English words for 'Something set in, or inserted.'
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noun
- Something set in, or inserted.
- Hunting with a setter.
- A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).
- The direction of a current of wind.
- The act of setting (various senses).
- A level or placement to which a knob or control is set.
- The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
- The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
- The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage.
- A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
- the context and environment in which something is set
- the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
- the physical position of something
- arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
- a table service for one person
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place
adj
verb
adj
- Inserted or fitted into something.
- In fashion; popular.
- (of fire or fuel) (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Burning; ablaze.
- (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or at one's office or place of work.
- Of the tide, at or near its highest level.
- Having been collected or received.
- (not comparable) Located inside something.
- (sports, of the ball or other playing implement) Falling or remaining within the bounds of the playing area.
- (informal) Having a favourable position, such as a position of influence or expected gain, in relation to another person.
- Incoming.
- Having familiarity or involvement with somebody.
- (cricket) Currently batting.
- Having used, consumed , or invested a certain amount.
- (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
- (law) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin
- currently fashionable
- holding office
- directed or bound inward
adv
- At or towards the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
- After the beginning of something.
- Towards the speaker or other reference point.
- So as to be enclosed or surrounded by something.
- (in combination, after a verb) Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest.
- to or toward the inside of
noun
prep
- Pertaining to; with regard to.
- Part of; a member of; out of; from among.
- Contained by; inside.
- Wearing (an item of clothing).
- Surrounded by; among; amidst.
- (grammar, phonetics) Characterized by.
- Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
- Within (a certain elapsed time); by the end of.
- Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
- By (doing something); indicating action causing an effect or achieving a purpose.
- Indicating an order or arrangement.
- Denoting a state of the subject.
- Expressing abstract containment.
- At the end of (a period of time).
- Within the bounds or limits of.
- Into.
- (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
- During (a period of time).
noun
- The act of inserting, or something inserted.
- (atomic weapons) The process of going from subcritical to prompt critical.
- (anatomy) The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.
- (genetics) The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.
- the act of putting one thing into another
- a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
noun
- an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
- (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film
- a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
- (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program
- (genetics) A sequence of DNA inserted into another DNA molecule.
- A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc.
- A mechanical component inserted into another.
- An image inserted into text.
- (film, television) A close-up shot used to draw attention to a particular element of a larger scene.
- (linguistics) An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in an utterance.
- (audio effects) A plug-in that adds an effect to an audio track.
- (childcare, informal) A diaper insert.
- (computing) A key to toggle between text insert mode and overwrite mode
- (television) A pre-recorded segment included as part of a live broadcast.
verb
noun
- an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
- Anything inserted.
- a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one
- a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment
- A smaller thing set into a larger thing, such as a small picture inside a larger one.
- (telecommunications) A modular microphone that can be removed from a telephone handset without disassembly.
- A small piece of material used to strengthen a garment.
- (mining) An opening partway down a shaft, giving access to the intermediate levels.
verb
adj
verb
- To put (a screw or other object) in or through another thing.
- (poker) To force (an opponent) to place all their poker chips in the pot (that is, to go all in) by wagering all of one's own chips.
- (informal) To ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to cadge, to scrounge; also, to ask or beg (someone) to give something for free.
- To cut an external screw thread into (a bolt or rod) to create a screw.
- To draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; also, to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source).
- (medicine, informal) To drain off fluid from (a person or a body cavity) by paracentesis.
- (chiefly US, informal) To choose or designate (someone) for a duty, an honour, membership of an organization, or a position.
- (slang) To shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
- (slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with (someone).
- (combat sports) To submit to an opponent, chiefly by indicating an intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.
- Often followed by at or on: to strike lightly with a clear sound; also, to make a sharp noise through this action.
- (communication, chiefly law enforcement) To connect a listening and/or recording device to (a communication cable or device) in order to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications; also, to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication).
- (transitive) To lightly touch a touchscreen, usually an icon or button, to activate a function.
- Of a bell, a drum, etc.: to make a sharp noise, often as a signal.
- (slang) Also in the form tap on the shoulder: to arrest (someone).
- To break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something; to exploit, to penetrate; tap into.
- To furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap (noun etymology 1 sense 2.2) so that liquid can be drawn.
- To click on something, usually a device.
- (graphical user interface) To invoke a function on an electronic device such as a mobile phone by touching (a button, icon, or specific location on its touch screen).
- To strike (someone or something), chiefly lightly with a clear sound, but sometimes hard.
- To walk by striking the ground lightly with a clear sound.
- (combat sports) To force (an opponent) to submit, chiefly by indicating their intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.
- (British, dialectal or US) To repair (an item of footwear) by putting on a new heel or sole, or a piece of material on to the heel or sole.
- To (lightly) touch (a finger, foot, or other body part) on a surface, often repeatedly.
- To deplete (something); to tap out.
- To act as a tapster; to draw an alcoholic beverage from a container.
- (horticulture) To remove a taproot from (a plant).
- (board games, card games) To turn over (a playing card or playing piece) to remind players that it has already been used in that round.
- To cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); also, to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole, or to create an internally threaded hole in (something).
- (transitive) To lightly and repeatedly touch (a person or one or more body parts) as part of various forms of psychological treatment.
- make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
- draw (liquor) from a tap
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- cut a female screw thread with a tap
- draw from or dip into to get something
- pierce in order to draw a liquid from
- dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes
- furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
- strike lightly
- draw from; make good use of
- walk with a tapping sound
noun
- A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications.
- (graphical user interface) An act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen of an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function.
- (informal, minimizer, chiefly in the negative) The smallest amount of work; a stroke of work.
- A conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.
- (British) Ellipsis of taphouse or taproom (“place where alcoholic beverages are served on tap”).
- (British, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering) A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it; a tapping.
- (uncountable, dance) Ellipsis of tap dance.
- A secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; also, a recording of such a communication.
- (medicine, informal) A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity; paracentesis.
- (British, dialectal or US) A piece of leather or other material fastened upon the bottom of an item of footwear when repairing the heel or sole; also (England, dialectal) the sole of an item of footwear.
- (phonetics) A single muscle contraction in vocal organs causing a consonant sound; also, the sound so made.
- (dance) One of the metal pieces attached to the sole of a tap dancer's shoe at the toe and heel to cause a tapping sound.
- A light blow or strike with a clear sound; a gentle rap; a pat; also, the sound made by such a blow or strike.
- (firearms, slang) A shot fired from a firearm.
- (mechanics) A cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole, with cutting edges around the lower end and an upper end to which a handle is fitted to turn the tool.
- An object with a tapering conical form like a tap (etymology 1 sense 1); specifically, ellipsis of taproot (“long, tapering root of a plant”).
- A hollow device used to control the flow of a fluid, such as an alcoholic beverage from a cask, or a gas or liquid in a pipe.
- (finance) A situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
- (India, chiefly East India) A malarial fever.
- Liquor drawn through a tap (etymology 1 sense 2.2); hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; also (figurative, informal), a certain kind or quality of any thing.
- a light touch or stroke
- a plug for a bunghole in a cask
- the sound made by a gentle blow
- a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
- a gentle blow
- a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
- a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
- the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
verb
noun
- the act of putting something in a certain place
- A place or location.
- (electronics) A pin; a connector.
- A posture.
- A status or rank.
- (figurative) A situation suitable to perform some action.
- (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
- An opinion, stand, or stance.
- A post of employment; a job.
- (finance) A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.
- (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
- (poker) The order in which players are seated around the table.
- (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
- (finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
- the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- the arrangement of the body and its limbs
- a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- an item on a list or in a sequence
- the particular portion of space occupied by something
- (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
- an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
- the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
- a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
- the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
- the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
- a rationalized mental attitude
- a job in an organization
- the appropriate or customary location
- a condition or position in which you find yourself
noun
- Something added to fill a gap.
- (marketing) A product category that is used to complete a range or variety of a product line.
- A substitution.
- A temporary replacement for another, especially at a job.
- (music) A musical embellishment (usually percussion) that is added to connect musical phrases.
- Something added to increase the size of something; padding or filler.
- (mathematics) An intermediate result that must be stored temporarily during the course of a sparse matrix computation.
- A question or puzzle in which one is expected to fill in a missing part of something.
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
noun
- an opening deliberately made in or through something
- a depression hollowed out of solid matter
- informal terms for a difficult situation
- one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course
- an unoccupied space
- a fault
- an opening into or through something
- informal terms for the mouth
- An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
- (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit.
- (slang, rail transport) A passing loop; a siding provided for trains traveling in opposite directions on a single-track line to pass each other.
- (baseball) The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
- (figuratively) A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
- (slang) Any bodily orifice, in particular the anus.
- (archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
- (figurative) Difficulty, in particular, debt.
- (slang, derogatory) A person's mouth.
- (informal, with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
- (golf) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.
- (Ireland, Scotland, vulgar) A vagina.
- (stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
- (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
- (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
- A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
- In the game of fives, part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
- (chess) A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in the future, control with a friendly pawn.
- (graph theory) A chordless cycle in a graph.
- (Canada, US, historical) A mountain valley.
- (golf) The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
verb
adj
verb
noun
- Data fed into a process with the intention of it shaping or affecting the output of that process.
- (electronics) An input jack.
- The act or process of putting in; infusion.
- That which is put in, as in an amount.
- Contribution of work or information, as an opinion or advice.
- any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
- a component of production; something that goes into the production of output
- a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
- signal going into an electronic system
verb
- put or introduce into something
- set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
- become a participant; be involved in
- to come or go into
- take on duties or office
- make a record of; set down in permanent form
- be or play a part of or in
- come on stage
- register formally as a participant or member
- (law, intransitive) To become effective; to come into effect.
- (intransitive, formal) To begin (a regular activity or job); to undertake; to take up. [with on or upon]
- (transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
- (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
- (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).
- (transitive, law) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order
- (law) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
- (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
- To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
- To make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper customs officer for estimating the duties. See entry.
- (intransitive, law) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
- (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.
noun
verb
noun
- an affix that is inserted inside the word
- An affix inserted inside a root, such as -ma- in English edumacation.
- (some authors when describing agglutinative languages, otherwise dated) A prefix that is not at the beginning of a word, such as the con- of reconcile, or a suffix that is not at the end of a word, such as the -al of nationality.
- (proscribed) Synonym of interfix.
verb
- put or introduce into something
- cause to come to know personally
- furnish with a preface or introduction
- bring in or establish in a new place or environment
- place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing
- bring something new to an environment
- be a precursor of
- bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.
- bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment
- put before (a body)
- (transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
- (transitive) To bring (something) into practice.
- (transitive) To make (something or someone) known by formal announcement or recommendation.
- (transitive) To add (something) to a system, a mixture, or a container.
noun
- something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
- a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence
- a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
- An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
- (education) Ellipsis of adjunct professor.
- (music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.
- (palaeography) A graphic element that modifies another, such as (in Linear B script) a small syllabogram that is attached to a logogram as an abbreviation of an adjective that modifies that logogram (rather than as a phonetic complement that disambiguates the logogram).
- (syntax, X-bar theory) A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.
- A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.
- (rhetoric) Symploce.
- (grammar) A phrase within a clause or sentence that is grammatically dispensable but not semantically so, modifying the meaning.
- (brewing) An unmalted grain or grain product that supplements the main mash ingredient.
- (category theory) One of a pair of morphisms which relate to each other through a pair of adjoint functors.
adj
verb
noun
- the act of enclosing something inside something else
- a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
- a naturally enclosed space
- something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter
- (uncountable) The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.
- (religion) The area of a convent, monastery, etc where access is restricted to community members.
- (countable) An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.
- (uncountable, British History) The post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership.
- (countable) Something that is enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.
- (uncountable, by extension) The act of restricting access to ideas, works of art or technologies using patents or intellectual property laws.
- (uncountable) The act of separating and surrounding an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier.
noun
- the act of enclosing something inside something else
- The act of enveloping.
- That which envelops; a covering.
- (fencing) An action to seize the opponent's blade in one line and lead it (without losing contact) through a full circle to end in the same line.
- (military) An offensive action in which an attacking force moves over or around the enemy and attacks from the rear; see also pincer movement.
noun
- Anything inlaid or embedded.
- A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler.
- (figuratively) An accumulated characteristic of a person that disguises their true nature.
- A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.
- The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.
- the formation of a crust
- a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay
- a hard outer layer that covers something
verb
- put something on top of something else
- form a cover over
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- hide from view or knowledge
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- hold within range of an aimed firearm
- cover as if with a shroud
- copulate with a female, used especially of horses
- invest with a large or excessive amount of something
- protect by insurance
- make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game
- protect or defend (a position in a game)
- be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
- provide with a covering or cause to be covered
- to take an action to protect against future problems
- spread over a surface to conceal or protect
- maintain a check on; especially by patrolling
- sit on (eggs)
- play a higher card than the one previously played
- be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of
- provide for
- span an interval of distance, space or time
- help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming their responsibilities
- clothe, as if for protection from the elements
- travel across or pass over
- (military, law enforcement, transitive) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.
- (transitive, broadcasting) To air or run locally originated material in place of network material during an internal spot break in a syndicated program.
- (sports, transitive) To defend (mark) a particular player or area.
- (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
- (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- (transitive) To provide insurance coverage for.
- (transitive) To deal with or include someone or something.
- (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- (transitive, of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
- (music, transitive) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
- (transitive) To traverse or put behind a certain distance.
- (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- (transitive) To supply with funds; to settle or pay the costs for; to foot the bill for.
- (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
- (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
- (transitive) To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
- (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
- (transitive) To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
- (transitive) To protect from attack in general, to guard.
- (transitive) To provide an alibi for (someone); to provide excuses or apologia for (someone); to carry water for someone.
- (transitive) To be enough money for.
noun
- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
- fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations
- a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent)
- a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else
- bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink
- a natural object that covers or envelops
- covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
- (music) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
- (uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
- (cricket) The area of the stumps that is blocked by the batsman so as to defend the wicket.
- (law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for.
- A lid.
- In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
- (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
- (India) A bag or packet.
- (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
- (construction) The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
- (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
- (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
- A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
- The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
- (cricket) A backup incase any player sustains injury during nets or midseries. Originally have to be declared part of squad before match.
- A cover charge.
- A cloth or similar material, often fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa or food to protect it from dust, rain, insects, etc. when not being used.
- The top sheet of a bed.
- (combinatorics, topology) A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set.
- (cricket) A tarpaulin or other device used to cover the wicket during rain, to prevent it getting wet.
- The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
- (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
adj
verb
- put something on top of something else
- kill by lying on
- simple past of overlie
- To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
- (transitive, gambling) To bet too much money on.
- (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.
- (transitive, printing) To put an overlay on.
noun
- protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior
- a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface
- (horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
- (photography, graphic arts) An image to be overlaid on another; a superimposition or diapositive.
- A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
- (Scotland) A cravat.
- (Internet) A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.
- (printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
- (gambling) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
- (programming) A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.
- A covering over something else.
noun
- the act of putting something in a certain place
- military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon
- An installation that houses a military weapon.
- A place where a thing is located; the act of placing something somewhere.
- (geology) The inclusion of igneous rock in older rocks, or the development or localization of an ore body in older rocks. The latter is referred to as ore deposition.
noun
- the act of putting something in a certain place
- a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made
- a determination of the place where something is
- a point or extent in space; a point or extent in space
- An act of locating.
- (Kenya) An administrative region in Kenya, below counties and subcounties, and further divided into sublocations.
- (law) A leasing on rent.
- A particular point or place in physical space.
- (law, US) The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc
- (law, Scotland) A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
- (South Africa) An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; a township.
noun
- the act of putting something in a certain place
- contact established between applicants and prospective employees
- the spatial property of the way in which something is placed
- (UK) A temporary posting of a person to a particular workplace to enable them to gain work experience.
- A location or position.
- The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
- The act of matching a person with a job.
- (astrology) The zodiacal region of the sky in which the sun, moon, or a planet appears at the time and place of a person's birth.
noun
- something added to what you already have
- agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)
- the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)
- (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
- a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)
- the right to enter
- (medicine) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
- Access; admittance.
- The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.
- A group of plants of the same species collected at a single location, often held in genebanks.
- A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.
- (law) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
- (law) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).
- Such augmentation that adds to the collections of a museum or archive; a thing thus added.
- (Scotland) Complicity, concurrence or assent in some action.
- Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
- Agreement.
verb
noun
- something added to what you already have
- the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers
- the act of adding one thing to another
- a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
- a quantity that is added
- a component that is added to something to improve it
- (organic chemistry) an organic reaction where two or more molecules combine to form a larger one (the adduct).
- (music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
- (uncountable) The act of adding anything.
- (chiefly law) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely.
- (uncountable, arithmetic) The arithmetic operation of adding.
- (heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour.
- Anything that is added.
verb
noun
- a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole
- a hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface
- A conical recess, typically machined at the mouth of a hole to admit a screw (with a matching taper) so that the screw sits flush with a surface.
- The cutter used to cut such a recess. (Also used, at less depth, for edge-breaking/deburring.)
verb
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- urge to attack someone
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- equip with sails or masts
- set in type
- arrange attractively
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- become gelatinous
- disappear beyond the horizon
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- produce fruit
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- locate
- adapt for performance in a different way
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- fix in a border
- apply or start
- estimate
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
- (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
adj
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- fixed and unmoving
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- being below the horizon
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Rigid, solidified.
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in position.
- Ready, prepared.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- Prearranged.
noun
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the act of putting something in position
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- An object made up of several parts.
- A tool for dressing forged iron.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
noun
- That with which something is laced.
- (shipbuilding) The knee of the head, or lace-piece, a piece of compass or knee timber secured to the back of the figurehead.
- (mining) Lagging, or cross-pieces placed to prevent ore from falling into a passage.
- The tied or threaded laces that form a netlike pattern.
- A beating as punishment; a hiding.
- (bookbinding) The cords by which the boards of a book are fastened to the back.
- a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
- a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage
- the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
verb
verb
noun
- (slang) A sandwich.
- (slang, vulgar) An ejaculation of semen.
- (mineralogy) Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.
- An amorphous, compact mass.
- A substantial pile (normally of money).
- A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge, or earlier on the charge of a muzzleloader or cannon.
- (dialect) Plumbago, graphite.
- a small mass of soft material
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
noun
- Something that fills up an opening.
- The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
- An excess, too much.
- (British, soccer) Five goals scored by one player in a game.
- (architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
- (mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
- A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
- (bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
- That which is swallowed.
- A block used for a fulcrum.
- the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
verb
- (intransitive) To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
- (transitive, economics) To provide (a market) with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.
- (transitive) To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.
- supply with an excess of
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
verb
- put (something somewhere) firmly
- put into a bank account
- put, fix, force, or implant
- (transitive) To put money or funds into an account.
- To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
- To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
- To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
- (transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.
noun
- the act of putting something somewhere
- a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
- a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
- a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met
- the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
- the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
- money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
- money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use
- matter that has been deposited by some natural process
- (law) Bailment of personal property to be kept gratuitously for the bailor (depositor) and without any benefit to the bailee (depositary), e.g. for storage, carriage, repair, etc.
- (geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
- A place of deposit; a depository.
- (banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
- A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit
- Anything left behind on a surface.
- (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
verb
- put (something somewhere) firmly
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- to be about to do something
- make fixed, stable or stationary
- restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
- make infertile
- set or place definitely
- take vengeance on or get even
- kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
- cause to be firmly attached
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- influence an event or its outcome by illegal means
- decide upon or fix definitely
- (transitive, chess) To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.
- (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
- (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
- (transitive) To mend, to repair.
- (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
- (transitive, mathematics, semantics) To map (a point or subset) to itself.
- (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
- (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
- (slang, intransitive) To shoot; to inject a drug.
- (transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
- (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
- (ditransitive, informal) To prepare (food or drink).
- (hyperbolic, chiefly with would) To be immensely pleasurable to.
- (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
- (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.
noun
- informal terms for a difficult situation
- something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug
- a determination of the place where something is
- the act of putting something in working order again
- an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear
- A repair or corrective action.
- (figurative, by extension) Something that satisfies a yearning or a craving.
- (aviation) A non-waypoint terrain feature used to make a determination of location.
- A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
- (US) Fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)
- (figurative, by extension) A compulsive desire or thrill.
- (slang) A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.
- A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
- An understanding, grasp of something.
- A determination of location.
verb
noun
- (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
- Something that is posited; a postulate.
- (aviation) Abbreviation of position.
- (computing) A number format representing a real number consisting of a sign bit, a variable-size "regime" part (which modifies the exponent), up to two exponent bits, and a fraction part, proposed as a more efficient alternative to IEEE 754 floats in AI applications.
verb
adj
noun
adj
adj
- filled with something
- crammed with food
- (cooking) Filled with a filling and seasoning.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Broken, not functional; in trouble, in a situation from which one is unlikely to recover.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Very tired.
- Full or packed (with some material or substance).
- (slang) Full after eating.
verb
noun
- Something added to give an old thing a new appearance.
- (informal) A vampire.
- Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished.
- (US, slang) A volunteer firefighter.
- (by extension) An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time.
- (music) A repeated and often improvised accompaniment, usually consisting of one or two measures, often a single chord or simple chord progression, repeated as necessary, for example, to accommodate dialogue or to anticipate the entrance of a soloist.
- A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her; femme fatale.
- The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking.
- an improvised musical accompaniment
- piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
verb
- (transitive) Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing.
- (ambitransitive, music, specifically) To perform a vamp (“a repeated, often improvised accompaniment, for example, under dialogue or while waiting for a soloist to be ready”).
- (ambitransitive, now dialectal) To travel by foot; to walk.
- (transitive) To patch, repair, or refurbish.
- (transitive, shoemaking) To attach a vamp (to footwear).
- (transitive, intransitive) To seduce or exploit someone.
- (intransitive) To cosplay a vampire.
- (intransitive) To delay or stall for time, as for an audience.
- (fiction, slang, transitive) To turn (someone) into a vampire.
- (transitive) To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise.
- provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
- concoct something artificial or untrue
- act seductively with (someone)
- piece (something old) with a new part
noun
- An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads or printed type.
- (medicine) A type of add-on device used by an asthmatic person to increase the effectiveness of a metered-dose inhaler.
- (science fiction) A person who works or lives in space.
- A bushing.
- (slang) A forgetful person; one who spaces out.
- (historical) An instrument for reversing a telegraphic current, especially in a marine cable, to increase the speed of transmission.
noun
- Something wound around another thing.
- (especially in the plural) A curving, sinuous, or twisting form.
- (agriculture, chiefly attributive) The act of winnowing (“subjecting food grain to a current of air to separate the grain from the chaff”).
- (music) The act of blowing air through a wind instrument or (chiefly) a horn to make a sound.
- (lutherie) Synonym of lapping (“lengths of fine silk, metal wire, or whalebone wrapped tightly around the stick of the bow of a string instrument adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel”).
- Sometimes followed by up: the act of hoisting something using a winch or a similar device.
- The act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing.
- (especially in the plural) A curving, sinuous, or twisting movement; twists and turns.
- (figurative, chiefly in the plural) Twists and turns in an occurrence, in thinking, or some other thing; also, moral crookedness; craftiness, shiftiness.
- Chiefly followed by up: the act of tightening the spring of a clockwork or other mechanism.
- (British, nautical) The act or process of turning a boat or ship in a certain direction.
- (electrical engineering) A length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer.
- the act of winding or twisting
adj
- Chiefly of a staircase: helical, spiral.
- (not comparable, music) Of a horn or wind instrument: blown to make a sound.
- (comparable) Causing one to be breathless or out of breath.
- Moving in a sinuous or twisting manner.
- (figurative) Of speech, writing, etc.: not direct or to the point; rambling, roundabout.
- Sinuous, turning, or twisting in form.
- marked by repeated turns and bends
- of a path e.g.
verb
verb
noun
- A paste-like substance that fills a gap.
- A plastic paste meant for filling cracks and holes in plaster.
- Any powder (originally containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste, which is used to fill cracks and holes in plaster.
- powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster
verb
noun
- Something set in, or inserted.
- Hunting with a setter.
- A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).
- The direction of a current of wind.
- The act of setting (various senses).
- A level or placement to which a knob or control is set.
- The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
- The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
- The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage.
- A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
- the context and environment in which something is set
- the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
- the physical position of something
- arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
- a table service for one person
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place
adj
verb
noun
- The act of inserting, or something inserted.
- (atomic weapons) The process of going from subcritical to prompt critical.
- (anatomy) The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.
- (genetics) The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.
- the act of putting one thing into another
- a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
noun
- an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
- (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film
- a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
- (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program
- (genetics) A sequence of DNA inserted into another DNA molecule.
- A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc.
- A mechanical component inserted into another.
- An image inserted into text.
- (film, television) A close-up shot used to draw attention to a particular element of a larger scene.
- (linguistics) An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in an utterance.
- (audio effects) A plug-in that adds an effect to an audio track.
- (childcare, informal) A diaper insert.
- (computing) A key to toggle between text insert mode and overwrite mode
- (television) A pre-recorded segment included as part of a live broadcast.
verb
noun
- an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
- Anything inserted.
- a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one
- a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment
- A smaller thing set into a larger thing, such as a small picture inside a larger one.
- (telecommunications) A modular microphone that can be removed from a telephone handset without disassembly.
- A small piece of material used to strengthen a garment.
- (mining) An opening partway down a shaft, giving access to the intermediate levels.
verb
adj
noun
- Something added to fill a gap.
- (marketing) A product category that is used to complete a range or variety of a product line.
- A substitution.
- A temporary replacement for another, especially at a job.
- (music) A musical embellishment (usually percussion) that is added to connect musical phrases.
- Something added to increase the size of something; padding or filler.
- (mathematics) An intermediate result that must be stored temporarily during the course of a sparse matrix computation.
- A question or puzzle in which one is expected to fill in a missing part of something.
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
noun
- an opening deliberately made in or through something
- a depression hollowed out of solid matter
- informal terms for a difficult situation
- one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course
- an unoccupied space
- a fault
- an opening into or through something
- informal terms for the mouth
- An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
- (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit.
- (slang, rail transport) A passing loop; a siding provided for trains traveling in opposite directions on a single-track line to pass each other.
- (baseball) The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
- (figuratively) A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
- (slang) Any bodily orifice, in particular the anus.
- (archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
- (figurative) Difficulty, in particular, debt.
- (slang, derogatory) A person's mouth.
- (informal, with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
- (golf) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.
- (Ireland, Scotland, vulgar) A vagina.
- (stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
- (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
- (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
- A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
- In the game of fives, part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
- (chess) A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in the future, control with a friendly pawn.
- (graph theory) A chordless cycle in a graph.
- (Canada, US, historical) A mountain valley.
- (golf) The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
verb
adj
noun
- something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
- a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence
- a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
- An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
- (education) Ellipsis of adjunct professor.
- (music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.
- (palaeography) A graphic element that modifies another, such as (in Linear B script) a small syllabogram that is attached to a logogram as an abbreviation of an adjective that modifies that logogram (rather than as a phonetic complement that disambiguates the logogram).
- (syntax, X-bar theory) A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.
- A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.
- (rhetoric) Symploce.
- (grammar) A phrase within a clause or sentence that is grammatically dispensable but not semantically so, modifying the meaning.
- (brewing) An unmalted grain or grain product that supplements the main mash ingredient.
- (category theory) One of a pair of morphisms which relate to each other through a pair of adjoint functors.
adj
verb
noun
- the act of enclosing something inside something else
- a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
- a naturally enclosed space
- something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter
- (uncountable) The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.
- (religion) The area of a convent, monastery, etc where access is restricted to community members.
- (countable) An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.
- (uncountable, British History) The post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership.
- (countable) Something that is enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.
- (uncountable, by extension) The act of restricting access to ideas, works of art or technologies using patents or intellectual property laws.
- (uncountable) The act of separating and surrounding an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier.
noun
- the act of enclosing something inside something else
- The act of enveloping.
- That which envelops; a covering.
- (fencing) An action to seize the opponent's blade in one line and lead it (without losing contact) through a full circle to end in the same line.
- (military) An offensive action in which an attacking force moves over or around the enemy and attacks from the rear; see also pincer movement.
noun
- Anything inlaid or embedded.
- A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler.
- (figuratively) An accumulated characteristic of a person that disguises their true nature.
- A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.
- The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.
- the formation of a crust
- a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay
- a hard outer layer that covers something
verb
noun
- the act of putting something in a certain place
- A place or location.
- (electronics) A pin; a connector.
- A posture.
- A status or rank.
- (figurative) A situation suitable to perform some action.
- (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
- An opinion, stand, or stance.
- A post of employment; a job.
- (finance) A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.
- (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
- (poker) The order in which players are seated around the table.
- (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
- (finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
- the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- the arrangement of the body and its limbs
- a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- an item on a list or in a sequence
- the particular portion of space occupied by something
- (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
- an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
- the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
- a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
- the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
- the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
- a rationalized mental attitude
- a job in an organization
- the appropriate or customary location
- a condition or position in which you find yourself
noun
- the act of putting something in a certain place
- military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon
- An installation that houses a military weapon.
- A place where a thing is located; the act of placing something somewhere.
- (geology) The inclusion of igneous rock in older rocks, or the development or localization of an ore body in older rocks. The latter is referred to as ore deposition.
noun
- the act of putting something in a certain place
- a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made
- a determination of the place where something is
- a point or extent in space; a point or extent in space
- An act of locating.
- (Kenya) An administrative region in Kenya, below counties and subcounties, and further divided into sublocations.
- (law) A leasing on rent.
- A particular point or place in physical space.
- (law, US) The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc
- (law, Scotland) A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
- (South Africa) An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; a township.
noun
- the act of putting something in a certain place
- contact established between applicants and prospective employees
- the spatial property of the way in which something is placed
- (UK) A temporary posting of a person to a particular workplace to enable them to gain work experience.
- A location or position.
- The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
- The act of matching a person with a job.
- (astrology) The zodiacal region of the sky in which the sun, moon, or a planet appears at the time and place of a person's birth.
noun
- something added to what you already have
- agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)
- the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)
- (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
- a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)
- the right to enter
- (medicine) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
- Access; admittance.
- The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.
- A group of plants of the same species collected at a single location, often held in genebanks.
- A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.
- (law) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
- (law) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).
- Such augmentation that adds to the collections of a museum or archive; a thing thus added.
- (Scotland) Complicity, concurrence or assent in some action.
- Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
- Agreement.
verb
noun
- something added to what you already have
- the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers
- the act of adding one thing to another
- a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
- a quantity that is added
- a component that is added to something to improve it
- (organic chemistry) an organic reaction where two or more molecules combine to form a larger one (the adduct).
- (music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
- (uncountable) The act of adding anything.
- (chiefly law) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely.
- (uncountable, arithmetic) The arithmetic operation of adding.
- (heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour.
- Anything that is added.
noun
- That with which something is laced.
- (shipbuilding) The knee of the head, or lace-piece, a piece of compass or knee timber secured to the back of the figurehead.
- (mining) Lagging, or cross-pieces placed to prevent ore from falling into a passage.
- The tied or threaded laces that form a netlike pattern.
- A beating as punishment; a hiding.
- (bookbinding) The cords by which the boards of a book are fastened to the back.
- a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
- a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage
- the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
verb
noun
- Something that fills up an opening.
- The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
- An excess, too much.
- (British, soccer) Five goals scored by one player in a game.
- (architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
- (mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
- A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
- (bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
- That which is swallowed.
- A block used for a fulcrum.
- the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
verb
- (intransitive) To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
- (transitive, economics) To provide (a market) with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.
- (transitive) To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.
- supply with an excess of
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
noun
adj
noun
- Something added to give an old thing a new appearance.
- (informal) A vampire.
- Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished.
- (US, slang) A volunteer firefighter.
- (by extension) An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time.
- (music) A repeated and often improvised accompaniment, usually consisting of one or two measures, often a single chord or simple chord progression, repeated as necessary, for example, to accommodate dialogue or to anticipate the entrance of a soloist.
- A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her; femme fatale.
- The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking.
- an improvised musical accompaniment
- piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
verb
- (transitive) Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing.
- (ambitransitive, music, specifically) To perform a vamp (“a repeated, often improvised accompaniment, for example, under dialogue or while waiting for a soloist to be ready”).
- (ambitransitive, now dialectal) To travel by foot; to walk.
- (transitive) To patch, repair, or refurbish.
- (transitive, shoemaking) To attach a vamp (to footwear).
- (transitive, intransitive) To seduce or exploit someone.
- (intransitive) To cosplay a vampire.
- (intransitive) To delay or stall for time, as for an audience.
- (fiction, slang, transitive) To turn (someone) into a vampire.
- (transitive) To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise.
- provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
- concoct something artificial or untrue
- act seductively with (someone)
- piece (something old) with a new part
noun
- An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads or printed type.
- (medicine) A type of add-on device used by an asthmatic person to increase the effectiveness of a metered-dose inhaler.
- (science fiction) A person who works or lives in space.
- A bushing.
- (slang) A forgetful person; one who spaces out.
- (historical) An instrument for reversing a telegraphic current, especially in a marine cable, to increase the speed of transmission.
noun
- Something wound around another thing.
- (especially in the plural) A curving, sinuous, or twisting form.
- (agriculture, chiefly attributive) The act of winnowing (“subjecting food grain to a current of air to separate the grain from the chaff”).
- (music) The act of blowing air through a wind instrument or (chiefly) a horn to make a sound.
- (lutherie) Synonym of lapping (“lengths of fine silk, metal wire, or whalebone wrapped tightly around the stick of the bow of a string instrument adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel”).
- Sometimes followed by up: the act of hoisting something using a winch or a similar device.
- The act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing.
- (especially in the plural) A curving, sinuous, or twisting movement; twists and turns.
- (figurative, chiefly in the plural) Twists and turns in an occurrence, in thinking, or some other thing; also, moral crookedness; craftiness, shiftiness.
- Chiefly followed by up: the act of tightening the spring of a clockwork or other mechanism.
- (British, nautical) The act or process of turning a boat or ship in a certain direction.
- (electrical engineering) A length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer.
- the act of winding or twisting
adj
- Chiefly of a staircase: helical, spiral.
- (not comparable, music) Of a horn or wind instrument: blown to make a sound.
- (comparable) Causing one to be breathless or out of breath.
- Moving in a sinuous or twisting manner.
- (figurative) Of speech, writing, etc.: not direct or to the point; rambling, roundabout.
- Sinuous, turning, or twisting in form.
- marked by repeated turns and bends
- of a path e.g.
verb
verb
- put (something somewhere) firmly
- put into a bank account
- put, fix, force, or implant
- (transitive) To put money or funds into an account.
- To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
- To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
- To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
- (transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.
noun
- the act of putting something somewhere
- a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
- a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
- a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met
- the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
- the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
- money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
- money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use
- matter that has been deposited by some natural process
- (law) Bailment of personal property to be kept gratuitously for the bailor (depositor) and without any benefit to the bailee (depositary), e.g. for storage, carriage, repair, etc.
- (geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
- A place of deposit; a depository.
- (banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
- A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit
- Anything left behind on a surface.
- (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
verb
- To put (a screw or other object) in or through another thing.
- (poker) To force (an opponent) to place all their poker chips in the pot (that is, to go all in) by wagering all of one's own chips.
- (informal) To ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to cadge, to scrounge; also, to ask or beg (someone) to give something for free.
- To cut an external screw thread into (a bolt or rod) to create a screw.
- To draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; also, to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source).
- (medicine, informal) To drain off fluid from (a person or a body cavity) by paracentesis.
- (chiefly US, informal) To choose or designate (someone) for a duty, an honour, membership of an organization, or a position.
- (slang) To shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
- (slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with (someone).
- (combat sports) To submit to an opponent, chiefly by indicating an intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.
- Often followed by at or on: to strike lightly with a clear sound; also, to make a sharp noise through this action.
- (communication, chiefly law enforcement) To connect a listening and/or recording device to (a communication cable or device) in order to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications; also, to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication).
- (transitive) To lightly touch a touchscreen, usually an icon or button, to activate a function.
- Of a bell, a drum, etc.: to make a sharp noise, often as a signal.
- (slang) Also in the form tap on the shoulder: to arrest (someone).
- To break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something; to exploit, to penetrate; tap into.
- To furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap (noun etymology 1 sense 2.2) so that liquid can be drawn.
- To click on something, usually a device.
- (graphical user interface) To invoke a function on an electronic device such as a mobile phone by touching (a button, icon, or specific location on its touch screen).
- To strike (someone or something), chiefly lightly with a clear sound, but sometimes hard.
- To walk by striking the ground lightly with a clear sound.
- (combat sports) To force (an opponent) to submit, chiefly by indicating their intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.
- (British, dialectal or US) To repair (an item of footwear) by putting on a new heel or sole, or a piece of material on to the heel or sole.
- To (lightly) touch (a finger, foot, or other body part) on a surface, often repeatedly.
- To deplete (something); to tap out.
- To act as a tapster; to draw an alcoholic beverage from a container.
- (horticulture) To remove a taproot from (a plant).
- (board games, card games) To turn over (a playing card or playing piece) to remind players that it has already been used in that round.
- To cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); also, to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole, or to create an internally threaded hole in (something).
- (transitive) To lightly and repeatedly touch (a person or one or more body parts) as part of various forms of psychological treatment.
- make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
- draw (liquor) from a tap
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- cut a female screw thread with a tap
- draw from or dip into to get something
- pierce in order to draw a liquid from
- dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes
- furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
- strike lightly
- draw from; make good use of
- walk with a tapping sound
noun
- A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications.
- (graphical user interface) An act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen of an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function.
- (informal, minimizer, chiefly in the negative) The smallest amount of work; a stroke of work.
- A conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.
- (British) Ellipsis of taphouse or taproom (“place where alcoholic beverages are served on tap”).
- (British, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering) A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it; a tapping.
- (uncountable, dance) Ellipsis of tap dance.
- A secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; also, a recording of such a communication.
- (medicine, informal) A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity; paracentesis.
- (British, dialectal or US) A piece of leather or other material fastened upon the bottom of an item of footwear when repairing the heel or sole; also (England, dialectal) the sole of an item of footwear.
- (phonetics) A single muscle contraction in vocal organs causing a consonant sound; also, the sound so made.
- (dance) One of the metal pieces attached to the sole of a tap dancer's shoe at the toe and heel to cause a tapping sound.
- A light blow or strike with a clear sound; a gentle rap; a pat; also, the sound made by such a blow or strike.
- (firearms, slang) A shot fired from a firearm.
- (mechanics) A cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole, with cutting edges around the lower end and an upper end to which a handle is fitted to turn the tool.
- An object with a tapering conical form like a tap (etymology 1 sense 1); specifically, ellipsis of taproot (“long, tapering root of a plant”).
- A hollow device used to control the flow of a fluid, such as an alcoholic beverage from a cask, or a gas or liquid in a pipe.
- (finance) A situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
- (India, chiefly East India) A malarial fever.
- Liquor drawn through a tap (etymology 1 sense 2.2); hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; also (figurative, informal), a certain kind or quality of any thing.
- a light touch or stroke
- a plug for a bunghole in a cask
- the sound made by a gentle blow
- a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
- a gentle blow
- a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
- a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
- the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
verb
noun
- the act of putting something in a certain place
- A place or location.
- (electronics) A pin; a connector.
- A posture.
- A status or rank.
- (figurative) A situation suitable to perform some action.
- (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
- An opinion, stand, or stance.
- A post of employment; a job.
- (finance) A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.
- (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
- (poker) The order in which players are seated around the table.
- (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
- (finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
- the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- the arrangement of the body and its limbs
- a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- an item on a list or in a sequence
- the particular portion of space occupied by something
- (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
- an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
- the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
- a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
- the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
- the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
- a rationalized mental attitude
- a job in an organization
- the appropriate or customary location
- a condition or position in which you find yourself
noun
- an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
- Anything inserted.
- a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one
- a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment
- A smaller thing set into a larger thing, such as a small picture inside a larger one.
- (telecommunications) A modular microphone that can be removed from a telephone handset without disassembly.
- A small piece of material used to strengthen a garment.
- (mining) An opening partway down a shaft, giving access to the intermediate levels.
verb
adj
verb
noun
- Data fed into a process with the intention of it shaping or affecting the output of that process.
- (electronics) An input jack.
- The act or process of putting in; infusion.
- That which is put in, as in an amount.
- Contribution of work or information, as an opinion or advice.
- any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
- a component of production; something that goes into the production of output
- a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
- signal going into an electronic system
noun
- an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
- (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film
- a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
- (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program
- (genetics) A sequence of DNA inserted into another DNA molecule.
- A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc.
- A mechanical component inserted into another.
- An image inserted into text.
- (film, television) A close-up shot used to draw attention to a particular element of a larger scene.
- (linguistics) An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in an utterance.
- (audio effects) A plug-in that adds an effect to an audio track.
- (childcare, informal) A diaper insert.
- (computing) A key to toggle between text insert mode and overwrite mode
- (television) A pre-recorded segment included as part of a live broadcast.
verb
verb
- put or introduce into something
- set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
- become a participant; be involved in
- to come or go into
- take on duties or office
- make a record of; set down in permanent form
- be or play a part of or in
- come on stage
- register formally as a participant or member
- (law, intransitive) To become effective; to come into effect.
- (intransitive, formal) To begin (a regular activity or job); to undertake; to take up. [with on or upon]
- (transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
- (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
- (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).
- (transitive, law) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order
- (law) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
- (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
- To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
- To make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper customs officer for estimating the duties. See entry.
- (intransitive, law) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
- (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.
noun
verb
noun
- an affix that is inserted inside the word
- An affix inserted inside a root, such as -ma- in English edumacation.
- (some authors when describing agglutinative languages, otherwise dated) A prefix that is not at the beginning of a word, such as the con- of reconcile, or a suffix that is not at the end of a word, such as the -al of nationality.
- (proscribed) Synonym of interfix.
verb
- put or introduce into something
- cause to come to know personally
- furnish with a preface or introduction
- bring in or establish in a new place or environment
- place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing
- bring something new to an environment
- be a precursor of
- bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.
- bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment
- put before (a body)
- (transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
- (transitive) To bring (something) into practice.
- (transitive) To make (something or someone) known by formal announcement or recommendation.
- (transitive) To add (something) to a system, a mixture, or a container.
verb
- put something on top of something else
- form a cover over
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- hide from view or knowledge
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- hold within range of an aimed firearm
- cover as if with a shroud
- copulate with a female, used especially of horses
- invest with a large or excessive amount of something
- protect by insurance
- make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game
- protect or defend (a position in a game)
- be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
- provide with a covering or cause to be covered
- to take an action to protect against future problems
- spread over a surface to conceal or protect
- maintain a check on; especially by patrolling
- sit on (eggs)
- play a higher card than the one previously played
- be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of
- provide for
- span an interval of distance, space or time
- help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming their responsibilities
- clothe, as if for protection from the elements
- travel across or pass over
- (military, law enforcement, transitive) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.
- (transitive, broadcasting) To air or run locally originated material in place of network material during an internal spot break in a syndicated program.
- (sports, transitive) To defend (mark) a particular player or area.
- (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
- (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- (transitive) To provide insurance coverage for.
- (transitive) To deal with or include someone or something.
- (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- (transitive, of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
- (music, transitive) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
- (transitive) To traverse or put behind a certain distance.
- (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- (transitive) To supply with funds; to settle or pay the costs for; to foot the bill for.
- (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
- (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
- (transitive) To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
- (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
- (transitive) To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
- (transitive) To protect from attack in general, to guard.
- (transitive) To provide an alibi for (someone); to provide excuses or apologia for (someone); to carry water for someone.
- (transitive) To be enough money for.
noun
- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
- fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations
- a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent)
- a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else
- bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink
- a natural object that covers or envelops
- covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
- (music) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
- (uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
- (cricket) The area of the stumps that is blocked by the batsman so as to defend the wicket.
- (law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for.
- A lid.
- In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
- (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
- (India) A bag or packet.
- (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
- (construction) The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
- (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
- (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
- A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
- The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
- (cricket) A backup incase any player sustains injury during nets or midseries. Originally have to be declared part of squad before match.
- A cover charge.
- A cloth or similar material, often fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa or food to protect it from dust, rain, insects, etc. when not being used.
- The top sheet of a bed.
- (combinatorics, topology) A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set.
- (cricket) A tarpaulin or other device used to cover the wicket during rain, to prevent it getting wet.
- The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
- (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
adj
verb
- put something on top of something else
- kill by lying on
- simple past of overlie
- To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
- (transitive, gambling) To bet too much money on.
- (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.
- (transitive, printing) To put an overlay on.
noun
- protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior
- a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface
- (horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
- (photography, graphic arts) An image to be overlaid on another; a superimposition or diapositive.
- A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
- (Scotland) A cravat.
- (Internet) A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.
- (printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
- (gambling) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
- (programming) A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.
- A covering over something else.
verb
noun
- a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole
- a hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface
- A conical recess, typically machined at the mouth of a hole to admit a screw (with a matching taper) so that the screw sits flush with a surface.
- The cutter used to cut such a recess. (Also used, at less depth, for edge-breaking/deburring.)
verb
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- urge to attack someone
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- equip with sails or masts
- set in type
- arrange attractively
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- become gelatinous
- disappear beyond the horizon
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- produce fruit
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- locate
- adapt for performance in a different way
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- fix in a border
- apply or start
- estimate
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
- (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
adj
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- fixed and unmoving
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- being below the horizon
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Rigid, solidified.
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in position.
- Ready, prepared.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- Prearranged.
noun
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the act of putting something in position
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- An object made up of several parts.
- A tool for dressing forged iron.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
verb
noun
- (slang) A sandwich.
- (slang, vulgar) An ejaculation of semen.
- (mineralogy) Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.
- An amorphous, compact mass.
- A substantial pile (normally of money).
- A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge, or earlier on the charge of a muzzleloader or cannon.
- (dialect) Plumbago, graphite.
- a small mass of soft material
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
verb
- put (something somewhere) firmly
- put into a bank account
- put, fix, force, or implant
- (transitive) To put money or funds into an account.
- To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
- To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
- To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
- (transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.
noun
- the act of putting something somewhere
- a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
- a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
- a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met
- the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
- the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
- money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
- money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use
- matter that has been deposited by some natural process
- (law) Bailment of personal property to be kept gratuitously for the bailor (depositor) and without any benefit to the bailee (depositary), e.g. for storage, carriage, repair, etc.
- (geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
- A place of deposit; a depository.
- (banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
- A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit
- Anything left behind on a surface.
- (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
verb
- put (something somewhere) firmly
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- to be about to do something
- make fixed, stable or stationary
- restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
- make infertile
- set or place definitely
- take vengeance on or get even
- kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
- cause to be firmly attached
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- influence an event or its outcome by illegal means
- decide upon or fix definitely
- (transitive, chess) To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.
- (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
- (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
- (transitive) To mend, to repair.
- (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
- (transitive, mathematics, semantics) To map (a point or subset) to itself.
- (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
- (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
- (slang, intransitive) To shoot; to inject a drug.
- (transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
- (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
- (ditransitive, informal) To prepare (food or drink).
- (hyperbolic, chiefly with would) To be immensely pleasurable to.
- (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
- (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.
noun
- informal terms for a difficult situation
- something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug
- a determination of the place where something is
- the act of putting something in working order again
- an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear
- A repair or corrective action.
- (figurative, by extension) Something that satisfies a yearning or a craving.
- (aviation) A non-waypoint terrain feature used to make a determination of location.
- A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
- (US) Fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)
- (figurative, by extension) A compulsive desire or thrill.
- (slang) A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.
- A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
- An understanding, grasp of something.
- A determination of location.
verb
noun
- (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
- Something that is posited; a postulate.
- (aviation) Abbreviation of position.
- (computing) A number format representing a real number consisting of a sign bit, a variable-size "regime" part (which modifies the exponent), up to two exponent bits, and a fraction part, proposed as a more efficient alternative to IEEE 754 floats in AI applications.
verb
adj
verb
noun
- A paste-like substance that fills a gap.
- A plastic paste meant for filling cracks and holes in plaster.
- Any powder (originally containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste, which is used to fill cracks and holes in plaster.
- powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster
verb
adj
- Inserted or fitted into something.
- In fashion; popular.
- (of fire or fuel) (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Burning; ablaze.
- (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or at one's office or place of work.
- Of the tide, at or near its highest level.
- Having been collected or received.
- (not comparable) Located inside something.
- (sports, of the ball or other playing implement) Falling or remaining within the bounds of the playing area.
- (informal) Having a favourable position, such as a position of influence or expected gain, in relation to another person.
- Incoming.
- Having familiarity or involvement with somebody.
- (cricket) Currently batting.
- Having used, consumed , or invested a certain amount.
- (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
- (law) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin
- currently fashionable
- holding office
- directed or bound inward
adv
- At or towards the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
- After the beginning of something.
- Towards the speaker or other reference point.
- So as to be enclosed or surrounded by something.
- (in combination, after a verb) Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest.
- to or toward the inside of
noun
prep
- Pertaining to; with regard to.
- Part of; a member of; out of; from among.
- Contained by; inside.
- Wearing (an item of clothing).
- Surrounded by; among; amidst.
- (grammar, phonetics) Characterized by.
- Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
- Within (a certain elapsed time); by the end of.
- Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
- By (doing something); indicating action causing an effect or achieving a purpose.
- Indicating an order or arrangement.
- Denoting a state of the subject.
- Expressing abstract containment.
- At the end of (a period of time).
- Within the bounds or limits of.
- Into.
- (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
- During (a period of time).
adj
- filled with something
- crammed with food
- (cooking) Filled with a filling and seasoning.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Broken, not functional; in trouble, in a situation from which one is unlikely to recover.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Very tired.
- Full or packed (with some material or substance).
- (slang) Full after eating.