English words for 'Initialism of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.'
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- (chemistry) Initialism of methyl methacrylate.
- (medicine) Initialism of mastitis–metritis–agalactia.
- (electronics) Initialism of microelectronic modular assembly.
- (chemistry) Initialism of monomethylaniline.
- Initialism of manual metal arc.
- (pathology) Initialism of mammalian meat allergy.
- (Islamic finance, law) Initialism of master murabaha agreement.
- (anatomy) Initialism of middle meningeal artery.
- (martial arts) Initialism of mixed martial arts.
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- (music) Initialism of music cassette.
- Initialism of military cross.
- (textiles) Initialism of matching colour.
- Initialism of motorcycle club.
- Initialism of medical center.
- (knitting) Initialism of main colour.
- (postal) Initialism of mail code.
- Initialism of medical certificate.
- (astronomy) Initialism of Mars-crosser.
- (informal) Initialism of madarchod.
- Initialism of master of ceremonies.
- Initialism of main character.
- (medicine, pathology) Initialism of molluscum contagiosum.
- Initialism of methylene chloride (“dichloromethane”).
- Initialism of member of congress.
- (electronics, audio) Initialism of moving coil, a type of phono cartridge.
- Initialism of male circumcision.
- (astrology) Initialism of medium coeli, the midheaven or highest point in the sky. Contrasted to Imum Coeli.
- Initialism of medical college.
- (computing) Initialism of movie clip.
- (music, slang) A rapper.
- a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
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- (music) Initialism of various artists.
- Initialism of visual arts.
- (management) Initialism of value analysis.
- Initialism of volt-ampere.
- Initialism of voice artist.
- Initialism of veterans' affairs.
- Initialism of virtual assistant.
- (computing) Initialism of virtual address.
- (electronics) Initialism of vertical alignment (“LCD screen technology”).
- Initialism of voice actor.
- Initialism of voice actress.
- the United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans; created in 1989
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- musical creation
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole
- the act of creating written works
- art and technique of printing with movable type
- the way in which someone or something is composed
- the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole
- a mixture of ingredients
- a musical work that has been created
- (printing) Typesetting.
- (mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.
- (linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words.
- Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
- A mixture or compound; the result of composing.
- A work of music, literature or art.
- The general makeup of a thing or person.
- The proportion of different parts to make a whole.
- (law) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
- (object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.
- The act of putting together; assembly.
- (physics) The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.
- (painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
- (chess) A puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with a particular task.
- An essay.
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- Initialism of instrument panel.
- (computing) Initialism of insertion point (where text, etc. will be added in a document).
- (medicine) Initialism of incontinentia pigmenti.
- (US, military, slang) Initialism of Irish pennant.
- (law, countable, uncountable) Initialism of intellectual property.
- (cryptography) Initialism of initial permutation.
- (baseball, countable, invariant) Initialism of innings pitched (“the statistic reporting the number of innings pitched by a pitcher”).
- (law enforcement) Initialism of injured party.
- (biology, uncountable) Initialism of immunoprecipitation.
- (Internet) Ellipsis of IP address.
- (law, uncountable) Initialism of Indigenous peoples.
- (US, military, initialism, slang) An Iraqi police officer, or the Iraqi police as a whole.
- (motion picture, countable) Initialism of interpositive.
- (computing) Initialism of instruction pointer (CPU register).
- (medicine) Abbreviation of inpatient.
- (wiki jargon, chiefly Wikimedia jargon, metonymic) An unregistered user identified by their IP address.
- (grammar, X-bar theory) Initialism of inflectional phrase.
- the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
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- (sound engineering, technology) Initialism of compact cassette.
- (medicine) Initialism of chief complaint.
- Initialism of cricket club.
- (music, MIDI) Initialism of control change.
- (Canada) Companion of the Order of Canada.
- Initialism of cycling club.
- Initialism of credit card.
- (television) Initialism of closed caption.
- Initialism of constructive criticism.
- (military) Abbreviation of cruiser, a type of warship.
- (military) Initialism of company commander.
- (knitting) Initialism of contrasting colour.
- (US, military, historical) The US Navy hull classification symbol for a battlecruiser; the only such ships authorized by Congress were of the Lexington-class, which were cancelled under the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty with two being converted to aircraft carriers.
- Initialism of cross country.
- Initialism of carbon capture.
- Initialism of carbon copy.
- (video games) Initialism of crowd control.
- (cosmology) Initialism of cosmological constant.
- Initialism of City College.
- (SI) Initialism of cubic centimetre.
- Initialism of community college.
- Initialism of cryptocurrency.
- (weather) Initialism of cirrocumulus.
- (medicine) Initialism of cervical cancer.
- Initialism of courtesy copy.
- (politics) Initialism of Central Committee.
- Initialism of Circuit Court.
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- relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments
- serving or acting as a means or aid
- (music) A pause in the vocals of a song, usually occurring midway through, in which a musical instrument replaces the vocals.
- (grammar) Applied to a case expressing means or agency, generally corresponding to the English use of prepositions such as by, with, through, or by means of with the objective case.
- (music) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice).
- Serving as an instrument, medium, means, or agency.
- Essential or central; of great importance or relevance.
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- The first few measures of a musical composition.
- An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
- The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
- An act or instance of beginning.
- (mathematics) In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
- A vacant position, especially in an array.
- An unoccupied employment position.
- A gap permitting passage through.
- The first few moves in a game.
- An act or instance of making or becoming open.
- The initial period when an art exhibition, fashion show, etc. is first opened, especially the first evening.
- A time available in a schedule.
- a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
- the first of a series of actions
- an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
- an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
- the initial part of the introduction
- an open or empty space in or between things
- opportunity especially for employment or promotion
- a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess
- a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
- becoming open or being made open
- a possible alternative
- the first performance (as of a theatrical production)
- the act of opening something
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- (music) The headstock of a guitar.
- (lacrosse) The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- (UK, Ireland, metonymic) A headteacher.
- (automotive) The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
- A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
- (journalism) Ellipsis of headline.
- A headdress; a covering for the head.
- (slang, countable) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- Topic; subject.
- A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
- The antlers of a deer.
- The larger-diameter end of an unused rivet, properly the factory head or ambiguously the shop head, as opposed to the bucktail which is passed through the items to be fastened and then upset into an appropriate shape, generally pancake-shaped for a solid rivet or doughnut-shaped for a blind rivet, called the field head or ambiguously the shop head.
- (coopering) The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
- (billiards) The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
- An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
- (social, countable, metonymic) A leader or expert.
- (British, geology) Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
- (plural head) A single animal; measure word for livestock and game.
- The place of honor or command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
- (jazz) The principal melody or theme of a piece.
- Either, or in plural both, ends of a used rivet, the factory head and the field head.
- (medicine) The end of an abscess where pus collects.
- (computing) The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
- (machining) A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
- The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
- A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
- The population of game.
- (nautical) The toilet of a ship.
- The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- (figurative, metonymic) Mind; one's own thoughts.
- (slang) The glans penis.
- (figurative, metonymic) An individual person.
- (linguistics) A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
- (chemistry) The first fraction of a distillation run, having a low boiling point.
- (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- (uncountable, countable) The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- Headway; progress.
- The leafy top part of a tree.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- A title or heading in a book or other document.
- (anatomy) The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- The top edge of a sail.
- (in the plural) Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
- (geology) The uppermost part of a valley.
- (only in the singular) Denouement; crisis.
- (music) A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
- The bow of a vessel.
- The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- (British) A headland.
- (music, slang, figurative, metonymic) A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
- (uncountable, countable) A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
- (engineering) The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
- forward movement
- that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
- a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
- the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- a single domestic animal
- the part in the front or nearest the viewer
- (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
- (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
- a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
- the top of something
- the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
- (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
- the front of a military formation or procession
- the pressure exerted by a fluid
- a person who is in charge
- the source of water from which a stream arises
- a difficult juncture
- an individual person
- the striking part of a tool
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
- a user of (usually soft) drugs
- oral stimulation of the genitals
- a rounded compact mass
- a projection out from one end
- a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
- the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
- the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
- the subject matter at issue
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- (transitive) To strike with the head
- (by extension) To check or restrain.
- (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
- (fishing, transitive) To remove the head from (a fish).
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- (transitive, of hardware) To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.
- (transitive) To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- (transitive) To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
- (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To set on the head.
- (intransitive) To form a head.
- (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To go in front of.
- form a head or come or grow to a head
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- take its rise
- to go or travel towards
- be in the front of or on top of
- remove the head of
- be in charge of
- be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
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- (music) A composition for such a group of musicians.
- (computing, rare) A group of three bits, representing any of eight possible values.
- (computing) A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o
- A group or set of eight of something.
- (music) A group of eight musicians performing together.
- the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
- a musical composition written for eight performers
- a set of eight similar things considered as a unit
- eight performers or singers who perform together
- eight people considered as a unit
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- (music) Initialism of dal segno.
- (medicine) Initialism of Down syndrome.
- (slang, UK) Initialism of directing staff.
- (automotive) Clipping of DS Automobiles.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of detective sergeant; a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (sciences) Initialism of decision science.
- (BDSM) Alternative form of D/s.
- Initialism of dear/darling son.
- (logic) Initialism of disjunctive syllogism.
- (medicine, usually used attributively) Initialism of double strength.
- (Australia, New Zealand) Initialism of Douglas Score (point ranking for deer antlers).
- (video games) Clipping of Nintendo DS.
- an honorary degree in science
- the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas
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- trade name of a company that produces musical recordings
- a brief description given for purposes of identification
- a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
- an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object
- (architecture) The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
- (computing) A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
- (historical) A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
- A small strip, especially of paper or parchment (or of some material attached to parchment to carry the seal), but also of iron, brass, land, etc.
- (music) A company that sells records.
- (graphical user interface) A non-interactive control or widget displaying text, often used to describe the purpose of another control.
- (heraldry) A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
- A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
- A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
- (computing) A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
- A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
- In mediaeval and later art, a representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
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- distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions
- pronounce judgment on
- attach a tag or label to
- assign a label to; designate with a label
- distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom
- (transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
- (ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
- (biochemistry) To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro
- (biochemistry) To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell.
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- Any instrument of the same musicological type.
- (Scotland) A grain sieve.
- (music) A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body
- Ellipsis of harp seal.
- A harmonica.
- A struck tuned percussion instrument of metal or wooden bars, especially as a function of a theatre organ.
- The component of a lamp to which one attaches the lampshade, consisting of a lightweight frame that usually surrounds the bulb with an attachment at the top for the finial.
- a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade
- a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
- a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
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- a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players
- seating on the main floor in a theater
- The area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage, sometimes (also) used by other performers.
- (Ancient Greece, theater) A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres.
- (music) A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group.
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- An unincorporated community in Dunklin County, Missouri.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
- A town in Gibson County, Tennessee.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A census-designated place in Pulaski County, Arkansas.
- A township in Cameron County, Pennsylvania.
- A small town in the Shire of Esperance, Western Australia.
- A community in Tiny township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Wagoner County, Oklahoma.
- A town in Scotland County, North Carolina.
- A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
- A township in Mercer County, Ohio.
- A small city, the county seat of Glascock County, Georgia.
- An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
- An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi.
- A township in Washington County, Indiana.
- A hamlet in the town of Corning, Steuben County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.
- A minor city in Keokuk County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
- A township in Bay County, Michigan.
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- (intransitive, of a musical instrument) To produce music.
- (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
- (intransitive, of a theatrical performance, film or music) To be performed, reproduced, or shown.
- (transitive, colloquial) To manipulate, deceive, or swindle.
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (something) in a calculating manner intended to achieve profit or gain.
- (transitive) To act as (the indicated role).
- (transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- (intransitive, copulative) To act or behave in a stated way.
- To give a false appearance of being; to pretend to be.
- To move so as to fall upon or sweep across something, or to direct or operate (something) in such a manner.
- (intransitive) To be received or accepted (in a given way); to go down.
- (intransitive) To contend or fight using weapons, both as practice or in real life-or-death combats; to engage in martial games; to joust; to fence
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (a matter or situation) in a stated way.
- (transitive) To bring into action or motion; to exhibit in action; to execute or deploy.
- To portray (a character) in (a film or theatre).
- (transitive) To compete against, in a game.
- To gamble.
- To move in a light or brisk manner.
- (African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.
- (transitive) To act or perform (a play).
- For additional senses in various idiomatic phrases, see the individual entries, such as play along, play at, play down, play off, play on, play out, play to, play up, etc.
- (transitive, intransitive, of a device, media, broadcast, etc.) To emit or relay sound (especially music) or moving pictures; (of a device) to operate media.
- (transitive, of a person) To operate (a device or media) so as to cause sound (especially music) or moving pictures to be produced.
- (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love; see also play around.
- To move in an alternating or reciprocal manner; to move to and fro.
- (transitive, of a theatrical company or band, etc.) To perform or give performances in or at (a venue or location).
- (intransitive, especially with 'with'; see also play with) To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
- (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
- Specifying a particular sporting role or position.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially of a person) To produce music using a musical instrument.
- (transitive, usually of a person) To render (a musical title, compositional style, film title, etc.) using a musical instrument or device.
- (transitive, in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- consider not very seriously
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- use to one's advantage
- emit recorded sound
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain way
- play a role or part
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- make bets
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- play on an instrument
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- bet or wager (money)
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- use or move
- perform on a certain location
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- perform on a stage or theater
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- participate in games or sport
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- replay (as a melody)
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- (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- (uncountable) Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
- (countable, uncountable) An instance or instances of causing media to be watched or heard, such as by broadcasting.
- The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
- (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
- (uncountable, informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
- (uncountable) Freedom to move.
- (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
- (countable) An instance of watching or listening to media.
- (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
- (uncountable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- (uncountable) The conduct, or course, of a game.
- (countable) A short sequence of action within a game.
- (countable) An instance of wordplay.
- (uncountable) Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- (countable) An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
- (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
- (uncountable, sports, with certain prepositions, also figurative) The sphere or circumstance in which a playing implement, such as a ball, is available to be played (see also in play, out of play).
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- the removal of constraints
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- movement or space for movement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
- a weak and tremulous light
- a state in which action is feasible
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- an attempt to get something
- utilization or exercise
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- A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
- A ship accompanying another.
- (uncountable) Association or partnership.
- The spouse of a monarch.
- (euphemistic, sometimes humorous) An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc.
- A husband, wife, companion or partner.
- a family of similar musical instrument playing together
- the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
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- A somewhat analogous genre in early 20th century music.
- A movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences.
- an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality
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- (music) Initialism of music cassette.
- Initialism of military cross.
- (textiles) Initialism of matching colour.
- Initialism of motorcycle club.
- Initialism of medical center.
- (knitting) Initialism of main colour.
- (postal) Initialism of mail code.
- Initialism of medical certificate.
- (astronomy) Initialism of Mars-crosser.
- (informal) Initialism of madarchod.
- Initialism of master of ceremonies.
- Initialism of main character.
- (medicine, pathology) Initialism of molluscum contagiosum.
- Initialism of methylene chloride (“dichloromethane”).
- Initialism of member of congress.
- (electronics, audio) Initialism of moving coil, a type of phono cartridge.
- Initialism of male circumcision.
- (astrology) Initialism of medium coeli, the midheaven or highest point in the sky. Contrasted to Imum Coeli.
- Initialism of medical college.
- (computing) Initialism of movie clip.
- (music, slang) A rapper.
- a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
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- (music) Initialism of various artists.
- Initialism of visual arts.
- (management) Initialism of value analysis.
- Initialism of volt-ampere.
- Initialism of voice artist.
- Initialism of veterans' affairs.
- Initialism of virtual assistant.
- (computing) Initialism of virtual address.
- (electronics) Initialism of vertical alignment (“LCD screen technology”).
- Initialism of voice actor.
- Initialism of voice actress.
- the United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans; created in 1989
adj
name
noun
- musical creation
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole
- the act of creating written works
- art and technique of printing with movable type
- the way in which someone or something is composed
- the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole
- a mixture of ingredients
- a musical work that has been created
- (printing) Typesetting.
- (mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.
- (linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words.
- Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
- A mixture or compound; the result of composing.
- A work of music, literature or art.
- The general makeup of a thing or person.
- The proportion of different parts to make a whole.
- (law) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
- (object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.
- The act of putting together; assembly.
- (physics) The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.
- (painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
- (chess) A puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with a particular task.
- An essay.
noun
- Initialism of instrument panel.
- (computing) Initialism of insertion point (where text, etc. will be added in a document).
- (medicine) Initialism of incontinentia pigmenti.
- (US, military, slang) Initialism of Irish pennant.
- (law, countable, uncountable) Initialism of intellectual property.
- (cryptography) Initialism of initial permutation.
- (baseball, countable, invariant) Initialism of innings pitched (“the statistic reporting the number of innings pitched by a pitcher”).
- (law enforcement) Initialism of injured party.
- (biology, uncountable) Initialism of immunoprecipitation.
- (Internet) Ellipsis of IP address.
- (law, uncountable) Initialism of Indigenous peoples.
- (US, military, initialism, slang) An Iraqi police officer, or the Iraqi police as a whole.
- (motion picture, countable) Initialism of interpositive.
- (computing) Initialism of instruction pointer (CPU register).
- (medicine) Abbreviation of inpatient.
- (wiki jargon, chiefly Wikimedia jargon, metonymic) An unregistered user identified by their IP address.
- (grammar, X-bar theory) Initialism of inflectional phrase.
- the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
adj
name
phrase
noun
noun
- (sound engineering, technology) Initialism of compact cassette.
- (medicine) Initialism of chief complaint.
- Initialism of cricket club.
- (music, MIDI) Initialism of control change.
- (Canada) Companion of the Order of Canada.
- Initialism of cycling club.
- Initialism of credit card.
- (television) Initialism of closed caption.
- Initialism of constructive criticism.
- (military) Abbreviation of cruiser, a type of warship.
- (military) Initialism of company commander.
- (knitting) Initialism of contrasting colour.
- (US, military, historical) The US Navy hull classification symbol for a battlecruiser; the only such ships authorized by Congress were of the Lexington-class, which were cancelled under the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty with two being converted to aircraft carriers.
- Initialism of cross country.
- Initialism of carbon capture.
- Initialism of carbon copy.
- (video games) Initialism of crowd control.
- (cosmology) Initialism of cosmological constant.
- Initialism of City College.
- (SI) Initialism of cubic centimetre.
- Initialism of community college.
- Initialism of cryptocurrency.
- (weather) Initialism of cirrocumulus.
- (medicine) Initialism of cervical cancer.
- Initialism of courtesy copy.
- (politics) Initialism of Central Committee.
- Initialism of Circuit Court.
adj
name
verb
noun
- The first few measures of a musical composition.
- An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
- The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
- An act or instance of beginning.
- (mathematics) In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
- A vacant position, especially in an array.
- An unoccupied employment position.
- A gap permitting passage through.
- The first few moves in a game.
- An act or instance of making or becoming open.
- The initial period when an art exhibition, fashion show, etc. is first opened, especially the first evening.
- A time available in a schedule.
- a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
- the first of a series of actions
- an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
- an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
- the initial part of the introduction
- an open or empty space in or between things
- opportunity especially for employment or promotion
- a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess
- a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
- becoming open or being made open
- a possible alternative
- the first performance (as of a theatrical production)
- the act of opening something
adj
verb
noun
- (music) The headstock of a guitar.
- (lacrosse) The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- (UK, Ireland, metonymic) A headteacher.
- (automotive) The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
- A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
- (journalism) Ellipsis of headline.
- A headdress; a covering for the head.
- (slang, countable) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- Topic; subject.
- A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
- The antlers of a deer.
- The larger-diameter end of an unused rivet, properly the factory head or ambiguously the shop head, as opposed to the bucktail which is passed through the items to be fastened and then upset into an appropriate shape, generally pancake-shaped for a solid rivet or doughnut-shaped for a blind rivet, called the field head or ambiguously the shop head.
- (coopering) The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
- (billiards) The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
- An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
- (social, countable, metonymic) A leader or expert.
- (British, geology) Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
- (plural head) A single animal; measure word for livestock and game.
- The place of honor or command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
- (jazz) The principal melody or theme of a piece.
- Either, or in plural both, ends of a used rivet, the factory head and the field head.
- (medicine) The end of an abscess where pus collects.
- (computing) The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
- (machining) A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
- The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
- A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
- The population of game.
- (nautical) The toilet of a ship.
- The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- (figurative, metonymic) Mind; one's own thoughts.
- (slang) The glans penis.
- (figurative, metonymic) An individual person.
- (linguistics) A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
- (chemistry) The first fraction of a distillation run, having a low boiling point.
- (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- (uncountable, countable) The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- Headway; progress.
- The leafy top part of a tree.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- A title or heading in a book or other document.
- (anatomy) The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- The top edge of a sail.
- (in the plural) Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
- (geology) The uppermost part of a valley.
- (only in the singular) Denouement; crisis.
- (music) A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
- The bow of a vessel.
- The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- (British) A headland.
- (music, slang, figurative, metonymic) A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
- (uncountable, countable) A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
- (engineering) The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
- forward movement
- that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
- a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
- the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- a single domestic animal
- the part in the front or nearest the viewer
- (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
- (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
- a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
- the top of something
- the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
- (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
- the front of a military formation or procession
- the pressure exerted by a fluid
- a person who is in charge
- the source of water from which a stream arises
- a difficult juncture
- an individual person
- the striking part of a tool
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
- a user of (usually soft) drugs
- oral stimulation of the genitals
- a rounded compact mass
- a projection out from one end
- a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
- the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
- the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
- the subject matter at issue
adj
verb
- (transitive) To strike with the head
- (by extension) To check or restrain.
- (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
- (fishing, transitive) To remove the head from (a fish).
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- (transitive, of hardware) To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.
- (transitive) To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- (transitive) To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
- (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To set on the head.
- (intransitive) To form a head.
- (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To go in front of.
- form a head or come or grow to a head
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- take its rise
- to go or travel towards
- be in the front of or on top of
- remove the head of
- be in charge of
- be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
noun
- (music) A composition for such a group of musicians.
- (computing, rare) A group of three bits, representing any of eight possible values.
- (computing) A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o
- A group or set of eight of something.
- (music) A group of eight musicians performing together.
- the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
- a musical composition written for eight performers
- a set of eight similar things considered as a unit
- eight performers or singers who perform together
- eight people considered as a unit
noun
- (music) Initialism of dal segno.
- (medicine) Initialism of Down syndrome.
- (slang, UK) Initialism of directing staff.
- (automotive) Clipping of DS Automobiles.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of detective sergeant; a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (sciences) Initialism of decision science.
- (BDSM) Alternative form of D/s.
- Initialism of dear/darling son.
- (logic) Initialism of disjunctive syllogism.
- (medicine, usually used attributively) Initialism of double strength.
- (Australia, New Zealand) Initialism of Douglas Score (point ranking for deer antlers).
- (video games) Clipping of Nintendo DS.
- an honorary degree in science
- the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas
adj
name
noun
- trade name of a company that produces musical recordings
- a brief description given for purposes of identification
- a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
- an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object
- (architecture) The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
- (computing) A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
- (historical) A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
- A small strip, especially of paper or parchment (or of some material attached to parchment to carry the seal), but also of iron, brass, land, etc.
- (music) A company that sells records.
- (graphical user interface) A non-interactive control or widget displaying text, often used to describe the purpose of another control.
- (heraldry) A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
- A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
- A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
- (computing) A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
- A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
- In mediaeval and later art, a representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
verb
- distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions
- pronounce judgment on
- attach a tag or label to
- assign a label to; designate with a label
- distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom
- (transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
- (ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
- (biochemistry) To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro
- (biochemistry) To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell.
noun
- Any instrument of the same musicological type.
- (Scotland) A grain sieve.
- (music) A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body
- Ellipsis of harp seal.
- A harmonica.
- A struck tuned percussion instrument of metal or wooden bars, especially as a function of a theatre organ.
- The component of a lamp to which one attaches the lampshade, consisting of a lightweight frame that usually surrounds the bulb with an attachment at the top for the finial.
- a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade
- a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
- a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
verb
noun
- a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players
- seating on the main floor in a theater
- The area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage, sometimes (also) used by other performers.
- (Ancient Greece, theater) A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres.
- (music) A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group.
noun
name
- An unincorporated community in Dunklin County, Missouri.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
- A town in Gibson County, Tennessee.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A census-designated place in Pulaski County, Arkansas.
- A township in Cameron County, Pennsylvania.
- A small town in the Shire of Esperance, Western Australia.
- A community in Tiny township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Wagoner County, Oklahoma.
- A town in Scotland County, North Carolina.
- A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
- A township in Mercer County, Ohio.
- A small city, the county seat of Glascock County, Georgia.
- An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
- An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi.
- A township in Washington County, Indiana.
- A hamlet in the town of Corning, Steuben County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.
- A minor city in Keokuk County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
- A township in Bay County, Michigan.
noun
- A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
- A ship accompanying another.
- (uncountable) Association or partnership.
- The spouse of a monarch.
- (euphemistic, sometimes humorous) An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc.
- A husband, wife, companion or partner.
- a family of similar musical instrument playing together
- the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
adj
verb
noun
- A somewhat analogous genre in early 20th century music.
- A movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences.
- an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality
verb
- (intransitive, of a musical instrument) To produce music.
- (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
- (intransitive, of a theatrical performance, film or music) To be performed, reproduced, or shown.
- (transitive, colloquial) To manipulate, deceive, or swindle.
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (something) in a calculating manner intended to achieve profit or gain.
- (transitive) To act as (the indicated role).
- (transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- (intransitive, copulative) To act or behave in a stated way.
- To give a false appearance of being; to pretend to be.
- To move so as to fall upon or sweep across something, or to direct or operate (something) in such a manner.
- (intransitive) To be received or accepted (in a given way); to go down.
- (intransitive) To contend or fight using weapons, both as practice or in real life-or-death combats; to engage in martial games; to joust; to fence
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (a matter or situation) in a stated way.
- (transitive) To bring into action or motion; to exhibit in action; to execute or deploy.
- To portray (a character) in (a film or theatre).
- (transitive) To compete against, in a game.
- To gamble.
- To move in a light or brisk manner.
- (African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.
- (transitive) To act or perform (a play).
- For additional senses in various idiomatic phrases, see the individual entries, such as play along, play at, play down, play off, play on, play out, play to, play up, etc.
- (transitive, intransitive, of a device, media, broadcast, etc.) To emit or relay sound (especially music) or moving pictures; (of a device) to operate media.
- (transitive, of a person) To operate (a device or media) so as to cause sound (especially music) or moving pictures to be produced.
- (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love; see also play around.
- To move in an alternating or reciprocal manner; to move to and fro.
- (transitive, of a theatrical company or band, etc.) To perform or give performances in or at (a venue or location).
- (intransitive, especially with 'with'; see also play with) To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
- (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
- Specifying a particular sporting role or position.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially of a person) To produce music using a musical instrument.
- (transitive, usually of a person) To render (a musical title, compositional style, film title, etc.) using a musical instrument or device.
- (transitive, in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- consider not very seriously
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- use to one's advantage
- emit recorded sound
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain way
- play a role or part
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- make bets
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- play on an instrument
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- bet or wager (money)
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- use or move
- perform on a certain location
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- perform on a stage or theater
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- participate in games or sport
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- replay (as a melody)
noun
- (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- (uncountable) Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
- (countable, uncountable) An instance or instances of causing media to be watched or heard, such as by broadcasting.
- The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
- (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
- (uncountable, informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
- (uncountable) Freedom to move.
- (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
- (countable) An instance of watching or listening to media.
- (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
- (uncountable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- (uncountable) The conduct, or course, of a game.
- (countable) A short sequence of action within a game.
- (countable) An instance of wordplay.
- (uncountable) Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- (countable) An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
- (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
- (uncountable, sports, with certain prepositions, also figurative) The sphere or circumstance in which a playing implement, such as a ball, is available to be played (see also in play, out of play).
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- the removal of constraints
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- movement or space for movement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
- a weak and tremulous light
- a state in which action is feasible
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- an attempt to get something
- utilization or exercise
adj
- relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments
- serving or acting as a means or aid
- (music) A pause in the vocals of a song, usually occurring midway through, in which a musical instrument replaces the vocals.
- (grammar) Applied to a case expressing means or agency, generally corresponding to the English use of prepositions such as by, with, through, or by means of with the objective case.
- (music) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice).
- Serving as an instrument, medium, means, or agency.
- Essential or central; of great importance or relevance.