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noun
- The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance.
- The dynamic analysis of a program's performance and behaviour, usually by injecting profiling code into it.
- On a vehicle, dashboard gauges monitoring engine functions and performance, along with other essential functions.
- The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments.
- The arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; instrumental composition; composition for an orchestra or military band.
noun
verb
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- play on an instrument
- perform on a stage or theater
- participate in games or sport
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- play a role or part
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- replay (as a melody)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- bet or wager (money)
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- emit recorded sound
- perform on a certain location
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- behave in a certain way
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- use to one's advantage
- consider not very seriously
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- make bets
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- use or move
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
noun
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a state in which action is feasible
- utilization or exercise
- an attempt to get something
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- the removal of constraints
- a weak and tremulous light
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- movement or space for movement
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
adj
- Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.
- Of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body.
- Of a military unit or formation, or its elements, belonging to a permanent organization (in contrast to being temporarily attached).
- Relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products.
- Pertaining to or derived from living organisms.
- Generated according to the ranking algorithms of a search engine, as opposed to paid placement by advertisers.
- Developing in a gradual or natural fashion.
- Describing a form of social solidarity theorized by Emile Durkheim that is characterized by voluntary engagements in complex interdependencies for mutual benefit (such as business agreements), rather than mechanical solidarity, which depends on ascribed relations between people (as in a family or tribe).
- Harmonious; coherent; structured.
- Pertaining to an organ of the body of a living organism.
noun
noun
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- The children's game of tag.
- A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of borrowing or stealing something.
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- Form; standard of performance.
verb
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- To cause to be briefly in contact with something.
- To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- To concern, to have to do with.
- To make physical contact with a thing.
- To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- To consume, or otherwise use.
- To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- To come close to; to approach.
noun
- Originally (music), a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; (by extension, film, television, theater) a job or role for a performer.
- A two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse.
- A demerit received for some infraction of a military deportment or dress code.
- Synonym of fishgig or fizgig (“a spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals”).
- Any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.
- Any unit of measurement having the SI prefix giga-.
- A small, narrow, open boat carried in a larger ship, and used for transportation between the ship and the shore, another vessel, etc.
- A similar rowing boat or sailboat, especially one used for racing; specifically, a six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
verb
- To engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.
- To play (a musical instrument) at a gig.
- To catch or fish with a gig or fizgig.
- To work at any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.
- Sometimes followed by it: to ride in a gig (“a two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse”).
- To spear (fish, etc.) with a gig or fizgig.
- To make a joke, often condescendingly, at the expense of (someone); to make fun of.
- To impose a demerit (on someone) for an infraction of a military deportment or dress code.
verb
- To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
- To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
- To apply measuring devices.
noun
- A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
- A device used to produce music.
- A means or agency for achieving an effect.
- A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
- A measuring or displaying device.
verb
- To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
- To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
- To orchestrate; to carry out.
- To place in position to prepare for use.
- To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to
- To jettison a spent stage of a multistage rocket or other launch vehicle and light the engine(s) of the stage above it.
noun
- A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.
- One of the portions of a device (such as a rocket or thermonuclear weapon) which are used or activated in a particular order, one after another.
- A floor or storey of a house.
- The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers.
- A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.
- The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale.
- A phase.
- The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.
- An internship.
- A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
- A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game.
- A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.
noun
- Presentation of a performance, as of a play or work of music.
- The act of presenting something for acceptance; now specifically, presenting something (e.g. a bill or cheque) for payment.
- A statement made on oath by a jury.
- The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them.
- The official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate.
- A formal complaint submitted to a bishop or archdeacon.
noun
- a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.
- an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
- the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
- a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
- a coat of stucco applied to a masonry wall
- perspective drawing of an architect's design
- giving in acknowledgment of obligation
noun
- A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- Set theory.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- An object made up of several parts.
- General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- A drum kit, a drum set.
- A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
adj
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in a certain style.
- Ready, prepared.
- Rigid, solidified.
- Prearranged.
- Fixed in position.
- Intent, determined (to do something).
verb
- To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To prepare (a stage or film set).
- To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- To defeat a contract.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- To put (something) down, to rest.
- To produce after pollination.
- To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- To sit (be in a seated position).
- To arrange (type).
- To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- To introduce or describe.
- To solidify.
- To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- To adjust.
- To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- To suit; to become.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- To determine or settle.
- To fit music to words.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- To start (a fire).
- To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
noun
- a subdivision of an act of a play or performance
- the place where some action occurs
- an incident (real or imaginary)
- the visual percept of a region
- a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
- a situation treated as an observable object
- a display of bad temper
- graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
- the context and environment in which something is set
- the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
verb
- To play (a tune on a musical instrument); to sing (a song).
- To act as a minstrel; to entertain by playing a musical instrument, singing, etc.
noun
- One of a troupe of entertainers, often a white person who wore black makeup (blackface), to present a so-called minstrel show, being a variety show of banjo music, dance, and song (now sometimes regarded as racist).
- Any lyric poet, musician, or singer.
- Originally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment.
- An amphetamine tablet, typically black, or black and white, in colour.
verb
- To play (a musical instrument or passage of music) or to sing (a passage of music) in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play (a series of ornamental notes) on an instrument.
- To clear extraneous material from (an opal).
- To ponder or think, especially in an unproductive or unsystematic manner; to muse.
- To play a musical instrument or to sing in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play a series of ornamental notes on an instrument.
- To search mullock for opals; to fossick.
- To hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume.
- To engage in frivolous behaviour; to fool around or waste time.
- Often followed by about or around: to mess around, to play.
- To search (mullock (“mining or ore processing waste”)) for opals.
- To catch (fish (usually very large catfish), turtles, or other aquatic animals) with the hands; also, to catch (fish) using a gaff or fishing spear; to gaff.
- To obtain (an opal) by searching through mullock.
- To attempt in an informal or uncertain manner; to fiddle.
- To ponder or think about (something).
noun
- A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.
- An improvised passage of music played on an instrument; also, a series of ornamental notes played on an instrument; a trill.
- The brain; the head.
- An object which is long and thin like a noodle (sense 1).
adj
- Relating to parts or pieces which are written both within the natural physical limitations of the instrument and human body and, less so or less often, the styles of playing used on specific instruments.
- Pertaining or conforming to idiom, the natural mode of expression of a language.
- Resembling or characteristic of an idiom.
noun
noun
- The act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
- A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole.
- A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.
- Gambling, as a pastime, especially betting on horseraces or the dogs. E.g anyone up for a punt on Randwick?
- A highly speculative investment or other commitment.
- A wild guess.
- A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
- A bet or wager.
- An indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
- A point in the game of faro.
- The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
verb
- To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.
- To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
- To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
- To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
- To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
- To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
- To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
- To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
- Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.
- To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. (This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.)
- To play at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
- To eject; to kick out of a place.
verb
- perform on a stage or theater
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- be suitable for theatrical performance
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
noun
verb
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
- give an exhibition of to an interested audience
- bring forward and present to the mind
- hand over formally
- offer for others to consider
- give, especially as an honor or reward
- give as a present; make a gift of
- deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
- cause to come to know personally
- represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture
- present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
- formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.
- recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position
adj
- temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration
- being or existing in a specified place
noun
noun
- a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
- a person who translates written messages from one language to another
- someone who rewrites in a different script
- someone who represents the sounds of speech in phonetic notation
- someone who makes a written version of spoken material
verb
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
- take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
- express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
- be representative or typical for
- be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute
- serve as a means of expressing something
- be typical of
- form or compose
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
- create an image or likeness of
- play a role or part
- describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality
- point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance
- bring forward and present to the mind
- to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)
noun
- An art form, created by organizing of pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using musical instruments and sometimes singing.
- A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of melody, harmony, tempo, rhythm etc. usually to convey a mood.
- Any pleasing or interesting sounds.
- Electronic signal jamming.
- A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.
verb
noun
- The act or sound of tolling.
- A fee for using any kind of material processing service.
- A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.
- Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
- A tollbooth.
- A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
verb
- To summon by ringing a bell.
- To draw; entice; invite; allure.
- To make a sound as if made by a bell.
- To levy a toll on (someone or something).
- To announce by tolling.
- To suspend.
- To take as a toll.
- To pay a toll or tallage.
- To impose a fee for the use of.
- To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
- To lure with bait; tole (especially, fish and animals).
- To tear in pieces.
noun
- The act of being featured in a piece of music.
- An individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon being observed; the input of a model.
- A beneficial capability of a piece of software.
- Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).
- Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.
- A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.
- Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.
- An important or main item.
- The elements into which linguistic units can be broken down.
- The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic.
verb
verb
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- To reduce; to make smaller.
- To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- To impart (something).
- To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- To perform (rap music).
- Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- To drop out of the betting.
- To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- To fall into a particular condition or state.
- To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- To present the user with a more basic interface.
- To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- To enter a more basic interface.
- To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
noun
- A dropped pass.
- The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on An advantage.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trace, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- A single measure of whisky.
- A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
noun
- The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
- The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer.
- The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
- The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
- The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
- The state of being accomplished.
English words for 'The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance.'
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