English words for 'Resembling straw.'
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adj
adj
adj
noun
- (countable) A drinking straw.
- (uncommon) A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
- A straw owner.
- (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
- (figurative, chiefly in the negative) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
- (uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
- plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
- a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth
verb
noun
noun
- A small quantity of straw etc.
- (firearms) The firing mechanism.
- Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
- A segment of a canal or other navigable waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
- (computing, by extension) A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
- A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
- Something sure to be a success.
- A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
- A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
- (Scots law, historical) A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.
- Complete control over a situation.
- A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
- A grapple in wrestling.
- (rugby) A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
- (gambling) Synonym of Dutch book.
- any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
- a strand or cluster of hair
- a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
- a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
- enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it
- a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
verb
- (intransitive, break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
- (transitive) To fasten with a lock.
- To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them.
- (transitive) To intertwine or dovetail.
- (intransitive, rugby) To play in the position of lock.
- (Internet, wiki jargon, transitive) To prevent a page from being edited by other users.
- (Internet, transitive) To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
- (intransitive) To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
- To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
- To furnish (a canal) with locks.
- (intransitive) To become fastened in place.
- build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
- become engaged or intermeshed with one another
- pass by means through a lock in a waterway
- become rigid or immoveable
- keep engaged
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
- fasten with a lock
- hold fast (in a certain state)
- hold in a locking position
noun
verb
noun
- a small bundle of straw or hay
- a small tuft or lock
- a flock of snipe
- a small person
- An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul.
- A small, thin line of cloud, smoke, or steam.
- A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
- A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; a twisted handful of something; any slender, flexible structure or group.
- A whisk, or small broom.
- (uncountable) A disease affecting the feet of cattle.
verb
noun
- Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
- (by extension) Any straw-like material, such as a person's hair.
- (Caribbean) Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
- A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
- a house roof made with a plant material (as straw)
- hair resembling thatched roofing material
- plant stalks used as roofing material
verb
noun
- A bed of loose straw.
- A wooden implement, often oval or round, used by potters, crucible makers, etc., for forming, beating, and rounding their works.
- (music) In the organ, a valve between the wind chest and the mouth of a pipe or row of pipes.
- (heraldry) A narrow vertical stripe, narrower than a pale. Diminutive of pale.
- (engineering) A click or pawl for driving a ratchet wheel.
- (gilding) A tool for gilding the backs of books over the bands.
- (horology) One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel.
- (brickmaking) A board on which a newly moulded brick is conveyed to the hack.
- (zoology) One of a pair of shelly plates that protect the siphon tubes of certain bivalves, such as the Teredo.
- (historical, rare) A Parisian measure of blood let; a cup containing three ounces, formerly used by surgeons.
- A portable platform, usually designed to be easily moved by a forklift, on which goods can be stacked, for transport or storage.
- (by extension) Any makeshift bedding place.
- (engineering) One of the series of disks or pistons in the chain pump.
- (gilding) An instrument used to take up gold leaf from the pillow, and to apply it.
- A potter's wheel.
- board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used
- a hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay
- a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it
- a mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts; used as a bed
- the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art
verb
noun
verb
noun
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- (university slang) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
- General haste.
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- (military, video games) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- A wick.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- A surge.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- A sudden forward motion.
- (university slang) A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
- (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
- grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
- a sudden forceful flow
- a sudden burst of activity
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
adj
verb
- (transitive or intransitive, university slang) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
- (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
- (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
- (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
- (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
- (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
- (transitive, military) To swiftly attack without warning.
- (intransitive, military, video games) To make a swift or sudden attack.
- act at high speed
- move hurridly
- run with the ball, in football
- cause to occur rapidly
- attack suddenly
- urge to an unnatural speed
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
noun
noun
- A beehive made of woven straw, wicker, etc.
- (sugar manufacture) A charge of syrup in the pans.
- (informal) A song, typically one on an album, that is not worth listening to.
- A wheeled basket chiefly used in textile factories.
- A skipper; the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.
- (radio) skywave propagation
- (video games) A trick allowing the player to proceed to a later section of the game without playing through a section that was intended to be mandatory.
- (Trinity College, Dublin, historical) A college servant.
- (Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) A large container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents, or to be picked up by hydraulic arms so that its contents can be dumped into the truck.
- (scouting, informal) The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization).
- The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
- (Australia, slang) An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
- A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A skep, or basket, such as a creel or a handbasket.
- (curling) The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
- The captain of a sports team.
- (bowls) The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary.
- (steelmaking) A skip car.
- (mining) A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
- (slang) A skip-level manager; the boss of one's boss.
- (music) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
- A leaping or jumping movement; the action of one who skips.
- a mistake resulting from neglect
- a gait in which steps and hops alternate
verb
- (intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
- (knitting, crochet) To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.
- (printing) To have insufficient ink transfer.
- To jump rope.
- To cause the stylus to jump back to the previous loop of the record's groove, continuously repeating that part of the sound, as a result of excessive scratching or wear. (of a phonograph record)
- To leap lightly over.
- (transitive) To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
- (intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.
- (intransitive) To leap about lightly.
- (transitive, informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
- (transitive, informal) To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
- (transitive) To place an item in a skip (etymology 2, sense 1).
- (transitive) To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
- intentionally fail to attend
- jump lightly
- leave suddenly
- bound off one point after another
- cause to skip over a surface
- bypass
name
noun
- Synonym of straw buyer.
- A doll or scarecrow, particularly one stuffed with straw.
- (figurative, engineering, business) An outline serving as an initial proposal for a project, usually refined iteratively.
- (figurative) An insubstantial concept, idea, endeavor or argument, particularly one deliberately set up to be weakly supported, e.g. by misrepresenting an opponent's argument by broadening or narrowing the scope of a premise, so that it can be easily knocked down; especially to impugn the strength of any related or contrasted thing or idea.
- (figurative) An innocuous person or someone of nominal or lesser importance, as a front man or straw boss.
- a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted
- an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
- a male person used as a cover for some questionable activity
verb
noun
- (chiefly North-country English dialectal) the straw ornament on top of a haystack.
- (chiefly North-country English dialectal) a paste flower on top of a pie cover.
- (engineering) A device, originally a heated sleave of fire clay, variously used to introduce molten metal to counter the formation of hollows in metal castings as they shrink while the mould cools. Now commonly called hot top or feeder head
- (chiefly North-country English dialectal) the tobacco left at the bottom of a pipe and put on the top of the next fill: dottle; in a general sense, a plug or a cap to top something off.
verb
noun
noun
- a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
- any member of a ship's crew
- a serviceman in the navy
- A stiff straw hat with a flat, circular brim and a low, flat crown.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Neptis, Pseudoneptis and Phaedyma, having white markings on a dark base and commonly flying by gliding.
- A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.
- A brick, for example in a course of brickwork, that is laid vertically on its shortest end (smallest face), with its widest face facing the outside of the wall.
- A person who sails sailing boats (as opposed to boats powered by other means) as a sport or recreation.
- In particular, a member of the crew of a (civilian or military) vessel, as opposed to a captain, admiral, etc.; a mariner; a common seaman.
noun
- a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
- a rapid superficial reader
- gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food
- a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids
- Synonym of water strider.
- A loose-fitting one-piece dress, similar to a shift but with slightly more fitting.
- Any of three species of bird, in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
- A sieve-like, slotted spoon.
- A ballet flat shoe.
- Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clam (Spisula solidissima) and large scallops.
- (naval) A sailor in the surface forces, as opposed to a submariner.
- (science fiction) A small, fast-moving spacecraft.
- (naval) A surface ship.
- (entomology) Any of the dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.
- A person who skims.
- A device for removing organic matter from an aquarium.
- (crime) A device used to read and record the magnetic code from a credit card for later fraudulent use.
verb
noun
- Material produced by braiding or interweaving, especially a material of interwoven straw from which straw hats are made.
- A map showing the boundaries of real properties (delineating one or more plots of land), especially one that forms part of a legal document.
- (video games, slang) Clipping of platform game
- Clipping of platform
- A plot of land; a lot.
- A braid; a plait (of hair, straw, etc.).
- a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.)
adj
adv
verb
verb
noun
noun
noun
- A small quantity of straw etc.
- (firearms) The firing mechanism.
- Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
- A segment of a canal or other navigable waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
- (computing, by extension) A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
- A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
- Something sure to be a success.
- A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
- A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
- (Scots law, historical) A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.
- Complete control over a situation.
- A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
- A grapple in wrestling.
- (rugby) A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
- (gambling) Synonym of Dutch book.
- any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
- a strand or cluster of hair
- a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
- a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
- enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it
- a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
verb
- (intransitive, break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
- (transitive) To fasten with a lock.
- To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them.
- (transitive) To intertwine or dovetail.
- (intransitive, rugby) To play in the position of lock.
- (Internet, wiki jargon, transitive) To prevent a page from being edited by other users.
- (Internet, transitive) To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
- (intransitive) To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
- To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
- To furnish (a canal) with locks.
- (intransitive) To become fastened in place.
- build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
- become engaged or intermeshed with one another
- pass by means through a lock in a waterway
- become rigid or immoveable
- keep engaged
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
- fasten with a lock
- hold fast (in a certain state)
- hold in a locking position
adj
noun
- (countable) A drinking straw.
- (uncommon) A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
- A straw owner.
- (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
- (figurative, chiefly in the negative) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
- (uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
- plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
- a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth
verb
noun
verb
noun
- a small bundle of straw or hay
- a small tuft or lock
- a flock of snipe
- a small person
- An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul.
- A small, thin line of cloud, smoke, or steam.
- A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
- A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; a twisted handful of something; any slender, flexible structure or group.
- A whisk, or small broom.
- (uncountable) A disease affecting the feet of cattle.
verb
noun
- Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
- (by extension) Any straw-like material, such as a person's hair.
- (Caribbean) Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
- A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
- a house roof made with a plant material (as straw)
- hair resembling thatched roofing material
- plant stalks used as roofing material
verb
noun
- A bed of loose straw.
- A wooden implement, often oval or round, used by potters, crucible makers, etc., for forming, beating, and rounding their works.
- (music) In the organ, a valve between the wind chest and the mouth of a pipe or row of pipes.
- (heraldry) A narrow vertical stripe, narrower than a pale. Diminutive of pale.
- (engineering) A click or pawl for driving a ratchet wheel.
- (gilding) A tool for gilding the backs of books over the bands.
- (horology) One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel.
- (brickmaking) A board on which a newly moulded brick is conveyed to the hack.
- (zoology) One of a pair of shelly plates that protect the siphon tubes of certain bivalves, such as the Teredo.
- (historical, rare) A Parisian measure of blood let; a cup containing three ounces, formerly used by surgeons.
- A portable platform, usually designed to be easily moved by a forklift, on which goods can be stacked, for transport or storage.
- (by extension) Any makeshift bedding place.
- (engineering) One of the series of disks or pistons in the chain pump.
- (gilding) An instrument used to take up gold leaf from the pillow, and to apply it.
- A potter's wheel.
- board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used
- a hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay
- a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it
- a mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts; used as a bed
- the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art
verb
noun
verb
noun
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- (university slang) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
- General haste.
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- (military, video games) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- A wick.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- A surge.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- A sudden forward motion.
- (university slang) A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
- (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
- grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
- a sudden forceful flow
- a sudden burst of activity
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
adj
verb
- (transitive or intransitive, university slang) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
- (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
- (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
- (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
- (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
- (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
- (transitive, military) To swiftly attack without warning.
- (intransitive, military, video games) To make a swift or sudden attack.
- act at high speed
- move hurridly
- run with the ball, in football
- cause to occur rapidly
- attack suddenly
- urge to an unnatural speed
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
noun
noun
- A beehive made of woven straw, wicker, etc.
- (sugar manufacture) A charge of syrup in the pans.
- (informal) A song, typically one on an album, that is not worth listening to.
- A wheeled basket chiefly used in textile factories.
- A skipper; the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.
- (radio) skywave propagation
- (video games) A trick allowing the player to proceed to a later section of the game without playing through a section that was intended to be mandatory.
- (Trinity College, Dublin, historical) A college servant.
- (Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) A large container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents, or to be picked up by hydraulic arms so that its contents can be dumped into the truck.
- (scouting, informal) The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization).
- The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
- (Australia, slang) An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
- A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A skep, or basket, such as a creel or a handbasket.
- (curling) The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
- The captain of a sports team.
- (bowls) The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary.
- (steelmaking) A skip car.
- (mining) A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
- (slang) A skip-level manager; the boss of one's boss.
- (music) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
- A leaping or jumping movement; the action of one who skips.
- a mistake resulting from neglect
- a gait in which steps and hops alternate
verb
- (intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
- (knitting, crochet) To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.
- (printing) To have insufficient ink transfer.
- To jump rope.
- To cause the stylus to jump back to the previous loop of the record's groove, continuously repeating that part of the sound, as a result of excessive scratching or wear. (of a phonograph record)
- To leap lightly over.
- (transitive) To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
- (intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.
- (intransitive) To leap about lightly.
- (transitive, informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
- (transitive, informal) To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
- (transitive) To place an item in a skip (etymology 2, sense 1).
- (transitive) To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
- intentionally fail to attend
- jump lightly
- leave suddenly
- bound off one point after another
- cause to skip over a surface
- bypass
noun
- Synonym of straw buyer.
- A doll or scarecrow, particularly one stuffed with straw.
- (figurative, engineering, business) An outline serving as an initial proposal for a project, usually refined iteratively.
- (figurative) An insubstantial concept, idea, endeavor or argument, particularly one deliberately set up to be weakly supported, e.g. by misrepresenting an opponent's argument by broadening or narrowing the scope of a premise, so that it can be easily knocked down; especially to impugn the strength of any related or contrasted thing or idea.
- (figurative) An innocuous person or someone of nominal or lesser importance, as a front man or straw boss.
- a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted
- an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
- a male person used as a cover for some questionable activity
verb
noun
- (chiefly North-country English dialectal) the straw ornament on top of a haystack.
- (chiefly North-country English dialectal) a paste flower on top of a pie cover.
- (engineering) A device, originally a heated sleave of fire clay, variously used to introduce molten metal to counter the formation of hollows in metal castings as they shrink while the mould cools. Now commonly called hot top or feeder head
- (chiefly North-country English dialectal) the tobacco left at the bottom of a pipe and put on the top of the next fill: dottle; in a general sense, a plug or a cap to top something off.
verb
noun
noun
- a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
- any member of a ship's crew
- a serviceman in the navy
- A stiff straw hat with a flat, circular brim and a low, flat crown.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Neptis, Pseudoneptis and Phaedyma, having white markings on a dark base and commonly flying by gliding.
- A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.
- A brick, for example in a course of brickwork, that is laid vertically on its shortest end (smallest face), with its widest face facing the outside of the wall.
- A person who sails sailing boats (as opposed to boats powered by other means) as a sport or recreation.
- In particular, a member of the crew of a (civilian or military) vessel, as opposed to a captain, admiral, etc.; a mariner; a common seaman.
noun
- a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
- a rapid superficial reader
- gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food
- a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids
- Synonym of water strider.
- A loose-fitting one-piece dress, similar to a shift but with slightly more fitting.
- Any of three species of bird, in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
- A sieve-like, slotted spoon.
- A ballet flat shoe.
- Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clam (Spisula solidissima) and large scallops.
- (naval) A sailor in the surface forces, as opposed to a submariner.
- (science fiction) A small, fast-moving spacecraft.
- (naval) A surface ship.
- (entomology) Any of the dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.
- A person who skims.
- A device for removing organic matter from an aquarium.
- (crime) A device used to read and record the magnetic code from a credit card for later fraudulent use.
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- Material produced by braiding or interweaving, especially a material of interwoven straw from which straw hats are made.
- A map showing the boundaries of real properties (delineating one or more plots of land), especially one that forms part of a legal document.
- (video games, slang) Clipping of platform game
- Clipping of platform
- A plot of land; a lot.
- A braid; a plait (of hair, straw, etc.).
- a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.)
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- (countable) A drinking straw.
- (uncommon) A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
- A straw owner.
- (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
- (figurative, chiefly in the negative) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
- (uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
- plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
- a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth
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- (countable) A drinking straw.
- (uncommon) A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
- A straw owner.
- (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
- (figurative, chiefly in the negative) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
- (uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
- plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
- a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth