wedge
drift
rolling mill
plectron
pick
mill
plectrum
rose engine
tommy bar
drawing machine
corrugator
fragmentizer
pulley
beveller
folder
shaper
shaping machine
gib
skiving
rod
slicer
lapping machine
peg
fitting
seaming machine
brake
press brake
slabbing machine
pin
overwrapper
tool post
toolpost
polyspast
thickness planer
file
setup
shredder
wall chaser
cross dowel
toolholder
turning steel
joiner
lapidary's lathe
bar
honing machine
slat
vibrator
crimping tool
crimper
clamp
clinch
jam-up
crimping pliers
screwboard
mechanical press
chisel
living hinge
rack
press
biscuit joiner
grinder
brace
cotter pin
spike
splining machine
rigger
retort stand
buffer
pair of scissors
cleat
collar
rake
screed
hole plug
stuffing box
buff
clamp stand
plug button
bar-shaped
perforator
masticator
drill
macerator
ring
snake rake
English wheel
abradant
router
hoop
abrader
hole punch
polishing machine
baren
loid
shim
hardwood
buncher
bar-shaped
hardwood
wedge
drift
rolling mill
plectron
pick
mill
plectrum
rose engine
tommy bar
drawing machine
corrugator
fragmentizer
pulley
beveller
folder
shaper
shaping machine
gib
skiving
rod
slicer
lapping machine
peg
fitting
seaming machine
brake
press brake
slabbing machine
pin
overwrapper
tool post
toolpost
polyspast
thickness planer
file
setup
shredder
wall chaser
cross dowel
toolholder
turning steel
joiner
lapidary's lathe
bar
honing machine
slat
vibrator
crimping tool
crimper
clamp
clinch
jam-up
crimping pliers
screwboard
mechanical press
chisel
living hinge
rack
press
biscuit joiner
grinder
brace
cotter pin
spike
splining machine
rigger
retort stand
buffer
pair of scissors
cleat
collar
rake
screed
hole plug
stuffing box
buff
clamp stand
plug button
perforator
masticator
drill
macerator
ring
snake rake
English wheel
abradant
router
hoop
abrader
hole punch
polishing machine
baren
loid
shim
buncher
noun
- One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
- A háček.
- The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.
- A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
- A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
- A barometric ridge; an elongated region of high atmospheric pressure between two low-pressure areas.
- A quantity of money.
- The IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
- A wedge tornado.
- A voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.
- One of the basic elements that make up cuneiform writing, a single triangular impression made with the corner of a reed stylus.
- A group of geese, swans, or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
- One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
- A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
- A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
- The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
- A hairpin, an elongated horizontal V-shaped sign indicating a crescendo or decrescendo.
- Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
- A market trend characterized by a contracting range in prices coupled with an upward trend in prices (a rising wedge) or a downward trend in prices (a falling wedge).
verb
- To support or secure using a wedge.
- To force or drive with a wedge.
- Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
- To pack (people or animals) together tightly into a mass.
- To cleave with a wedge.
- To shape into a wedge.
- To force into a narrow gap.
- To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
noun
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
- In New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to be sold.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Anything driven at random.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
verb
- To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
- To move haphazardly without any destination.
- To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- To drive into heaps.
- To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
noun
- a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
- the best people or things in a group
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
- a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
- a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
- the act of choosing or selecting
verb
- select carefully from a group
- look for and gather
- harass with constant criticism
- provoke
- remove in small bits
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- pilfer or rob
- pay for something
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- hit lightly with a picking motion
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
noun
- A machine for grinding and polishing.
- A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.
- An engine.
- An obsolete coin worth one thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent.
- One thousandth part, particularly in millage rates of property tax.
- A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.
- A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc.
- A prison treadmill.
- A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.
- A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process.
- An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
- A milling cutter.
- A passage underground through which ore is shot.
- Discarding a card from one's deck.
- A boxing match, fistfight.
- An institution awarding educational certificates not officially recognised
- A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
- A building housing such a plant.
- A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.
- The building housing such a grinding apparatus.
- The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
- A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.
- An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality, such as a divorce mill, a puppy mill, etc.
verb
- To take part in a fistfight; to box.
- To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
- To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
- To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
- To move about in an aimless fashion.
- To beat; to pound.
- To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
- To swim suddenly in a new direction.
- To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
- To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
- To swim underwater.
- To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
- To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
- To undergo hulling.
- To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
- To cause to mill, or circle around.
noun
verb
noun
- A machine or person that folds things.
- An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.
- A folding knife, typically a pocketknife.
- A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related.
noun
- A bolt or wedge made from wood or metal used for holding a machine part in place.
- A castrated male cat or ferret.
- A male cat; a tomcat.
- Miscellaneous pieces of a fragged character, most often in first-person shooters.
- A hooked prolongation on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
- plasterboard.
verb
noun
- A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
- One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
- A stump.
- A support; a reason; a pretext.
- A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
- The penetration of one's (male) partner in the anus using a dildo.
- A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
- A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
- A protrusion used to hang things on.
- A step; a degree.
- A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
- A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
- A place formally allotted for fishing
verb
- To affix or pin.
- To fasten using a peg.
- To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
- To throw.
- To indicate or ascribe an attribute to. (Assumed to originate from the use of pegs or pins as markers on a bulletin board or a list.)
- To engage in anal sex by penetrating (one's male partner) with a dildo.
- To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
- To keep working hard at something; to peg away.
- To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).
- To fix a value or price.
noun
- A small part, especially a standardized or detachable part of a device or machine.
- The process of fitting up; especially of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.
- A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling
- The act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit.
- The action or condition of having fits in the sense of seizures or convulsions.
- A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture.
verb
adj
noun
- A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
- Something used to retard or stop some action, process etc.
- That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
- Any fern in the genus Pteris
- A type of torture instrument.
- An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
- A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
- A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.ᵂ
- The handle of a pump.
- An enclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
- A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after ploughing; a drag.
- A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.
- A fern; bracken (Pteridium).
- An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine or other motor by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.
- A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.
- A baker's kneading trough.
- A carriage for transporting shooting parties and their equipment.ᵂ
- The act of braking, of using a brake to slow down a machine or vehicle
- A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him.
verb
noun
- a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
- a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
- informal terms for the leg
- axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
- cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown
- flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
- a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
- a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target
verb
noun
- A hand tool consisting of a handle to which a block of coarse metal is attached, and used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal.
- A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a grid pattern.
- A collection of papers collated and archived together.
- one of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).
- A row of modular kitchen units and a countertop, consisting of cabinets and appliances below (dishwasher) and next to (stove/cooker) a countertop.
- The primary item on the menu bar, containing commands such as open, save, print, etc.
- Course of thought; thread of narration.
- A roll or list.
- An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
- A small detachment of soldiers.
verb
- To submit a formal request to some office.
- To corrupt.
- To commit (official papers) to some office.
- To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
- To place in an archive in a logical place and order.
- To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.
- To move in a file.
- To submit (a story) to a newspaper or similar publication.
noun
- Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
- A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.
- The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
- A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
- An installer.
- The process of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
- The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.
noun
- A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
- An establishment offering cosmetic services.
- Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.
- A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
- The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
- A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance, especially a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).
- The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
- A broad shaft, band, or stripe.
- The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
- A drilling or tamping rod.
- A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
- An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
- A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
- A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
- A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is the negative of its usual value (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).
- A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.
- The counter of such premises.
- The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.
- A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.
- The crossbar.
- Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome.
- A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
- A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water.
- An establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served.
- Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.
- One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess.
- Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly (obsolete) including oblique marks such as the slash.
- Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
- The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.
- A city gate, in some British place names.
- An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
- A business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house.
- One of those musical sections.
- A vein or dike crossing a lode.
- A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
- One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining.
- A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
- A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.
- An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
- A measure of drugs, typically one ounce.
- The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay.
prep
- Except, other than, besides.
- Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.
verb
noun
- A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.
- A ski.
- A control surface that extends forwards and downwards from the leading edge of a wing, leaving a gap between it and the leading edge, in order to modify the airflow around the wing so as to allow flight at a higher angle of attack without stalling, lowering the aircraft's stall speed.
- A thin piece of stone; a slate.
verb
noun
- An attachment, usually pneumatic, in a moulding machine to shake the pattern loose.
- A trembler, as of an electric bell.
- An oscillator.
- A device designed to electromechanically interrupt current flowing to the step-up transformer which was used to generate the high tension positive supply in old battery-operated (automotive) valve radios.
- An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having an additional vibratory motion.
- A vibrating reed for transmitting or receiving pulsating currents in a harmonic telegraph system.
- A vibrating device used for massage or sexual stimulation.
- A device for vibrating the pen of a siphon recorder to diminish frictional resistance on the paper.
- A vibrating reed in a musical instrument, especially a reed organ.
- Any of various vibrating devices, such as one for slackening the warp as a shed opens.
noun
- A tool used to crimp, to join two pieces of metal.
- A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.
- A small climbing hold that can only be held with the tips of a person's fingers.
- A hairdresser.
- A person who crimps when climbing.
- Someone who adds pleats to fabric for clothes, drapery, etc.
- A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape.
- A device for giving hair a wavy appearance.
- An instrument for crimping or ruffling pastry when making a pie.
noun
- A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end.
- Gravel.
- Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.
verb
noun
- A friction device for abseiling, consisting of a frame with five or more metal bars, around which the rope is threaded.
- A cranequin, a mechanism including a rack, pinion and pawl, providing both mechanical advantage and a ratchet, used to bend and cock a crossbow.
- Any of various kinds of frame for holding luggage or other objects on a vehicle or vessel.
- A distaff.
- A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other
- A cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs.
- A woman's breasts.
- A climber's set of equipment for setting up protection and belays, consisting of runners, slings, carabiners, nuts, Friends, etc.
- A thousand pounds (£1,000), especially if proceeds of crime
- Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapour in the sky.
- A bunk.
- A grate on which bacon is laid.
- A set of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk).
- Sleep.
- A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.
- A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes.
- A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.
- A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with a pawl as a ratchet allowing movement in one direction only, used for example in a handbrake or crossbow.
- A set with a distributive binary operation whose result is unique.
- A fast amble.
- A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with those of a gearwheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive or be driven by it.
verb
- To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
- To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
- To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
- To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
- To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round.
- To fly, as vapour or broken clouds.
- To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.
- To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir.
- To place in or hang on a rack.
- To torture (someone) on the rack.
- To tend to shear a structure (that is, force it to bend, lean, or move in different directions at different points).
- To strike in the testicles.
- To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
- To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.
noun
- any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
- the state of demanding notice or attention
- the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
- a machine used for printing
- a dense crowd of people
- a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
- clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
- the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
verb
- exert pressure or force to or upon
- force or impel in an indicated direction
- to be oppressive or burdensome
- place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
- squeeze or press together
- crowd closely
- create by pressing
- be urgent
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
- press from a plastic
- make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
- press and smooth with a heated iron
- lift weights
- ask for or request earnestly
noun
- a machine tool that polishes metal
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars
- machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
noun
- A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
- Harness; warlike preparation.
- That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
- A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
- The state of being braced or tight; tension.
- A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.
- A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.
- Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
- Two goals scored by one player in a game.
- A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (The plural in this sense is unchanged.) In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.
- A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves.
- A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
- A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
- The mouth of a shaft.
verb
- To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
- To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
- To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
- To confront with questions, demands or requests.
- To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
- To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
- To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
- To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind.
noun
- a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
- a transient variation in voltage or current
- sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes
- fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
- (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
- a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline
- a very high narrow heel on women's shoes
- each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)
- a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- a large stout nail
verb
noun
- A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.
- One whose occupation is to lift and move large and heavy objects (such as industrial machinery) with the help of cables, hoists, and other equipment.
- One who rigs or manipulates (an election, etc).
- A person who applies functional or artistic rope bondage to another person's body.
- One whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship or of a counterweight system.
- One whose occupation is to outfit a computer model with controls for animation.
- A plastic bottle of beer, typically between 1 L to 2.5 L volume.
- A part of a rowing boat's equipment used to provide leverage for a rowing blade or oar around a fixed fulcrum.
- A long, slender, pointed sable paintbrush for making fine lines, etc.; said to be so called from its use for drawing the lines of the rigging of ships.
noun
- an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
- (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH
- a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system
- a power tool used to buff surfaces
- a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact
verb
noun
- a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
- a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
- (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
- anything worn or placed about the neck
- the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
- a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- a figurative restraint
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
verb
noun
- A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
- A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
- The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
- In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).
- A lot, plenty.
- A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
- A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table.
- A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
- A slant that causes the bow or stern of a watercraft to extend beyond the keel; also, the upper part of the bow or stern that extends beyond the keel.
- A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
- A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.
- A share of profits, takings, etc., especially if obtained illegally; specifically (gambling) the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.
- The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.
- The act of raking.
- In cellular automata: a puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.
- A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
- Rate of progress; pace, speed.
- A slant of some other part of a watercraft (such as a funnel or mast) away from the perpendicular, usually towards the stern.
verb
- Followed by up: to bring up or uncover (something), as embarrassing information, past misdeeds, etc.
- To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.
- Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.
- To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.
- To search through (thoroughly).
- To cover (something) by or as if by raking things over it.
- To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
- To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.
- To provide (the bow or stern of a watercraft) with a rake (“a slant that causes it to extend beyond the keel”).
- Of a watercraft: to have a rake at its bow or stern.
- To fire upon an enemy vessel from a position in line with its bow or stern, causing one's fire to travel through the length of the enemy vessel for maximum damage.
- Often followed by in: to gather (things which are apart) together, especially quickly.
- To claw at; to scrape, to scratch; followed by away: to erase, to obliterate.
- Often followed by an adverb or preposition such as away, off, out, etc.: to drag or pull in a certain direction.
noun
- A tool such as a long strip of wood or other material which is drawn over a wet layer of concrete, plaster, etc., to make it smooth and flat; also, a machine that achieves this effect; a screeder.
- Chiefly in the plural form screeds: a large quantity.
- A speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism.
- A smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material, especially if acting as a base for paving stones, tiles, wooden planks, etc.
- A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
- The sound of something scratching or tearing.
- A piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.
- A tool, usually a long strip of wood or other material, placed on a floor to be covered with concrete, a wall to be plastered, etc., as a guide for producing a smooth, flat surface.
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verb
noun
- A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
- A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing.
- A short and highly repeatable sports training exercise designed to hone a particular skill that may be useful in competition.
- A row of seed sown in a furrow.
- The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
- Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that drill holes in the shells of other animals.
- An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.
- A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.
- A style of trap music with gritty, violent lyrics, originating on the South Side of Chicago.
- An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.
- An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.
verb
- To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
- To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
- To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.
- To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
- To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.
- To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.
- To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.
- To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level
- To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.
- To shoot; to kill.
- To hit or kick with a lot of power.
noun
- a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
- a characteristic sound
- a toroidal shape
- (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop
- an association of criminals
- the sound of a bell ringing
- a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
- jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
- a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
verb
noun
- a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
- a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
- a small arch used as croquet equipment
- horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball
verb
noun
- A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
- A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
- A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.
- A small metal device used to pick open a lock.
- A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits; a hermaphrodite.
- A wedge.
- A transsexual person, especially a trans woman; (loosely) a drag queen or transvestite.
verb
adj
noun
- The tree or tree species that yields the preceding.
- The sport of basketball, in particular, an indoor basketball court; so named because the floor of an indoor basketball court is normally made of hardwood.
- (in more general use) As the preceding, but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness.
- The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.
- A joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which.
noun
- A machine that twists strands together during the manufacture of metal wire; a strander.
- A person who bunches.
- A circuit that causes electrons or other charged particles in a particle beam to group together.
- An illegitimate supplier of laboratory animals who obtains the animals by kidnapping pets or illegally trapping strays.
- A ground-based radio transmitter, configured within a system to guide aircraft to their allocated airfields.
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