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verb
- To be difficult or challenging for.
- To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
- To dare (someone).
- To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.
- To call something into question or dispute.
- To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter.
- To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.
- To make a formal objection to a juror.
- To dispute (something).
noun
- The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
- An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
- A bid to overcome something.
- The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator, or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.
- An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot.
- The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.
- A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
- A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
- An attempt to take possession; a tackle.
- An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.
- The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.
- A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).
noun
- Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
- 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.
- The fifteenth Lenormand card.
- A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
- A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
verb
- 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 possess and use, to exercise (power or influence); to hold (an office, rank, or position).
- 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
- A difficult task or challenge.
- An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit.
- Something very large in size or quantity; a huge amount; a great heap.
- Wine from Malaga made from grapes that grow on a mountain.
- A woman's large breast.
- The twenty-first Lenormand card.
adj
adj
- requiring or showing effort
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
- darkened by clouds
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- of relatively large extent and density
- made of fabric having considerable thickness
- prodigious
- full and loud and deep
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- slow and laborious because of weight
- large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
- sharply inclined
- full of; bearing great weight
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- lacking lightness or liveliness
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
adj
- of comparatively great physical weight or density
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number
- of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
- marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
- of great intensity or power or force
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
adv
noun
verb
- To struggle or strive
- To take part in a wrestling match with someone
- To move or lift something with difficulty
- To fight.
- To throw a calf etc in order to brand it
- To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest
noun
adj
- Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
- Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
- Not covered by funds on account.
- Not suitable or fitting.
- Not appropriate, of manners etc.
- Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
- Bold and daring.
- Malodorous; foul.
- Stop being bad, or you will get a spanking!
- Unfavorable; negative; not good.
- Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
- Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
- Of poor physical appearance.
- False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
- Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
- Evil; wicked.
- Severe, urgent.
- Overly promiscuous, licentious.
- Very attractive; hot, sexy.
- Faulty; not functional.
- Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
noun
- Something that is bad; a harm or evil.
- Error; mistake.
- An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good.
intj
adv
verb
noun
- A difficulty or predicament.
- Crime, offence, wrongdoing.
- Any of a number of criminal offences incurring similar penalties to the original offence of praemunire.
- The penalty for this offence.
- The offence in English law of bringing suit in or obeying a foreign (especially papal) court or authority, thus challenging the supremacy of the Crown. The offence was created by the Statute of Praemunire 1393 (16 Richard II, chapter 5), and abolished by the Criminal Law Act 1967 (chapter 58).
- The writ charging a person with this offence, the writ of praemunire facias.
verb
adj
adj
adj
- demanding little effort; not burdensome
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned
- (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- moving easily and quickly; nimble
- weak and likely to lose consciousness
- very thin and insubstantial
- marked by temperance in indulgence
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- having little importance
- intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound
- silly or trivial
- designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight
- having relatively few calories
- (of sleep) easily disturbed
- casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
adv
noun
- (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
- any device serving as a source of illumination
- a particular perspective or aspect of a situation
- the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
- an illuminated area
- a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination
- the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures
- a person regarded very fondly
- having abundant light or illumination
- mental understanding as an enlightening experience
- merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
- public awareness
- a visual warning signal
- a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
adj
- of comparatively little physical weight or density
- (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
- of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment
- not great in degree or quantity or number
- psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles
- characterized by or emitting light
- of little intensity or power or force
- (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average
verb
noun
- A difficulty or problem.
- A loan.
- An act of rubbing.
- In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
- Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
- A mixture of spices applied to meat before it is barbecued.
verb
- To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
- To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
- To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
- To touch the jack with the bowl.
- To be rubbed against something.
- To rub something against (a second thing).
- To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
noun
verb
- To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
- To throw, cast.
- To displace (a vein, stratum).
- To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
- To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
- To rise and fall.
- To utter with effort.
- To pull up with a rope or cable.
- To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.
- To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.
noun
- A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
- An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, etc.
- An effort to vomit; retching.
- Broken wind in horses.
- The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time. Compare pitch.
- An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.
- A forceful shot in which the ball follows a high trajectory
verb
- To say with difficulty.
- To become known.
- To leave a vehicle such as a car. (Note: for public transport, get off is more common.)
- To help (someone) leave.
- To spend free time out of the house.
- To remove or eliminate (dirt or stains).
- To come out of a situation; to escape a fate.
- To publish or make available; to disseminate.
- To take (something) from its container or storage place, so as to use or display it.
- To be released, especially from hospital or prison.
- To remove one's money from an investment; to end an investment.
- To leave or escape.
intj
verb
noun
- The act of straining, or the state of being strained.
- Language that is eloquent, poetic, or otherwise heightened.
- An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.
- Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, etc.
- A dimensionless measure of object deformation either referring to engineering strain or true strain.
- A kind or sort (of person etc.).
- A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
- A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles.
- Hereditary character, quality, tendency, or disposition.
verb
- To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.
- To urge with importunity; to press.
- To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam.
- To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.
- To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.
- To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander
- To percolate; to be filtered.
- To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
- hug somebody; to hold somebody tightly.
- To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in terms of intent or meaning.
adv
- with effort or force or vigor
- with firmness
- earnestly or intently
- causing great damage or hardship
- slowly and with difficulty
- indulging excessively
- into a solid condition
- very near or close in space or time
- with pain or distress or bitterness
- to the full extent possible; all the way
adj
- not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- dispassionate
- resisting weight or pressure
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
- (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
adj
adj
- Difficult, tricky.
- Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another.
- Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
- Having the mean (see noun below) as its value; average.
- Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating.
- Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
- Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
- Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
- Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
- Powerful; fierce; strong.
- Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
verb
- To be of some level of importance.
- To have as intentions of a given kind.
- To intend an ensuing comment or statement as an explanation.https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/i_mean%20I%20mean
- To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
- Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify.
- To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
- Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.
- To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine.
- To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
- To lament.
- To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea).
noun
- The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.
- Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
- The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.
- Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
- Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.
- A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
noun
- That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
- Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
- The act of a mother giving birth.
- Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
- A traditional unit of area in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to 177.1 acres or 71.67 ha.
- A group of moles.
- The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
- A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
- The time period during which a mother gives birth.
verb
- To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
- To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
- To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
- To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
- To toil, to work.
adj
adj
verb
- To put in an extremely difficult or impossible situation.
- To insert one's penis, a dildo, or other object, into a person or a specified orifice or cleft sexually; to penetrate.
- To have sexual intercourse; to copulate.
- To defraud, deface, or otherwise treat badly.
- Used in a phrasal verb: fuck with (“to play with, to tinker”).
- To be very good, to rule, go hard.
- Used to express great displeasure with, or contemptuous dismissal of, someone or something.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- To break, to destroy.
- To make a joke at one's expense; to make fun of in an embarrassing manner.
- To throw, to lob something. (angrily)
- To scold.
particle
noun
- The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
- A sexual partner, especially a casual one.
- A highly contemptible person.
- An act of sexual intercourse.
intj
- Expressing surprise.
- Expressing dismay or discontent.
- A semi-voluntary vocalization in place of a gasp.
adv
adj
adj
- Requiring strength or vigor.
- Sensible (of intellect etc.); straightforward, not given to or confused by uncertainty or subtlety.
- Designed or evolved in such a way as to be resistant to total failure despite partial damage.
- Not greatly influenced by errors in assumptions about the distribution of sample errors.
- Resistant or impervious to failure regardless of user input or unexpected conditions.
- Of an individual or skeletal element: strongly built; muscular; not gracile.
- Violent; rough; rude.
- Evincing strength and health; strong; (often, especially) both large and healthy.
adv
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