English words for 'Synonym of assortative mating.'
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verb
- (intransitive) To come together for mating.
- (transitive) To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.
- (politics, slang) To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
- (intransitive) To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
- (computing) to link two electronic devices wirelessly together, especially through a protocol such as Bluetooth.
- (transitive) To group into one or more sets of two.
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- arrange in pairs
- form a pair or pairs
- occur in pairs
- engage in sexual intercourse
noun
- (baseball, informal) A double play, two outs recorded in one play.
- (baseball, informal) A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams.
- (card games) A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.
- (slang) A pair of testicles.
- Two alike or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
- Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time.
- One of the constituent items that make up a pair.
- (kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair.
- Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.
- Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts).
- (slang) A pair of breasts.
- (rowing) A boat for two sweep rowers.
- (Australia, politics) The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons.
- A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.
- (cricket) A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match.
- two people considered as a unit
- a set of two similar things considered as a unit
- a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value
- two items of the same kind
noun
- (zoology) The mating pattern whereby a female copulates with plural males.
- (botany) The condition of having many stamens.
- Sexual relations with multiple males, by a female or a male, human or nonhuman, within or without marriage.
- A form of polygamy where a woman is married to two or more husbands simultaneously.
- the state of having more than one husband at a time
noun
- (zoology) The state or habit of having more than one sexual mate.
- (often, especially in common use) Synonym of polygyny (“marriage of a man to more than one wife, the practice of having several wives at the same time”).
- The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time.
- (botany) The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.
- the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time
verb
- (transitive, often with to or with) To arrange the mating of (specific animals).
- (of animals) To mate.
- (sometimes as breed up) To educate; to instruct; to bring up.
- (transitive) To give birth to; to be the native place of.
- To yield or result in.
- To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
- (intransitive) To have birth; to be produced, developed, or multiplied.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside (a person or a bodily orifice of same); to creampie.
- (transitive) To keep (animals) and have (them) reproduce in a way that improves the next generation's qualities.
- To produce or obtain by any natural process.
- To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
- To propagate or grow (plants) in an effort to give (them) certain qualities.
- copulate with a female, used especially of horses
- call forth
- have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
- cause to procreate (animals)
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To mate so as to produce a hybrid; interbreed.
- (transitive) To mate (an organism) with another organism so as to produce a hybrid.
- (transitive) To produce (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize.
- breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
noun
verb
- (transitive) To cause (two animals) to copulate, to bring (two animals) together for mating.
- (intransitive) To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.
- (transitive) To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
- (horse racing, transitive) To enter (multiple horses with the same owner) into a race so that a single bet can be placed on any of them winning.
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- form a pair or pairs
- engage in sexual intercourse
- link together
adj
det
noun
- That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
- One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
- Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
- Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
- (architecture) A couple-close.
- (informal) A small number.
- (physics) A turning effect created by forces that produce a non-zero external torque.
- (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
- a pair of people who live together
- a small indefinite number
- a pair who associate with one another
- two items of the same kind
adj
- (used of relationships and of individuals) having one mate
- (zoology) Having only one sexual partner at a time.
- (of a person) Exclusively engaging in mutually exclusive sexual/romantic partnership.
- (of a relationship) Characterized by mutual sexual and romantic exclusively.
- (botany) Monogamic; having a simple flower with united anthers.
- (strictly) Involving marriage to one person at a time.
adj
- (of an animal, by extension) Tending to partner or mate with other individuals of the same sex.
- (of an institution or group) Intended for gay people, especially gay men.
- (slang, derogatory) Used to express dislike: lame, uncool, stupid, burdensome, contemptible, generally bad.
- (strictly) Describing a homosexual man.
- (slang, with for) Homosexually in love with someone.
- (loosely, of appearance or behavior) Being in accordance with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
- (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two or more persons perceived to be of the same sex or gender as each other.
- (of a person) Possessing sexual and/or romantic attraction towards people one perceives to be the same sex or gender as oneself.
- (loosely, of a person, especially a man) Exhibiting appearance or behavior that accords with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
- (colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
- (slang, derogatory) Flamboyant or effeminate in behavior.
- (of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back.
- (slang, humorous, with for) Infatuated with something, aligning with homosexual stereotypes.
- offering fun and gaiety
- given to social pleasures often including dissipation
- brightly colored and showy
- homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
- bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
- full of or showing high-spirited merriment
adv
noun
verb
noun
- (rare) Abbreviation of combination.
- (music) The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.
- A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
- A ctene.
- Alternative form of combe.
- The curling crest of a wave; a comber.
- (weaving) A toothed wooden pick used to push the weft thread tightly against the previous pass of thread to create a tight weave.
- The top part of a gun’s stock.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
- A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
- One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen in scorpions, with which they comb substrate.
- The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.
- A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
- The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
- A toothed plate used for creating wells in agar gels for electrophoresis.
- (algebraic geometry) A connected and reduced curve with irreducible components consisting of a smooth subcurve (called the handle) and one or more additional irreducible components (called teeth) that each intersect the handle in a single point that is unequal to the unique point of intersection for any of the other teeth.
- A toothed tool used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
- The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
- (dialectal) Alternative form of coomb.
- A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
- (by extension) A crest (of metal, leather, etc) on a piece of armor, especially on a helmet.
- A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.
- a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
- ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
- any of several tools for straightening fibers
- the act of drawing a comb through hair
- the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
verb
- (transitive) To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
- (transitive, especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement, especially a comb.
- (nautical, intransitive) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
- (naval, transitive) To turn a vessel parallel to (the track of) (a torpedo) so as to reduce one's size as a target.
- (transitive) To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
- smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
- straighten with a comb
- search thoroughly
noun
- (UK, dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.
- (card games) Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.
- Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made).
- (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
- (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female).
- Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker.
- (slang) Identification: recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.
- (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
- Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
- A homemade project, particularly one demonstrated on television.
- (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
- A person's character or disposition.
- (basketball) A made basket.
- (slang, military) A promotion.
- the act of mixing cards haphazardly
- a recognizable kind
verb
- To enact; to establish.
- (transitive) To add up to, have a sum of.
- (transitive) To prepare (food); to cook (food).
- To perform a feat.
- (ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
- (ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
- To build, construct, produce, or originate.
- (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
- To develop into; to prove to be.
- (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
- (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
- (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
- (ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
- (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
- (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
- To constitute.
- (intransitive) Of water, to flow toward land; to rise.
- (transitive, US slang, crime, law enforcement) To recognise, identify, spot.
- (transitive) To move at (a speed).
- (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
- (religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
- To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
- (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
- To form or formulate in the mind.
- (intransitive) To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.
- (ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
- (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
- To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
- (transitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
- (transitive, backgammon) To establish two or more men on (a point) so that it cannot be captured.
- (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
- To write or compose.
- To appoint; to name.
- (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
- act in a certain way so as to acquire
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- amount to
- institute, enact, or establish
- reach in time
- eliminate urine
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- achieve a point or goal
- induce to have sex
- add up to
- calculate as being
- create by artistic means
- compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
- perform, produce, or carry out
- appear to begin an activity
- charge with a function; charge to be
- form by assembling individuals or constituents
- be or be capable of being changed or made into
- give certain properties to something
- undergo fabrication or creation
- have a bowel movement
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- put in order or neaten
- proceed along a path
- make or cause to be or to become
- change from one form into another
- to compose or represent
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- consider as being
- develop into
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- make by combining materials and parts
- create or design, often in a certain way
- constitute the essence of
- favor the development of
- behave in a certain manner
- carry out or commit
- head into a specified direction
- engage in
- reach a goal
- cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
- gather and light the materials for
- organize or be responsible for
- assure the success of
- be suitable for
- make by shaping or bringing together constituents
- create or manufacture a man-made product
noun
- (ornithology) A group of female birds mated to or associated with a breeding male.
- The private section of a Muslim household forbidden to male strangers.
- (uncountable) A genre of anime and manga in which a man is the love interest of three or more women.
- A group of female animals (cows) herded and controlled by a male animal (bull) of that species for breeding purposes. Such behaviour is exhibited by bovids including cattle and buffalo as well as moose, elephants, seals (including elephant seals), sea lions, and baboons.
- (slang) Any significant number of women together as a group; a bevy.
- A group of someone's girlfriends, wives and/or concubines in a polygamous household.
- living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
verb
- (intransitive) To pair in order to raise offspring.
- (transitive, of an animal) To copulate with.
- (intransitive) To match, fit together without space between.
- (intransitive) To come together as companions, comrades, partners, etc.
- (intransitive) To copulate.
- (transitive) To marry; to match (a person).
- (transitive) To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
- (transitive, aerospace) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
- (transitive) To fit (objects) together without space between.
- (transitive) To arrange in matched pairs.
- (chess) Clipping of checkmate.
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
- engage in sexual intercourse
noun
- (especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner.
- (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) Friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male, of similar age.
- A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.
- (nautical) A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
- A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
- (nautical) In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).
- (nautical) A first mate.
- The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea
- Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis).
- (chess) Clipping of checkmate.
- (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) A friend, usually of the same sex.
- A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
- The other member of a matched pair of objects.
- informal term for a friend of the same sex
- an exact duplicate
- the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
- a person's partner in marriage
- a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
- one of a pair
- the officer below the master on a commercial ship
- South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
- a fellow member of a team
- South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
noun
- (countable, zoology, psychology, anthropology) A relationship based on mating.
- (uncountable, Australia, New Zealand) Friendship, particularly between men, such as develops in shared adversity; solidarity.
- (countable and uncountable, nautical) The post of mate on a ship; a posting as mate.
- (uncountable) Fellowship; companionship.
verb
- mate with (used of male birds)
- (intransitive) To copulate; said of (especially male) birds.
- (transitive, of a male bird) To copulate with (a hen).
- apply (the tread) to a tire
- put down or press the foot, place the foot
- crush as if by treading on
- brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
- tread or stomp heavily or roughly
- (transitive) To step or walk upon.
- (transitive) To crush grapes with one's feet to make wine
- To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue; to repress.
- (intransitive) To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.
- (figuratively, with certain adverbs of manner) To proceed, to behave (in a certain manner).
- To beat or press with the feet.
- To work a lever, treadle, etc., with the foot or the feet.
- To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.
noun
- structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
- the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
- a step in walking or running
- the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
- The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
- (fortification) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
- The sound made when someone or something is walking.
- A step taken with the foot.
- A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together.
- The act of avian copulation in which the male bird mounts the female by standing on her back.
- (biology) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
- (construction) A walking surface in a stairway on which the foot is placed.
- A manner of stepping.
- The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.
verb
- (intransitive) To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed.
- To form a mixture of any kind.
- (transitive) To construct a hybrid word from elements of different languages.
- (biochemistry) To combine complementary subunits of multiple biological macromolecules.
- (transitive) To cross-breed animals or plants to form hybrids.
- (physics) To combine atomic orbitals mathematically to form hybrid orbitals.
- breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
noun
- (figurative) Fusion, marriage, combination.
- A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.
- An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.
- the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
- a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
verb
noun
- (biology) The act of copulation; mating.
- (statistics) A function that represents the association between two or more variables, independent of the individual marginal distributions of the variables.
- (music) A device that connects two or more keyboards of an organ.
- (linguistics, grammar) A word, usually a verb, used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial), that unites or associates the subject with the predicate.
- The bond or relationship by which two things are combined into a unity.
- an equating verb (such as ‘be’ or ‘become’) that links the subject with the complement of a sentence
verb
noun
- Alternative form of calk (“pointed projection on a horseshoe”).
- Caulking.
- A composition of vehicle and pigment used at ambient temperatures for filling/sealing joints or junctures, that remains elastic for an extended period of time after application.
- (nautical, slang) A short sleep; a nap.
- a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight
verb
adj
noun
noun
- (dialectal) A companion; mate (male or female).
- A sex worker's minder.
- A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.
- A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome.
- Any of various small freshwater or brackishwater fish of the family Eleotridae; sleeper gobies.
- (field hockey) A standoff between two players from the opposing teams, who repeatedly hit each other's hockey sticks and then attempt to acquire the ball, as a method of resuming the game in certain circumstances.
- (mining) A miner's hammer.
- The small scrum in the Eton College field game.
- (uncountable) Bully beef.
- A hired thug.
- a cruel and brutal fellow
- a hired thug
intj
verb
adj
verb
- (transitive) To engage in behavior conducive to mating with.
- (transitive) To seek to achieve or win (a prize).
- (transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
- (transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
- (intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win affections.
- (transitive) To attempt to attract, in any way; to invite by attractions.
- (transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
- engage in social activities leading to marriage
- make amorous advances towards
- seek someone's favor
noun
- An organization for the administration of law, consisting of a body of judges with a certain jurisdiction along with its administrative apparatus.
- Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone.
- one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
- (Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
- The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
- The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
- Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
- An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
- The session of a judicial assembly.
- (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
- (often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
- The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
- Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) A housing estate under the Home Ownership Scheme.
- The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
- (ornithology) A space prepared and decorated by certain bird species in which to advertise themselves for a mate.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
- respectful deference
- the residence of a sovereign or nobleman
- an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
- a room in which a law court sits
- the sovereign and their advisers who are the governing power of a state
- a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
- the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
- a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area
noun
- (evolutionary theory) The preference for a mate found attractive by other members of one's sex.
- (chiefly sciences) Selection in advance
- (politics) The process by which a candidate for public office is selected, usually by a political party
- (demoscene) The process of a jury selecting entries to be shown in a competition when there are too many entries for the audience or schedule. The term preselection is often used with the opposite meaning in demoscene context, i.e. selecting entries not to be shown.
noun
- (slang) A combination.
- (video games) An action composed of a sequence of simpler actions, especially a composite attacking move in a fighting game.
- (graphical user interface, informal) A combo box.
- A small musical group.
- (especially collectible card games) A strategy aiming to win by playing a specific combination of cards (or similar), often in a single turn.
- Two or more gameplay elements (e.g. characters, items) which are powerful when used together.
- (Australia, derogatory) A Caucasian man who marries or has a sexual relationship with an Aboriginal woman, or who lives among Aboriginal people and adopts Aboriginal culture.
- a small band of jazz musicians
verb
noun
- (zoology) The mating pattern whereby a female copulates with plural males.
- (botany) The condition of having many stamens.
- Sexual relations with multiple males, by a female or a male, human or nonhuman, within or without marriage.
- A form of polygamy where a woman is married to two or more husbands simultaneously.
- the state of having more than one husband at a time
noun
- (zoology) The state or habit of having more than one sexual mate.
- (often, especially in common use) Synonym of polygyny (“marriage of a man to more than one wife, the practice of having several wives at the same time”).
- The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time.
- (botany) The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.
- the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time
noun
- (rare) Abbreviation of combination.
- (music) The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.
- A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
- A ctene.
- Alternative form of combe.
- The curling crest of a wave; a comber.
- (weaving) A toothed wooden pick used to push the weft thread tightly against the previous pass of thread to create a tight weave.
- The top part of a gun’s stock.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
- A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
- One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen in scorpions, with which they comb substrate.
- The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.
- A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
- The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
- A toothed plate used for creating wells in agar gels for electrophoresis.
- (algebraic geometry) A connected and reduced curve with irreducible components consisting of a smooth subcurve (called the handle) and one or more additional irreducible components (called teeth) that each intersect the handle in a single point that is unequal to the unique point of intersection for any of the other teeth.
- A toothed tool used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
- The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
- (dialectal) Alternative form of coomb.
- A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
- (by extension) A crest (of metal, leather, etc) on a piece of armor, especially on a helmet.
- A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.
- a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
- ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
- any of several tools for straightening fibers
- the act of drawing a comb through hair
- the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
verb
- (transitive) To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
- (transitive, especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement, especially a comb.
- (nautical, intransitive) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
- (naval, transitive) To turn a vessel parallel to (the track of) (a torpedo) so as to reduce one's size as a target.
- (transitive) To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
- smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
- straighten with a comb
- search thoroughly
noun
- (UK, dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.
- (card games) Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.
- Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made).
- (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
- (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female).
- Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker.
- (slang) Identification: recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.
- (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
- Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
- A homemade project, particularly one demonstrated on television.
- (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
- A person's character or disposition.
- (basketball) A made basket.
- (slang, military) A promotion.
- the act of mixing cards haphazardly
- a recognizable kind
verb
- To enact; to establish.
- (transitive) To add up to, have a sum of.
- (transitive) To prepare (food); to cook (food).
- To perform a feat.
- (ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
- (ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
- To build, construct, produce, or originate.
- (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
- To develop into; to prove to be.
- (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
- (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
- (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
- (ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
- (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
- (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
- To constitute.
- (intransitive) Of water, to flow toward land; to rise.
- (transitive, US slang, crime, law enforcement) To recognise, identify, spot.
- (transitive) To move at (a speed).
- (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
- (religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
- To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
- (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
- To form or formulate in the mind.
- (intransitive) To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.
- (ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
- (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
- To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
- (transitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
- (transitive, backgammon) To establish two or more men on (a point) so that it cannot be captured.
- (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
- To write or compose.
- To appoint; to name.
- (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
- act in a certain way so as to acquire
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- amount to
- institute, enact, or establish
- reach in time
- eliminate urine
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- achieve a point or goal
- induce to have sex
- add up to
- calculate as being
- create by artistic means
- compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
- perform, produce, or carry out
- appear to begin an activity
- charge with a function; charge to be
- form by assembling individuals or constituents
- be or be capable of being changed or made into
- give certain properties to something
- undergo fabrication or creation
- have a bowel movement
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- put in order or neaten
- proceed along a path
- make or cause to be or to become
- change from one form into another
- to compose or represent
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- consider as being
- develop into
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- make by combining materials and parts
- create or design, often in a certain way
- constitute the essence of
- favor the development of
- behave in a certain manner
- carry out or commit
- head into a specified direction
- engage in
- reach a goal
- cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
- gather and light the materials for
- organize or be responsible for
- assure the success of
- be suitable for
- make by shaping or bringing together constituents
- create or manufacture a man-made product
noun
- (ornithology) A group of female birds mated to or associated with a breeding male.
- The private section of a Muslim household forbidden to male strangers.
- (uncountable) A genre of anime and manga in which a man is the love interest of three or more women.
- A group of female animals (cows) herded and controlled by a male animal (bull) of that species for breeding purposes. Such behaviour is exhibited by bovids including cattle and buffalo as well as moose, elephants, seals (including elephant seals), sea lions, and baboons.
- (slang) Any significant number of women together as a group; a bevy.
- A group of someone's girlfriends, wives and/or concubines in a polygamous household.
- living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
noun
- (countable, zoology, psychology, anthropology) A relationship based on mating.
- (uncountable, Australia, New Zealand) Friendship, particularly between men, such as develops in shared adversity; solidarity.
- (countable and uncountable, nautical) The post of mate on a ship; a posting as mate.
- (uncountable) Fellowship; companionship.
noun
- (figurative) Fusion, marriage, combination.
- A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.
- An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.
- the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
- a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
verb
noun
- (biology) The act of copulation; mating.
- (statistics) A function that represents the association between two or more variables, independent of the individual marginal distributions of the variables.
- (music) A device that connects two or more keyboards of an organ.
- (linguistics, grammar) A word, usually a verb, used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial), that unites or associates the subject with the predicate.
- The bond or relationship by which two things are combined into a unity.
- an equating verb (such as ‘be’ or ‘become’) that links the subject with the complement of a sentence
noun
- (dialectal) A companion; mate (male or female).
- A sex worker's minder.
- A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.
- A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome.
- Any of various small freshwater or brackishwater fish of the family Eleotridae; sleeper gobies.
- (field hockey) A standoff between two players from the opposing teams, who repeatedly hit each other's hockey sticks and then attempt to acquire the ball, as a method of resuming the game in certain circumstances.
- (mining) A miner's hammer.
- The small scrum in the Eton College field game.
- (uncountable) Bully beef.
- A hired thug.
- a cruel and brutal fellow
- a hired thug
intj
verb
adj
noun
- (evolutionary theory) The preference for a mate found attractive by other members of one's sex.
- (chiefly sciences) Selection in advance
- (politics) The process by which a candidate for public office is selected, usually by a political party
- (demoscene) The process of a jury selecting entries to be shown in a competition when there are too many entries for the audience or schedule. The term preselection is often used with the opposite meaning in demoscene context, i.e. selecting entries not to be shown.
noun
- (slang) A combination.
- (video games) An action composed of a sequence of simpler actions, especially a composite attacking move in a fighting game.
- (graphical user interface, informal) A combo box.
- A small musical group.
- (especially collectible card games) A strategy aiming to win by playing a specific combination of cards (or similar), often in a single turn.
- Two or more gameplay elements (e.g. characters, items) which are powerful when used together.
- (Australia, derogatory) A Caucasian man who marries or has a sexual relationship with an Aboriginal woman, or who lives among Aboriginal people and adopts Aboriginal culture.
- a small band of jazz musicians
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To come together for mating.
- (transitive) To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.
- (politics, slang) To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
- (intransitive) To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
- (computing) to link two electronic devices wirelessly together, especially through a protocol such as Bluetooth.
- (transitive) To group into one or more sets of two.
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- arrange in pairs
- form a pair or pairs
- occur in pairs
- engage in sexual intercourse
noun
- (baseball, informal) A double play, two outs recorded in one play.
- (baseball, informal) A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams.
- (card games) A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.
- (slang) A pair of testicles.
- Two alike or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
- Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time.
- One of the constituent items that make up a pair.
- (kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair.
- Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.
- Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts).
- (slang) A pair of breasts.
- (rowing) A boat for two sweep rowers.
- (Australia, politics) The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons.
- A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.
- (cricket) A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match.
- two people considered as a unit
- a set of two similar things considered as a unit
- a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value
- two items of the same kind
verb
- (transitive, often with to or with) To arrange the mating of (specific animals).
- (of animals) To mate.
- (sometimes as breed up) To educate; to instruct; to bring up.
- (transitive) To give birth to; to be the native place of.
- To yield or result in.
- To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
- (intransitive) To have birth; to be produced, developed, or multiplied.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside (a person or a bodily orifice of same); to creampie.
- (transitive) To keep (animals) and have (them) reproduce in a way that improves the next generation's qualities.
- To produce or obtain by any natural process.
- To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
- To propagate or grow (plants) in an effort to give (them) certain qualities.
- copulate with a female, used especially of horses
- call forth
- have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
- cause to procreate (animals)
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To mate so as to produce a hybrid; interbreed.
- (transitive) To mate (an organism) with another organism so as to produce a hybrid.
- (transitive) To produce (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize.
- breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
noun
verb
- (transitive) To cause (two animals) to copulate, to bring (two animals) together for mating.
- (intransitive) To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.
- (transitive) To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
- (horse racing, transitive) To enter (multiple horses with the same owner) into a race so that a single bet can be placed on any of them winning.
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- form a pair or pairs
- engage in sexual intercourse
- link together
adj
det
noun
- That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
- One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
- Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
- Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
- (architecture) A couple-close.
- (informal) A small number.
- (physics) A turning effect created by forces that produce a non-zero external torque.
- (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
- a pair of people who live together
- a small indefinite number
- a pair who associate with one another
- two items of the same kind
verb
- (intransitive) To pair in order to raise offspring.
- (transitive, of an animal) To copulate with.
- (intransitive) To match, fit together without space between.
- (intransitive) To come together as companions, comrades, partners, etc.
- (intransitive) To copulate.
- (transitive) To marry; to match (a person).
- (transitive) To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
- (transitive, aerospace) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
- (transitive) To fit (objects) together without space between.
- (transitive) To arrange in matched pairs.
- (chess) Clipping of checkmate.
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
- engage in sexual intercourse
noun
- (especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner.
- (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) Friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male, of similar age.
- A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.
- (nautical) A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
- A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
- (nautical) In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).
- (nautical) A first mate.
- The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea
- Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis).
- (chess) Clipping of checkmate.
- (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) A friend, usually of the same sex.
- A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
- The other member of a matched pair of objects.
- informal term for a friend of the same sex
- an exact duplicate
- the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
- a person's partner in marriage
- a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
- one of a pair
- the officer below the master on a commercial ship
- South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
- a fellow member of a team
- South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
verb
- mate with (used of male birds)
- (intransitive) To copulate; said of (especially male) birds.
- (transitive, of a male bird) To copulate with (a hen).
- apply (the tread) to a tire
- put down or press the foot, place the foot
- crush as if by treading on
- brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
- tread or stomp heavily or roughly
- (transitive) To step or walk upon.
- (transitive) To crush grapes with one's feet to make wine
- To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue; to repress.
- (intransitive) To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.
- (figuratively, with certain adverbs of manner) To proceed, to behave (in a certain manner).
- To beat or press with the feet.
- To work a lever, treadle, etc., with the foot or the feet.
- To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.
noun
- structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
- the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
- a step in walking or running
- the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
- The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
- (fortification) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
- The sound made when someone or something is walking.
- A step taken with the foot.
- A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together.
- The act of avian copulation in which the male bird mounts the female by standing on her back.
- (biology) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
- (construction) A walking surface in a stairway on which the foot is placed.
- A manner of stepping.
- The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.
verb
- (intransitive) To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed.
- To form a mixture of any kind.
- (transitive) To construct a hybrid word from elements of different languages.
- (biochemistry) To combine complementary subunits of multiple biological macromolecules.
- (transitive) To cross-breed animals or plants to form hybrids.
- (physics) To combine atomic orbitals mathematically to form hybrid orbitals.
- breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
verb
noun
- Alternative form of calk (“pointed projection on a horseshoe”).
- Caulking.
- A composition of vehicle and pigment used at ambient temperatures for filling/sealing joints or junctures, that remains elastic for an extended period of time after application.
- (nautical, slang) A short sleep; a nap.
- a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight
verb
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To engage in behavior conducive to mating with.
- (transitive) To seek to achieve or win (a prize).
- (transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
- (transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
- (intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win affections.
- (transitive) To attempt to attract, in any way; to invite by attractions.
- (transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
- engage in social activities leading to marriage
- make amorous advances towards
- seek someone's favor
noun
- An organization for the administration of law, consisting of a body of judges with a certain jurisdiction along with its administrative apparatus.
- Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone.
- one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
- (Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
- The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
- The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
- Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
- An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
- The session of a judicial assembly.
- (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
- (often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
- The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
- Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) A housing estate under the Home Ownership Scheme.
- The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
- (ornithology) A space prepared and decorated by certain bird species in which to advertise themselves for a mate.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
- respectful deference
- the residence of a sovereign or nobleman
- an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
- a room in which a law court sits
- the sovereign and their advisers who are the governing power of a state
- a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
- the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
- a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area
adj
- (used of relationships and of individuals) having one mate
- (zoology) Having only one sexual partner at a time.
- (of a person) Exclusively engaging in mutually exclusive sexual/romantic partnership.
- (of a relationship) Characterized by mutual sexual and romantic exclusively.
- (botany) Monogamic; having a simple flower with united anthers.
- (strictly) Involving marriage to one person at a time.
adj
- (of an animal, by extension) Tending to partner or mate with other individuals of the same sex.
- (of an institution or group) Intended for gay people, especially gay men.
- (slang, derogatory) Used to express dislike: lame, uncool, stupid, burdensome, contemptible, generally bad.
- (strictly) Describing a homosexual man.
- (slang, with for) Homosexually in love with someone.
- (loosely, of appearance or behavior) Being in accordance with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
- (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two or more persons perceived to be of the same sex or gender as each other.
- (of a person) Possessing sexual and/or romantic attraction towards people one perceives to be the same sex or gender as oneself.
- (loosely, of a person, especially a man) Exhibiting appearance or behavior that accords with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
- (colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
- (slang, derogatory) Flamboyant or effeminate in behavior.
- (of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back.
- (slang, humorous, with for) Infatuated with something, aligning with homosexual stereotypes.
- offering fun and gaiety
- given to social pleasures often including dissipation
- brightly colored and showy
- homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
- bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
- full of or showing high-spirited merriment