English words for 'Deficient in a specified way.'
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adj
- Deficient in a specified way.
- With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
- Inadequate, insufficient.
- Of low quality.
- Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
- (attributive only) Worthy of pity.
- having little money or few possessions
- lacking in quality or substances
- of insufficient quantity to meet a need
- deserving or inciting pity
- characterized by or indicating poverty
noun
verb
suffix
prep
adj
- Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
- (golf) Of an approach shot or putt, that falls short of the green or the hole.
- Having little duration.
- (cricket) Of a ball, bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
- (colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
- (finance) Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
- Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
- Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
- (baking) Of pastries or (metallurgy) of materials, brittle, crumbly.
- (gambling) Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
- Abrupt, brief, pointed, curt.
- Of a person, living being, or object, having a comparatively small height.
- (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
- (by extension) Doubtful of, skeptical of.
- (cricket) Of a fielder or fielding position, that is relatively close to the batsman.
- marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
- primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
- of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
- of insufficient quantity to meet a need
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
- (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
- lacking foresight or scope
- (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
adv
- Without achieving a goal or requirement.
- Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
- (finance) With a negative ownership position.
- (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
- Unawares.
- so as to interrupt
- at some point or distance before a goal is reached
- quickly and without warning; happening unexpectedly; on impulse; without premeditation
- at a disadvantage
- in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
- without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
- clean across
noun
- (Internet) A short-form vertical video.
- (finance) A short seller.
- A short film.
- A summary account.
- (US, slang) An automobile.
- (finance) A short sale or short position.
- (baseball) A shortstop.
- A short version of a garment in a particular size.
- (phonetics) A short phone (such as a vowel) or syllable.
- A short circuit.
- (programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
- the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
verb
- (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
- (intransitive, of an electrical circuit) To short circuit.
- (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
- (transitive, informal) To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.
- create a short circuit in
- cheat someone by not returning them enough money
noun
- a failing or deficiency
- a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
- an imperfection in a bodily system
- an imperfection in an object or machine
- The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
- A fault or malfunction.
- (mathematics) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
verb
- desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
- (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
- (law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.
- (military) To join the enemy army.
- (military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
noun
- (countable) An inadequate quality; fault.
- a flaw or weak point
- (countable) A special fondness or obsessing desire.
- (uncountable) The condition of being weak.
- the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain
- a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you
- powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
- the condition of being financially weak
adj
- Faulty or defective.
- Inappropriate or improper.
- Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
- not in accord with established usage or procedure
- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
- (of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles
- characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
noun
adj
- deficient in amount or quality or extent
- (set theory) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
- Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
- (mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
- Having little flesh; lean; thin.
verb
adj
- deficient in amount or quality or extent
- Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
- (set theory) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
- (mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
- Having little flesh; lean; thin.
noun
verb
noun
- Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
- A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue.
- an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
- a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning
- the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
noun
- defectiveness or unsoundness
- impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
- the state that precedes vomiting
- The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness.
- (linguistics) The analogical misuse of a rarer or marked grammatical case in the place of a more common or unmarked case.
- Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.
verb
- (intransitive) To compensate for or make up a deficiency.
- (intransitive, of some inevitable phenomenon, with with) To finally overtake (someone or something) after a long period of approaching (them or it).
- (intransitive) To be brought up to date with news.
- (ambitransitive) To reach something that had been ahead.
- (transitive) To pick up suddenly.
- (transitive, by extension) To involve in (something).
- (transitive) To bring (someone) up to date with the news.
- (transitive) To entangle (something).
- learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened
- reach the point where one should be after a delay
noun
adj
- (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose
- impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ
- Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior.
- Not performing its proper or intended function.
adj
- Making up for deficiencies; supplementary; suppletory.
- (grammar) Supplying an etymologically unrelated word with forms, or which is used as one of its forms, by suppletion (for example, in English, better and best are suppletive forms of good).
- (law) Relating to laws which can apply in a contract if the parties choose to agree to this.
noun
noun
- a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency)
- a supplementary component that improves capability
- textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
- (grammar) An adjunct that is nonessential, especially a supplementary relative clause.
- (geometry) An angle that, when added to a given angle, makes 180°; a supplementary angle.
- Something added; especially, such an addition added to make up for a deficiency.
- A surcharge, additional cost, especially for food in a restaurant.
- An extension to a document or publication that adds information, corrects errors, or brings up to date.
- (nutrition, bodybuilding) A vitamin, herbal extract, or chemical compound ingested to meet dietary deficiencies or enhance muscular development; the dosage form that conveys or embodies it (e.g., tablet, capsule, pill, powder, beverage).
- (journalism, scientific literature) An additional section of a newspaper devoted to a specific subject; an additional section of a journal issue, or an additional issue, for a similar purpose.
verb
noun
- A quality of being inadequate; a disadvantage, a fault.
- That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.
- A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army.
- the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
- a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces
verb
noun
verb
- mar or impair with a flaw
- catch sight of
- mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition
- detect with the senses
- become spotted
- make a spot or mark onto
- (transitive, gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
- (rail transport, transitive) To position (a locomotive or car) at a predetermined point, e.g., for loading or unloading.
- (dialectal) To rain slightly, in scattered, infrequent drops, for example when first beginning to rain.
- (ambitransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
- (transitive) To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
- (transitive, dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
- (transitive) To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
- (transitive, chiefly snooker and billiards) To place (an object) at a location indicated by a spot.
- (US, slang, ditransitive) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
- To experience vaginal spotting; to expel blood from the vagina.
- (intransitive, snooker and billiards) Of a ball, to be capable of being placed on its own spot.
- (aviation, military, transitive) To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult.
- (transitive) To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
- (transitive) To cover with spots, to speckle.
- (transitive) To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.
- (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
noun
- a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
- a small piece or quantity of something
- a business establishment for entertainment
- a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
- a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising
- a point located with respect to surface features of some region
- a blemish made by dirt
- a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance
- a small contrasting part of something
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
- a slight attack of illness
- an outstanding characteristic
- a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value
- (soccer) Penalty spot.
- The act of spotting or noticing something.
- (US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
- (sports) An official determination of placement.
- A bright lamp; a spotlight.
- A pimple, papule or pustule.
- A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
- A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
- A symbol on a playing card, domino, die, etc. indicating its value; a pip.
- Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.
- (finance) A decimal point; point.
- A parking space.
- (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
- (physics) An autosoliton.
- A location or area.
- Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.
- (slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
- A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
- A difficult situation.
- A stain or disfiguring mark.
- A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
- The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
adj
noun
- Lack; deficiency; non-existence.
- (medicine) Temporary loss or disruption of consciousness, with sudden onset and recovery, and common in epilepsy.
- Failure to be present where one is expected, wanted, or needed; nonattendance; deficiency.
- The period of someone being away.
- Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind).
- A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship
- (fencing) Lack of contact between blades.
- failure to be present
- the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy
- the time interval during which something or somebody is away
- the state of being absent
verb
- (transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
- (transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
- (transitive) To fill up, or keep full.
- (intransitive) To act as a substitute.
- (transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
- (transitive) To furnish or equip with.
- (transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
- circulate or distribute or equip with
- give something useful or necessary to
- state or say further
- give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
adv
noun
- (countable) An amount of something supplied.
- (chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
- (in the plural) Provisions.
- (economics) The market force that causes sellers to be both willing and able to sell a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently available to be bought at any given price point; the amount itself.
- Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
- (uncountable) The act of supplying.
- the activity of supplying or providing something
- offering goods and services for sale
- an amount of something available for use
verb
noun
noun
- An imperfection or shortcoming that limits something's use or value.
- A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance.
- The act of limiting or the state of being limited.
- (law) A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought.
- a principle that limits the extent of something
- an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
- the quality of being limited or restricted
- (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought
- the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed
noun
- (figurative) Weakness, limitation
- The quality of being designed for only one hand.
- The possession of only one hand or the ability to use only one hand; the loss of the use of one hand.
- A state in which only one person is active
- Chirality
- The state of choosing to use only one hand.
- The quality of having a dominant hand; left-handedness or right-handedness.
verb
- supplement what is thought to be deficient
- line or stuff with soft material
- write all the required information onto a form
- make fat or plump
- make bigger or better or more complete
- become round, plump, or shapely
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fill, out.
- (transitive) To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.
- (intransitive) To have one's physique expand with maturity or with surplus weight.
verb
- To perform in an inconsistent manner to a substandard level.
- To spray droplets of saliva from the mouth while eating or speaking.
- To direct angry words, criticism, insults, etc., at (someone or something).
- Followed by out: to go out (as a flame) or stop functioning (as an engine or machine) with a spluttering action or sound (senses 2.1 or 2.3).
- To forcefully emit (something), especially in small drops or particles; to sputter.
- Sometimes followed by out: to speak (words) hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.
- Of a substance: to be emitted forcefully in small drops or particles.
- Of a thing: to forcefully emit something, especially in small drops or particles.
- To speak hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.
- To make a sound or sounds of something forcefully emitting a substance in small drops or particles.
- To soil or sprinkle (someone or something) with a substance, often a liquid; to bespatter, to spatter.
- utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
- spit up in an explosive manner
noun
- (uncountable) Chaotic and forceful speaking, verbal exchange, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) A noisy commotion.
- (countable) A disagreement or dispute.
- (countable) A forceful choking or spitting sound.
- (countable) A forceful emission of something, especially in small drops or particles; a spluttering or sputtering.
- the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
- an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
adj
- Faulty; not functional.
- False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
- (sometimes childish) Evil; wicked.
- Not appropriate, of manners etc.
- (often childish) Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
- Not worth it.
- Not suitable or fitting.
- (Internet slang, sarcastic) Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it.
- (chiefly in "bad boy", "bad girl", and similar phrases) Attractive due to (one's) rebellious nature.
- (informal, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
- (semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
- (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
- Harmful, especially unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
- (US) Overly promiscuous, licentious.
- Bold, daring, and tough.
- (originally African-American Vernacular, of a woman) Very attractive; hot, sexy.
- (of a word, speech, or writing) Vulgar, obscene, or blasphemous.
- (of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.
- Of poor physical appearance.
- Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
- The injured or weak one of a pair of body parts, where the other one is healthy.
- (preceded by feel) Regretful, guilty, or ashamed.
- Of low quality.
- Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
- (of breath) Malodorous; foul.
- Inaccurate; incorrect
- (chiefly applied to a person's state of health) Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
- Unfavorable; negative; not good.
- feeling physical discomfort or pain (‘tough’ is occasionally used colloquially for ‘bad’)
- not working properly
- (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
- capable of harming
- reproduced fraudulently
- serious or severe
- nonstandard
- not financially safe or secure
- not capable of being collected
- having undesirable or negative qualities
- characterized by wickedness or immorality
- feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- below average in quality or performance
- physically unsound or diseased
adv
intj
noun
verb
noun
- an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness
- defect or weakness in a person's character
- an imperfection in an object or machine
- A storm of short duration.
- A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
- (law) A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid or ineffective.
- A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw.
- (in particular) An inclusion, stain, or other defect of a diamond or other gemstone.
- A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
- A sudden burst of noise and disorder
verb
noun
- a failing or deficiency
- a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
- an imperfection in a bodily system
- an imperfection in an object or machine
- The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
- A fault or malfunction.
- (mathematics) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
verb
- desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
- (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
- (law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.
- (military) To join the enemy army.
- (military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
noun
- (countable) An inadequate quality; fault.
- a flaw or weak point
- (countable) A special fondness or obsessing desire.
- (uncountable) The condition of being weak.
- the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain
- a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you
- powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
- the condition of being financially weak
noun
- Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
- A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue.
- an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
- a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning
- the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
noun
- defectiveness or unsoundness
- impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
- the state that precedes vomiting
- The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness.
- (linguistics) The analogical misuse of a rarer or marked grammatical case in the place of a more common or unmarked case.
- Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.
noun
- a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency)
- a supplementary component that improves capability
- textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
- (grammar) An adjunct that is nonessential, especially a supplementary relative clause.
- (geometry) An angle that, when added to a given angle, makes 180°; a supplementary angle.
- Something added; especially, such an addition added to make up for a deficiency.
- A surcharge, additional cost, especially for food in a restaurant.
- An extension to a document or publication that adds information, corrects errors, or brings up to date.
- (nutrition, bodybuilding) A vitamin, herbal extract, or chemical compound ingested to meet dietary deficiencies or enhance muscular development; the dosage form that conveys or embodies it (e.g., tablet, capsule, pill, powder, beverage).
- (journalism, scientific literature) An additional section of a newspaper devoted to a specific subject; an additional section of a journal issue, or an additional issue, for a similar purpose.
verb
noun
- A quality of being inadequate; a disadvantage, a fault.
- That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.
- A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army.
- the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
- a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces
noun
- Lack; deficiency; non-existence.
- (medicine) Temporary loss or disruption of consciousness, with sudden onset and recovery, and common in epilepsy.
- Failure to be present where one is expected, wanted, or needed; nonattendance; deficiency.
- The period of someone being away.
- Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind).
- A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship
- (fencing) Lack of contact between blades.
- failure to be present
- the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy
- the time interval during which something or somebody is away
- the state of being absent
noun
- An imperfection or shortcoming that limits something's use or value.
- A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance.
- The act of limiting or the state of being limited.
- (law) A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought.
- a principle that limits the extent of something
- an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
- the quality of being limited or restricted
- (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought
- the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed
noun
- (figurative) Weakness, limitation
- The quality of being designed for only one hand.
- The possession of only one hand or the ability to use only one hand; the loss of the use of one hand.
- A state in which only one person is active
- Chirality
- The state of choosing to use only one hand.
- The quality of having a dominant hand; left-handedness or right-handedness.
noun
- an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness
- defect or weakness in a person's character
- an imperfection in an object or machine
- A storm of short duration.
- A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
- (law) A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid or ineffective.
- A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw.
- (in particular) An inclusion, stain, or other defect of a diamond or other gemstone.
- A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
- A sudden burst of noise and disorder
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To compensate for or make up a deficiency.
- (intransitive, of some inevitable phenomenon, with with) To finally overtake (someone or something) after a long period of approaching (them or it).
- (intransitive) To be brought up to date with news.
- (ambitransitive) To reach something that had been ahead.
- (transitive) To pick up suddenly.
- (transitive, by extension) To involve in (something).
- (transitive) To bring (someone) up to date with the news.
- (transitive) To entangle (something).
- learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened
- reach the point where one should be after a delay
noun
verb
noun
verb
- mar or impair with a flaw
- catch sight of
- mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition
- detect with the senses
- become spotted
- make a spot or mark onto
- (transitive, gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
- (rail transport, transitive) To position (a locomotive or car) at a predetermined point, e.g., for loading or unloading.
- (dialectal) To rain slightly, in scattered, infrequent drops, for example when first beginning to rain.
- (ambitransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
- (transitive) To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
- (transitive, dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
- (transitive) To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
- (transitive, chiefly snooker and billiards) To place (an object) at a location indicated by a spot.
- (US, slang, ditransitive) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
- To experience vaginal spotting; to expel blood from the vagina.
- (intransitive, snooker and billiards) Of a ball, to be capable of being placed on its own spot.
- (aviation, military, transitive) To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult.
- (transitive) To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
- (transitive) To cover with spots, to speckle.
- (transitive) To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.
- (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
noun
- a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
- a small piece or quantity of something
- a business establishment for entertainment
- a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
- a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising
- a point located with respect to surface features of some region
- a blemish made by dirt
- a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance
- a small contrasting part of something
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
- a slight attack of illness
- an outstanding characteristic
- a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value
- (soccer) Penalty spot.
- The act of spotting or noticing something.
- (US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
- (sports) An official determination of placement.
- A bright lamp; a spotlight.
- A pimple, papule or pustule.
- A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
- A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
- A symbol on a playing card, domino, die, etc. indicating its value; a pip.
- Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.
- (finance) A decimal point; point.
- A parking space.
- (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
- (physics) An autosoliton.
- A location or area.
- Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.
- (slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
- A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
- A difficult situation.
- A stain or disfiguring mark.
- A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
- The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
adj
verb
- (transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
- (transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
- (transitive) To fill up, or keep full.
- (intransitive) To act as a substitute.
- (transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
- (transitive) To furnish or equip with.
- (transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
- circulate or distribute or equip with
- give something useful or necessary to
- state or say further
- give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
adv
noun
- (countable) An amount of something supplied.
- (chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
- (in the plural) Provisions.
- (economics) The market force that causes sellers to be both willing and able to sell a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently available to be bought at any given price point; the amount itself.
- Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
- (uncountable) The act of supplying.
- the activity of supplying or providing something
- offering goods and services for sale
- an amount of something available for use
verb
noun
verb
- supplement what is thought to be deficient
- line or stuff with soft material
- write all the required information onto a form
- make fat or plump
- make bigger or better or more complete
- become round, plump, or shapely
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fill, out.
- (transitive) To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.
- (intransitive) To have one's physique expand with maturity or with surplus weight.
verb
- To perform in an inconsistent manner to a substandard level.
- To spray droplets of saliva from the mouth while eating or speaking.
- To direct angry words, criticism, insults, etc., at (someone or something).
- Followed by out: to go out (as a flame) or stop functioning (as an engine or machine) with a spluttering action or sound (senses 2.1 or 2.3).
- To forcefully emit (something), especially in small drops or particles; to sputter.
- Sometimes followed by out: to speak (words) hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.
- Of a substance: to be emitted forcefully in small drops or particles.
- Of a thing: to forcefully emit something, especially in small drops or particles.
- To speak hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.
- To make a sound or sounds of something forcefully emitting a substance in small drops or particles.
- To soil or sprinkle (someone or something) with a substance, often a liquid; to bespatter, to spatter.
- utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
- spit up in an explosive manner
noun
- (uncountable) Chaotic and forceful speaking, verbal exchange, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) A noisy commotion.
- (countable) A disagreement or dispute.
- (countable) A forceful choking or spitting sound.
- (countable) A forceful emission of something, especially in small drops or particles; a spluttering or sputtering.
- the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
- an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
adj
- Deficient in a specified way.
- With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
- Inadequate, insufficient.
- Of low quality.
- Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
- (attributive only) Worthy of pity.
- having little money or few possessions
- lacking in quality or substances
- of insufficient quantity to meet a need
- deserving or inciting pity
- characterized by or indicating poverty
noun
verb
adj
- Faulty or defective.
- Inappropriate or improper.
- Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
- not in accord with established usage or procedure
- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
- (of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles
- characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
noun
adj
- deficient in amount or quality or extent
- (set theory) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
- Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
- (mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
- Having little flesh; lean; thin.
verb
adj
- deficient in amount or quality or extent
- Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
- (set theory) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
- (mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
- Having little flesh; lean; thin.
noun
verb
prep
adj
- Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
- (golf) Of an approach shot or putt, that falls short of the green or the hole.
- Having little duration.
- (cricket) Of a ball, bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
- (colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
- (finance) Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
- Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
- Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
- (baking) Of pastries or (metallurgy) of materials, brittle, crumbly.
- (gambling) Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
- Abrupt, brief, pointed, curt.
- Of a person, living being, or object, having a comparatively small height.
- (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
- (by extension) Doubtful of, skeptical of.
- (cricket) Of a fielder or fielding position, that is relatively close to the batsman.
- marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
- primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
- of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
- of insufficient quantity to meet a need
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
- (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
- lacking foresight or scope
- (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
adv
- Without achieving a goal or requirement.
- Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
- (finance) With a negative ownership position.
- (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
- Unawares.
- so as to interrupt
- at some point or distance before a goal is reached
- quickly and without warning; happening unexpectedly; on impulse; without premeditation
- at a disadvantage
- in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
- without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
- clean across
noun
- (Internet) A short-form vertical video.
- (finance) A short seller.
- A short film.
- A summary account.
- (US, slang) An automobile.
- (finance) A short sale or short position.
- (baseball) A shortstop.
- A short version of a garment in a particular size.
- (phonetics) A short phone (such as a vowel) or syllable.
- A short circuit.
- (programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
- the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
verb
- (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
- (intransitive, of an electrical circuit) To short circuit.
- (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
- (transitive, informal) To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.
- create a short circuit in
- cheat someone by not returning them enough money
adj
- (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose
- impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ
- Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior.
- Not performing its proper or intended function.
adj
- Making up for deficiencies; supplementary; suppletory.
- (grammar) Supplying an etymologically unrelated word with forms, or which is used as one of its forms, by suppletion (for example, in English, better and best are suppletive forms of good).
- (law) Relating to laws which can apply in a contract if the parties choose to agree to this.
noun
adj
- Faulty; not functional.
- False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
- (sometimes childish) Evil; wicked.
- Not appropriate, of manners etc.
- (often childish) Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
- Not worth it.
- Not suitable or fitting.
- (Internet slang, sarcastic) Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it.
- (chiefly in "bad boy", "bad girl", and similar phrases) Attractive due to (one's) rebellious nature.
- (informal, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
- (semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
- (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
- Harmful, especially unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
- (US) Overly promiscuous, licentious.
- Bold, daring, and tough.
- (originally African-American Vernacular, of a woman) Very attractive; hot, sexy.
- (of a word, speech, or writing) Vulgar, obscene, or blasphemous.
- (of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.
- Of poor physical appearance.
- Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
- The injured or weak one of a pair of body parts, where the other one is healthy.
- (preceded by feel) Regretful, guilty, or ashamed.
- Of low quality.
- Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
- (of breath) Malodorous; foul.
- Inaccurate; incorrect
- (chiefly applied to a person's state of health) Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
- Unfavorable; negative; not good.
- feeling physical discomfort or pain (‘tough’ is occasionally used colloquially for ‘bad’)
- not working properly
- (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
- capable of harming
- reproduced fraudulently
- serious or severe
- nonstandard
- not financially safe or secure
- not capable of being collected
- having undesirable or negative qualities
- characterized by wickedness or immorality
- feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- below average in quality or performance
- physically unsound or diseased