detent
handlock
limb
lock picking
latching
tailpiece
locklike
chaining
bitting
gripping
unlock
door opener
lockset
wrench
expression
escapement
tugging
manipulation
locking
immobilization
immobilisation
unlatching
slot
deadbolt
immobilizing
handling
keeper
tonging
tumbler
lockout
worrying
locksport
safety catch
lockpicker
unlocking
prize
barring
bit
crowbar
shoot
bump key
palm
plant
Dutch reach
drawing
grab
interdigitate
logical mechanical element
bolt
pulling
snib
snugger
padlock
pull
clasp lock
stranglehold
door handle
wheeling
jigger
squeezing
lock pick
tractile
child lock
throw-out
squeeze
suck
wring
lever lock
handbrake
catch
midtap
propelment
hip lock
key
thigmokinesis
wind
winding
waving
wave
tugger
twist
lever
puller
doorstopper
workings
latchkey
dragger
spring latch
buzz up
wafture
nudging
pin
traction
locklike
tractile
midtap
handlock
limb
lock picking
latching
tailpiece
chaining
bitting
gripping
unlock
door opener
lockset
wrench
expression
escapement
tugging
manipulation
locking
immobilization
immobilisation
unlatching
slot
deadbolt
immobilizing
handling
keeper
tonging
tumbler
lockout
worrying
locksport
safety catch
lockpicker
unlocking
barring
bit
bump key
plant
Dutch reach
drawing
logical mechanical element
bolt
pulling
snib
snugger
padlock
pull
clasp lock
door handle
wheeling
jigger
squeezing
child lock
throw-out
squeeze
wring
lever lock
handbrake
propelment
hip lock
key
thigmokinesis
wind
winding
waving
wave
tugger
twist
puller
doorstopper
workings
latchkey
dragger
spring latch
wafture
nudging
pin
traction
lock pick
detent
handlock
prize
crowbar
shoot
palm
grab
interdigitate
stranglehold
lock pick
suck
unlock
catch
lever
buzz up
noun
- An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
- The apparent visual edge of a celestial body.
- A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
- A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
- The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade.
- The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.
- A branch of a tree.
- The graduated edge of a circle or arc.
verb
noun
- The part of a lock that transmits motion from the hub to the latch bolt.
- An appendage or appendix.
- An element, often triangular, to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end of an instrument.
- A short joist between a header and a wall.
- The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, etc.
noun
verb
- To undermine something that has control over a situation; to find a way to counter or oppose.
- To make available.
- To configure (a mobile phone) so that it is not bound to any particular carrier.
- To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.
- To obtain access to something; to meet the requirements of a security or protection system.
- To disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge or potential.
- To be or become unfastened or unrestrained.
noun
- The control mechanism by which a door is latched and unlatched.
- Any tactic, approach, or giveaway item employed by a salesman to capture the interest of a potential customer.
- Any of various devices designed to make opening a door easier.
- A communication technique designed to encourage someone to speak openly.
- Someone or something that provides someone with opportunities that would otherwise be unavailable to them.
- A crowbar-like tool used by firefighters to quickly force locked doors to open.
- Any of various devices to automatically open a door in response to a sensor or signal sent from a controller.
- Someone who opens doors.
noun
- A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
- In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
- An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
- A distorting change from the original meaning.
- In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.
- A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner.
- An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
- A violent emotional change caused by separation.
verb
noun
- the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing
- the feelings expressed on a person's face
- expression without words
- the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions
- a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
- the style of expressing yourself
- a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
- (genetics) the process of expressing a gene
- a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
noun
- An implement for barring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like.
- The inside of the "rim" or semicircular copy desk, occupied by the supervisor of the copy editors.
- A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.
- The vagina.
- A channel opening in the stator or rotor of a rotating machine for ventilation and insertion of windings.
- The track of an animal, especially a deer; spoor.
- A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm; a crevasse.
- A space in memory or on disk etc. in which a particular type of object can be stored.
- A rectangular area directly in front of the net and extending toward the blue line.
- A period of time within a schedule or sequence.
- A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
- A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece.
- The barrel or tube of a wave.
- A slot machine designed for gambling.
- The area between the last offensive lineman on either side of the center and the wide receiver on that side.
- In a flying display, the fourth position; after the leader and two wingmen.
- The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway.
verb
- To kick the ball between the posts for a goal; to score a goal by doing this.
- To fall, or cause to fall, into a crevasse.
- To assign something or someone into a slot (gap in a schedule or sequence)
- To put something (such as a coin) into a slot (narrow aperture)
- To create a slot (narrow aperture or groove), as for example by cutting or machining.
- To put something where it belongs.
- To kill.
noun
- A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.
- The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.
- One who keeps (retains) something.
- A fruit or vegetable that keeps (remains good) for some time without spoiling.
- Synonym of armature (“piece of metal connecting the poles of a magnet to preserve its strength by forming a circuit”)
- One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
- A person or thing worth keeping.
- A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
- A thin, flexible tress or tongue of material (e.g. leather) at the end of a crop opposite the handle, which is broad enough to prevent the horse's skin from being marked as it might be by a whip.
- An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
noun
- The action of seizing, grabbing, holding, or manipulating a given object with tongs.
- The action of opening wine bottles with port tongs by superheating the glass with the heated tongs, and then rapidly cooling the glass neck by applying a cold substance, thereby fracturing the glass neck open through heat stress.
- The action of seizing an object with tongs for the purpose of pictorially documenting the event.
noun
- A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.
- A beverage cup, typically made of stainless steel, that is broad at the top and narrow at the bottom commonly used in India.
- One of a set of levers from which the heddles hang in some looms.
- Something that causes (something else) to tumble.
- A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter.
- A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure.
- A rotating device for smoothing and polishing rough objects, placed inside it, on relatively small parts.
- A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.
- A service that mixes potentially identifiable or 'tainted' cryptocurrency funds with others, so as to obscure the audit trail.
- The pupa of a mosquito.
noun
- The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock.
- An exercise meant to increase strength in the lockout portion of a lifting motion.
- A situation where the system is not responding to input.
- A safety device designed to prevent touching a moving part when it is under operation.
- The exclusion of certain people from a place, event, situation, etc.
- The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.
- The final portion of a weightlifting motion where all applicable limbs or joints are fully extended or "locked out".
- The restriction of a population to a certain area, but allowing free movement within that region, in order to prevent the spread of disease. Compare lockdown.
verb
adj
noun
- That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
- Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
- A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
- An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
- Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
- That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
noun
- the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers
- a small piece or quantity of something
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- an indefinitely short time
- an instance of some kind
- piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding
- a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
- a small fragment
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press
verb
noun
verb
- To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock.
- To begin to speak.
- To move very quickly and suddenly.
- To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
- To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- To grow; to advance.
- To shoot the moon.
- To ejaculate.
- To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- To photograph.
- To make the stated score.
- To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on.
- To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
- To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- To throw dice.
- To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
- To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.ᵂ
- To dismiss or do away with.
- To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.
- To lunge.
- To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
- To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
- To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
- To film.
- To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
- To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
- To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
- To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
- To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
- To fire (a projectile).
- To send to someone.
- To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
- To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- To go over or pass quickly through.
intj
noun
- A hunt or shooting competition.
- A rush of water; a rapid.
- The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
- An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
- A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- A shoat; a young pig.
- A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- A photography session.
- The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
verb
- To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g, for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.
- To hold something without bending the fingers significantly.
- To move something with the palm of the hand.
noun
- The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- A metallic disk attached to a strap and worn in the palm of the hand; used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.
- The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.
- Synonym of hand, any of various units of length notionally derived from the breadth of the palm, formalized in England as 4 inches and now chiefly used for the height of horses
- Any of various units of length notionally derived from the length of the palm from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
- The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
- A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
- Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
- Any of 23 awards that can be earned after obtaining the Eagle Scout rank, but generally only before turning 18 years old.
- The corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal.
- Triumph; victory.
noun
- The combination of process and actuator.
- Machinery, such as the kind used in earthmoving or construction.
- A play in which the cue ball knocks one (usually red) ball onto another, in order to pot the second; a set.
- A young oyster suitable for transplanting.
- A factory or other industrial or institutional building or facility.
- Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.
- An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth.
- A person, placed amongst an audience, whose role is to cause confusion, laughter etc.
- Any creature that grows on soil or similar surfaces, including plants and fungi.
- Anyone assigned to behave as a member of the public during a covert operation (as in a police investigation).
- An object placed surreptitiously in order to cause suspicion to fall upon a person.
- An organism of the kingdom Plantae; now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism.
- An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
verb
- To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of.
- To set up; to install; to instate.
- To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.
- To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish.
- To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.
- To furnish or supply with plants.
- To place or set something firmly or with conviction.
- To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.
- To place in the ground.
noun
- The process of drawing or pulling something.
- A small portion of tea for steeping.
- The act of producing such a picture.
- Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
- A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
- An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat.
noun
- the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
- a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- the act of moving with great haste
- a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
- a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
- a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
adv
verb
noun
- A type of latch that operates by providing spring tension between a door or window and its frame.
- A threaded plastic tube used to clamp blood vessels during surgery.
- Moveable brackets for keeping small items secure on a shelf.
- A ring that fits tightly around a cable, rope or wire, holding it in place or preventing leakage around any hole through which it passes.
noun
- the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
- the force used in pulling
- special advantage or influence
- a device used for pulling something
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- a sustained effort
verb
- cause to move by pulling
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- move into a certain direction
- apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- steer into a certain direction
- strain abnormally
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- operate when rowing a boat
- rein in to keep from winning a race
- tear or be torn violently
- hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing
- strip of feathers
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for
- take away
noun
- A lock pick.
- A vagina.
- Jig, Jigger, Jigabou, derogatory terms meaning the same as American Nigger.
- A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle.
- A placeholder name for any small mechanical device.
- A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
- A measure of 1 ½ fluid ounces of liquor.
- A drink of whisky.
- A short board or plank inserted into a tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches.
- A sandflea, Tunga penetrans, of the order Siphonaptera; chigoe.
- The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
- An illicit electric shock device used to urge on a horse during a race.
- An illegal distillery.
- A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1 ½ fluid ounces, the other typically 1 fluid ounce.
- One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
- A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
- A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
- A railway jigger, a small motorized or human powered vehicle used by railway workers to traverse railway tracks.
- A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
- A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes.
- A larva of any of several mites in the family Trombiculidae; chigger, harvest mite.
- A warehouse crane.
- A jiggermast.
- The bridge or rest for the cue in billiards.
verb
noun
- A mechanism to rapidly disengage a portion of a machine from the source of its motion, as an automotive clutch.
- A put-out caused by a throw to a base of a fielded ground ball.
- An item that is thrown out to an audience or crowd, usually for dramatic effect.
- A discard, rejection.
- A folded paper in a publication, such as a book or a greeting card, that is intended to be unfolded for use outside the normal form factor of the publication.
- An overarm throw of the ball from a goalkeeper.
noun
- the act of gripping and pressing firmly
- a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
- a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer
- (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend
- a twisting squeeze
- an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
- a tight or amorous embrace
- the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space
verb
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
- press firmly
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- press or force
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
- squeeze or press together
verb
- To pull (something) in a given direction, especially without direct contact.
- To be inferior or objectionable: a general term of disparagement, sometimes used with at to indicate a particular area of deficiency.
- To perform fellatio.
- To work the lips and tongue on (an object) to extract moisture or nourishment; to absorb (something) in the mouth.
- To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat.
- To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
- To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a mother etc.) to draw in milk.
- To extract, draw in (a substance) from or out of something.
noun
- An act of fellatio.
- Milk drawn from the breast.
- A weak, self-pitying person; a person who refuses to go along with others, especially out of spite; a crybaby or sore loser.
- Badness or mediocrity.
- An instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling.
- An indrawing of gas or liquid caused by suction.
- A part of a river towards which strong currents converge making navigation difficult.
- A sycophant, especially a child.
- The ability to suck; suction.
noun
verb
- To slide two ultraflat surfaces together such that their faces bond.
- To bend or strain out of its position.
- To squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out.
- To extract (a liquid) from something wet, especially cloth, by squeezing and twisting it.
- To obtain (something from or out of someone or something) by force.
- To draw (something from or out of someone); to generate (something) as a response.
- To hold (something) tightly and press or twist.
- To cause pain or distress to (someone / one's heart, soul, etc.).
noun
- The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated lever or foot-operated toggle lever in a motorcar or the hand-operated crank on a railcar, which is used to set and release such a brake.
- A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
verb
verb
- To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or infection.
- To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- Of fire, to spread or be conveyed to.
- To be held back or impeded.
- To get pregnant.
- To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- To be hit by something.
- To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- To have something be held back or impeded.
- To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- To travel by means of.
- To become infected by (an illness).
- To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- To charm or entrance.
- To grip or entangle.
- To handle an exception.
- To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- To spread by infection or similar means.
- To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- To germinate and set down roots.
- To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
noun
- The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- The game of catching a ball.
- A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- A fragment of music or poetry.
- The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- The act of seizing or capturing.
- A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- The first contact of an oar with the water.
- A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- Something which is captured or caught.
noun
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- something crucial for explaining
- pitch of the voice
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of answers to a test
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
adj
verb
noun
noun
- air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
- a tendency or force that influences events
- breath
- empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath
- a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
verb
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- extend in curves and turns
- arrange or coil around
- coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
- form into a wreath
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
verb
noun
- the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
- one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
- a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
- (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
- something that rises rapidly
- a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
- an undulating curve
- a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
verb
noun
- the act of winding or twisting
- an unforeseen development
- an interpretation of a text or action
- any clever maneuver
- the act of rotating rapidly
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- a circular segment of a curve
- a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
- a jerky pulling movement
- a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s
- turning or twisting around (in place)
verb
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- turn in the opposite direction
- form into a spiral shape
- form into twists
- extend in curves and turns
- do the twist
- twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
verb
- To move with a lever.
- To use, operate or move (something) like a lever (physically).
- To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
- To use (something) like a lever (in an abstract sense).
noun
- A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
- An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
- A levee.
- A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.
- A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a button).
- Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.
noun
- A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the incorrect key is inserted.
- A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
- The spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the target in place.
- A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
- A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
- Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
- The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole
- A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
- A thing of small value; a trifle.
- A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
- A pinball machine.
- One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
- The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
- A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
- The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
- A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
- Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.
- The tenon of a dovetail joint.
- A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
- A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
- A leg.
verb
- To attach (an icon, application, message etc.) to another item so that it persists.
- To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.
- To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
- To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
- To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
- To pin down (someone).
- To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
noun
- The act of pulling something along a surface using motive power.
- The condition of being so pulled.
- The extent of adoption of a new product or service, typically measured in number of customers or level of revenue achieved.
- Popular support.
- A mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb.
- Collectively, the locomotives of a railroad, especially electric locomotives.
- The pulling power of an engine or animal.
- Grip.
- Scholarly interest and research.
- The adhesive friction of a wheel etc on a surface.
verb
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