English words for 'Pertaining to an elevator.'
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noun
- A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator.
- a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
- A ventilation or heating conduit.
- The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
- (meteorology) A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.
- (architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
- (literary) A beam or ray of light.
- The main axis of a feather.
- One of the poles between which a draught animal is harnessed to a vehicle.
- (anatomy) The main cylindrical part of the penis.
- (weaving) A component of a loom which holds the heddles and is raised by treadles to create the shed.
- The chamber of a blast furnace.
- (lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
- A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine.
- (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A rotating machine element used to transmit power; a driveshaft
- (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- obscene terms for penis
- the main (mid) section of a long bone
- a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
- the hollow spine of a feather
- a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
- (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
verb
verb
noun
- (anatomy) Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.
- Anything that raises or uplifts.
- A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator).
- A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.
- A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.
- (Canada, US, Australia, Philippines) A permanent construction with a built-in platform or cab that can be raised and lowered, used to transport people and goods, as between different floors of a building.
- (aeronautics) A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.
- the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend
- lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
noun
adj
noun
- (US) An apartment or block with stairs rather than an elevator.
- an apartment building without an elevator
- an apartment in a building without an elevator
- An indoor or outdoor stand where food is sold to the public.
- A mountain that can be climbed without specialist equipment.
- (aviation) An informal visit to a control tower by a pilot, typically used as part of pilot training.
- (music, especially bass) A sequence of notes that raises in pitch stepwise, connecting two or more chords.
- A customer who arrives without a reservation; a walk-in.
- Colaptes auratus, northern flicker.
noun
- A slow, continuously moving lift or elevator consisting of a loop of open-fronted cabins running the height of a building.
- a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor
- (Christianity) The Lord's Prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context.
- (fishing) A tackle rig with a heavy sinker at the end of the line, and one or more hooks on traces at right angles spaced above the sinker.
- (architecture, millwork) A bead-like ornament in mouldings.
verb
noun
- A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
- The act of fleeing.
- The act of flying.
- (collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.
- An instance of flying.
- An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
- (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
- (cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air, with its speed, trajectory and drift.
- The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
- A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
- Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
- The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
- A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
- (by extension) A comparable sample of beers or other drinks.
- (US, naval) A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
- An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
- A paper airplane.
- An air force unit.
- A series of stairs between landings.
- (advertising, broadcasting) An advertising campaign of fixed length.
- a formation of aircraft in flight
- a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
- a flock of flying birds
- the act of escaping physically
- passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
- a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
- an instance of traveling by air
- an air force unit smaller than a squadron
- the path followed by an object moving through space
verb
noun
- (slang) A scary elevator; an elevator that takes one to a frightening location.
- (slang, uncommon) An elevator that is poorly-maintained, dangerous or claustrophobic.
- (fiction, often humorous) Alternative letter-case form of Hellevator (“a notional elevator that leads to Hell”).
- (video games slang) In Terraria, a continuous hole (shaft) built by the player that allows them to drop all the way from the surface to the underworld, an area of the game located at the bottom of the world.
noun
- A waiting area in front of a bank of elevators.
- An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
- (video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
- (videoconferencing) A virtual area where meeting attendees can await admittance from an authorized person.
- That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
- (politics) A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
- (nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
- A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.
- (West Midlands, Potteries) lobscouse
- A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
- the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
- an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying
- a large entrance or reception room or area
verb
noun
- An escalator clause.
- An upward or progressive course.
- A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.
- Anything that escalates.
- a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)
- a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
verb
noun
- The passenger compartment of a lift.
- (slang) A prison or prison cell.
- (mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
- (athletics) The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
- A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
- (graph theory) A regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.
- (engineering) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.
- In killer sudoku puzzles, an irregularly-shaped group of cells that must contain a set of unique digits adding up to a certain total, in addition to the usual constraints of sudoku.
- An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
- (figuratively) Something that hinders freedom.
- (US, derogatory, slang) An automobile.
- (baseball, ice hockey) The protective wire mask at the front of a helmet.
- An outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.
- (field hockey or ice hockey, water polo) The goal.
- something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
- a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice
- an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
- the net that is the goal in ice hockey
verb
- (transitive) To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.
- (aviation) To immobilize an artificial horizon.
- (transitive, figuratively) To restrict someone's movement or creativity.
- To track individual responses to direct mail, either (advertising) to maintain and develop mailing lists or (politics) to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.
- (transitive, slang) To imprison.
- confine in a cage
noun
- The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.
- A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry and a bus.
- (programming) The first part of a cons in Lisp. The first element of a list.
- (US) A floating perforated box for living fish.
- (uncountable, US, informal) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
- (rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.
- The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
- (rail transport, chiefly Canada, US) An unpowered unit in a railroad train, used to hold either passengers or cargo.
- (US, prison slang) A clique or gang.
- (rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.
- A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.
- (Internet, humorous) Deliberate misspelling of cat.
- (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
- The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.
- A similar vehicle used in special contexts, such as mines, quarries, and mills.
- the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway
- a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad
- where passengers ride up and down
noun
- A permanently installed device used in place of an elevator, consisting of a series of handle-and-step groups attached to a vertical conveyor, and used to transport people, typically in an industrial environment.
- A piece of portable equipment consisting of a large cage, bucket, or basket at the end of an extensible boom, and used by workers to reach inaccessible places.
adj
- Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
- (US, bartending) Chilled and served without ice; (often specifically) shaken with ice and then strained into a coupe for serving, leaving the ice behind.
- Awake and out of bed.
- (horse-racing) Riding the horse; mounted.
- (of the sun or moon) Above the horizon, in the sky.
- (computing) Functional; working.
- (usually in the phrase up for) Willing; ready.
- Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
- Next in a sequence.
- Facing upwards.
- Ahead; leading; winning.
- (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
- Raised; lifted.
- Aloft.
- (slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned
- In a good mood.
- (of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
- Well-informed; current.
- Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
- Built, constructed.
- (slang) Erect.
- On or at a physically higher level.
- (predicative only) Finished, to an end
- (by extension) Available to view or use; made public; posted.
- (predicative only) Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
- Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
- Standing; upright.
- out of bed
- (used of computers) operating properly
- extending or moving toward a higher place
- open
- getting higher or more vigorous
- being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
- used up
- (usually followed by ‘on’ or ‘for’) in readiness
adv
- Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
- (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
- (figuratively) To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
- To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
- (rail transport) Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
- To one's possession or consideration.
- To the north (as north is at the top of typical maps).
- To an upright or erect position.
- (sailing) Against the wind or current.
- (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
- Towards the source of a river, against the direction of flow.
- To or towards what is considered the top of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically higher.
- Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
- From one's possession or consideration.
- Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
- (US, bartending) Without additional ice.
- To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
- to a more central or a more northerly place
- spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
- to a higher intensity
- to a later time
- nearer to the speaker
noun
prep
- (vulgar slang) Of a person: having sex with.
- Toward the top of.
- From south to north of.
- From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
- Further along (in any direction).
- (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).
- Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
verb
- (computing, slang, transitive) To upload.
- (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
- (intransitive, often in combination with another verb) To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
- (transitive, colloquial) To increase the level or amount of.
- (transitive, poetic or in certain phrases) To physically raise or lift.
- raise
noun
verb
noun
- The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.
- (music) The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.
- (rare) Abbreviation of combination.
- A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
- A ctene.
- Alternative form of combe.
- The curling crest of a wave; a comber.
- (weaving) A toothed wooden pick used to push the weft thread tightly against the previous pass of thread to create a tight weave.
- The top part of a gun’s stock.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
- A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
- One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen in scorpions, with which they comb substrate.
- A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
- The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
- A toothed plate used for creating wells in agar gels for electrophoresis.
- (algebraic geometry) A connected and reduced curve with irreducible components consisting of a smooth subcurve (called the handle) and one or more additional irreducible components (called teeth) that each intersect the handle in a single point that is unequal to the unique point of intersection for any of the other teeth.
- A toothed tool used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
- The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
- (dialectal) Alternative form of coomb.
- A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
- (by extension) A crest (of metal, leather, etc) on a piece of armor, especially on a helmet.
- A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.
- a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
- ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
- any of several tools for straightening fibers
- the act of drawing a comb through hair
- the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
verb
- (transitive) To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
- (transitive, especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement, especially a comb.
- (nautical, intransitive) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
- (naval, transitive) To turn a vessel parallel to (the track of) (a torpedo) so as to reduce one's size as a target.
- (transitive) To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
- smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
- straighten with a comb
- search thoroughly
noun
- A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator.
- a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
- A ventilation or heating conduit.
- The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
- (meteorology) A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.
- (architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
- (literary) A beam or ray of light.
- The main axis of a feather.
- One of the poles between which a draught animal is harnessed to a vehicle.
- (anatomy) The main cylindrical part of the penis.
- (weaving) A component of a loom which holds the heddles and is raised by treadles to create the shed.
- The chamber of a blast furnace.
- (lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
- A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine.
- (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A rotating machine element used to transmit power; a driveshaft
- (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- obscene terms for penis
- the main (mid) section of a long bone
- a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
- the hollow spine of a feather
- a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
- (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
verb
noun
noun
- A slow, continuously moving lift or elevator consisting of a loop of open-fronted cabins running the height of a building.
- a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor
- (Christianity) The Lord's Prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context.
- (fishing) A tackle rig with a heavy sinker at the end of the line, and one or more hooks on traces at right angles spaced above the sinker.
- (architecture, millwork) A bead-like ornament in mouldings.
verb
noun
- A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
- The act of fleeing.
- The act of flying.
- (collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.
- An instance of flying.
- An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
- (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
- (cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air, with its speed, trajectory and drift.
- The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
- A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
- Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
- The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
- A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
- (by extension) A comparable sample of beers or other drinks.
- (US, naval) A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
- An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
- A paper airplane.
- An air force unit.
- A series of stairs between landings.
- (advertising, broadcasting) An advertising campaign of fixed length.
- a formation of aircraft in flight
- a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
- a flock of flying birds
- the act of escaping physically
- passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
- a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
- an instance of traveling by air
- an air force unit smaller than a squadron
- the path followed by an object moving through space
verb
noun
- (slang) A scary elevator; an elevator that takes one to a frightening location.
- (slang, uncommon) An elevator that is poorly-maintained, dangerous or claustrophobic.
- (fiction, often humorous) Alternative letter-case form of Hellevator (“a notional elevator that leads to Hell”).
- (video games slang) In Terraria, a continuous hole (shaft) built by the player that allows them to drop all the way from the surface to the underworld, an area of the game located at the bottom of the world.
noun
- A waiting area in front of a bank of elevators.
- An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
- (video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
- (videoconferencing) A virtual area where meeting attendees can await admittance from an authorized person.
- That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
- (politics) A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
- (nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
- A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.
- (West Midlands, Potteries) lobscouse
- A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
- the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
- an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying
- a large entrance or reception room or area
verb
noun
- An escalator clause.
- An upward or progressive course.
- A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.
- Anything that escalates.
- a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)
- a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
verb
noun
- The passenger compartment of a lift.
- (slang) A prison or prison cell.
- (mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
- (athletics) The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
- A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
- (graph theory) A regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.
- (engineering) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.
- In killer sudoku puzzles, an irregularly-shaped group of cells that must contain a set of unique digits adding up to a certain total, in addition to the usual constraints of sudoku.
- An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
- (figuratively) Something that hinders freedom.
- (US, derogatory, slang) An automobile.
- (baseball, ice hockey) The protective wire mask at the front of a helmet.
- An outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.
- (field hockey or ice hockey, water polo) The goal.
- something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
- a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice
- an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
- the net that is the goal in ice hockey
verb
- (transitive) To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.
- (aviation) To immobilize an artificial horizon.
- (transitive, figuratively) To restrict someone's movement or creativity.
- To track individual responses to direct mail, either (advertising) to maintain and develop mailing lists or (politics) to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.
- (transitive, slang) To imprison.
- confine in a cage
noun
- The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.
- A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry and a bus.
- (programming) The first part of a cons in Lisp. The first element of a list.
- (US) A floating perforated box for living fish.
- (uncountable, US, informal) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
- (rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.
- The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
- (rail transport, chiefly Canada, US) An unpowered unit in a railroad train, used to hold either passengers or cargo.
- (US, prison slang) A clique or gang.
- (rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.
- A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.
- (Internet, humorous) Deliberate misspelling of cat.
- (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
- The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.
- A similar vehicle used in special contexts, such as mines, quarries, and mills.
- the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway
- a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad
- where passengers ride up and down
adj
noun
- (US) An apartment or block with stairs rather than an elevator.
- an apartment building without an elevator
- an apartment in a building without an elevator
- An indoor or outdoor stand where food is sold to the public.
- A mountain that can be climbed without specialist equipment.
- (aviation) An informal visit to a control tower by a pilot, typically used as part of pilot training.
- (music, especially bass) A sequence of notes that raises in pitch stepwise, connecting two or more chords.
- A customer who arrives without a reservation; a walk-in.
- Colaptes auratus, northern flicker.
noun
- A permanently installed device used in place of an elevator, consisting of a series of handle-and-step groups attached to a vertical conveyor, and used to transport people, typically in an industrial environment.
- A piece of portable equipment consisting of a large cage, bucket, or basket at the end of an extensible boom, and used by workers to reach inaccessible places.
noun
verb
noun
- The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.
- (music) The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.
- (rare) Abbreviation of combination.
- A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
- A ctene.
- Alternative form of combe.
- The curling crest of a wave; a comber.
- (weaving) A toothed wooden pick used to push the weft thread tightly against the previous pass of thread to create a tight weave.
- The top part of a gun’s stock.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
- A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
- One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen in scorpions, with which they comb substrate.
- A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
- The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
- A toothed plate used for creating wells in agar gels for electrophoresis.
- (algebraic geometry) A connected and reduced curve with irreducible components consisting of a smooth subcurve (called the handle) and one or more additional irreducible components (called teeth) that each intersect the handle in a single point that is unequal to the unique point of intersection for any of the other teeth.
- A toothed tool used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
- The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
- (dialectal) Alternative form of coomb.
- A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
- (by extension) A crest (of metal, leather, etc) on a piece of armor, especially on a helmet.
- A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.
- a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
- ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
- any of several tools for straightening fibers
- the act of drawing a comb through hair
- the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
verb
- (transitive) To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
- (transitive, especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement, especially a comb.
- (nautical, intransitive) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
- (naval, transitive) To turn a vessel parallel to (the track of) (a torpedo) so as to reduce one's size as a target.
- (transitive) To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
- smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
- straighten with a comb
- search thoroughly
verb
noun
- (anatomy) Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.
- Anything that raises or uplifts.
- A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator).
- A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.
- A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.
- (Canada, US, Australia, Philippines) A permanent construction with a built-in platform or cab that can be raised and lowered, used to transport people and goods, as between different floors of a building.
- (aeronautics) A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.
- the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend
- lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
noun
- An escalator clause.
- An upward or progressive course.
- A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.
- Anything that escalates.
- a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)
- a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
verb
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adj
noun
- (US) An apartment or block with stairs rather than an elevator.
- an apartment building without an elevator
- an apartment in a building without an elevator
- An indoor or outdoor stand where food is sold to the public.
- A mountain that can be climbed without specialist equipment.
- (aviation) An informal visit to a control tower by a pilot, typically used as part of pilot training.
- (music, especially bass) A sequence of notes that raises in pitch stepwise, connecting two or more chords.
- A customer who arrives without a reservation; a walk-in.
- Colaptes auratus, northern flicker.
adj
- Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
- (US, bartending) Chilled and served without ice; (often specifically) shaken with ice and then strained into a coupe for serving, leaving the ice behind.
- Awake and out of bed.
- (horse-racing) Riding the horse; mounted.
- (of the sun or moon) Above the horizon, in the sky.
- (computing) Functional; working.
- (usually in the phrase up for) Willing; ready.
- Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
- Next in a sequence.
- Facing upwards.
- Ahead; leading; winning.
- (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
- Raised; lifted.
- Aloft.
- (slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned
- In a good mood.
- (of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
- Well-informed; current.
- Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
- Built, constructed.
- (slang) Erect.
- On or at a physically higher level.
- (predicative only) Finished, to an end
- (by extension) Available to view or use; made public; posted.
- (predicative only) Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
- Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
- Standing; upright.
- out of bed
- (used of computers) operating properly
- extending or moving toward a higher place
- open
- getting higher or more vigorous
- being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
- used up
- (usually followed by ‘on’ or ‘for’) in readiness
adv
- Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
- (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
- (figuratively) To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
- To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
- (rail transport) Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
- To one's possession or consideration.
- To the north (as north is at the top of typical maps).
- To an upright or erect position.
- (sailing) Against the wind or current.
- (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
- Towards the source of a river, against the direction of flow.
- To or towards what is considered the top of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically higher.
- Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
- From one's possession or consideration.
- Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
- (US, bartending) Without additional ice.
- To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
- to a more central or a more northerly place
- spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
- to a higher intensity
- to a later time
- nearer to the speaker
noun
prep
- (vulgar slang) Of a person: having sex with.
- Toward the top of.
- From south to north of.
- From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
- Further along (in any direction).
- (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).
- Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
verb
- (computing, slang, transitive) To upload.
- (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
- (intransitive, often in combination with another verb) To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
- (transitive, colloquial) To increase the level or amount of.
- (transitive, poetic or in certain phrases) To physically raise or lift.
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