anatomy) Any of the small cone-shaped structures in the retina.
- (topology) A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point.
- A unit of volume, applied solely to marijuana and only while it is in a smokable state; roughly 1.5 cubic centimetres, depending on use.
- (slang, by extension) A passenger on a cruise ship (that needs to be navigated around).
- (slang) A cone-shaped cannabis joint.
- (geometry) A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
- (slang) The process of smoking cannabis in a bong.
- (slang) The bowl piece on a bong.
- A traffic cone.
- A cone-shaped flower head of various plants, such as banksias and proteas.
- (geometry) A solid of revolution formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes.
- A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form.
- (computing theory) A set of formal languages with certain desirable closure properties, in particular those of the regular languages, the context-free languages and the recursively enumerable languages.
- (category theory) An object V together with an arrow going from V to each object of a diagram such that for any arrow A in the diagram, the pair of arrows from V which subtend A also commute with it. (Then V can be said to be the cone’s vertex and the diagram which the cone subtends can be said to be its base.)
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noun
- (historical) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptical form, or crescent-shaped.
- (microbiology) A crescent-shaped sheet of microtubules that encircles the base of the flagella of a protozoan.
- (art, historical) A crescent-shaped design used in mosaics.
- (botany) A flat apothecium with no rim.
noun
noun
- something curved in shape
- a continuous portion of a circle
- electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- (narratology) Ellipsis of story arc.
- A curve, in general.
- (mathematics) A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.
- (graph theory) A directed edge.
- (geometry) A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.
- A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape.
- (astronomy) That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.
- (electrics) A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge either between two electrodes or as lightning.
- (film) An arclight.
- (by extension, Internet slang) A period or phase in a person's life.
- (basketball, slang) The three-point line.
verb
noun
- something curved in shape
- a decorative interlacing of ribbons
- a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow
- a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments
- a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
- a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
- an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience
- bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
- front part of a vessel or aircraft
- (music) A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
- A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
- (nautical) A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
- A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
- (nautical) The front of a boat or ship.
- (saddlery) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddle tree.
- Alternative form of bao; any of several Chinese buns and breads
- (archery) A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
- Either of the two handles of a pair of scissors.
- Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
- Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
- Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
- Ellipsis of bow-wow
- The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
- The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
- A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
- A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
- (rowing) The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
verb
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
- yield to another's wish or opinion
- bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting
- play on a stringed instrument with a bow
- (intransitive) To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
- (ergative) To bend or curve, particularly downward.
- (transitive and intransitive) To debut.
- (transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend or incline, figuratively; to humble or subdue.
- about to
- (transitive) To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
- Ellipsis of bow-wow
- (intransitive) To defer (to something).
- To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
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noun
- Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
- (informal) A drumstick (of chicken, turkey, etc).
- (US) Synonym of construction barrel.
- (now historical) A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
- (architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
- A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
- (architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
- (Australia slang) A tip; a piece of information.
- (slang, chiefly UK) A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel.
- A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
- (music) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
- a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
- a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
- small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
- the sound of a drum
- a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids
- a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
verb
- Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming.
- (intransitive) To beat a drum.
- To throb, as the heart.
- To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.
- (ambitransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
- (transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
- study intensively, as before an exam
- make a rhythmic sound
- play a percussion instrument
noun
- anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop
- electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity
- lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (‘bulb’ is an old term for medulla oblongata)
- a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure
- a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ
- a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end)
- The bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant such as a tulip, consisting of a shortened stem and many fleshy scale leaves, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
- Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
- (nautical) A bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.
- A light bulb (not necessarily bulbous in shape).
verb
noun
- Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
- (heraldry) A circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle.
- (music) A roundelay or rondelay.
- A bastion of a circular form.
- (aviation) A circular insignia painted on an aircraft to identify its nationality or service.
- A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
- (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a filled circle
- English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third
- round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit
noun
- anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
- (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
- a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
- an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
- the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component
- an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)
- a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
- a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates
- the basic pattern of the human fingerprint
- fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
- (algebra) A quasigroup with an identity element.
- A complete circuit for an electric current.
- (graph theory) An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
- The opening so formed.
- (topology) A path that starts and ends at the same point.
- An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
- (transport) A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.
- (programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
- An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.
- A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
- (cricket) The curved path of the ball bowled by a spin bowler.
- (biochemistry) A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.
- A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
- A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
- Alternative form of loup (“mass of iron”).
- (rail transport) A place at a terminus where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop.
- (rail transport) A passing loop.
- A ring road or beltway.
- A loop-shaped intrauterine device.
verb
- wind around something in coils or loops
- fasten or join with a loop
- make a loop in
- fly loops, perform a loop
- move in loops
- (intransitive) To move in a loop.
- (transitive) To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
- (transitive) To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.
- To place in a loop.
- (transitive) To play something (such as a song or video) in a loop.
- (transitive) To form something into a loop.
- (transitive) To fly an aircraft in a loop.
- (education, ambitransitive) To have the teacher progress through multiple school years with the same students.
- (intransitive) To form a loop.
- (transitive) To move something in a loop.
- (transitive) To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
- (transitive) To duplicate the route of a pipeline.
noun
- A shape.
- A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
- The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
- The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
- A number, an amount.
- (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
- (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
- Any complex dance moveᵂ.
- (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
- A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
- A numeral.
- A drawing or diagram conveying information.
- A figure of speech.
- (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
- A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
- a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating
- a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
- language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
- a well-known or notable person
- a decorative or artistic work
- the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
- an amount of money expressed numerically
- the impression produced by a person
- one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
- a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
- a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)
verb
- (music) To embellish.
- (intransitive) To enter into; to be a part of.
- (chiefly US, intransitive) To be reasonable or predictable.
- To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
- (chiefly US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
- (transitive) To represent in a picture or drawing.
- (chiefly US) To come to understand.
- To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
- (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
- To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
- understand
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- be or play a part of or in
- judge to be probable
noun
- anything rolled up in cylindrical form
- walking with a swaying gait
- a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
- the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
- rotary motion of an object around its own axis
- the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
- small rounded bread either plain or sweet
- photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
- a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
- a list of names
- a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
- the act of throwing dice
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
- a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
- A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
- (programming) An operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end" being wrapped around to the other end.
- (firefighting) A 14-day deployment.
- An official or public document; a register; a record.
- (paddlesport) The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
- A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
- An instance of the act of rolling an aircraft through one or more complete rotations about its longitudinal axis.
- A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
- The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
- The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
- The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
- One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
- A swagger or rolling gait.
- That which is rolled up.
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- (finance) Any of various financial instruments or transactions that involve opposite positions at different expiries, "rolling" a position from one expiry to another.
- A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
- (US, paddlesport) An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- (nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
- A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
- A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
- A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
- A heavy, reverberatory sound.
- (nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis.
- A catalogue or list, (especially) one kept for official purposes.
- A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
verb
- boil vigorously
- pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
- cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- show certain properties when being rolled
- flatten or spread with a roller
- occur in soft rounded shapes
- begin operating or running
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- shape by rolling
- move by turning over or rotating
- take the shape of a roll or cylinder
- emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
- arrange or coil around
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
- execute a roll, in tumbling
- move, rock, or sway from side to side
- (ambitransitive, of a camera) To (cause to) film.
- (ergative) To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.
- (slang, intransitive) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
- (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial, intransitive) To leave or begin a journey; sometimes with out.
- (chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, intransitive) To walk, especially leisurely or idly; to stroll.
- (dice games, transitive) To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
- (intransitive, in folk songs) To travel by sailing.
- (ergative, sometimes figurative) To drive, impel, or flow onward with a steady, wave-like motion.
- (intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
- (transitive, US) To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
- (geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
- (ergative) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
- (intransitive) To have a rolling aspect.
- (ergative) To move upon rollers or wheels.
- (transitive, soccer) To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
- (intransitive, video games) To drum on the reverse of a game controller with one's fingers in rapid succession, pushing the controller face into the opposite hand such that a button is rapidly pressed and depressed.
- (transitive, martial arts) To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.
- (transitive) To create a customized version of.
- (ergative, slang) To (cause to) betray secrets or testify for the prosecution.
- (transitive) To utter with an alveolar trill.
- (US, slang, intransitive) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
- (programming) To perform an operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end" being wrapped around to the other end.
- (computing) To generate a random number.
- (ergative) To press, level, spread, or form with a roller or rollers.
- (roleplaying games) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
- (ergative) To turn over in one's mind, as of deep thoughts; to (cause to) be considered thoroughly.
- (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial, intransitive) To compete, especially with vigor.
- (transitive, music) To briskly arpeggiate (a chord), typically in an upward motion.
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical, of an aircraft or vessel) To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch, yaw.
- (transitive) To beat up; to assault.
- (intransitive, shipping) To load ocean freight cargo onto a vessel other than the one it was meant to sail on.
- (transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as with a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
- (intransitive) To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
- (transitive) To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
- (ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
noun
verb
noun
- any shape that is triangular in cross section
- (neuroanatomy) A portion of the occipital lobe of the human brain, involved in visual processing.
- (entomology) A wedge-shaped section of the forewing of certain heteropteran bugs.
- (architecture) One of a set of wedge-shaped divisions separated by stairways, found in the Ancient Roman theatre and in mediaeval architecture.
noun
- any shape that is triangular in cross section
- (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
- something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
- a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
- a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
- One of the basic elements that make up cuneiform writing, a single triangular impression made with the corner of a reed stylus.
- One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
- (meteorology) A barometric ridge; an elongated region of high atmospheric pressure between two low-pressure areas.
- (figurative) Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
- (music) A hairpin, an elongated horizontal V-shaped sign indicating a crescendo or decrescendo.
- (US, regional, especially Westchester, New York) A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
- (colloquial, British, countable, uncountable, by extension) A quantity of money.
- A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
- (geometry) A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
- (typography, US) A háček.
- (finance) A market trend characterized by a contracting range in prices coupled with an upward trend in prices (a rising wedge) or a downward trend in prices (a falling wedge).
- (UK, Cambridge University slang) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.
- (zoology, collective) A group of geese, swans, or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
- (meteorology) A wedge tornado.
- (architecture) A voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.
- (phonetics) The IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
- (mathematics) The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
- One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
- (golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
verb
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- put, fix, force, or implant
- (computing, informal, intransitive) Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
- (transitive) To shape into a wedge.
- (ambitransitive) To force into a narrow gap.
- (transitive) To support or secure using a wedge.
- (transitive) To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
- (transitive) To pack (people or animals) together tightly into a mass.
- (transitive) To force or drive with a wedge.
- (transitive) To cleave with a wedge.
noun
- The shape of something curved.
- (mathematics) The extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space.
- (differential geometry) The extent to which a Riemannian manifold is intrinsically curved.
- the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve
- the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
- (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal
adj
verb
noun
- A curved pastry.
- (historical) Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.
- A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.
- The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
- (heraldry) The emblem of the waxing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.
- A crescentspot butterfly.
- (Islam) A representation of a crescent, used as a symbol of Islam.
- (New Zealand) A crescent spanner.
- any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
verb
- To create or form an edge in the shape of a crescent or multiple crescents.
- (intransitive) To harvest scallops
- (transitive) To bake in a casserole (gratin), originally in a scallop shell; especially used in form scalloped
- fish for scallops
- shape or cut in scallops
- decorate an edge with scallops
- form scallops in
- bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top
noun
- A dish shaped like a scallop shell.
- (cooking) A fillet of meat, escalope.
- One of a series of curves, forming an edge similar to a scallop shell, especially in knitting and crochet.
- (cooking, UK, regional, rare) A sautéed potato (a shallow-fried round potato slice).
- Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pectinoidea.
- (cooking, UK, Ireland, Australia, regional) A battered and deep-fried round potato slice.
- one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
- edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
- edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
- thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
noun
adj
- Roughly rectangular or elliptical.
- (bookmaking) Having the horizontal axis of a page longer than the vertical; In landscape orientation.
- Having a length and width that are different; not square or circular.
- deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction
- (of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides
verb
adj
verb
noun
- A curved pastry.
- (historical) Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.
- A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.
- The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
- (heraldry) The emblem of the waxing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.
- A crescentspot butterfly.
- (Islam) A representation of a crescent, used as a symbol of Islam.
- (New Zealand) A crescent spanner.
- any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
adj
noun
- A thing having such a shape, such as an arena.
- An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.
- (Australia) A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape.
- (mathematics) In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point.
- a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
noun
adj
- Roughly rectangular or elliptical.
- (bookmaking) Having the horizontal axis of a page longer than the vertical; In landscape orientation.
- Having a length and width that are different; not square or circular.
- deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction
- (of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides
verb
adj
- having the shape of
- shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
- (in compounds) Having a particular shape (sharing the appearance of something in space, especially its outline – often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure).
- (in compounds) Designed for a particular person or thing.
- Having been given a shape, especially a curved shape.
verb
noun
adj
adj
noun
adj
- Shaped like a crescent moon; lunate.
- (chiefly historical) (Believed to be) influenced by the Moon, as in character, growth, or properties.
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon).
- Extremely high.
- (astronomy) Of or pertaining to travel through space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon.
- (alchemy, chemistry, historical) Of or pertaining to silver (which was symbolically associated with the Moon by alchemists).
- of or relating to or associated with the moon
noun
adj
noun
- Ellipsis of flat iron steak.
- (especially referring to the shape of a building) a quadrilateral with two parallel sides, one of which is very short, and whose non-parallel sides are longer than either parallel side.
- A simple iron (for pressing laundry) which is heated on a stove.
- (geomorphology) A steeply sloping triangular landform created by the differential erosion of a steeply dipping, erosion-resistant layer of rock overlying softer strata.
- A pair of metal tongs with heated ceramic plates used for straightening hair.
- an iron that was heated by placing it on a stove