assume the position
antipole
I take it
niche
choose sides
fill
take
occupy
on one's back
pick apart
malposition
move forward
move furniture
pronely
right side
underpoint
down-
reckon for
attitude
take a grab
draw
point of inquiry
push back
use to
move it
push forward
on someone's back
set point
third place
have
other side
go towards
surrogate
in a right state
to the point
possible
right man
push on
condonement
named person
push and shove
fit in
first hand
given name
move back
personality
frontside
in favor
left
hard left
only move
tell someone where to shove it
hold onto
on the other side of
area of influence
on one's side
get ahead of
left field
go to
step on
bully pulpit
ask the question
front row
let on
bad actor
have one's name on
take a flyer
would
posing
front foot
corresponding
position
situation
twilight zone
sitting
left turn
move around
reclining
wrong side
serve someone right
look back
up-
say
take the L
main character
Dutch reckoning
answer for
guess what
I'm sure
believe me
weird matching
incumbency
bring up
pound the table
term of office
think of
get one's arms around
tenure
oh really
in a right state
possible
first hand
frontside
corresponding
pronely
left
say
antipole
niche
right side
point of inquiry
set point
third place
other side
surrogate
right man
condonement
named person
given name
personality
hard left
only move
area of influence
left field
bully pulpit
front row
bad actor
posing
front foot
position
situation
sitting
left turn
reclining
wrong side
main character
Dutch reckoning
weird matching
incumbency
term of office
tenure
assume the position
choose sides
fill
take
occupy
pick apart
malposition
move forward
move furniture
underpoint
reckon for
attitude
take a grab
draw
push back
use to
move it
push forward
have
go towards
push on
push and shove
fit in
move back
tell someone where to shove it
hold onto
get ahead of
go to
step on
ask the question
let on
have one's name on
take a flyer
would
twilight zone
move around
serve someone right
look back
take the L
answer for
bring up
pound the table
think of
get one's arms around
verb
- Often used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to assume a given position.
- To turn away, with one's hands in a visible and unmovable position, so that one can be searched.
- Often used as an order to bend over, for example, to receive the traditional corporal punishment in a case of misbehaviour.
noun
- Any similar position, literal or figurative.
- Specifically, a cremation niche; a columbarium.
- Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business.
- A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament.
- A function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited.
- An arrow woven into a prayer rug pointing in the direction of qibla.
verb
adj
verb
- assume, as of positions or roles
- carry out
- require (time or space)
- take somebody somewhere
- get into one's hands, take physically
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- take into one's possession
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- receive willingly something given or offered
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- require as useful, just, or proper
- experience or feel or submit to
- make a film or photograph of something
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- conquer by force
- occupy or take on
- admit into a group or community
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- be a student of a certain subject
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- head into a specified direction
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- engage for service under a term of contract
- receive or obtain regularly
- buy, select
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- have sex with; archaic use
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- be designed to hold or take
- be capable of holding or containing
- develop a habit
- proceed along in a vehicle
- obtain by winning
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
noun
verb
- To indicate or focus on a position closer than the one that is intended.
- To point the underside.
- To include too few points.
- To emphasize or call attention to a point within a discussion.
- To add a dot beneath a letter as a proofreading or diacritical mark.
adj
noun
- Something that calls attention to or emphasizes a particular conclusion within a topic of discussion.
- The number of scored points below a specified criterion.
- A downward facing point on the underside.
- The lowest intensity point of a diminuendo that is followed by an increase in volume and intensity.
verb
- To assume a specific position or attitude.
- To take (air, smoke etc.) into the lungs; to inhale.
- To provoke or attract (a particular response or reaction).
- To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
- To take (water) from a well or other source.
- To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.
- To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
- To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
- To pull out, unsheathe (a sword, firearm etc.).
- To make (wire) by pulling it through an aperture; to stretch (metal) into a wire.
- To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
- To extract (a tooth).
- To take or be dealt a playing card from the deck. See also draw out.
- To pull (something) in a particular manner or direction.
- To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
- To take or be dealt (a card) from the deck; to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
- To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.
- To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially magnetism or gravity; (figurative) to act as an inducement or enticement.
- To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
- To produce (a shape, figure, picture etc.) with pencil, crayon, chalk, or other implement.
- To cause (someone) to come to a particular place, condition, or course of action; to attract (a person).
- To conduct (a lottery); to select (the numbers) for a lottery; to win (a prize) in a lottery.
- To depict (something) linguistically; to portray in words.
- To produce a visual representation of (a person or thing) by lines and marks with pencil, pen, paints etc.
- To drag (a person, thing, or part of the body), especially along the ground.
- To move (a part of one's body) in a particular direction.
- To stretch or elongate.
- To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
- To draw up, compose (a document).
- To have a draught; to allow air to be passed through in order to allow for combustion.
- To induce (the mind, eyes, attention etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
- To cause (something); to bring (something) about as a consequence.
- To become contracted; to shrink.
- To pull (a curtain, blinds etc.) open or closed.
- To require (a depth of water) for floating.
- To pull back (the string of a bow) in preparation for shooting.
- To pull (one's face, features) out of shape, from emotion etc.
- Of a sail, to fill with wind.
- To select (an item) at random to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something; to select (a person) by this process.
- To disembowel (someone); to remove the viscera from (an animal), especially before cooking.
- To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
- To steep; to leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase.
- To run (a bath).
- To produce an image of something by artistic means; to make drawings.
- To pull (a belt or other item) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
- To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
- To pull (a plough, vehicle etc.); to cause (something) to move forwards by pulling it.
- To extract (juice, fluids etc.) from something by pressure, osmosis or similar.
- To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.
- To consume (power).
noun
- A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- The act of drawing.
- The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
- Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
- Cannabis.
- The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
- A bag of cannabis.
- Draft in the sense of the flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
- The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
- A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
- The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.
verb
- Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
- To be afflicted with, suffer from.
- To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
- To believe, buy, be taken in by.
- To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
- To obtain.
- To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.
- See have to.
- To defeat in a fight; take.
- To accept as a romantic partner.
- To undertake or perform (an action or activity).
- To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
- To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
- To cause to be.
- To be able to speak (a language).
- To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
- Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
- To trick, to deceive.
- To experience, go through, undergo.
- To allow; to tolerate.
- To depict as being.
- To inflict punishment or retribution on.
- To make an observation of (a bird species).
- To possess, own.
- To engage in sexual intercourse with.
- To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
- To consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).
- Used in forming the perfect aspect.
- To host someone; to take in as a guest.
- To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
- To give birth to.
noun
noun
- A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
- A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
- Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
- An ersatz good.
- A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
- A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
- A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
adj
verb
noun
- An assumed role or manner of behavior.
- Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks.
- That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons
- A celebrity, especially one with a strong media presence.
- A set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.
- A set of qualities that make something distinctive or interesting.
- Charisma, or qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd.
adv
adj
noun
- location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
- those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare
- the hand that is on the left side of the body
- the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left
- a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east
adj
noun
- An unusual or unexpected position, or a viewpoint held by very few others in contrast to the majority viewpoint (especially in the phrases out in left field and way out in left field)
- An unexpected, bizarre, or unwatched source (especially in the phrases out of left field and from left field).
- The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to the left of a person standing on home plate and facing the pitcher.
- The defensive position in the outfield to the left.
noun
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see front, row.
- The row of players who participate in a scrum with direct contact with the opposing scrum.
- In an auditorium or sports venue, the line of side-by-side seats closest to the stage, playing field, or other location where the activity of interest is occurring.
verb
- Was or were determined to; indicating someone's insistence upon doing something.
- Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality, indicating a state or action that is conditional on another.
- Used to; was or were habitually accustomed to; indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly.
- Could naturally have been expected to (given the tendencies of someone's character etc.).
- Without explicit condition, or with loose or vague implied condition, indicating a hypothetical or imagined state or action.
- Used to express the speaker's belief or assumption.
- Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are (you) willing to …?
- Used to form the "anterior future", or "future in the past", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.
- Suggesting conditionality or potentiality in order to express a sense of politeness, tentativeness, indirectness, hesitancy, uncertainty, etc.
- Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.
noun
noun
- a condition or position in which you find yourself
- the particular portion of space occupied by something
- a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
- a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- the arrangement of the body and its limbs
- the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
- a job in an organization
- the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
- the appropriate or customary location
- (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
- the act of putting something in a certain place
- a rationalized mental attitude
- an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
- an item on a list or in a sequence
- the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
verb
verb
- To put or place into an indeterminate position; to be in an ambiguous, undetermined, or improper context.
- To cause to daydream or zone out; to cause to lose attention to one's surroundings.
- To experience or perceive something bizarre or fantastic.
- To behave or occur in a confusing or unexpected manner.
noun
adv
intj
noun
- Tried quality; temper; proof.
- A chance to speak; the right or power to influence or make a decision.
- Essay; trial; attempt.
- Trial by sample; assay; specimen.
- A strainer for milk.
verb
- Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
- To tell, either verbally or in writing.
- To indicate in a written form.
- To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
- To recite.
- To pronounce.
- To try; to assay.
- To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.
- To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
verb
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, up: To bring from a lower to a higher position.
- To mention.
- To raise or rear (children).
- To vomit.
- To stop or interrupt a flow or steady motion.
- To uncover, to bring from obscurity; to resurface (e.g. a memory)
- To reach a particular score, especially a milestone.
- To turn on power or start, as of a machine.
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