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noun
- The action of increasing or becoming greater.
- The amount of increase.
- The amount of time added to a player's clock after each move.
- The waxing of the moon.
- An amplification without strict climax, as in the following passage: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, […] think on these things."
- A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.
verb
adj
- Significantly increased or expanded.
- Stimulated, excited.
- Describes a 4x4 automobile that has a "lift kit", raising the body and/or frame higher than stock.
- Under the influence of stimulants; high.
- Wrecked; damaged; ruined; injured.
- Hoisted, lifted off the ground, or propped up using a jack.
- Reprehensible; objectionable.
noun
- The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.
- The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
- The result of building up; buildup, accretion.
- The spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.
verb
- To increase.
- To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
- To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.
- To lengthen when pulled.
- To lengthen by pulling.
- To pull tight.
- To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
- To extend to a limit point
- To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
- To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
- To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
noun
- The ability to lengthen when pulled.
- An act of stretching.
- A jail or prison term.
- Term of address for a tall person.
- A segment of a journey or route.
- A length of time.
- Extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared to the shorter winter days.
- The period of the season between the trade deadline and the beginning of the playoffs.
- A stretch limousine.
- The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
- A jail or prison term of one year's duration.
- A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
- A segment or length of material.
- A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.
- A single uninterrupted sitting; a turn.
- A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
verb
- To increase.
- To reach.
- To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
- To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
- To put on weight.
- To run fast.
- To acquire possession of.
- To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
adj
adv
noun
verb
- To cause to increase in extent.
- To increase in extent.
- To reenlist for a further period.
- To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
- To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
- To straighten (a limb).
- Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
- To cause to last for a longer period of time.
- To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
- To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
verb
- To increase (in some aspect).
- To dissolve (a partnership or corporation) and liquidate its assets.
- To wind (rope, string, mainsprings, etc.) completely.
- To put (a clock, watch, etc.) in a state of renewed or continued motion by winding the spring or other energy-storage mechanism.
- To end up; to arrive or result.
- To upset; to anger or distress.
- To tighten (someone or something) by winding or twisting.
- To roll up (a car window or well bucket, etc., by cranking).
- To play a prank (on); to take the mickey (out of) or mock.
- To excite.
- To make the preparatory movements for a certain kind of pitch.
- To conclude, complete, or finish (something).
verb
verb
- To increase in quantity or intensity.
- To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
- To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
- To get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation.
- To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.
- To sit on a combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.
- To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
- To have sexual intercourse with someone.
- To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
- To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
- To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).
- To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it).
noun
- A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
- An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on (unlike a draught horse).
- A hill or mountain.
- A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing.
- A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.
- A signal for mounting a horse.
- A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.
- A green hillock in the base of a shield.
- Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
noun
- something contributing to growth or increase
- an increase by natural growth or addition
- (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases
- (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles
- (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment
- (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance)
verb
- To increase or expand rapidly.
- Of an aircraft: to plunge alternately up and down.
- To go up or voyage in a balloon.
- To inflate like a balloon.
- To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.
- To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
noun
- Such an object designed to transport people or equipment through the air.
- An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
- A bomb or shell.
- The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
- A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
- A type of glass cup, sometimes used for brandy.
- A woman's breast.
- A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.
- A speech bubble.
- Synonym of balloon payment
- Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.
- A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
- A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
prefix
verb
- expand the influence of
- extend in one or more directions
- become larger in size or volume or quantity
- make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity
- grow vigorously
- exaggerate or make bigger
- add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
noun
- Something which adds or increases.
- A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera
- Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead, a venomous viper found in the eastern United States
- Lampropeltis triangulum (milk snake).
- The puff adders, of Africa (genus Bitis).
- Heterodon spp. (hog-nosed snakes), a genus of harmless colubrid snakes found in North America
- The common European adder (Vipera berus).
- Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers.
- Acanthophis spp. (death adders), elapid snakes found in Southeast Asia and Australia
- A sea stickleback or adder fish (Spinachia spinachia).
- An electronic device that adds voltages, currents or frequencies.
noun
- the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
- the event of something being raised upward
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- a raised or elevated geological formation
- distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)
- (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump
- drawing of an exterior of a structure
verb
- To increase in magnitude.
- To add; to subject to addition.
- To increase the potency of a remedy by diluting it in water and stirring.
- To provide critical feedback by giving suggestions for improvement rather than criticisms.
- To sell additional related items with an original purchase.
- To increase a correction.
- To frame in a positive light; to provide a sympathetic interpretation.
- To improve.
adj
- Electrically positive.
- Being positive rather than negative or zero.
- (Of a quantity) Equal to or greater than; or more; upwards.
- Positive, or involving advantage.
prep
noun
conj
noun
- An increase in the value or amount of something.
- I found sand pushed all the way to the edge of my home by the run-up of Wednesday's tsunami.
- The approach run of a bowler before delivering the ball.
- The approach run of a high jumper or other athlete in order to gather speed or momentum.
- A period of time just before an important event.
- The extent of a wave's reach onto land as the result of a tsunami or storm such as a cyclone.
noun
- Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
- A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).
- A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.
- The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.
- The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
- Access; admittance.
- A group of plants of the same species collected at a single location, often held in genebanks.
- Complicity, concurrence or assent in some action.
- Agreement.
- The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
verb
noun
- A big increase.
- A humming noise from something moving very fast.
- A quick ascent.
- An augmentation of a view, by varying the focal length of a lens, or digitally.
- A video teleconferencing call.
intj
- Suggesting something moving quickly
- Suggesting a sudden change, especially an improvement or an increase
- Representing a humming sound
verb
verb
- To aggravate; to increase.
- To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
- To be accepted for carriage on a flight.
- To remove (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization.
- To remove (a document) from its current possessor and take it into one's own possession.
noun
noun
- act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
- a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
- (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
- a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
- the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
- a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
- a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)
- processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
- (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
adj
- Having increased in size, quantity, or intensity over time; accumulated.
- Made of sections or layers, one on top of the other.
- Having buildings, especially having residences and high population density.
- Constructed or enhanced.
- (of an area of land) Having street lights and therefore subject to a 30 mph speed limit.
- (of an area of land) Having specific traffic signaling and therefore usually subject to a maximum 50 km/h speed limit.
verb
- To increase suddenly.
- To destroy with an explosion.
- To break (a delimited string of text) into several smaller strings by removing the separators.
- To decompress (data) that was previously imploded.
- To destroy violently or abruptly.
- Of a die, to produce the highest face result and consequently reroll.
- To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
- To make a violent or emotional outburst.
- To ejaculate.
- To open all doors and hatches on an automobile.
- To create an exploded view of.
verb
- Grow; increase.
- To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
- To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
- To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
- To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
- To cause a change of velocity.
- To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
adj
noun
- the act of raising something
- the amount a salary is increased
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
verb
- increase the level of
- raise the level or amount of something
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- cause to be heard or known; express or utter
- collect funds for a specific purpose
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- look after a child until it is an adult
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- move upwards
- construct, build, or erect
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
- raise in rank or condition
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
- bet more than the previous player
- cause to assemble or enlist in the military
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
- activate or stir up
- establish radio communications with
- multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
- bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
- invigorate or heighten
- put an end to
- cause to become alive again
noun
- the act of raising something
- an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
- (geology) a horizontal dislocation
- the act of lifting something with great effort
- an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting
- throwing something heavy (with great effort)
verb
- utter a sound, as with obvious effort
- throw with great effort
- rise and move, as in waves or billows
- lift or elevate
- move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
- make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
verb
- To take a greater size; to increase in size.
- To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.
- To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature.
- To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
- To sift (pieces of ore or metal) in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts.
- To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.
noun
- An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls
- The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
- A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.
- A number of edges in a graph.
- Wallpaper paste.
- The thickened crust on coagulated blood.
- A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing.
- Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.
noun
- the act of raising something
- the act of giving temporary assistance
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
- the event of something being raised upward
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
- a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
- one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
- lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
- plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
- transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
- a ride in a car
verb
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- take hold of something and move it to a different location
- move upwards
- move upward
- make audible
- cancel officially
- make off with belongings of others
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- invigorate or heighten
- raise in rank or condition
- take off or away by decreasing
- rise up
- pay off (a mortgage)
- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
- take illegally
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
- take (root crops) out of the ground
- call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
- put an end to
- remove (hair) by scalping
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
- remove from a surface
- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
noun
- A rapid expansion or increase.
- A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill or to control the flow of logs from logging operations.
- The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
- A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.
- A movable pole used to support a microphone or camera.
- A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
- An instance of booming.
- One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
- A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
- A microphone supported on such a pole.
- A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
- A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
- The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones are transversally mounted.
- A gymnastics apparatus similar to a balance beam.
verb
- To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
- To flourish, grow, or progress.
- To make something boom.
- To subject to a sonic boom.
- To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
- Of a Eurasian bittern, to make its deep, resonant territorial vocalisation.
- To rapidly adjust the evaluation of a position away from zero, indicating a likely win or loss.
- To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
- To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
- To raise or lower with a crane boom.
intj
verb
- increase twofold
- hit a two-base hit
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
- make a demand for (a card or suit)
- make or do or perform again
adj
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- twice as great or many
- large enough for two
- having two meanings with intent to deceive
adj
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
noun
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- a quantity that is twice as great as another
- raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
adv
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