grip
lord and master
fang
command
prepotent
bigfoot
prehensor
get a grip
take
potent
strong
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domination
hang on
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regnant
stranglehold
clampy
clasp
bite
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assume
take control
seize
take over
haft
nimble
bear
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repertoire
manhandle
clutches
truss
power
force
fear
have someone on toast
faculty
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mightly
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ruler
possess
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begripe
cinch
show who's boss
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mover and shaker
best
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master
in charge
guide
entitlement
better
hold
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ruling
chokehold
overcomer
mistress
surmounter
cling on
Darth Vader
prevail
subduer
ahold
overpower
controller
win
ascendent
giant
mastery
withholder
god
bind
hold on
prehensile
grasping
carry the mail
meritocrat
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clutch
powerish
vice
captor
grippie
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command
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repertoire
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hold
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overcomer
mistress
surmounter
Darth Vader
subduer
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controller
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mastery
withholder
god
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meritocrat
vice
captor
grippie
bigfoot
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assume
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possess
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carry the mail
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hold
noun
- Control, power or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
- A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
- A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
- An apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
- A lot of something.
- A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
- A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person.
- A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).
- A long time.
- As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
- A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
- A handle or other place to grip.
- A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
- Assistance; help or encouragement.
- A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
verb
noun
- A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
- That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
- Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
- A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
- The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.
- a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh
- a long pointed tooth for injecting venom
- Catches on which the coal mining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off.
- The valve of a pump box.
verb
noun
- power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
- A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.
- The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
- An order to do something.
- Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
- A command performance.
- A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
- A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.
- The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
- The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
verb
- to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
- To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
- To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
- To hold, to control the use of.
- To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
- To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.
verb
- To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- To accept (zero or more arguments).
- To seize or capture.
- To remove.
- To go.
- To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
- To proceed to fill.
- To participate in.
- To let in (water).
- To move into.
- To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
- To assume (a form).
- To go into, through, or along.
- To apply oneself to the study of.
- To deal with.
- To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- To have sex with.
- To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
- To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- To experience or feel.
- To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- To carry or lead (something or someone).
- To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- An intensifier.
- To require.
- To fill, to use up (time or space).
- To avail oneself of.
- To escort or conduct (a person).
- To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
- To receive into some relationship.
- To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- To catch; to engage.
- To grasp or grip.
- To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- To exact.
- To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- To remove or end by death; to kill.
- To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- To believe, to accept the statements of.
- To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- To subtract.
- To bind oneself by.
- To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- To partake of (food or drink); to consume.
- To perform (a role).
- To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc).
- To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- To accept and follow (advice, etc).
- To use as a means of transportation.
- To admit (a penis or the penis of) into one’s bodily cavity.
- To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- To select or choose; to pick.
- To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- To have the intended effect.
- To regard in a specified way.
- To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).
- To adopt (select) as one's own.
- To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
- To understand (especially in a specified way).
- To have and use one's recourse to.
noun
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- The or an act of taking.
- A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
adj
- having or wielding force or authority
- not faint or feeble
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
- of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- freshly made or left
- strong and sure
adj
noun
- Control by means of superior ability, influence, position, or resources; prevailing force.
- The exercise of power in ruling; sovereignty; authority; government.
- Synonym of cover
- A fetish characterized by control/power over and discipline of one's sexual partner.
- A dominion; an angel from a high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy.
verb
- To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
- To attack with the teeth.
- To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
- To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
- To take or keep a firm hold.
- To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
- To sting.
- To have significant effect, often negative.
- To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
- To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
- To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
- To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
- To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
- To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
- To plagiarize, to imitate.
- To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
- To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
noun
- A small meal or snack.
- The wound left behind after having been bitten.
- Something unpleasant.
- The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
- aggression
- A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.
- The act of biting.
- A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
- The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
- A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
- An act of plagiarism.
verb
- To grasp or take hold of (an object) suddenly, forcibly, or tightly.
- To take up, embrace, enact, or turn eagerly to (a plan, idea, ideology, cause, practice, method, etc.); to grasp, understand, and accept quickly; to adopt wholeheartedly or vigorously.
- To take possession of or claim (an idea, person, event, etc.) as one's own; to assimilate, absorb, annex, co-opt.
verb
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
- take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- occupy or take on
- make a pretence of
- take up someone's soul into heaven
- put clothing on one's body
verb
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
- take hold of; grab
- take or capture by force
- take possession of by force, as after an invasion
- take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
- hook by a pull on the line
- affect
- capture the attention or imagination of
verb
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
- free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
- do over
- take up and practice as one's own
- take up, as of debts or payments
verb
- To possess and use, to exercise (power or influence); to hold (an office, rank, or position).
- To carry upon one's person, especially visibly; to be equipped with.
- To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
- To wear.
- To carry (offspring in the womb), to be pregnant (with).
- To have or display (a mark or other feature).
- To display (a particular heraldic device) on a shield or coat of arms; to be entitled to wear or use (a heraldic device) as a coat of arms.
- To present or exhibit (a particular outward appearance); to have (a certain look).
- To have (a name, title, or designation).
- To possess or enjoy (recognition, renown, a reputation, etc.); to have (a particular price, value, or worth).
- To have (interest or a specified rate of interest) stipulated in its terms.
- To have (an appendage, organ, etc.) as part of the body; (of a part of the body) to have (an appendage).
- To carry or hold in the mind; to experience, entertain, harbour (an idea, feeling, or emotion).
- To feel and show (respect, reverence, loyalty, etc.) to, towards, or unto a person or thing.
- To possess inherently (a quality, attribute, power, or capacity); to have and display as an essential characteristic.
- To have (a relation, correspondence, etc.) to something else.
- To give (written or oral testimony or evidence); (figurative) to provide or constitute (evidence or proof), give witness.
- To have (a certain meaning, intent, or effect).
- To behave or conduct (oneself).
- To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
- To support or sustain; to hold up.
- To endure or withstand (hardship, scrutiny, etc.); to tolerate; to be patient (with).
- To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
- To carry on, or maintain; to have.
- To push, thrust, press.
- To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant.
- To give birth to (someone or something) (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object).
- To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
- To warrant, justify the need for.
- To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
- To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.
- Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target.
- To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
adj
noun
- The meat of this animal.
- A state policeman (short for Smokey Bear).
- A portable punching machine.
- An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
- A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
- A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.
- Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
- The fifteenth Lenormand card.
- A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
- A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
noun
- The set of skills, abilities, experiences, etc., possessed by a person.
- A processor's instruction set.
- The set of vocalisations used by a bird.
- A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform or display.
- An amount, body, or collection of something.
verb
- To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
- To secure or bind with ropes.
- To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
- To tie up a bird before cooking it.
- To support.
noun
- The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.
- A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
- A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.
- A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.
- A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge.
- A triangular bracket.
- Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
- An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled 56 pounds, a truss of new hay equalled 60 pounds, and 36 trusses equalled one load.
noun
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
- possession of controlling influence
- (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)
- possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
- (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
- a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
- physical strength
- a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
- energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
- a very wealthy or powerful businessman
verb
noun
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
- a powerful effect or influence
- (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
- physical energy or intensity
- group of people willing to obey orders
- a unit that is part of some military service
- an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
- a group of people having the power of effective action
- (of a law) having legal validity
- a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
verb
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
- move with force
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- do forcibly; exert force
- take by force
noun
- an ability, power, or skill.
- A licence to make alterations to a church.
- A division of a university.
- The members of a profession.
- The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.
- An authority, power, or privilege conferred by a higher authority.
noun
- One who exerts power, or has the power to act
- One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to do the business of another
- An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect
- The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".
- Someone who works for an intelligence agency
- A cheat who is assisted by dishonest casino staff.
- In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.
- A person who looks for work for another person
verb
- Of a person: to control or dominate (oneself or someone, or one's own or someone's heart, mind, etc.).
- To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own.
- To dominate sexually; to have sexual intercourse with.
- To have control or possession of, but not to own (a chattel or an interest in land).
- Of an idea, thought, etc.: to dominate (someone's mind); to strongly influence.
- To inhabit or occupy a place.
- Of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person's body or mind).
- To dominate (a person) sexually; to have sexual intercourse with (a person).
noun
- Someone who has control over something or someone.
- A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.
- A vessel having a specified number of masts.
- The original of a document or of a recording.
- A male dominant.
- A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.
- The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.
- A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.
- The owner of an animal or slave.
- A skilled artist.
- Someone who employs others.
- A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer.
- A person holding such a degree.
- The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.
- An expert at something.
- A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source.
- A person holding a similar office in other civic societies.
adj
verb
verb
- to exert control or influence over someone or something.
- to serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
- to act as a guide.
- to supervise the education or training of someone.
- to steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
noun
- Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
- A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
- A sign that guides people; guidepost.
- A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.
- A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
- A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
- A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
- Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
adv
- from a position of superiority or authority
- comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.
adj
- (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
- more than half
verb
adj
- (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
- (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness
noun
noun
- A grasp or grip.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- Power over someone or something.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- An act or instance of holding.
- Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
- A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- The wager amount, the total hold.
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- The ability to persist.
- An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- Something reserved or kept.
- The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
- The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
verb
- To detain.
- To take place, to occur.
- In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To have and keep possession of something.
- Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- To contain or store.
- To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- To win one's own service game.
- To cause to wait or delay.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To grasp or grip.
- To reserve.
- To bear, carry, or manage.
- To keep oneself in a particular state.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
noun
- A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership
- The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations
- A female companion to a master (a man with control, authority or ownership)
- a woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart
- A married woman; a wife
- A female teacher
- A dominatrix
- A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it
verb
noun
noun
- One who controls something.
- An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.
- The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
- The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.
- Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
- In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that treat input and output, forming an interface between models and views.
- A hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games.
- A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
- The subject of a control verb. See Control (linguistics)
verb
- To have power, coercion or control.
- To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
- To defeat or surpass someone or something.
- To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
- To achieve victory.
- To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
- To obtain (something desired).
- To cause a victory for someone.
- To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
- To dry by exposure to the wind.
- To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
noun
noun
- A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
- Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
- A maneuver involving a full rotation around an axis while fully extended.
- A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).
- A mythical human of very great size.
- A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
- A very tall and large person.
- A very large organisation.
- A jotun.
- An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
adj
noun
- A person in a high position of authority, importance or influence.
- The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.
- A powerful ruler or tyrant.
- An exceedingly handsome man.
- An idol.
- Something or someone particularly revered, worshipped, idealized, admired and/or followed.
- A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.
- A person who is exceptionally skilled in a particular activity.
- A representation of a deity, especially a statue or statuette.
verb
verb
- To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
- To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.
- To put together in a cover, as of books.
- To process one or more object modules into an executable program.
- To place under legal obligation to serve.
- To cover, as with a bandage.
- To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.
- To make two or more elements stick together.
- To exert a binding or restraining influence.
- To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
- To tie; to confine by any ligature.
- To couple.
- To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
- To cohere or stick together in a mass.
- To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
- To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
- To complain; to whine about something.
- To wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest to give the appearance of a flat chest, usually done by trans men.
noun
- That which binds or ties.
- A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
- The indurated clay of coal mines.
- A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
- Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
- A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break.
verb
- To grip or grasp tightly.
- To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.
- To hatch.
- To seize, as though with claws.
- To win in a 1vX (one versus X) situation.
noun
- The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
- An important or critical situation.
- A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs.
- A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
- A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)
- A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
- A group or bunch (of people or things).
- Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
- A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
- The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
- A difficult maneuver
adj
noun
- One who acts in place of a superior.
- A winding or spiral staircase.
- A bad habit.
- A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
- Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.
- A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
adj
English words for 'Control, power or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast.'
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