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noun
- A boundary or limit.
- A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others.
- A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries.
- The lists in a tournament.
- A structure that bars passage.
- An obstacle or impediment.
- A node (in government and binding theory) said to intervene between other nodes A and B if it is a potential governor for B, c-commands B, and does not c-command A.
verb
noun
- A limit; a boundary.
- An instance or example of using the word "but".
- The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
- The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.
adv
conj
- Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "except such that".
- However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence).
- Used to link an interjection to the following remark as an intensifier.
- On the contrary, rather (as a regular adversative conjunction, introducing a word or clause in contrast or contradiction with the preceding negative clause or sentence).
- Used at the beginning of a sentence to express opposition to a remark.
prep
noun
noun
- The length of such a boundary.
- The outer limits of an area. See synonyms at circumference.
- An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the field of vision.
- The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object.
- A fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position.
noun
verb
- To set the boundaries or limits of.
- To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
- To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
- To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
- To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.
- To define or limit by adding a differentia.
- To bring to an end; to finish.
- To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
noun
- That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
- A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
- Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price and also how and when payment must be made.
- A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan.
- The time during which legal courts are open.
- Certain days on which rent is paid.
- Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.
- The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
- Relations among people.
- A word or phrase (e.g., noun phrase, verb phrase, open compound), especially one from a specialised area of knowledge; a name for a concept.
- Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
- The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
- A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
- An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.
- A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal.
- With respect to a pregnancy, the period during which birth usually happens (approximately 40 weeks from conception).
- One whose employment has been terminated
- Part of a year, especially one of the divisions of an academic year.
- Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
adj
verb
verb
- To confine.
- To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up.
- To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
- To secure the head of a cow during milking.
- To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
- To release a person under such guarantee.
- To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
- To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
- To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
- To set free; to deliver; to release.
- To fail to meet a commitment (to a person).
- To exit quickly.
noun
- Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
- Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
- A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.
- A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
- The person providing such payment.
- A person who bails water out of a boat.
- A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
- One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
- A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).
- A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.
- Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.
- A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
verb
- To form a border around; to bound.
- To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).
- To put a border on something.
- To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).
- To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
noun
- A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.
- The outer edge of something.
- A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
- border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup.
- The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
- A decorative strip around the edge of something.
noun
- Any end or boundary.
- The outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action.
- The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
- The start of the landing area of a runway.
- The point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general. As in emotions, stress, or pain.
- An entrance; the door or gate of a house.
- The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit.
- The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due.
noun
- the boundary of a specific area
- the greatest possible degree of something
- final or latest limiting point
- as far as something can go
- the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity
- the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed
verb
noun
- the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
- an amount beyond the minimum necessary
- the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
- (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
- the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
verb
- To set or be a limit or boundary to.
- Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or, of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
- To conclude.
- To end, conclude, or cease; to come to an end.
- To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
- To kill someone or something.
- To issue or result.
- To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
adj
verb
- form the boundary of; be contiguous to
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- spring back; spring away from an impact
noun
- a line determining the limits of an area
- the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
- the greatest possible degree of something
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
adj
- (usually followed by `to') governed by fate
- covered or wrapped with a bandage
- headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'
- bound by an oath
- bound by contract
- confined in the bowels
adj
noun
- An end in space; an edge or limit.
- The last part of a word; an ending, a desinence; a suffix.
- An induced abortion.
- The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
- An end in time; a conclusion.
- An outcome or result.
- The ending up of a polypeptid chain.
- The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
noun
- the boundary line encompassing an area or object
- an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
- a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
- an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to
- (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals
- a racetrack for automobile races
- movement once around a course
verb
noun
- An edge or border.
- A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
- The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road.
- The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.
- An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.
- The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.
- The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
- A circumference; a circle; a ring.
- An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen.
- The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof.
verb
prep_phrase
verb
- To turn past a boundary.
- To go round, pass, go past.
- To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
- To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
- To shape something into a curve.
- To advance to home plate.
- To encircle; to encompass.
- To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
- To do ward rounds.
- To become shaped into a curve.
- To finish; to complete; to fill out.
adj
- Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
- Complete, whole, not lacking.
- Large in magnitude.
- Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
- Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
- Plump.
- Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
- Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
- Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
- Vaulted.
- Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing.
- Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
noun
- A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
- A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
- A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
- A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
- A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
- In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
- A circular dance.
- Rotation, as in office; succession.
- A circular or repetitious route.
- A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
- One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
- A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
- An assembly; a group; a circle.
- A round-top.
- A round of beef.
- A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
- A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
- A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
- A stage in a competition.
- A stage or level of a game.
- The hindquarters of a bovine.
- A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
- A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
- The play after each deal.
- A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
- A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
- A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
- One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
adj
- Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary.
- Legally married to or related to (e.g. born in wedlock to), and/or residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people.
- Toward the batter as it crosses home plate.
- At or towards or the left-hand side of the road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- Nearer to the interior or centre of something.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone inside an organisation.
noun
- The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people.
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
- The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- The interior or inner part.
- (in the plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.
adv
- In or to prison.
- Intimately, secretly; without expressing what one is feeling or thinking.
- Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.
- Indoors.
prep
prep
- Within the bounds or limits of.
- During (a period of time).
- Into.
- Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
- Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
- Characterized by.
- In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
- Surrounded by; among; amidst.
- Denoting a state of the subject.
- Less water gets in your boots this way.
- In the form of, in the denomination of.
- Indicating an order or arrangement.
- Contained by.
- Part of; a member of; out of; from among.
- Within (a certain elapsed time); by the end of.
- At the end of (a period of time).
- Wearing (an item of clothing).
- Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
- Pertaining to; with regard to.
noun
- One who, or that which, is in; especially, one who is in office.
- A position of power or influence, or a way to get it.
- A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
- The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting; see innings.
adv
- After the beginning of something.
- The show still didn't become interesting 20 minutes in.
- Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest.
- Towards the speaker or other reference point.
- At or towards the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
- So as to be enclosed or surrounded by something.
adj
- In fashion; popular.
- Falling or remaining within the bounds of the playing area.
- (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Burning; ablaze.
- Having familiarity or involvement with somebody.
- Inserted or fitted into something.
- With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin
- Incoming.
- Located indoors, especially at home or at one's office or place of work.
- Having been collected or received.
- Of the tide, at or near its highest level.
- Currently batting.
- He is very in with the Joneses.
- Having a favourable position, such as a position of influence or expected gain, in relation to another person.
- Furled or stowed.
- Located inside something.
noun
- a line determining the limits of an area
- the boundary of a surface
- a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object
- the attribute of urgency in tone of voice
- a slight competitive advantage
- the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something
verb
adj
- Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- Away from the interior or center of something.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone outside an organization, group, etc.
- Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- Extending or going beyond the borders or scope of an organization, group, etc.
- Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
- Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc; maximum.
- Positioned towards the shoulder of a road: towards the left-hand side if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- Not legally married to or related to (e.g. not born in wedlock to), and/or not residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people. (Compare out of wedlock, nonresidential.)
- Positioned towards the central division of a road: towards the right-hand side if one drives on the left, or left-hand side if one drives on the right.
noun
- The space beyond some limit or boundary.
- The part of a road towards the central division: towards the right if one drives on the left, or towards the left if one drives on the right.
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the longer arc length; the side of a racetrack furthest from the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
- The outer part of the sea, away from the peak of a wave.
- The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
- The external appearance of someone or something.
- The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
prep
- Near, but not in.
- Except, apart from.
- Beyond the scope, limits, or borders of.
- On the outside of, not inside (something, such as a building).
adv
- Outdoors.
- To or in the outdoors or outside; to or in an area that is beyond the scope, limits, or borders of a given place.
- Not in prison.
verb
verb
noun
- Boundary marker.
- Metoidioplasty.
- Metagame; the most effective tactics and strategies used in a competitive video game in a given period of time.
- An informal but widely adopted practice in a given field; a de facto standard.
- Either of the conical columns at each end of an Ancient Roman circus.
adj
verb
- To confine; to limit; to restrict.
- To furnish with a retrenchment (a defensive work within a fortification).
- To dig or redig a trench where one already exists.
- To terminate the employment of a worker to reduce the size of a workforce; to make redundant.
- To abridge; to curtail.
- To cut down or reduce.
- To live less expensively; to economize.
- To take up a new defensive position.
noun
- A barrier.
- A doctor who tries to admit as few patients as possible.
- A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal.
- A point of defeat or extinction.
- A divisive or containing structure in an organ or cavity.
- A character that has high defenses, thereby reducing the amount of damage taken from the opponent’s attacks.
- Something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall.
- A spring of water.
- A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.
- Any of the surfaces of rock enclosing the lode.
- Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.
- A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
- The stage of biological aging where physical appearance and attractiveness start to deteriorate rapidly.
- The butterfly Lasiommata megera.
- A point of desperation.
- A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
- The right or privilege of taking the side of the road near the wall when encountering another pedestrian.
- A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale.
- A barrier to vision.
- An impediment to free movement.
- A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user.
- Two or more blockers skating together so as to impede the opposing team.
verb
noun
- A barrier.
- An entry point.
- A means of approach or access.
- A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed, and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
- Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
- A possibility.
- The proceeds from entrance fees and/or ticket sales at a venue such as a bar or nightclub, especially in relation to portion paid to the entertainers. "The bar owner gives each band a percentage of the door and charges customers more to get in"
verb
noun
- Limits, bounds (especially before of).
- A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
- A cheese scoop.
- The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
- A wooden stake; a picket.
verb
- To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
- To turn pale; to lose colour.
- To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
- To become insignificant.
adj
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