English words for 'Material for making seats.'
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noun
- Material for making seats.
- (uncountable) The provision of chairs or other places for people to sit.
- (mechanics) Collectively, the various fitted supports of the parts of a structure or of a machine; a housing in which a component is seated.
- (countable) A period of time in which people are allowed into a performance, a meal, etc., to be seated.
- (shipbuilding) That part of the floor which rests on the keel.
- (gerund) The act of one that seats.
- the service of ushering people to their seats
- an area that includes places where several people can sit
verb
verb
- provide with seats
- be able to seat
- put a seat on a chair
- show to a seat; assign a seat for
- place in or on a seat
- place or attach firmly in or on a base
- place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
- (transitive) To provide with a place to sit.
- (transitive) To assign the seats of.
- To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
- (transitive) To put a seat or bottom in.
- (transitive, legislature) To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.
- (transitive) To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
- (transitive) To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
- (transitive) To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
noun
- A piece of furniture made for sitting, such as a chair, stool, or bench; any improvised place for sitting.
- furniture that is designed for sitting on
- A place in which to sit.
- any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)
- a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
- a part of a machine that supports or guides another part
- the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based
- a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- the cloth covering for the buttocks
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body
- Something to be sat upon.
- (figuratively) A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.
- (aviation, military, slang) An ejection seat.
- Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
- The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.
- The place occupied by anything, or where any person, thing or quality is situated or resides; a site.
- A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge.
- The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.
- (engineering) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.
- (certain Commonwealth countries) An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.
- (law, England and Wales) One of a series of departmental placements given to a trainee solicitor as part of their training contract.
- The location of a governing body.
- (historical) Any of several autonomous regions in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary.
- The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.
- The starting point of a fire.
noun
- thick cushion used as a seat
- a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person
- (textiles) A fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture of cotton and silk-like yarns.
- (furniture) An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen etc.
- (furniture) A low stool or thick cushion used to rest the feet or as a seat.
noun
- thick cushion used as a seat
- offensive term for a homosexual man
- (historical) A headdress for women popular in 18th century France.
- Alternative form of puff
- A high hair style for women consisting of a roll or pad of hair, worn up.
- A short skirt gathered into a rounded puffy shape; a puffball.
- Alternative form of poof.
- (dressmaking) Part of an item of clothing consisting of gathered fabric in a bunch.
- A ball of fabric (such as nylon monofilament netting) used for washing (as an alternative to a flannel, washcloth, sponge, etc.).
- A low cushioned seat with no back; a padded footstool.
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verb
noun
- thick cushion used as a seat
- a short light gust of air
- exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
- a light inflated pastry or puff shell
- (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
- A puffball.
- (uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
- (countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.
- (countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
- (countable) A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.
- (genetics) A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter.
- A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.
- (derogatory, chiefly Northern England, slang) Synonym of poof: a gay man; especially one who is effeminate.
- (informal, countable) An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
- A powder puff.
- (countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
- (countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
adj
verb
- make proud or conceited
- speak in a blustering or scornful manner
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- suck in or take (air)
- to swell or cause to enlarge
- smoke and exhale strongly
- praise extravagantly
- blow hard and loudly
- To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
- To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
- To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
- To blow as an expression of scorn.
- (intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
- To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
- To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
- To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
- To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
- (intransitive) To pant.
adj
verb
noun
- an upholstered seat for more than one person
- a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer
- a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment
- Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
- (metonymic, usually as "the couch") Psychotherapy.
- A bed, a resting-place.
- (art, painting and gilding) A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
- (figurative, politics, usually as "the couch") Voters who opt out of voting, usually by staying home on their couch.
- The den of an otter.
- (Canada, US, Australia, Ireland) An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
- (brewing) A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.
verb
- formulate in a particular style or language
- (transitive) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
- (ophthalmology, transitive) In the treatment of a cataract in the eye, to displace the opaque lens with a sharp object such as a needle. The technique is regarded as largely obsolete.
- (transitive) To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
- (sewing, transitive) To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.
- (transitive) To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
- (transitive) To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
- (transitive) To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
- (papermaking, transitive) To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
- (intransitive) To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
- (intransitive) To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
noun
- an upholstered seat for more than one person
- a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait
- (especially British) A room of a house for casual relaxing and entertaining.
- The act of someone who lounges; idle reclining.
- A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
- A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
- An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.
verb
noun
verb
verb
- provide with a bottom or a seat
- strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
- come to understand
- (intransitive, especially LGBTQ slang) To take on the receptive role during intercourse.
- To fall to the lowest point.
- (transitive) To pour spirits into (a glass to be topped up with soda water).
- (mechanics, intransitive) To reach or strike against the bottom of something, so as to impede free action.
- (transitive, chiefly passive voice) To lie on the bottom of; to underlie, to lie beneath.
- (transitive) To reach the bottom of something.
- (transitive) To furnish (something) with a bottom.
- (transitive) To establish or found (something) on or upon.
adj
noun
- the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
- low-lying alluvial land near a river
- a cargo ship
- a depression forming the ground under a body of water
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- the lowest part of anything
- the lower side of anything
- (baseball) The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A sexual submissive.
- (heraldry, rare) A trundle or spindle of thread.
- Spirits poured into a glass before adding soda water.
- The bed of a body of water.
- An abyss.
- (particle physics) Ellipsis of bottom quark.
- (often figuratively) The lowest part of a container.
- (uncountable, British, slang) Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment.
- The lowest part of anything.
- (euphemistic) The buttocks or anus.
- The fundamental part; a basic aspect.
- (usually in the plural) Low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil.
- (clothing, often plural) A garment worn to cover the body below the torso.
- (nautical) Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater.
- The lowest or last position in a rank.
- (now chiefly US) Low-lying land; a valley or hollow.
- (music) The bass or baritone instruments of a band.
- The remotest or innermost part of something.
- (nautical) A cargo vessel, a ship.
- A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
- (countable, slang, especially LGBTQ slang) A person who has a receptive role or has a preference for that role during intercourse.
- (agriculture) The working portion of a moldboard-style plow.
noun
- A fixed seat or shelf.
- (architecture) A squinch.
- A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
- A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.
- A fragment of a floe of ice.
- A head or a skull.
- A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube, with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.
- A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.
- (Oxford University slang) An act of sconcing; very similar to a fine at Cambridge University, though a sconce is the act of issuing a penalty rather than the penalty itself.
- a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather
- a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light
- a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate
- a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce
verb
verb
- provide with new seats
- provide with a new seat
- show to a different seat
- (intransitive, rare) To sit down again.
- (transitive, electronics) To plug (something) back into its socket.
- (transitive) To seat (someone) again, to give somebody a different seat.
- (transitive, engineering) To fit (something, especially a valve) back into its place.
- (transitive) To provide (e.g. a room) with more, or new, seats.
adj
noun
- an unbroken period of time during which you do something
- the capacity for being stretched
- exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
- the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
- extension to or beyond the ordinary limit
- a large and unbroken expanse or distance
- a straightaway section of a racetrack
- Ellipsis of stretch limousine.
- A segment or length of material.
- (informal) Term of address for a tall person.
- The ability to lengthen when pulled.
- A segment of a journey or route.
- (baseball) A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.
- (slang) A jail or prison term of one year's duration.
- (horse racing) The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
- (Ireland) Extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared to the shorter winter days.
- (slang) A jail or prison term.
- A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
- (baseball) A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
- (sports) The period of the season between the trade deadline and the beginning of the playoffs.
- An act of stretching.
- A length of time.
- A single uninterrupted sitting; a turn.
verb
- become longer by being stretched and pulled
- extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly
- extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
- extend one's body or limbs
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- make long or longer by pulling and stretching
- occupy a large, elongated area
- pull in opposite directions
- extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
- increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
- lie down comfortably
- (figuratively, transitive) To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
- (figuratively, transitive) To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
- (intransitive) To increase, to grow.
- (physics, transitive) To make a pulse or particle bunch longer by applying dispersion to it.
- (nautical) To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
- (transitive) To increase.
- (transitive) To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.
- (intransitive) To extend physically, especially from a limit point and/or to a limit point.
- (intransitive, transitive) To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body, for example in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles.
- (transitive) To pull tight.
- (intransitive) To lengthen when pulled.
- (transitive) To lengthen by pulling.
noun
- a simple seat without a back or arms
- A seat for one person without a back or armrests.
- (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings
- solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- (US, dialect) Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.
- (horticulture) A plant that has been cut down until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
- (chiefly medicine) Feces, excrement.
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland, literally and figuratively) A throne.
- (chiefly medicine) A production of feces or excrement, an act of defecation, stooling.
- A footstool.
- (nautical) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the deadeyes of the backstays.
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A seat with a back; a chair.
- (rare) Alternative form of stole (“plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil; stolon.”).
- (West Africa) A royal seat; a chief's throne.
verb
- grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
- have a bowel movement
- lure with a stool, as of wild fowl
- react to a decoy, of wildfowl
- (agriculture) To ramify; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.
- (chiefly medicine) To produce stool: to defecate.
- (horticulture) To cut down (a plant) until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
noun
- a seat for one person, with a support for the back
- An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.
- the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
- the position of professor
- a particular seat in an orchestra
- an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
- (music) The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
- The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.
- (education) A distinguished professorship at a university.
- (rail transport) A cast-iron component used on railways to support bullhead rails and secure them to the sleepers.
- (informal, with the) Ellipsis of electric chair (“device used for performing execution”).
- (organic chemistry, physical chemistry) One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
- A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.
- (usually with definite article) The post or position of chairperson.
- An assigned position in a beauty salon or barbershop.
- (often with definite article, also written Chair) Clipping of chairperson.
verb
- preside over
- act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
- (transitive, Wales, UK) To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.
- (transitive) To act as chairperson at; to preside over.
- (transitive) To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.
noun
- a long seat for more than one person
- A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
- a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
- the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively
- a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
- the reserve players on a team
- (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom
- persons who administer justice
- (Australia, New Zealand) A bathroom surface which holds the washbasin, a vanity.
- (law, figuratively) The people who decide on the verdict, collectively; the judiciary.
- (weightlifting) The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.
- A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.
- (geology) A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter.
- (sports, politics, figuratively) The number of players on a team able to participate, often expressed in terms of length.
- (government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.
- A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.
- (figuratively) The dignity of holding an official seat.
- (surveying) A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.
- A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms.
- (sports) The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
- A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.
- (figuratively) The people who hold a certain type of official seat, collectively; a group of officeholders.
- (law, figuratively) The office or dignity of a judge.
verb
- exhibit on a bench
- To exercise using a bench press
- take out of a game; of players
- To lift a weight using a bench press
- (transitive) To place on a bench or seat of honour.
- Alternative spelling of bentsh.
- (transitive, sports) To remove a player from play.
- (transitive, figuratively) To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.
- (transitive and intransitive, colloquial) To lift by bench pressing
- (transitive) To furnish with benches.
- (slang) To push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.
verb
noun
- (historical) A pad supporting a woman's hair.
- The pillow used in making bone lace.
- A mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston.
- A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support.
- (historical) The rubber of an electrical machine.
- A pad on which gilders cut gold leaf.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back.
- (finance, countable, uncountable) Money kept in reserve.
- An engraver's pad.
- A thin, flat pad used on hard chairs and sometimes toilet seats.
- (figuratively) a sufficient quantity of an intangible object (like points or minutes) to allow for some of those points, for example, to be lost without hurting one's chances for successfully completing an objective.
- (historical) The dancer in the cushion dance who currently holds the cushion, or the dance itself.
- (Commonwealth) A throw pillow.
- the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle
- a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.
- a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
noun
- an elevated place serving as a seat
- support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
- any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
- spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
- a square rod of land
- (textiles) A frame used to examine cloth.
- A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.
- (Ghana) Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
- (figuratively) A position that is overly elevated or haughty.
- Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
- (theater) A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.
- (Australia) Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus
- (South Africa) Acanthopagrus berda
- (figuratively) A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.
- Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
- A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
- (UK) Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus
- A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.
- A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.
- (US) Kyphosus azureus
verb
- sit, as on a branch
- cause to perch or sit
- to come to rest, settle
- (intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.
- (transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a perch.
- (transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
- (intransitive) To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.
- (intransitive) To sit upon the edge of something.
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verb
noun
- Ellipsis of booster seat.
- Something that boosts.
- (aerospace) The first stage of a multistage rocket, providing primary or supplemental thrust for liftoff and early flight.
- (gaming) A package of cards or figurines designed to add to a player's collection.
- A member of a booster club.
- (slang) A thief.
- (linguistics) A term that serves to amplify or strengthen an utterance, such as "really".
- (immunology) A booster dose.
- Someone who publicly promotes or endorses (something or someone); a fan or supporter.
- (explosives) A small quantity of a sensitive explosive that is triggered by a detonator and provides the energy needed to detonate a larger quantity of a less-sensitive explosive.
- (rail transport) A booster engine fitted to a steam locomotive.
- (video games) A power-up item.
- (electrical engineering) A motor-generator set used for voltage regulation in direct current electrical power circuits.
- an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal
- an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective
- the first stage of a multistage rocket
- someone who is an active supporter and advocate
- a thief who steals goods that are in a store
- a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
verb
noun
- A cushion used as a seat in a cart or other vehicle.
- (chiefly Australia, mining) Synonym of saddle reef (“a saddle-shaped bedded mineral (usually gold-bearing quartz) vein occurring along the crest of an anticline or (less common) a syncline (an inverted saddle)”).
- The part of a guitar which supports the strings and, in an acoustic guitar, transfers their vibrations through the bridge to the soundboard.
- A similar implement used to secure goods to animals; a packsaddle.
- Synonym of saddle brown (“a medium brown colour, like that of saddle leather”).
- The clitellum of an earthworm (family Lumbricidae).
- (dentistry) The part of a denture which holds the artificial teeth.
- A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
- (construction) The threshold, the raised floorboard in a doorway.
- In full saddle marking or saddle patch: a saddle-like marking on an animal, such as one on the back of an adult harp seal or saddleback seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), or any of numerous such markings on a boa constrictor (Boa constrictor).
- (broadcasting) A timeslot between two popular programmes, in which another programme can be scheduled to encourage people to watch it.
- A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.
- A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
- Chiefly preceded by the: horse-riding as an activity or occupation.
- (geology) An anticline (“fold with strata sloping downwards on each side”); specifically, a depression located along the axial trend of such a fold.
- The lower part of the back of a domestic fowl, especially a male bird, bearing the saddle feathers or saddle hackles.
- Synonym of saddle oxford or saddle shoe (“a shoe, resembling an oxford, which has a saddle (sense 11.1)”).
- (engineering) An equipment part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
- A piece of leather stitched across the instep of a shoe, usually having a different colour from the rest of the shoe.
- (geometry) Synonym of saddle point (“a point in the range of a smooth function, every neighbourhood of which contains points on each side of its tangent plane”).
- A small object (traditionally made of ebony) at the bottom of a string instrument such as a cello, viola, or violin below the tailpiece on which the tailgut (“cord securing the tailpiece to the instrument”) rests.
- The immovable seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.
- (nautical) A block of wood with concave depressions at the top and bottom, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
- Synonym of harness saddle (“the part of a harness which supports the weight of poles or shafts attaching a vehicle to a horse or other animal”).
- a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal
- a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe
- cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins
- a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
- a seat for the rider of a bicycle
- posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl
verb
- To put a saddle on an animal.
- (often passive voice) Chiefly followed by with: to burden or encumber (someone) with some problem or responsibility.
- To put (something) on to another thing like a saddle on an animal.
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to place (a burden or responsibility) or thrust (a problem) on someone.
- (woodworking) To cut a saddle-shaped notch in (a log or other piece of wood) so it can fit together with other such logs or pieces; also, to fit (logs or other pieces of wood) together with this method.
- To put a saddle (noun sense 1) on (an animal).
- Of a person: to get into a saddle.
- To enter (a trained horse) into a race.
- put a saddle on
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- load or burden; encumber
noun
- a support that you can lean against while sitting
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen
- (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- (swimming) Clipping of backstroke.
- (slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
- (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- (figuratively) The upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal’s back.
- (slang, uncountable) Large and attractive buttocks.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house or the rear storeroom of a retail store.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- A ferryboat.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
- (figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- (printing) The inside margin of a page.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
adj
- located at or near the back of an animal
- of an earlier date
- related to or located at the back
- (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- At or near the rear.
- Not current.
- (predicative) Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
adv
- in or to or toward a former location
- in reply
- at or to or toward the back or rear
- in repayment or retaliation
- in or to or toward a past time
- in or to or toward an original condition
- In a manner that impedes.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- So as to shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
- (not comparable) In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- (postpositive) Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
verb
- be in back of
- travel backward
- establish as valid or genuine
- place a bet on
- give support or one's approval to
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing
- shift to a counterclockwise direction
- support financial backing for
- be behind; approve of
- cause to travel backward
- (transitive) To push or force backwards.
- (law, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- (transitive) To support.
- (MLE, transitive) To draw from behind the back (a knife etc.) (as also back out).
- (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
- (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- (UK, of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To row backward with (oars).
- (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- (Nigeria, transitive) To carry an infant on one’s back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
noun
noun
- One of the projecting side pieces on a wingback chair.
- (soccer) A player who doubles on either side of the center as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking.
- (American football) A running back who is in formation near the line of scrimmage and outside the tackles, a slotback.
- A wingback chair.
- (football) the person who plays wingback
- (American football) the position of the offensive back who lines up behind or outside the end
noun
- Material for making seats.
- (uncountable) The provision of chairs or other places for people to sit.
- (mechanics) Collectively, the various fitted supports of the parts of a structure or of a machine; a housing in which a component is seated.
- (countable) A period of time in which people are allowed into a performance, a meal, etc., to be seated.
- (shipbuilding) That part of the floor which rests on the keel.
- (gerund) The act of one that seats.
- the service of ushering people to their seats
- an area that includes places where several people can sit
verb
noun
- thick cushion used as a seat
- a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person
- (textiles) A fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture of cotton and silk-like yarns.
- (furniture) An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen etc.
- (furniture) A low stool or thick cushion used to rest the feet or as a seat.
noun
- thick cushion used as a seat
- offensive term for a homosexual man
- (historical) A headdress for women popular in 18th century France.
- Alternative form of puff
- A high hair style for women consisting of a roll or pad of hair, worn up.
- A short skirt gathered into a rounded puffy shape; a puffball.
- Alternative form of poof.
- (dressmaking) Part of an item of clothing consisting of gathered fabric in a bunch.
- A ball of fabric (such as nylon monofilament netting) used for washing (as an alternative to a flannel, washcloth, sponge, etc.).
- A low cushioned seat with no back; a padded footstool.
intj
verb
noun
- thick cushion used as a seat
- a short light gust of air
- exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
- a light inflated pastry or puff shell
- (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
- A puffball.
- (uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
- (countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.
- (countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
- (countable) A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.
- (genetics) A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter.
- A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.
- (derogatory, chiefly Northern England, slang) Synonym of poof: a gay man; especially one who is effeminate.
- (informal, countable) An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
- A powder puff.
- (countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
- (countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
adj
verb
- make proud or conceited
- speak in a blustering or scornful manner
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- suck in or take (air)
- to swell or cause to enlarge
- smoke and exhale strongly
- praise extravagantly
- blow hard and loudly
- To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
- To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
- To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
- To blow as an expression of scorn.
- (intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
- To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
- To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
- To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
- To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
- (intransitive) To pant.
noun
- an upholstered seat for more than one person
- a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer
- a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment
- Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
- (metonymic, usually as "the couch") Psychotherapy.
- A bed, a resting-place.
- (art, painting and gilding) A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
- (figurative, politics, usually as "the couch") Voters who opt out of voting, usually by staying home on their couch.
- The den of an otter.
- (Canada, US, Australia, Ireland) An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
- (brewing) A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.
verb
- formulate in a particular style or language
- (transitive) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
- (ophthalmology, transitive) In the treatment of a cataract in the eye, to displace the opaque lens with a sharp object such as a needle. The technique is regarded as largely obsolete.
- (transitive) To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
- (sewing, transitive) To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.
- (transitive) To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
- (transitive) To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
- (transitive) To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
- (papermaking, transitive) To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
- (intransitive) To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
- (intransitive) To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
noun
- an upholstered seat for more than one person
- a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait
- (especially British) A room of a house for casual relaxing and entertaining.
- The act of someone who lounges; idle reclining.
- A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
- A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
- An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A fixed seat or shelf.
- (architecture) A squinch.
- A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
- A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.
- A fragment of a floe of ice.
- A head or a skull.
- A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube, with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.
- A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.
- (Oxford University slang) An act of sconcing; very similar to a fine at Cambridge University, though a sconce is the act of issuing a penalty rather than the penalty itself.
- a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather
- a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light
- a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate
- a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce
verb
verb
- provide with seats
- be able to seat
- put a seat on a chair
- show to a seat; assign a seat for
- place in or on a seat
- place or attach firmly in or on a base
- place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
- (transitive) To provide with a place to sit.
- (transitive) To assign the seats of.
- To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
- (transitive) To put a seat or bottom in.
- (transitive, legislature) To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.
- (transitive) To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
- (transitive) To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
- (transitive) To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
noun
- A piece of furniture made for sitting, such as a chair, stool, or bench; any improvised place for sitting.
- furniture that is designed for sitting on
- A place in which to sit.
- any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)
- a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
- a part of a machine that supports or guides another part
- the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based
- a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- the cloth covering for the buttocks
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body
- Something to be sat upon.
- (figuratively) A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.
- (aviation, military, slang) An ejection seat.
- Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
- The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.
- The place occupied by anything, or where any person, thing or quality is situated or resides; a site.
- A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge.
- The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.
- (engineering) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.
- (certain Commonwealth countries) An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.
- (law, England and Wales) One of a series of departmental placements given to a trainee solicitor as part of their training contract.
- The location of a governing body.
- (historical) Any of several autonomous regions in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary.
- The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.
- The starting point of a fire.
noun
- a simple seat without a back or arms
- A seat for one person without a back or armrests.
- (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings
- solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- (US, dialect) Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.
- (horticulture) A plant that has been cut down until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
- (chiefly medicine) Feces, excrement.
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland, literally and figuratively) A throne.
- (chiefly medicine) A production of feces or excrement, an act of defecation, stooling.
- A footstool.
- (nautical) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the deadeyes of the backstays.
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A seat with a back; a chair.
- (rare) Alternative form of stole (“plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil; stolon.”).
- (West Africa) A royal seat; a chief's throne.
verb
- grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
- have a bowel movement
- lure with a stool, as of wild fowl
- react to a decoy, of wildfowl
- (agriculture) To ramify; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.
- (chiefly medicine) To produce stool: to defecate.
- (horticulture) To cut down (a plant) until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
noun
- a seat for one person, with a support for the back
- An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.
- the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
- the position of professor
- a particular seat in an orchestra
- an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
- (music) The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
- The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.
- (education) A distinguished professorship at a university.
- (rail transport) A cast-iron component used on railways to support bullhead rails and secure them to the sleepers.
- (informal, with the) Ellipsis of electric chair (“device used for performing execution”).
- (organic chemistry, physical chemistry) One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
- A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.
- (usually with definite article) The post or position of chairperson.
- An assigned position in a beauty salon or barbershop.
- (often with definite article, also written Chair) Clipping of chairperson.
verb
- preside over
- act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
- (transitive, Wales, UK) To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.
- (transitive) To act as chairperson at; to preside over.
- (transitive) To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.
noun
- a long seat for more than one person
- A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
- a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
- the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively
- a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
- the reserve players on a team
- (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom
- persons who administer justice
- (Australia, New Zealand) A bathroom surface which holds the washbasin, a vanity.
- (law, figuratively) The people who decide on the verdict, collectively; the judiciary.
- (weightlifting) The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.
- A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.
- (geology) A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter.
- (sports, politics, figuratively) The number of players on a team able to participate, often expressed in terms of length.
- (government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.
- A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.
- (figuratively) The dignity of holding an official seat.
- (surveying) A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.
- A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms.
- (sports) The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
- A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.
- (figuratively) The people who hold a certain type of official seat, collectively; a group of officeholders.
- (law, figuratively) The office or dignity of a judge.
verb
- exhibit on a bench
- To exercise using a bench press
- take out of a game; of players
- To lift a weight using a bench press
- (transitive) To place on a bench or seat of honour.
- Alternative spelling of bentsh.
- (transitive, sports) To remove a player from play.
- (transitive, figuratively) To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.
- (transitive and intransitive, colloquial) To lift by bench pressing
- (transitive) To furnish with benches.
- (slang) To push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.
noun
- an elevated place serving as a seat
- support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
- any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
- spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
- a square rod of land
- (textiles) A frame used to examine cloth.
- A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.
- (Ghana) Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
- (figuratively) A position that is overly elevated or haughty.
- Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
- (theater) A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.
- (Australia) Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus
- (South Africa) Acanthopagrus berda
- (figuratively) A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.
- Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
- A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
- (UK) Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus
- A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.
- A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.
- (US) Kyphosus azureus
verb
- sit, as on a branch
- cause to perch or sit
- to come to rest, settle
- (intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.
- (transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a perch.
- (transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
- (intransitive) To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.
- (intransitive) To sit upon the edge of something.
noun
verb
noun
- Ellipsis of booster seat.
- Something that boosts.
- (aerospace) The first stage of a multistage rocket, providing primary or supplemental thrust for liftoff and early flight.
- (gaming) A package of cards or figurines designed to add to a player's collection.
- A member of a booster club.
- (slang) A thief.
- (linguistics) A term that serves to amplify or strengthen an utterance, such as "really".
- (immunology) A booster dose.
- Someone who publicly promotes or endorses (something or someone); a fan or supporter.
- (explosives) A small quantity of a sensitive explosive that is triggered by a detonator and provides the energy needed to detonate a larger quantity of a less-sensitive explosive.
- (rail transport) A booster engine fitted to a steam locomotive.
- (video games) A power-up item.
- (electrical engineering) A motor-generator set used for voltage regulation in direct current electrical power circuits.
- an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal
- an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective
- the first stage of a multistage rocket
- someone who is an active supporter and advocate
- a thief who steals goods that are in a store
- a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
verb
noun
- A cushion used as a seat in a cart or other vehicle.
- (chiefly Australia, mining) Synonym of saddle reef (“a saddle-shaped bedded mineral (usually gold-bearing quartz) vein occurring along the crest of an anticline or (less common) a syncline (an inverted saddle)”).
- The part of a guitar which supports the strings and, in an acoustic guitar, transfers their vibrations through the bridge to the soundboard.
- A similar implement used to secure goods to animals; a packsaddle.
- Synonym of saddle brown (“a medium brown colour, like that of saddle leather”).
- The clitellum of an earthworm (family Lumbricidae).
- (dentistry) The part of a denture which holds the artificial teeth.
- A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
- (construction) The threshold, the raised floorboard in a doorway.
- In full saddle marking or saddle patch: a saddle-like marking on an animal, such as one on the back of an adult harp seal or saddleback seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), or any of numerous such markings on a boa constrictor (Boa constrictor).
- (broadcasting) A timeslot between two popular programmes, in which another programme can be scheduled to encourage people to watch it.
- A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.
- A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
- Chiefly preceded by the: horse-riding as an activity or occupation.
- (geology) An anticline (“fold with strata sloping downwards on each side”); specifically, a depression located along the axial trend of such a fold.
- The lower part of the back of a domestic fowl, especially a male bird, bearing the saddle feathers or saddle hackles.
- Synonym of saddle oxford or saddle shoe (“a shoe, resembling an oxford, which has a saddle (sense 11.1)”).
- (engineering) An equipment part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
- A piece of leather stitched across the instep of a shoe, usually having a different colour from the rest of the shoe.
- (geometry) Synonym of saddle point (“a point in the range of a smooth function, every neighbourhood of which contains points on each side of its tangent plane”).
- A small object (traditionally made of ebony) at the bottom of a string instrument such as a cello, viola, or violin below the tailpiece on which the tailgut (“cord securing the tailpiece to the instrument”) rests.
- The immovable seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.
- (nautical) A block of wood with concave depressions at the top and bottom, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
- Synonym of harness saddle (“the part of a harness which supports the weight of poles or shafts attaching a vehicle to a horse or other animal”).
- a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal
- a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe
- cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins
- a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
- a seat for the rider of a bicycle
- posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl
verb
- To put a saddle on an animal.
- (often passive voice) Chiefly followed by with: to burden or encumber (someone) with some problem or responsibility.
- To put (something) on to another thing like a saddle on an animal.
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to place (a burden or responsibility) or thrust (a problem) on someone.
- (woodworking) To cut a saddle-shaped notch in (a log or other piece of wood) so it can fit together with other such logs or pieces; also, to fit (logs or other pieces of wood) together with this method.
- To put a saddle (noun sense 1) on (an animal).
- Of a person: to get into a saddle.
- To enter (a trained horse) into a race.
- put a saddle on
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- load or burden; encumber
noun
- a support that you can lean against while sitting
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen
- (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- (swimming) Clipping of backstroke.
- (slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
- (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- (figuratively) The upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal’s back.
- (slang, uncountable) Large and attractive buttocks.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house or the rear storeroom of a retail store.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- A ferryboat.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
- (figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- (printing) The inside margin of a page.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
adj
- located at or near the back of an animal
- of an earlier date
- related to or located at the back
- (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- At or near the rear.
- Not current.
- (predicative) Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
adv
- in or to or toward a former location
- in reply
- at or to or toward the back or rear
- in repayment or retaliation
- in or to or toward a past time
- in or to or toward an original condition
- In a manner that impedes.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- So as to shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
- (not comparable) In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- (postpositive) Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
verb
- be in back of
- travel backward
- establish as valid or genuine
- place a bet on
- give support or one's approval to
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing
- shift to a counterclockwise direction
- support financial backing for
- be behind; approve of
- cause to travel backward
- (transitive) To push or force backwards.
- (law, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- (transitive) To support.
- (MLE, transitive) To draw from behind the back (a knife etc.) (as also back out).
- (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
- (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- (UK, of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To row backward with (oars).
- (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- (Nigeria, transitive) To carry an infant on one’s back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
noun
noun
- One of the projecting side pieces on a wingback chair.
- (soccer) A player who doubles on either side of the center as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking.
- (American football) A running back who is in formation near the line of scrimmage and outside the tackles, a slotback.
- A wingback chair.
- (football) the person who plays wingback
- (American football) the position of the offensive back who lines up behind or outside the end
verb
- provide with seats
- be able to seat
- put a seat on a chair
- show to a seat; assign a seat for
- place in or on a seat
- place or attach firmly in or on a base
- place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
- (transitive) To provide with a place to sit.
- (transitive) To assign the seats of.
- To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
- (transitive) To put a seat or bottom in.
- (transitive, legislature) To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.
- (transitive) To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
- (transitive) To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
- (transitive) To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
noun
- A piece of furniture made for sitting, such as a chair, stool, or bench; any improvised place for sitting.
- furniture that is designed for sitting on
- A place in which to sit.
- any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)
- a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
- a part of a machine that supports or guides another part
- the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based
- a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- the cloth covering for the buttocks
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body
- Something to be sat upon.
- (figuratively) A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.
- (aviation, military, slang) An ejection seat.
- Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
- The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.
- The place occupied by anything, or where any person, thing or quality is situated or resides; a site.
- A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge.
- The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.
- (engineering) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.
- (certain Commonwealth countries) An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.
- (law, England and Wales) One of a series of departmental placements given to a trainee solicitor as part of their training contract.
- The location of a governing body.
- (historical) Any of several autonomous regions in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary.
- The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.
- The starting point of a fire.
verb
- provide with a bottom or a seat
- strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
- come to understand
- (intransitive, especially LGBTQ slang) To take on the receptive role during intercourse.
- To fall to the lowest point.
- (transitive) To pour spirits into (a glass to be topped up with soda water).
- (mechanics, intransitive) To reach or strike against the bottom of something, so as to impede free action.
- (transitive, chiefly passive voice) To lie on the bottom of; to underlie, to lie beneath.
- (transitive) To reach the bottom of something.
- (transitive) To furnish (something) with a bottom.
- (transitive) To establish or found (something) on or upon.
adj
noun
- the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
- low-lying alluvial land near a river
- a cargo ship
- a depression forming the ground under a body of water
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- the lowest part of anything
- the lower side of anything
- (baseball) The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A sexual submissive.
- (heraldry, rare) A trundle or spindle of thread.
- Spirits poured into a glass before adding soda water.
- The bed of a body of water.
- An abyss.
- (particle physics) Ellipsis of bottom quark.
- (often figuratively) The lowest part of a container.
- (uncountable, British, slang) Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment.
- The lowest part of anything.
- (euphemistic) The buttocks or anus.
- The fundamental part; a basic aspect.
- (usually in the plural) Low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil.
- (clothing, often plural) A garment worn to cover the body below the torso.
- (nautical) Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater.
- The lowest or last position in a rank.
- (now chiefly US) Low-lying land; a valley or hollow.
- (music) The bass or baritone instruments of a band.
- The remotest or innermost part of something.
- (nautical) A cargo vessel, a ship.
- A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
- (countable, slang, especially LGBTQ slang) A person who has a receptive role or has a preference for that role during intercourse.
- (agriculture) The working portion of a moldboard-style plow.
verb
- provide with new seats
- provide with a new seat
- show to a different seat
- (intransitive, rare) To sit down again.
- (transitive, electronics) To plug (something) back into its socket.
- (transitive) To seat (someone) again, to give somebody a different seat.
- (transitive, engineering) To fit (something, especially a valve) back into its place.
- (transitive) To provide (e.g. a room) with more, or new, seats.
verb
noun
- (historical) A pad supporting a woman's hair.
- The pillow used in making bone lace.
- A mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston.
- A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support.
- (historical) The rubber of an electrical machine.
- A pad on which gilders cut gold leaf.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back.
- (finance, countable, uncountable) Money kept in reserve.
- An engraver's pad.
- A thin, flat pad used on hard chairs and sometimes toilet seats.
- (figuratively) a sufficient quantity of an intangible object (like points or minutes) to allow for some of those points, for example, to be lost without hurting one's chances for successfully completing an objective.
- (historical) The dancer in the cushion dance who currently holds the cushion, or the dance itself.
- (Commonwealth) A throw pillow.
- the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle
- a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.
- a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
adj
verb
adj
noun
- an unbroken period of time during which you do something
- the capacity for being stretched
- exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
- the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
- extension to or beyond the ordinary limit
- a large and unbroken expanse or distance
- a straightaway section of a racetrack
- Ellipsis of stretch limousine.
- A segment or length of material.
- (informal) Term of address for a tall person.
- The ability to lengthen when pulled.
- A segment of a journey or route.
- (baseball) A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.
- (slang) A jail or prison term of one year's duration.
- (horse racing) The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
- (Ireland) Extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared to the shorter winter days.
- (slang) A jail or prison term.
- A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
- (baseball) A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
- (sports) The period of the season between the trade deadline and the beginning of the playoffs.
- An act of stretching.
- A length of time.
- A single uninterrupted sitting; a turn.
verb
- become longer by being stretched and pulled
- extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly
- extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
- extend one's body or limbs
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- make long or longer by pulling and stretching
- occupy a large, elongated area
- pull in opposite directions
- extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
- increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
- lie down comfortably
- (figuratively, transitive) To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
- (figuratively, transitive) To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
- (intransitive) To increase, to grow.
- (physics, transitive) To make a pulse or particle bunch longer by applying dispersion to it.
- (nautical) To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
- (transitive) To increase.
- (transitive) To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.
- (intransitive) To extend physically, especially from a limit point and/or to a limit point.
- (intransitive, transitive) To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body, for example in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles.
- (transitive) To pull tight.
- (intransitive) To lengthen when pulled.
- (transitive) To lengthen by pulling.