English words for 'Being a creature, created.'
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noun
- A living being or creature.
- (slang, euphemistic) A vulva or vagina.
- An individual object or distinct entity.
- (in the plural) Possessions or equipment; stuff; gear.
- (informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
- (MLE) Alternative form of ting.
- (informal) A romantic couple.
- (MLE) Girl; attractive woman.
- (chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
- (informal) A romantic relationship.
- (informal) A unit or container, usually containing consumable goods.
- (slang, euphemistic) A penis.
- (informal, used possessively, chiefly in the negative) That which is favoured; personal preference.
- (informal, with a) A genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists (often contrary to expectation or belief).
- Corporeal object.
- (informal) A custom or practice.
- Whatever can be owned.
- (informal, used possessively, with "do") One's typical routine, habits, or manner.
- A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
- That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
- (informal, with the) The central point; the crux.
- Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.
- a special situation
- a vaguely specified concern
- a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
- an action
- a statement regarded as an object
- an entity that is not named specifically
- an artifact
- an event
- a separate and self-contained entity
- a special abstraction
- any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
- a special objective
verb
noun
- A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
- (now uncommon, religion) A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.
- a living being
- (sometimes derogatory) A human.
- An unidentified, mysterious, and often monstrous animal or being.
- A being subservient to or dependent upon another.
- a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
- a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
adj
- (of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.
- (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.
- Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
- (euphemistic, of art) bad, unartistic, busy.
- Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.
- promoting construction or creation
- having the ability or power to create
noun
verb
- (transitive) To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).
- (critical theory) To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender.
- (transitive) To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
- (intransitive) To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
- call forth
- make (offspring) by reproduction
noun
- The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation.
- The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation.
- (now US, dialectal) Race, family; breed.
- A group of people born in a specific range of years and whose members can relate culturally to one another.
- (geometry) The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.
- (cellular automata) A single iteration of a cellular automaton rule on a pattern.
- A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit.
- A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions.
- (television) A copy of a recording made from an earlier copy.
- A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology.
- The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time.
- a stage of technological development or innovation
- the normal time between successive generations
- all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
- a coming into being
- the production of heat or electricity
- group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
- the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
noun
- the creation of something in the mind
- the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon
- the event that occurred at the beginning of something
- an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
- The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
- The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
- The state of being conceived; the beginning.
- The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
- The start of pregnancy.
- The act of conceiving.
- An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.
noun
- the creation of something in the mind
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
- a decorative or artistic work
- an arrangement scheme
- a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something
- an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
- Intention or plot.
- A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
- A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
- (particularly) Malicious or malevolent intention.
- The art of designing
- The composition of a work of art.
- The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
- A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.
verb
- conceive or fashion in the mind; invent
- create designs
- intend or have as a purpose
- plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect
- make or work out a plan for; devise
- create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner
- (transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).
- To manifest requirements to be satisfied by an object or process for them to solve a problem.
noun
- the creation of something in the mind
- a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
- Something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
- The act of innovating; the introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.
- A change effected by innovating; a change in customs.
- A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.
noun
- the creation of something in the mind
- a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
- the act of inventing
- Something invented.
- (music) A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.
- The capacity to invent.
- The act of inventing.
noun
- A concept or creation endeared by its creator.
- Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See :Category:Baby animals for more.
- A person's romantic partner; a term of endearment used to refer to or address e.g. one's girlfriend, boyfriend, or spouse.
- A person who is new to or inexperienced in something.
- A person who is immature, infantile, or feeble.
- (informal) A form of address to a person considered to be attractive.
- The lastborn of a family; the youngest sibling, irrespective of age.
- A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
- (often attributive) One who is new to an identity or community.
- A very young human, even if not yet born.
- An affectionate term for anything.
- A pet project or responsibility.
- a very young mammal
- a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
- a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- an unborn child; a human fetus
- the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
- an immature childish person
- a project of personal concern to someone
adj
verb
noun
- the human act of creating
- an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
- everything that exists anywhere
- the event that occurred at the beginning of something
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
- (uncountable) The act of creating something.
- (countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.
- (uncountable) All which exists.
noun
- An incarnate being or form.
- The state of being incarnated.
- A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like.
- A living being embodying a deity or spirit.
- The act of incarnating.
- An assumption of human form or nature.
- A version or iteration (of something).
- the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
- time passed in a particular bodily form
- a new personification of a familiar idea
noun
- The soul of a person or other creature.
- Energy; ardour.
- (usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
- A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
- Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
- (dyeing) Stannic chloride.
- One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.
- The manner or style of something.
- (often in the plural) Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state.
- (philosophy, Hegelian) The essence behind historical development of both individual and society evolving towards the Absolute.
- Enthusiasm.
- animation and energy in action or expression
- the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)
- the intended meaning of a communication
- the vital principle or animating force within living things
- any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character
- an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
verb
verb
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- result or issue
- rise to one's feet
- originate or come into being
- get up and out of bed
- take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
- move upward
- (intransitive) To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself.
- (intransitive) To come up from a lower to a higher position.
- (intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
verb
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
- make visible by means of chemical solutions
- change the use of and make available or usable
- work out
- cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
- grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
- elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
- grow emotionally or mature
- create by training and teaching
- make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
- become technologically advanced
- expand in the form of a series
- happen
- be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
- move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
- gain through experience
- generate gradually
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
- move into a strategically more advantageous position
- (transitive) To create.
- (mathematics) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
- (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
- (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
- (ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
- (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
- (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
- (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
- (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
verb
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- cause to grow or develop
- increase in size by natural process
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become attached by or as if by the process of growth
- grow emotionally or mature
- develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
- (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
- (ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
- (intransitive) To develop, to mature.
- (ergative, of plants) To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere)
- (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
verb
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.
- bring into being
- (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to be; to bring (someone or something) into existence; to produce or initiate a person or thing.
- (intransitive) To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with).
verb
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- rise in rank or status
- come up, of celestial bodies
- rise to one's feet
- go up or advance
- become more extreme
- become heartened or elated
- move to a better position in life or to a better job
- get up and out of bed
- come to the surface
- take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
- move upward
- return from the dead
- exert oneself to meet a challenge
- increase in value or to a higher point
- rise up
- increase in volume
- To develop, to come about or intensify.
- To attain a higher status.
- Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
- To become perceptible to the senses (other than sight).
- To move upwards.
- (music) To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
- (figurative) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
- To slope upward.
- To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
- To become active, effective or operational, especially in response to an external or internal stimulus.
- To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
- To leave one's bed; to get up.
- (of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
- To come; to offer itself.
- To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
- (transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.
- To become erect; to assume an upright position.
- To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
- (of a river) To have its source (in a particular place).
- To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
- (transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.
- (figurative) To be resurrected.
noun
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- a growth in strength or number or importance
- the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
- the act of changing location in an upward direction
- an increase in cost
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- increase in price or value
- a movement upward; rise above the ground
- the amount a salary is increased
- (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
- An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
- (chiefly UK, also Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa) An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, rest of Commonwealth, sometimes Canada) Ellipsis of pay rise (“an increase in wage or salary”).
- The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
- The front of a diaper.
- (informal) A very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group.
- (Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
- Alternative form of rice (“twig”).
- The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
- The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
- (architecture) The height of an arch or a step.
verb
- come into existence
- enhance the appearance of
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- undergo a change or development
- (transitive) Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone).
- (copulative, followed by an adjective or a noun) begin to be; turn into (often with permanent states).
- (intransitive, archaic other than in become of) To come about; happen; come into being; arise.
- (transitive) To be appropriate for.
verb
- (transitive) To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers.
- (transitive) To plant with fungal spawn.
- (intransitive) To reproduce, especially in large numbers.
- (ergative, video games) To appear, or cause (something or someone) to appear, spontaneously in a game world at a particular place and time.
- (transitive) To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.
- (transitive) To bring forth in general.
- (transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
- (intransitive, figuratively, Internet slang, humorous) Of a person or non-egg-laying animal: to be born.
- (intransitive) To deposit (numerous) eggs in water.
- (ergative, figuratively, Internet slang) To appear, or cause (something or someone) to appear, unexpectedly and seemingly out of nowhere.
- lay spawn
- call forth
noun
- (video games) Synonym of spawn point.
- The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.
- (horticulture) The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
- (often derogatory) Children; offspring.
- Any germ or seed, even a figurative source.
- Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation.
- the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs
adj
- consisting of or forming human or animal figures
- (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
- Metaphorically so called.
- With many figures of speech.
- Emblematic, symbolic; representative, exemplative
- Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures.
- (art) Representing forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to abstract art.
noun
noun
- The creation of the universe.
- Any specific theory, model, myth, or other account of the origin of the universe.
- The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields.
- the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe
verb
- To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
- To move in regular procession through a system.
- (chemistry) To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
- To change, to transform.
- To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
- To change or transform (something).
- Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
- (biology) Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.
- (chiefly passive voice) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
- undergo development or evolution
- work out
- gain through experience
noun
- (Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means
- a mechanism that can move automatically
- (by extension, fantasy) A humanoid creature made from any previously inanimate matter, such as wood or stone, animated by magic.
- (mythology) A humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic.
adj
noun
verb
verb
- (figurative) To arise, to come into existence.
- To come upon and flush out.
- (ambitransitive, nautical, usually perfective) To crack.
- (transitive) To cause to spring (all senses).
- (transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of strain.
- (sometimes figurative) To enliven.
- (transitive, slang, US) To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
- (intransitive) To move or burst forth.
- (intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere.
- (UK dialectal) To mature.
- To grow, to sprout.
- (transitive) To leap over.
- (of mechanisms) To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
- (of animals) To find or get enough food during springtime.
- (transitive, nautical) To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
- (intransitive, slang, rare) To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
- (transitive) To pay or spend a certain sum, to yield.
- (ambitransitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
- (Australia, slang) To catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
- To appear.
- (intransitive, UK, dialectal, chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
- (intransitive, now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
- (transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of sprain.
- To tell, to share.
- (transitive, rare) To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
- (transitive, architecture, of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of.
- (figurative, usually with cardinal adverbs) To move with great speed and energy.
- (intransitive, architecture, of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.
- (usually with from) To be born, descend, or originate from
- develop into a distinctive entity
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- develop suddenly
- produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
- spring back; spring away from an impact
noun
- A grove of trees; a forest.
- (countable, slang) An erection of the penis.
- (countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
- (nautical) A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
- (figurative) A race, a lineage.
- A shoot, a young tree.
- (figurative) A youth.
- Elastic energy, power, or force.
- (countable, fashion) Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
- (meteorology) The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
- (countable) The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
- (astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
- Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.
- An elastic mechanical part or device in any shape (e.g., flat, curved, coiled), made of flexible material (usually spring steel) that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
- (uncountable, figurative) The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
- (figurative, politics) a period of political liberalization and democratization
- (oceanography) Ellipsis of spring tide, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons.
- A cause, a motive, etc.
- (nautical) A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.
- (countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
- (geology) A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
- a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
- a point at which water issues forth
- a natural flow of ground water
- the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- the season of growth; spring; the beginning of spring
noun
- The inherent nature of something.
- (UK, colloquial) Pound sterling. (usually only used with a whole number of pounds)
- (historical) A sovereign or guinea, that is, a certain coin or amount of money.
- A piece of material for chewing, especially chewing tobacco.
- (US, colloquial) The act of chewing such tobacco.
- (Commonwealth, colloquial, by extension, rare) Dollar, dollars.
- (Ireland, colloquial, by extension) Euro.
- (Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial, historical) Various national currencies typically known by the name "pound".
- Paired with quo, in reference to the phrase quid pro quo (“this for that”): something offered in exchange for something else.
- (US, historical) A member of a section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811, following John Randolph of Roanoke. (From tertium quid.)
- something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something they do or give or promise
- the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
verb
noun
- (Platonic philosophy) The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter.
- (Gnosticism) A (usually jealous or outright malevolent) being who is inferior to the supreme being, and sometimes seen as the creator of evil.
- (figuratively) Something (such as an idea, individual or institution) conceived as an autonomous creative force or decisive power.
- (historical, Ancient Greece) The title of a magistrate in a number of states of Ancient Greece, and in the city states (poleis) of the Achaean League.
- a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe
noun
- A living being or creature.
- (slang, euphemistic) A vulva or vagina.
- An individual object or distinct entity.
- (in the plural) Possessions or equipment; stuff; gear.
- (informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
- (MLE) Alternative form of ting.
- (informal) A romantic couple.
- (MLE) Girl; attractive woman.
- (chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
- (informal) A romantic relationship.
- (informal) A unit or container, usually containing consumable goods.
- (slang, euphemistic) A penis.
- (informal, used possessively, chiefly in the negative) That which is favoured; personal preference.
- (informal, with a) A genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists (often contrary to expectation or belief).
- Corporeal object.
- (informal) A custom or practice.
- Whatever can be owned.
- (informal, used possessively, with "do") One's typical routine, habits, or manner.
- A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
- That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
- (informal, with the) The central point; the crux.
- Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.
- a special situation
- a vaguely specified concern
- a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
- an action
- a statement regarded as an object
- an entity that is not named specifically
- an artifact
- an event
- a separate and self-contained entity
- a special abstraction
- any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
- a special objective
verb
noun
- A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
- (now uncommon, religion) A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.
- a living being
- (sometimes derogatory) A human.
- An unidentified, mysterious, and often monstrous animal or being.
- A being subservient to or dependent upon another.
- a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
- a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
noun
- The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation.
- The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation.
- (now US, dialectal) Race, family; breed.
- A group of people born in a specific range of years and whose members can relate culturally to one another.
- (geometry) The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.
- (cellular automata) A single iteration of a cellular automaton rule on a pattern.
- A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit.
- A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions.
- (television) A copy of a recording made from an earlier copy.
- A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology.
- The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time.
- a stage of technological development or innovation
- the normal time between successive generations
- all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
- a coming into being
- the production of heat or electricity
- group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
- the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
noun
- the creation of something in the mind
- the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon
- the event that occurred at the beginning of something
- an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
- The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
- The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
- The state of being conceived; the beginning.
- The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
- The start of pregnancy.
- The act of conceiving.
- An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.
noun
- the creation of something in the mind
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
- a decorative or artistic work
- an arrangement scheme
- a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something
- an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
- Intention or plot.
- A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
- A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
- (particularly) Malicious or malevolent intention.
- The art of designing
- The composition of a work of art.
- The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
- A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.
verb
- conceive or fashion in the mind; invent
- create designs
- intend or have as a purpose
- plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect
- make or work out a plan for; devise
- create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner
- (transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).
- To manifest requirements to be satisfied by an object or process for them to solve a problem.
noun
- the creation of something in the mind
- a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
- Something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
- The act of innovating; the introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.
- A change effected by innovating; a change in customs.
- A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.
noun
- the creation of something in the mind
- a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
- the act of inventing
- Something invented.
- (music) A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.
- The capacity to invent.
- The act of inventing.
noun
- A concept or creation endeared by its creator.
- Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See :Category:Baby animals for more.
- A person's romantic partner; a term of endearment used to refer to or address e.g. one's girlfriend, boyfriend, or spouse.
- A person who is new to or inexperienced in something.
- A person who is immature, infantile, or feeble.
- (informal) A form of address to a person considered to be attractive.
- The lastborn of a family; the youngest sibling, irrespective of age.
- A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
- (often attributive) One who is new to an identity or community.
- A very young human, even if not yet born.
- An affectionate term for anything.
- A pet project or responsibility.
- a very young mammal
- a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
- a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- an unborn child; a human fetus
- the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
- an immature childish person
- a project of personal concern to someone
adj
verb
noun
- the human act of creating
- an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
- everything that exists anywhere
- the event that occurred at the beginning of something
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
- (uncountable) The act of creating something.
- (countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.
- (uncountable) All which exists.
noun
- An incarnate being or form.
- The state of being incarnated.
- A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like.
- A living being embodying a deity or spirit.
- The act of incarnating.
- An assumption of human form or nature.
- A version or iteration (of something).
- the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
- time passed in a particular bodily form
- a new personification of a familiar idea
noun
- The soul of a person or other creature.
- Energy; ardour.
- (usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
- A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
- Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
- (dyeing) Stannic chloride.
- One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.
- The manner or style of something.
- (often in the plural) Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state.
- (philosophy, Hegelian) The essence behind historical development of both individual and society evolving towards the Absolute.
- Enthusiasm.
- animation and energy in action or expression
- the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)
- the intended meaning of a communication
- the vital principle or animating force within living things
- any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character
- an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
verb
noun
noun
- The creation of the universe.
- Any specific theory, model, myth, or other account of the origin of the universe.
- The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields.
- the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe
noun
- (Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means
- a mechanism that can move automatically
- (by extension, fantasy) A humanoid creature made from any previously inanimate matter, such as wood or stone, animated by magic.
- (mythology) A humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic.
noun
- The inherent nature of something.
- (UK, colloquial) Pound sterling. (usually only used with a whole number of pounds)
- (historical) A sovereign or guinea, that is, a certain coin or amount of money.
- A piece of material for chewing, especially chewing tobacco.
- (US, colloquial) The act of chewing such tobacco.
- (Commonwealth, colloquial, by extension, rare) Dollar, dollars.
- (Ireland, colloquial, by extension) Euro.
- (Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial, historical) Various national currencies typically known by the name "pound".
- Paired with quo, in reference to the phrase quid pro quo (“this for that”): something offered in exchange for something else.
- (US, historical) A member of a section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811, following John Randolph of Roanoke. (From tertium quid.)
- something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something they do or give or promise
- the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
verb
noun
- (Platonic philosophy) The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter.
- (Gnosticism) A (usually jealous or outright malevolent) being who is inferior to the supreme being, and sometimes seen as the creator of evil.
- (figuratively) Something (such as an idea, individual or institution) conceived as an autonomous creative force or decisive power.
- (historical, Ancient Greece) The title of a magistrate in a number of states of Ancient Greece, and in the city states (poleis) of the Achaean League.
- a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe
verb
- (transitive) To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).
- (critical theory) To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender.
- (transitive) To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
- (intransitive) To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
- call forth
- make (offspring) by reproduction
verb
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- result or issue
- rise to one's feet
- originate or come into being
- get up and out of bed
- take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
- move upward
- (intransitive) To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself.
- (intransitive) To come up from a lower to a higher position.
- (intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
verb
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
- make visible by means of chemical solutions
- change the use of and make available or usable
- work out
- cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
- grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
- elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
- grow emotionally or mature
- create by training and teaching
- make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
- become technologically advanced
- expand in the form of a series
- happen
- be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
- move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
- gain through experience
- generate gradually
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
- move into a strategically more advantageous position
- (transitive) To create.
- (mathematics) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
- (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
- (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
- (ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
- (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
- (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
- (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
- (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
verb
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- cause to grow or develop
- increase in size by natural process
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become attached by or as if by the process of growth
- grow emotionally or mature
- develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
- (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
- (ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
- (intransitive) To develop, to mature.
- (ergative, of plants) To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere)
- (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
verb
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.
- bring into being
- (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to be; to bring (someone or something) into existence; to produce or initiate a person or thing.
- (intransitive) To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with).
verb
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- rise in rank or status
- come up, of celestial bodies
- rise to one's feet
- go up or advance
- become more extreme
- become heartened or elated
- move to a better position in life or to a better job
- get up and out of bed
- come to the surface
- take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
- move upward
- return from the dead
- exert oneself to meet a challenge
- increase in value or to a higher point
- rise up
- increase in volume
- To develop, to come about or intensify.
- To attain a higher status.
- Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
- To become perceptible to the senses (other than sight).
- To move upwards.
- (music) To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
- (figurative) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
- To slope upward.
- To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
- To become active, effective or operational, especially in response to an external or internal stimulus.
- To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
- To leave one's bed; to get up.
- (of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
- To come; to offer itself.
- To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
- (transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.
- To become erect; to assume an upright position.
- To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
- (of a river) To have its source (in a particular place).
- To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
- (transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.
- (figurative) To be resurrected.
noun
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- a growth in strength or number or importance
- the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
- the act of changing location in an upward direction
- an increase in cost
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- increase in price or value
- a movement upward; rise above the ground
- the amount a salary is increased
- (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
- An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
- (chiefly UK, also Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa) An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, rest of Commonwealth, sometimes Canada) Ellipsis of pay rise (“an increase in wage or salary”).
- The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
- The front of a diaper.
- (informal) A very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group.
- (Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
- Alternative form of rice (“twig”).
- The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
- The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
- (architecture) The height of an arch or a step.
verb
- come into existence
- enhance the appearance of
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- undergo a change or development
- (transitive) Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone).
- (copulative, followed by an adjective or a noun) begin to be; turn into (often with permanent states).
- (intransitive, archaic other than in become of) To come about; happen; come into being; arise.
- (transitive) To be appropriate for.
verb
- (transitive) To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers.
- (transitive) To plant with fungal spawn.
- (intransitive) To reproduce, especially in large numbers.
- (ergative, video games) To appear, or cause (something or someone) to appear, spontaneously in a game world at a particular place and time.
- (transitive) To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.
- (transitive) To bring forth in general.
- (transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
- (intransitive, figuratively, Internet slang, humorous) Of a person or non-egg-laying animal: to be born.
- (intransitive) To deposit (numerous) eggs in water.
- (ergative, figuratively, Internet slang) To appear, or cause (something or someone) to appear, unexpectedly and seemingly out of nowhere.
- lay spawn
- call forth
noun
- (video games) Synonym of spawn point.
- The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.
- (horticulture) The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
- (often derogatory) Children; offspring.
- Any germ or seed, even a figurative source.
- Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation.
- the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs
verb
- To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
- To move in regular procession through a system.
- (chemistry) To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
- To change, to transform.
- To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
- To change or transform (something).
- Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
- (biology) Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.
- (chiefly passive voice) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
- undergo development or evolution
- work out
- gain through experience
verb
- (figurative) To arise, to come into existence.
- To come upon and flush out.
- (ambitransitive, nautical, usually perfective) To crack.
- (transitive) To cause to spring (all senses).
- (transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of strain.
- (sometimes figurative) To enliven.
- (transitive, slang, US) To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
- (intransitive) To move or burst forth.
- (intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere.
- (UK dialectal) To mature.
- To grow, to sprout.
- (transitive) To leap over.
- (of mechanisms) To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
- (of animals) To find or get enough food during springtime.
- (transitive, nautical) To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
- (intransitive, slang, rare) To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
- (transitive) To pay or spend a certain sum, to yield.
- (ambitransitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
- (Australia, slang) To catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
- To appear.
- (intransitive, UK, dialectal, chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
- (intransitive, now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
- (transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of sprain.
- To tell, to share.
- (transitive, rare) To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
- (transitive, architecture, of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of.
- (figurative, usually with cardinal adverbs) To move with great speed and energy.
- (intransitive, architecture, of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.
- (usually with from) To be born, descend, or originate from
- develop into a distinctive entity
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- develop suddenly
- produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
- spring back; spring away from an impact
noun
- A grove of trees; a forest.
- (countable, slang) An erection of the penis.
- (countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
- (nautical) A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
- (figurative) A race, a lineage.
- A shoot, a young tree.
- (figurative) A youth.
- Elastic energy, power, or force.
- (countable, fashion) Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
- (meteorology) The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
- (countable) The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
- (astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
- Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.
- An elastic mechanical part or device in any shape (e.g., flat, curved, coiled), made of flexible material (usually spring steel) that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
- (uncountable, figurative) The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
- (figurative, politics) a period of political liberalization and democratization
- (oceanography) Ellipsis of spring tide, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons.
- A cause, a motive, etc.
- (nautical) A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.
- (countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
- (geology) A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
- a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
- a point at which water issues forth
- a natural flow of ground water
- the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- the season of growth; spring; the beginning of spring
adj
- (of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.
- (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.
- Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
- (euphemistic, of art) bad, unartistic, busy.
- Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.
- promoting construction or creation
- having the ability or power to create
noun
adj
- consisting of or forming human or animal figures
- (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
- Metaphorically so called.
- With many figures of speech.
- Emblematic, symbolic; representative, exemplative
- Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures.
- (art) Representing forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to abstract art.