English words for 'Synonym of bulk defect.'
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noun
- (biology) A defect or malformation.
- (sciences) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
- (quantum mechanics) A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
- A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
- Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
- (astronomy) Any of various angular distances.
- deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
- a person who is unusual
- (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
adj
- having a defect
- Having one or more defects.
- not working properly
- markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior
- (chiefly of abjad script) Spelled without matres lectionis, for example אמץ (ómets, “courage”) as opposed to the plene spelling אומץ where the letter vav ⟨ו⟩ indicates the vowel o.
- (Arabic grammar, of a verb) Having a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء).
- (orthography, of a script) Not capable of representing all the phonemic distinctions of a language it is used to write.
- (grammar, of a lexeme, especially a verb) Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.
adv
noun
adj
- Faulty or defective.
- Inappropriate or improper.
- Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
- not in accord with established usage or procedure
- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
- (of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles
- characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
noun
noun
- A fault or malfunction.
- The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
- (mathematics) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
- a failing or deficiency
- a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
- an imperfection in a bodily system
- an imperfection in an object or machine
verb
- (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
- (law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.
- (military) To join the enemy army.
- (military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
- desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
verb
- treat a defect
- make right or correct
- adjust for
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- censure severely
- make reparations or amends for
- punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
- fall in value
- (transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
- (transitive) To discipline; to punish.
- (transitive) To inform (someone) of their error.
- (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
adj
adv
intj
noun
noun
- (slang) A defective or inadequate item or individual.
- A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
- (geometry) The surface of revolution of a circular arc of angle less than 180° rotated about the straight line passing through the arc’s two endpoints.
- (Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from “lemon flavour”) Favor.
- A yellowish citrus fruit.
- A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.
- A lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris).
- (uncountable, rare) Lemon juice.
- yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh
- a strong yellow color
- a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons
- an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory
- a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit
adj
verb
noun
- A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
- A storm of short duration.
- (law) A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid or ineffective.
- A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw.
- (in particular) An inclusion, stain, or other defect of a diamond or other gemstone.
- A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
- A sudden burst of noise and disorder
- defect or weakness in a person's character
- an imperfection in an object or machine
- an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness
verb
noun
- (countable) An inadequate quality; fault.
- (countable) A special fondness or obsessing desire.
- (uncountable) The condition of being weak.
- the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain
- a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you
- powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
- a flaw or weak point
- the condition of being financially weak
noun
- treatment of a specific defect
- a rebuke for making a mistake
- a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
- the act of disciplining
- a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
- the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
- something substituted for an error
- An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
- (procedure word, military) a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted
- (chiefly in the plural) Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
- The act of correcting.
- A decline in a stock market price after a period of rises. Often operationally defined as a market value drop of 10% or more on some specific stock market index.
- A substitution for an error or mistake.
noun
- (manufacturing, uncountable) A surface defect in which sheet metal has a rough texture, similar to an orange peel, due to the metal grains being relatively large.
- An uneven surface resembling orange peel, especially cellulite or an imperfect finish on a spray-painted object such as a car.
- (countable, uncountable, literally) The skin of an orange, including the pith.
- A color between orange and amber, like that of an orange peel.
- (botany) A common name of a species of Clematis indigenous to eastern Eurasia, Clematis orientalis.
- strips of orange peel cooked in sugar and coated with sugar
- the rind of an orange
noun
verb
noun
noun
- defectiveness or unsoundness
- impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
- the state that precedes vomiting
- The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness.
- (linguistics) The analogical misuse of a rarer or marked grammatical case in the place of a more common or unmarked case.
- Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.
noun
- A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.
- Relative importance.
- (astronomy) A gaseous projection, often loop-shaped, springing from the surface of the Sun or a star.
- (topography) Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains.
- The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
- relative importance or fame
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
noun
verb
verb
noun
- Anything resembling such a coating; a glossy appearance.
- A clear or translucent liquid coating composed of resin dissolved in a solvent, which dries by evaporation to form a hard, protective, and typically glossy finish.
- (figuratively, by extension) A deceptively showy appearance.
- a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface
noun
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A horseshoe crab.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
verb
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (transitive) To complain about.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- (intransitive) To complain.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
- scurry sideways like a crab
- complain
- fish for crab
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
prefix
noun
- (countable) A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.
- (film, television, countable) A detailed description of a forthcoming project or screenplay which identifies all the required elements, such as the cast, costumes, equipment, props, and special effects.
- Synonym of percussion break (“a percussion-focused segment of a song, chosen by a hip-hop DJ to manipulate through cutting, mixing, and other techniques in order to create rhythmic music”).
- (music) A piece of music played for such a dance, especially a rapid bluegrass tune featuring a five-string banjo.
- (rugby union, countable and uncountable with the) The short period of open play immediately after a tackle and before and during the ensuing ruck.
- (originally and chiefly New Zealand, countable, chiefly attributive) An act of splitting logs of wood using a large saw in a sawmill; also, the saw used; or (rare) the building in which the process is carried out.
- (physics, uncountable) The sudden (and usually damaging) transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator; (countable) an instance of this; also, the minimum voltage at which this occurs.
- (uncountable) Detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) A failure in a relationship; a failure or loss of organization in a system.
- (chemistry, uncountable) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) Something, such as a vehicle, that has experienced a mechanical failure.
- A part of a piece of music or a song which differs from the other parts in that it features improvisation or is stripped down (for example, played by fewer instruments or a solo performer).
- (uncountable) (Sudden) worsening of physical health or (more commonly) mental stability, resulting in an inability to carry on normal activities; (countable) an instance of this.
- (veterinary medicine, uncountable) Injury to a horse's leg causing lameness; (countable) an instance of this.
- A section of a song, typical in hardcore music and related styles (such as metalcore, grindcore, and deathcore), characterized by a lower tempo and greater heaviness and intensity of sound.
- a cessation of normal operation
- the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
- (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
- (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance
- an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
- a mental or physical breakdown
adj
- (of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition; defective, faulty.
- Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.
- Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
- Synonym of crank (“of a ship: liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast”).
- easily irritated or annoyed
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
noun
- A bulge or protuberance.
- A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
- The act of swelling; increase in size.
- (music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
- (music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
- The front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
- Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
- (music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
- (geology) An upward protrusion of strata from whose central region the beds dip quaquaversally at a low angle.
- A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
- (informal) A person of high social standing; an important person.
- the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
- a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
adv
verb
- (transitive) To cause to grow gradually in force or loudness.
- To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
- (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.
- (transitive) To cause to become bigger.
- (transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
- To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
- To protuberate; to bulge out.
- (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
- (intransitive) To be raised to arrogance.
- come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
- come up, as of a liquid
- expand abnormally
- increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
- cause to become swollen
- become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
adj
noun
- (pathology) A birth defect resulting in a cleft in the spinal column through which the spinal membranes and spinal cord may protrude. It is characterised by hydrocephalus and other neurological disorders.
- a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis
noun
- (by extension) A mechanical joint.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
- (skiing, snowboarding) The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste.
- The kneejoint of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly, the kneejoint of a human being.
- A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; a knuckle duster.
- Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.
- (shipbuilding) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.
- A cut of meat of various kinds.
- a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
verb
- (transitive) To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles (noun sense 1).
- (transitive, slang) To strike or punch.
- (intransitive, figurative) To yield.
- (snowboarding, skiing) To land on the knuckle (noun sense 9) of a curve of a slope, after a jump off a ramp that precedes the slope.
- (intransitive) To touch one's forehead as a mark of respect.
- (intransitive) To bend the fingers.
- shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground
- press or rub with the knuckles
adj
intj
noun
- (colloquial, sports) A player or racer who often performs poorly.
- (informal or childish, chiefly Commonwealth) The buttocks.
- (colloquial) A drinking spree.
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.
- (East Midlands, slang, vulgar) An act of anal sex.
- (informal or childish, chiefly Commonwealth) The anus.
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A homeless person, usually a man.
- a vagrant
- person who does no work
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
verb
- (intransitive, colloquial) To stay idle and unproductive, like a hobo or vagabond.
- To depress; to make unhappy.
- (UK, Ireland, transitive, colloquial) To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.
- (transitive, colloquial) To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
- (intransitive) To make a murmuring or humming sound.
- (transitive, slang, British) To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).
- be lazy or idle
- ask for and get free; be a parasite
noun
- (biology) A defect or malformation.
- (sciences) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
- (quantum mechanics) A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
- A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
- Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
- (astronomy) Any of various angular distances.
- deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
- a person who is unusual
- (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
noun
- A fault or malfunction.
- The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
- (mathematics) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
- a failing or deficiency
- a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
- an imperfection in a bodily system
- an imperfection in an object or machine
verb
- (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
- (law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.
- (military) To join the enemy army.
- (military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
- desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
noun
- (slang) A defective or inadequate item or individual.
- A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
- (geometry) The surface of revolution of a circular arc of angle less than 180° rotated about the straight line passing through the arc’s two endpoints.
- (Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from “lemon flavour”) Favor.
- A yellowish citrus fruit.
- A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.
- A lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris).
- (uncountable, rare) Lemon juice.
- yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh
- a strong yellow color
- a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons
- an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory
- a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit
adj
verb
noun
- A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
- A storm of short duration.
- (law) A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid or ineffective.
- A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw.
- (in particular) An inclusion, stain, or other defect of a diamond or other gemstone.
- A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
- A sudden burst of noise and disorder
- defect or weakness in a person's character
- an imperfection in an object or machine
- an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness
verb
noun
- (countable) An inadequate quality; fault.
- (countable) A special fondness or obsessing desire.
- (uncountable) The condition of being weak.
- the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain
- a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you
- powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
- a flaw or weak point
- the condition of being financially weak
noun
- treatment of a specific defect
- a rebuke for making a mistake
- a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
- the act of disciplining
- a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
- the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
- something substituted for an error
- An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
- (procedure word, military) a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted
- (chiefly in the plural) Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
- The act of correcting.
- A decline in a stock market price after a period of rises. Often operationally defined as a market value drop of 10% or more on some specific stock market index.
- A substitution for an error or mistake.
noun
- (manufacturing, uncountable) A surface defect in which sheet metal has a rough texture, similar to an orange peel, due to the metal grains being relatively large.
- An uneven surface resembling orange peel, especially cellulite or an imperfect finish on a spray-painted object such as a car.
- (countable, uncountable, literally) The skin of an orange, including the pith.
- A color between orange and amber, like that of an orange peel.
- (botany) A common name of a species of Clematis indigenous to eastern Eurasia, Clematis orientalis.
- strips of orange peel cooked in sugar and coated with sugar
- the rind of an orange
noun
noun
- defectiveness or unsoundness
- impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
- the state that precedes vomiting
- The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness.
- (linguistics) The analogical misuse of a rarer or marked grammatical case in the place of a more common or unmarked case.
- Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.
noun
- A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.
- Relative importance.
- (astronomy) A gaseous projection, often loop-shaped, springing from the surface of the Sun or a star.
- (topography) Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains.
- The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
- relative importance or fame
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
noun
verb
noun
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A horseshoe crab.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
verb
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (transitive) To complain about.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- (intransitive) To complain.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
- scurry sideways like a crab
- complain
- fish for crab
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
noun
- (countable) A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.
- (film, television, countable) A detailed description of a forthcoming project or screenplay which identifies all the required elements, such as the cast, costumes, equipment, props, and special effects.
- Synonym of percussion break (“a percussion-focused segment of a song, chosen by a hip-hop DJ to manipulate through cutting, mixing, and other techniques in order to create rhythmic music”).
- (music) A piece of music played for such a dance, especially a rapid bluegrass tune featuring a five-string banjo.
- (rugby union, countable and uncountable with the) The short period of open play immediately after a tackle and before and during the ensuing ruck.
- (originally and chiefly New Zealand, countable, chiefly attributive) An act of splitting logs of wood using a large saw in a sawmill; also, the saw used; or (rare) the building in which the process is carried out.
- (physics, uncountable) The sudden (and usually damaging) transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator; (countable) an instance of this; also, the minimum voltage at which this occurs.
- (uncountable) Detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) A failure in a relationship; a failure or loss of organization in a system.
- (chemistry, uncountable) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) Something, such as a vehicle, that has experienced a mechanical failure.
- A part of a piece of music or a song which differs from the other parts in that it features improvisation or is stripped down (for example, played by fewer instruments or a solo performer).
- (uncountable) (Sudden) worsening of physical health or (more commonly) mental stability, resulting in an inability to carry on normal activities; (countable) an instance of this.
- (veterinary medicine, uncountable) Injury to a horse's leg causing lameness; (countable) an instance of this.
- A section of a song, typical in hardcore music and related styles (such as metalcore, grindcore, and deathcore), characterized by a lower tempo and greater heaviness and intensity of sound.
- a cessation of normal operation
- the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
- (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
- (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance
- an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
- a mental or physical breakdown
noun
- A bulge or protuberance.
- A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
- The act of swelling; increase in size.
- (music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
- (music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
- The front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
- Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
- (music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
- (geology) An upward protrusion of strata from whose central region the beds dip quaquaversally at a low angle.
- A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
- (informal) A person of high social standing; an important person.
- the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
- a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
adv
verb
- (transitive) To cause to grow gradually in force or loudness.
- To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
- (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.
- (transitive) To cause to become bigger.
- (transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
- To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
- To protuberate; to bulge out.
- (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
- (intransitive) To be raised to arrogance.
- come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
- come up, as of a liquid
- expand abnormally
- increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
- cause to become swollen
- become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
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- (pathology) A birth defect resulting in a cleft in the spinal column through which the spinal membranes and spinal cord may protrude. It is characterised by hydrocephalus and other neurological disorders.
- a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis
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- (by extension) A mechanical joint.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
- (skiing, snowboarding) The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste.
- The kneejoint of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly, the kneejoint of a human being.
- A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; a knuckle duster.
- Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.
- (shipbuilding) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.
- A cut of meat of various kinds.
- a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
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- (transitive) To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles (noun sense 1).
- (transitive, slang) To strike or punch.
- (intransitive, figurative) To yield.
- (snowboarding, skiing) To land on the knuckle (noun sense 9) of a curve of a slope, after a jump off a ramp that precedes the slope.
- (intransitive) To touch one's forehead as a mark of respect.
- (intransitive) To bend the fingers.
- shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground
- press or rub with the knuckles
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- treat a defect
- make right or correct
- adjust for
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- censure severely
- make reparations or amends for
- punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
- fall in value
- (transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
- (transitive) To discipline; to punish.
- (transitive) To inform (someone) of their error.
- (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
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- Anything resembling such a coating; a glossy appearance.
- A clear or translucent liquid coating composed of resin dissolved in a solvent, which dries by evaporation to form a hard, protective, and typically glossy finish.
- (figuratively, by extension) A deceptively showy appearance.
- a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface
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- having a defect
- Having one or more defects.
- not working properly
- markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior
- (chiefly of abjad script) Spelled without matres lectionis, for example אמץ (ómets, “courage”) as opposed to the plene spelling אומץ where the letter vav ⟨ו⟩ indicates the vowel o.
- (Arabic grammar, of a verb) Having a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء).
- (orthography, of a script) Not capable of representing all the phonemic distinctions of a language it is used to write.
- (grammar, of a lexeme, especially a verb) Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.
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- Faulty or defective.
- Inappropriate or improper.
- Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
- not in accord with established usage or procedure
- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
- (of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles
- characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
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- (of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition; defective, faulty.
- Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.
- Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
- Synonym of crank (“of a ship: liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast”).
- easily irritated or annoyed
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
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- (colloquial, sports) A player or racer who often performs poorly.
- (informal or childish, chiefly Commonwealth) The buttocks.
- (colloquial) A drinking spree.
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.
- (East Midlands, slang, vulgar) An act of anal sex.
- (informal or childish, chiefly Commonwealth) The anus.
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A homeless person, usually a man.
- a vagrant
- person who does no work
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
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- (intransitive, colloquial) To stay idle and unproductive, like a hobo or vagabond.
- To depress; to make unhappy.
- (UK, Ireland, transitive, colloquial) To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.
- (transitive, colloquial) To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
- (intransitive) To make a murmuring or humming sound.
- (transitive, slang, British) To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).
- be lazy or idle
- ask for and get free; be a parasite