English words for 'Engaging in power dressing.'
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verb
- take part in a masquerade
- pretend to be someone or something that you are not
- (intransitive) To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; (loosely) to wear a disguise.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To pass off as a different person or a person with qualities that one does not possess; also, to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
- (transitive, rare) To conceal (someone) with, or as if with, a mask; to disguise.
noun
- a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
- The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball.
- making a false outward show
- a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- (fandom slang) A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits.
- (figuratively) An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.
- An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
- (figuratively) An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things.
noun
verb
verb
- dress up showily
- dress or decorate showily or gaudily
- (transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick and make a fool of someone.
- (transitive) To make a prank call to (someone).
- (intransitive) To make an ostentatious show.
- (transitive, slang) To call someone's phone and hang up before they answer, so as to send them a notification (of a missed call) without incurring fees.
noun
noun
noun
- An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.
- A swimming costume.
- A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
- A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
- unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place
- the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)
- the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
- the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class
verb
noun
- Any activity which confers a sense of power on the person involved.
- (especially Malaysia, Singapore) A power outage or a blackout, when an electrical device or system suddenly stops working.
- The excitement that results from such an activity.
- (slang) a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people
verb
- (intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To bewilder; confuse.
- (transitive, military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham) To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
- (transitive, military) To cover or keep in check.
- (intransitive) To put on a mask; to wear a mask.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) (brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
- (transitive) To conceal from view or knowledge; to cover; to hide.
- (transitive, computing) To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
- (transitive, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham dialectal) To be infused or steeped.
- (transitive) To disguise as something else.
- (transitive) To cover or shield something, or a portion of something, so as to prevent reproduction or to safeguard the surface from the colors used when working with an air brush or painting.
- (transitive) To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.
- (transitive, computing) To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by setting or unsetting the associated bit.
- (Scotland, Northern England, rare, of clouds, the weather, a storm, etc) To prepare (to storm).
- (intransitive) To conceal or disguise one's autism; to learn, practice, and perform certain behaviors and suppress others in order to appear more neurotypical.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To mash.
- hide under a false appearance
- make unrecognizable
- shield from light
- cover with a sauce
- put a mask on or cover with a mask
noun
- A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
- (computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
- (UK dialectal) Mash.
- A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade.
- (heraldry) The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- (computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
- (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
- (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
- That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
- Mesh.
- (poetic) Appearance, likeness.
- (publishing, film) A flat covering used to block off an unwanted portion of a scene or image.
- (fortification) A screen for a battery.
- (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like.
- A person wearing a mask.
- a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- a protective covering worn over the face
- a covering to disguise or conceal the face
- activity that tries to conceal something
verb
- be dressed in
- To have turned on (an electronic device).
- To be wearing.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) To trick or deceive deliberately; to play a prank on.
- (African-American Vernacular, colloquial) To possess at the point of arrest.
- (African-American Vernacular, colloquial) To possess evidence of wrongdoing regarding (someone); to press charges on (someone).
- (UK, colloquial) To have (something) scheduled.
verb
- be dressed in
- put clothing on one's body
- have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality
- last and be usable
- deteriorate through use or stress
- exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
- go to pieces
- have or show an appearance of
- have on one's person
- (intransitive, copulative) To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
- (nautical) To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind.
- (now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
- To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
- To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
- To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
- (intransitive, colloquial) (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
- To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
- (colloquial, with "it") To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
- (now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To defend; protect.
- (intransitive, of time) To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
- (now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
- To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
- (intransitive) To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.
- (now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.
noun
noun
- A room in a theatre or other performance venue in which performers may change costumes and apply makeup.
- (UK) A changing room at a recreational or sports venue.
- A small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy.
- A room used for dressing or changing clothes.
- a room in which you can change clothes
noun
- A dominatrix.
- Female equivalent of master.
- A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.
- A female companion to a master (a man with control, authority or ownership).
- The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations.
- (Scotland) A married woman; a wife.
- Female equivalent of mister.
- A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership.
- A female teacher.
- A female head of household.
- A woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart.
- an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
- a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
- a woman master who directs the work of others
verb
verb
- put clothing on one's body
- take up someone's soul into heaven
- make a pretence of
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
- occupy or take on
- take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
- To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate.
- To receive, adopt (a person).
- To take on a position, duty or form.
- To adopt (an idea or cause).
- To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
verb
noun
- teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)
- the head of an organized crime family
- (UK) A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
- (Canada) An employee of a university residence who lives among the student residents.
- (MLE) Any man, bloke, dude.
- A (usually Spanish or Italian) title of respect to a man, especially a lord or nobleman.
- A mafia boss, primarily for Italian or Italian American bosses.
verb
- put clothing on one's body
- get involved in or with
- familiarize oneself thoroughly with
- to come or go into
- secure a place in a college, university, etc.
- To interrogate in order to arrive at a deeper understanding.
- To owe money to (someone); to become involved in something unsavory.
- To enter (an unfavourable state).
- To argue about (something).
- To reach into or interact with (an object).
- To become involved or interested in (a discussion, issue, or activity); to come to enjoy (something).
- To penetrate (someone) sexually.
- To cause to behave uncharacteristically; to possess.
- To put on (an item of clothing).
- To move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.
verb
- put clothing on one's body
- add to the odometer
- prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
- coat, cover or smear a surface with
- add to something existing
- put on the stove or ready for cooking
- increase (one's body weight)
- fool or hoax
- carry out (performances)
- (transitive) To provide.
- (transitive) To set (movie, show, song, etc.) to play on a screen.
- (transitive) To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense.
- (transitive) To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop.
- (intransitive, transitive) To fool, kid, deceive.
- (ditransitive) To bet (money or other items) on (something).
- (transitive) To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
- (ditransitive) To play (a recording) on (a sound system).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, on.
- (ditransitive) To decorate or dress (something) onto another person or a surface.
- (transitive) To perform for an audience.
- (transitive) To give (someone) a role in popular media.
- (ditransitive) To assign or apply (something) to a target.
- (transitive) To play (a recording).
- (transitive) To organize a performance for an audience.
- (transitive) To gain (weight).
adj
noun
noun
- An act or instance of putting clothes on.
- Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.
- A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
- a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
verb
verb
- Of a man: to dress in women's clothing for entertainment.
- (transitive, figurative) To educate reluctant pupils.
- (transitive, UK, figurative) To raise a child with insufficient discipline or instillment of social etiquette.
- To remind people of (something, usually unpleasant, from the past).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drag, up.
- mention something unpleasant from the past
noun
- (theater, film, television) A wardrobe assistant (who helps actors put on their costume).
- (US) An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers (bureau), often with a mirror.
- (UK) An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.
- (mining) A kind of pick for shaping large coal.
- A servant to royalty etc. who helps them with tasks such as dressing.
- One who dresses or prepares stone.
- (UK) A football hooligan who wears designer clothing; a casual.
- (medicine) A surgeon's assistant who helps to dress wounds etc.
- A mechanical device used in ore mills for dressing (e.g., comminution, sorting, sifting).
- A mechanical device used in grain mills for bolting.
- One who dresses in a particular way.
- furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
- a cabinet with shelves
- a person who dresses in a particular way
- a wardrobe assistant for an actor
- low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
verb
- dress in a costume
- put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
- dress in a certain manner
- make something appear superficially attractive
- put a caparison on
- (intransitive) To put on special or fancy clothes.
- (transitive) To decorate; to prettify.
- (transitive) To present in a favorable light.
- (intransitive, often with 'as') To put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular type of character or well-known person.
- (transitive, often with 'as') To put a costume on (someone) portraying them as a particular type of character or well-known person.
noun
- (uncountable) The art of dressing up; imposture, pretense.
- (uncountable) Artifice; the use of one or more stratagems.
- (countable, uncountable) Deception, deceit or underhanded behavior.
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
- verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
verb
- To dress with an adze.
- To mix audio tracks to produce a new sound; to remix.
- To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
- To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
- To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
- (transitive, now informal) To name, to entitle, to call.
- To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
- To make a copy from an original or master audio tape.
- (golf) To execute a shot poorly.
- To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of currying it.
- (transitive) To deem.
- (transitive, now historical or ceremonial) To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword, the accolade.
- To add sound to film or change audio on film.
- To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation
- To do something badly.
- To dress a fishing fly.
- raise (someone) to knighthood
- provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language
- give a nickname to
noun
- (countable) The replacement of a voice part in a movie or cartoon, particularly with a translation; an instance of dubbing.
- (slang, countable) A piece of graffiti in metallic colour with a thick black outline.
- (slang) A twenty-dollar sack of marijuana.
- (UK, dialect) A pool or puddle.
- Clipping of double-u.
- (slang) A wheel rim measuring 20 inches or more.
- (music, countable) A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed.
- (India, historical) A small copper coin once used in India.
- (rare) A blow, thrust, or poke.
- (slang, now historical) An unskillful, awkward person.
- (music, uncountable) A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks.
- (golf) A poorly executed shot.
- (video games, Internet slang) A win.
- (music, uncountable) A trend in music starting in 2009, in which bass distortion is synced off timing to electronic dance music.
- the new sounds added by dubbing
adv
adv
noun
verb
noun
- The act of removing one's clothes; a striptease.
- A landing strip.
- (fencing) The playing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.
- (US) A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.
- (countable) A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
- (slang) A strip club.
- (finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one call and two put options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bearish than a straddle.
- A strip steak.
- (mining) A trough for washing ore.
- A comic strip.
- (television) A television series aired at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
- (UK, soccer) The uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.
- The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
- (usually countable, sometimes uncountable) A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.
- (attributively, of games) Denotes a version of a game in which losing players must progressively remove their clothes.
- an airfield without normal airport facilities
- thin piece of wood or metal
- a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
- a relatively long narrow piece of something
- a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
verb
- To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands".
- (intransitive) To perform a striptease.
- To remove fibre, flock, or lint from; said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.
- (transitive) To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.
- To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.
- (transitive) To fire (a bullet or ball) from a rifle such that it fails to pick up a spin from the rifling.
- To remove the insulation from a wire/cable.
- (intransitive) To fail to pick up a spin from the grooves in a rifle barrel.
- (transitive) To remove the overlying earth from (a deposit).
- (transitive, bridge) To remove all cards of a particular suit from another player. (See also strip-squeeze.)
- (transitive) To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.
- (transitive) To milk a cow, especially by stroking and compressing the teats to draw out the last of the milk.
- (intransitive) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut.
- (usually intransitive) To take off clothing.
- To press out the ripe roe or milt from fishes, for artificial fecundation.
- (transitive) To remove color from hair, cloth, etc. to prepare it to receive new color.
- (transitive, agriculture) To pare off the surface of (land) in strips.
- (television, transitive) To run a television series at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
- (transitive) To remove (the thread or teeth) from a screw, nut, or gear, especially inadvertently by overtightening.
- (transitive) To empty (tubing) by applying pressure to the outside of (the tubing) and moving that pressure along (the tubing).
- To remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).
- (transitive) To remove cargo from (a container).
- remove the surface from
- draw the last milk (of cows)
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
- lay bare
- remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
- get undressed
- remove the thread (of screws)
- remove a constituent from a liquid
- remove substances from by a percolating liquid
- take away possessions from someone
- take off or remove
- strip the cured leaves from
- steal goods; take as spoils
noun
- A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means.
- One who enjoys adventures.
- (video games) A player of adventure games or text adventures.
- A person who seeks a fortune in new and possibly dangerous enterprises.
- A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
- a person who enjoys taking risks
- someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
verb
- To display sexual prowess.
- (music) To perform with great energy and flair.
- To display great energy or force.
- To behave with wild abandon; to indulge in sex, drugs, and/or alcohol.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, it, up.
- To succeed in a big way.
- (sports) To compete extremely well, to trounce the competition.
verb
noun
- A wardrobe, especially one built into a bedroom.
- (US) The skin of an animal, especially the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap.
- A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.
- The largest and strongest tobacco leaves.
- outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions
- any loose flowing garment
noun
- the act of dressing and preparing yourself
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- (New Zealand) A small secondary lavatory having a fixture used for urination and defecation and sink but no bathtub or shower.
- A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly one with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat which uses water to flush the waste material into a septic tank or sewer system.
- (figuratively) A very shabby or dirty place.
- (UK, India, Australia, Hong Kong) A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet.
- (incel slang, derogatory) A woman.
verb
noun
verb
noun
noun
- An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.
- A swimming costume.
- A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
- A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
- unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place
- the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)
- the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
- the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class
verb
noun
- Any activity which confers a sense of power on the person involved.
- (especially Malaysia, Singapore) A power outage or a blackout, when an electrical device or system suddenly stops working.
- The excitement that results from such an activity.
- (slang) a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people
noun
- A room in a theatre or other performance venue in which performers may change costumes and apply makeup.
- (UK) A changing room at a recreational or sports venue.
- A small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy.
- A room used for dressing or changing clothes.
- a room in which you can change clothes
noun
- A dominatrix.
- Female equivalent of master.
- A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.
- A female companion to a master (a man with control, authority or ownership).
- The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations.
- (Scotland) A married woman; a wife.
- Female equivalent of mister.
- A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership.
- A female teacher.
- A female head of household.
- A woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart.
- an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
- a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
- a woman master who directs the work of others
verb
verb
- take part in a masquerade
- pretend to be someone or something that you are not
- (intransitive) To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; (loosely) to wear a disguise.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To pass off as a different person or a person with qualities that one does not possess; also, to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
- (transitive, rare) To conceal (someone) with, or as if with, a mask; to disguise.
noun
- a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
- The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball.
- making a false outward show
- a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- (fandom slang) A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits.
- (figuratively) An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.
- An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
- (figuratively) An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things.
noun
noun
- An act or instance of putting clothes on.
- Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.
- A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
- a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
verb
noun
- (theater, film, television) A wardrobe assistant (who helps actors put on their costume).
- (US) An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers (bureau), often with a mirror.
- (UK) An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.
- (mining) A kind of pick for shaping large coal.
- A servant to royalty etc. who helps them with tasks such as dressing.
- One who dresses or prepares stone.
- (UK) A football hooligan who wears designer clothing; a casual.
- (medicine) A surgeon's assistant who helps to dress wounds etc.
- A mechanical device used in ore mills for dressing (e.g., comminution, sorting, sifting).
- A mechanical device used in grain mills for bolting.
- One who dresses in a particular way.
- furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
- a cabinet with shelves
- a person who dresses in a particular way
- a wardrobe assistant for an actor
- low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
noun
- (uncountable) The art of dressing up; imposture, pretense.
- (uncountable) Artifice; the use of one or more stratagems.
- (countable, uncountable) Deception, deceit or underhanded behavior.
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
- verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
noun
verb
noun
- The act of removing one's clothes; a striptease.
- A landing strip.
- (fencing) The playing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.
- (US) A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.
- (countable) A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
- (slang) A strip club.
- (finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one call and two put options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bearish than a straddle.
- A strip steak.
- (mining) A trough for washing ore.
- A comic strip.
- (television) A television series aired at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
- (UK, soccer) The uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.
- The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
- (usually countable, sometimes uncountable) A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.
- (attributively, of games) Denotes a version of a game in which losing players must progressively remove their clothes.
- an airfield without normal airport facilities
- thin piece of wood or metal
- a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
- a relatively long narrow piece of something
- a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
verb
- To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands".
- (intransitive) To perform a striptease.
- To remove fibre, flock, or lint from; said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.
- (transitive) To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.
- To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.
- (transitive) To fire (a bullet or ball) from a rifle such that it fails to pick up a spin from the rifling.
- To remove the insulation from a wire/cable.
- (intransitive) To fail to pick up a spin from the grooves in a rifle barrel.
- (transitive) To remove the overlying earth from (a deposit).
- (transitive, bridge) To remove all cards of a particular suit from another player. (See also strip-squeeze.)
- (transitive) To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.
- (transitive) To milk a cow, especially by stroking and compressing the teats to draw out the last of the milk.
- (intransitive) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut.
- (usually intransitive) To take off clothing.
- To press out the ripe roe or milt from fishes, for artificial fecundation.
- (transitive) To remove color from hair, cloth, etc. to prepare it to receive new color.
- (transitive, agriculture) To pare off the surface of (land) in strips.
- (television, transitive) To run a television series at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
- (transitive) To remove (the thread or teeth) from a screw, nut, or gear, especially inadvertently by overtightening.
- (transitive) To empty (tubing) by applying pressure to the outside of (the tubing) and moving that pressure along (the tubing).
- To remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).
- (transitive) To remove cargo from (a container).
- remove the surface from
- draw the last milk (of cows)
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
- lay bare
- remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
- get undressed
- remove the thread (of screws)
- remove a constituent from a liquid
- remove substances from by a percolating liquid
- take away possessions from someone
- take off or remove
- strip the cured leaves from
- steal goods; take as spoils
noun
- A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means.
- One who enjoys adventures.
- (video games) A player of adventure games or text adventures.
- A person who seeks a fortune in new and possibly dangerous enterprises.
- A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
- a person who enjoys taking risks
- someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
noun
- the act of dressing and preparing yourself
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- (New Zealand) A small secondary lavatory having a fixture used for urination and defecation and sink but no bathtub or shower.
- A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly one with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat which uses water to flush the waste material into a septic tank or sewer system.
- (figuratively) A very shabby or dirty place.
- (UK, India, Australia, Hong Kong) A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet.
- (incel slang, derogatory) A woman.
verb
verb
- take part in a masquerade
- pretend to be someone or something that you are not
- (intransitive) To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; (loosely) to wear a disguise.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To pass off as a different person or a person with qualities that one does not possess; also, to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
- (transitive, rare) To conceal (someone) with, or as if with, a mask; to disguise.
noun
- a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
- The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball.
- making a false outward show
- a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- (fandom slang) A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits.
- (figuratively) An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.
- An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
- (figuratively) An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things.
verb
- dress up showily
- dress or decorate showily or gaudily
- (transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick and make a fool of someone.
- (transitive) To make a prank call to (someone).
- (intransitive) To make an ostentatious show.
- (transitive, slang) To call someone's phone and hang up before they answer, so as to send them a notification (of a missed call) without incurring fees.
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To bewilder; confuse.
- (transitive, military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham) To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
- (transitive, military) To cover or keep in check.
- (intransitive) To put on a mask; to wear a mask.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) (brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
- (transitive) To conceal from view or knowledge; to cover; to hide.
- (transitive, computing) To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
- (transitive, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham dialectal) To be infused or steeped.
- (transitive) To disguise as something else.
- (transitive) To cover or shield something, or a portion of something, so as to prevent reproduction or to safeguard the surface from the colors used when working with an air brush or painting.
- (transitive) To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.
- (transitive, computing) To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by setting or unsetting the associated bit.
- (Scotland, Northern England, rare, of clouds, the weather, a storm, etc) To prepare (to storm).
- (intransitive) To conceal or disguise one's autism; to learn, practice, and perform certain behaviors and suppress others in order to appear more neurotypical.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To mash.
- hide under a false appearance
- make unrecognizable
- shield from light
- cover with a sauce
- put a mask on or cover with a mask
noun
- A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
- (computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
- (UK dialectal) Mash.
- A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade.
- (heraldry) The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- (computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
- (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
- (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
- That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
- Mesh.
- (poetic) Appearance, likeness.
- (publishing, film) A flat covering used to block off an unwanted portion of a scene or image.
- (fortification) A screen for a battery.
- (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like.
- A person wearing a mask.
- a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- a protective covering worn over the face
- a covering to disguise or conceal the face
- activity that tries to conceal something
verb
- be dressed in
- To have turned on (an electronic device).
- To be wearing.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) To trick or deceive deliberately; to play a prank on.
- (African-American Vernacular, colloquial) To possess at the point of arrest.
- (African-American Vernacular, colloquial) To possess evidence of wrongdoing regarding (someone); to press charges on (someone).
- (UK, colloquial) To have (something) scheduled.
verb
- be dressed in
- put clothing on one's body
- have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality
- last and be usable
- deteriorate through use or stress
- exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
- go to pieces
- have or show an appearance of
- have on one's person
- (intransitive, copulative) To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
- (nautical) To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind.
- (now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
- To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
- To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
- To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
- (intransitive, colloquial) (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
- To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
- (colloquial, with "it") To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
- (now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To defend; protect.
- (intransitive, of time) To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
- (now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
- To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
- (intransitive) To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.
- (now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.
noun
verb
- put clothing on one's body
- take up someone's soul into heaven
- make a pretence of
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
- occupy or take on
- take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
- To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate.
- To receive, adopt (a person).
- To take on a position, duty or form.
- To adopt (an idea or cause).
- To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
verb
noun
- teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)
- the head of an organized crime family
- (UK) A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
- (Canada) An employee of a university residence who lives among the student residents.
- (MLE) Any man, bloke, dude.
- A (usually Spanish or Italian) title of respect to a man, especially a lord or nobleman.
- A mafia boss, primarily for Italian or Italian American bosses.
verb
- put clothing on one's body
- get involved in or with
- familiarize oneself thoroughly with
- to come or go into
- secure a place in a college, university, etc.
- To interrogate in order to arrive at a deeper understanding.
- To owe money to (someone); to become involved in something unsavory.
- To enter (an unfavourable state).
- To argue about (something).
- To reach into or interact with (an object).
- To become involved or interested in (a discussion, issue, or activity); to come to enjoy (something).
- To penetrate (someone) sexually.
- To cause to behave uncharacteristically; to possess.
- To put on (an item of clothing).
- To move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.
verb
- put clothing on one's body
- add to the odometer
- prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
- coat, cover or smear a surface with
- add to something existing
- put on the stove or ready for cooking
- increase (one's body weight)
- fool or hoax
- carry out (performances)
- (transitive) To provide.
- (transitive) To set (movie, show, song, etc.) to play on a screen.
- (transitive) To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense.
- (transitive) To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop.
- (intransitive, transitive) To fool, kid, deceive.
- (ditransitive) To bet (money or other items) on (something).
- (transitive) To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
- (ditransitive) To play (a recording) on (a sound system).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, on.
- (ditransitive) To decorate or dress (something) onto another person or a surface.
- (transitive) To perform for an audience.
- (transitive) To give (someone) a role in popular media.
- (ditransitive) To assign or apply (something) to a target.
- (transitive) To play (a recording).
- (transitive) To organize a performance for an audience.
- (transitive) To gain (weight).
adj
verb
- Of a man: to dress in women's clothing for entertainment.
- (transitive, figurative) To educate reluctant pupils.
- (transitive, UK, figurative) To raise a child with insufficient discipline or instillment of social etiquette.
- To remind people of (something, usually unpleasant, from the past).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drag, up.
- mention something unpleasant from the past
noun
- An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.
- A swimming costume.
- A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
- A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
- unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place
- the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)
- the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
- the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class
verb
verb
- dress in a costume
- put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
- dress in a certain manner
- make something appear superficially attractive
- put a caparison on
- (intransitive) To put on special or fancy clothes.
- (transitive) To decorate; to prettify.
- (transitive) To present in a favorable light.
- (intransitive, often with 'as') To put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular type of character or well-known person.
- (transitive, often with 'as') To put a costume on (someone) portraying them as a particular type of character or well-known person.
verb
- To dress with an adze.
- To mix audio tracks to produce a new sound; to remix.
- To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
- To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
- To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
- (transitive, now informal) To name, to entitle, to call.
- To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
- To make a copy from an original or master audio tape.
- (golf) To execute a shot poorly.
- To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of currying it.
- (transitive) To deem.
- (transitive, now historical or ceremonial) To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword, the accolade.
- To add sound to film or change audio on film.
- To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation
- To do something badly.
- To dress a fishing fly.
- raise (someone) to knighthood
- provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language
- give a nickname to
noun
- (countable) The replacement of a voice part in a movie or cartoon, particularly with a translation; an instance of dubbing.
- (slang, countable) A piece of graffiti in metallic colour with a thick black outline.
- (slang) A twenty-dollar sack of marijuana.
- (UK, dialect) A pool or puddle.
- Clipping of double-u.
- (slang) A wheel rim measuring 20 inches or more.
- (music, countable) A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed.
- (India, historical) A small copper coin once used in India.
- (rare) A blow, thrust, or poke.
- (slang, now historical) An unskillful, awkward person.
- (music, uncountable) A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks.
- (golf) A poorly executed shot.
- (video games, Internet slang) A win.
- (music, uncountable) A trend in music starting in 2009, in which bass distortion is synced off timing to electronic dance music.
- the new sounds added by dubbing
verb
- To display sexual prowess.
- (music) To perform with great energy and flair.
- To display great energy or force.
- To behave with wild abandon; to indulge in sex, drugs, and/or alcohol.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, it, up.
- To succeed in a big way.
- (sports) To compete extremely well, to trounce the competition.
verb
noun
- A wardrobe, especially one built into a bedroom.
- (US) The skin of an animal, especially the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap.
- A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.
- The largest and strongest tobacco leaves.
- outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions
- any loose flowing garment