English words for 'The condition of being coatable'
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verb
- To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
- (UK, slang, transitive) To lend (a person) money.
- (British, informal, soccer) To replace (a player) with a substitute.
- (BDSM) To take a submissive role.
- (US, informal) To substitute for.
- (microscopy) To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.
- (slang, Internet, transitive) To subtitle (usually a film or television program).
- (slang, intransitive) To subscribe.
- (British, informal, soccer, less common, often as "sub on") To bring on (a player) as a substitute.
- (US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
- (British) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
- be a substitute
noun
- (colloquial) Clipping of subcontractor
- (Internet slang) Clipping of subliminal (“an audio or video recording intended to produce physical or psychological changes in the listener”)
- (informal) Clipping of substitute, often in sports or teaching.
- (BDSM, informal) Clipping of submissive
- (computing, programming) Clipping of subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does)
- (British, informal, often in plural) Clipping of subscription (“a payment made for membership of a club, etc.”).
- (publishing, colloquial) Clipping of submission (of a work for publication).
- Abbreviation of submarine.
- (colloquial) Clipping of subeditor
- (colloquial, Internet) Clipping of subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.
- (slang) Clipping of subwoofer
- Clipping of submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.
- (colloquial) Clipping of subsistence money, part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished.
- (Internet, informal) Clipping of subtitle
- (Internet slang) Clipping of subreddit.
- (nautical) Clipping of submersible.
- (Philippines, colloquial) Clipping of subject (“particular area of study”)
- a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
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verb
- coat (a liquid) with a layer
- (intransitive) To become coated over.
- examine hastily
- read superficially
- move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
- travel on the surface of water
- cause to skip over a surface
- remove from the surface
- To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
- (transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
- (transitive) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
- (intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
- To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
- (intransitive) To ricochet.
- (transitive) To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
- (transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.
- To hasten along with superficial attention.
- (transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- (transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.
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- coat with a layer of metal
- To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
- (baseball) To score a run.
- (transitive) To beat into thin plates.
- (philately, particularly with early British stamps) To identify the printing plate used.
- (cooking, photography) To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
- (transitive) To arm or defend with metal plates.
- (philately) to categorise stamps based on their position on the original sheet, in order to reconstruct an entire sheet.
- (aviation, travel industry) To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
noun
- the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
- the thin under portion of the forequarter
- a shallow receptacle for collection in church
- any flat platelike body structure or part
- a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
- a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
- structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
- a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
- a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
- (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
- a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
- the quantity contained in a plate
- a main course served on a plate
- (geology) A tectonic plate.
- (hat-making) The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.
- (music) A record, usually vinyl.
- (dentistry) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
- A prize given to the winner in a contest.
- (printing, photography) An image or copy.
- Precious metal, especially silver.
- A material covered with such a layer.
- (printing, publishing) An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
- The contents of such a dish.
- (chemistry) Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
- (historical) Plate armor.
- (engineering, electricity) A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
- A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
- (Australia) A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.
- (aviation, travel industry, by extension) The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.
- (uncountable) Such dishes collectively.
- (construction) A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
- (baseball) Home plate.
- (military) trauma plate.
- (heraldry) A roundel of silver or argent.
- (especially Australia; metonymic, plural only) Vehicle license plates, registration plates.
- One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.
- (figuratively) An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
- A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.
- (printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A person's foot.
- (engineering, electricity) The anode of a vacuum tube.
- (herpetology) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
- (weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
- A flat object of uniform thickness.
- (slang, seduction community) Any of the potential romantic or sexual partners with whom a person keeps in touch as part of plate spinning.
- A course at a meal.
- (Lego building) A Lego piece that is thin, 1/3 the height of a brick, and has studs on top.
- (furriers' slang) Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
- A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating
- A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.
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noun
- small flat mass of chopped or ground food
- food made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat, typically cooked in an oven
- a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
- A block of any various dense materials.
- A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.
- (slang) A pair of buttocks, especially one that is exceptionally plump or full.
- (pyrotechnics) A multishot fireworks assembly comprising several tubes, each with a fireworks effect, lit by a single fuse.
- (slang) Ellipsis of piece of cake: a trivially easy task or responsibility.
- A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
- Used to describe the doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too.
- (slang) Money.
- A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.
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noun
- an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
- growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
- a thin layer covering something
- The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
- A coat card.
- (countable) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.
- (countable) A covering of material, such as paint.
- A coat of arms.
- (uncountable, nautical) Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).
- (countable, clothing) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
verb
- put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
- come to the surface
- appear or become visible; make a showing
- (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
- (transitive) To make (information, facts, content, etc) known.
- (transitive) To bring to the surface.
- (transitive) To provide with a surface; to apply a surface to.
- (intransitive, figurative) To come out of hiding.
- (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
- (intransitive, of information, facts, content, etc) To become known or apparent; to appear or be found; to come to light.
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noun
- a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something
- a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
- the outermost level of the land or sea
- information that has become public
- the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
- the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
- (figurative) Outward or external appearance.
- The overside or upside of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
- The outside hull of a tangible object.
- (crosswording) The story or image suggested by a cryptic clue, when read as a whole sentence without considering wordplay.
- (computer graphics) A portion of the display to which graphics can be rendered.
- (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a space of more than two dimensions.
noun
- a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture
- a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it)
- fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
- any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions
- a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents
- the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal
- an indication of approved or superior status
- fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure
- Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
- A facsimile of an impression of such stamp that is a mark or symbol of an office or organisation.
- (figurative) Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.
- Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
- A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
- A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
- Anything that secures or authenticates.
- A chakra.
- An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
- A tight closure, secure against leakage.
verb
- affix a seal to
- cover with varnish
- hunt seals
- make tight; secure against leakage
- close with or as if with a seal
- decide irrevocably
- To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
- (dialectal) To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
- (Christianity) To form a sacred commitment.
- (Mormonism) To bind eternally as family members.
- (transitive) To place in a sealed container.
- (cooking, transitive) To fry (meat) at a high temperature to retain the juices.
- (transitive) To place a seal on (a document).
- (transitive) To guarantee.
- To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
- (intransitive) To hunt seals.
- To close by means of a seal.
- (transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.
- (transitive, chess) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
- (transitive) To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
- (transitive) To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
verb
- apply a heavy coat to
- coat with plaster
- affix conspicuously
- apply a plaster cast to
- dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
- cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on
- (transitive, figurative) To smooth over.
- (transitive) To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
- (transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
- (transitive) To apply a plaster to.
- (transitive, figurative) To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm (with weapons fire).
- (transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
noun
- a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
- a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
- a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
- adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
- any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs
- (uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
- (uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.
- (countable, British, New Zealand, Canada) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
- (by ellipsis, uncountable) Plaster of Paris.
- (countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
- A similar material used for exterior walls.
noun
- a loose outer coat usually of rich material
- a tunic worn over a knight's armor
- (historical) An overgarment worn over a woman's gown; a kind of short robe worn over the tunic at the close of the 11th century.
- (historical) A loose sleeveless garment worn over a suit of armor, sometimes colored or embroidered with the wearer's coat of arms.
verb
- coat with plaster
- apply to a surface
- cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
- (intransitive, transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
- (transitive) To paint (a picture, etc.) in a coarse or unskilful manner.
- (transitive, bingo) To mark spots on a bingo card, using a dauber.
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- coat with plastic or cement
- cause to become
- give back
- make over as a return
- to surrender someone or something to another
- show in, or as in, a picture
- give an interpretation or rendition of
- bestow
- give something useful or necessary to
- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
- restate (words) from one language into another language
- give or supply
- pass down
- (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
- (transitive) To pass down.
- (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
- (intransitive, cooking) To have fat melt off meat from cooking.
- (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
- (transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.
- (nautical) To yield or give way.
- (transitive) To translate into another language.
- (transitive, art, by extension) To apply realistic coloring and shading.
- (transitive) To make over as a return.
- (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
- (ditransitive) To cause to become.
- (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
- (construction) To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.
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- (transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
- (intransitive) To oppose; to refuse to accept.
- (transitive) To withstand the actions of.
- withstand the force of something
- express opposition through action or words
- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
- refuse to comply
- elude, especially in a baffling way
- stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
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- A thin covering or coat.
- (countable) The action of the verb to wash
- The liquid used to wash an ore.
- (countable, often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed
- (stock market, finance) A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
- A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
- (uncountable, chiefly British, New Zealand, Australia) Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
- (pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.
- the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
- garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
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- (intransitive) To become covered with frost.
- (transitive) To sharpen (the points of a horse's shoe) to prevent it from slipping on ice.
- (transitive) To coat (something, e.g. a cake) with icing to resemble frost.
- (transitive) To bleach individual strands of hair while leaving adjacent strands untouched.
- (transitive) To cover with frost.
- (transitive, informal) To anger or annoy.
- damage by frost
- decorate with frosting
- cover with frost
- provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance
noun
- (figurative) Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.
- The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form.
- (television) A kind of light diffuser.
- A shade of white, like that of frost.
- A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.
- ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
- the formation of frost or ice on a surface
- weather cold enough to cause freezing
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- a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar
- concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement
- a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
- any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
- something that hardens to act as adhesive material
- (uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.
- (uncountable) Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.
- (anatomy) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.
- (figurative) A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.
- (countable, uncountable) A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.
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- an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
- contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
- a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
- a contest consisting of a series of successive matches between the same sides
- an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil
- any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber
- (uncountable, countable) Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.
- An abrasive for rubbing with: a whetstone, file, or emery cloth, etc.
- The entire series, of an odd number of games or matches in which ties are impossible (especially a series of three games in bridge or whist).
- A coarse towel for rubbing the body.
- (countable, baseball) The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch.
- (uncountable, countable) Natural rubber or any of various synthetic materials with similar properties as natural rubber.
- The game of rubber bridge.
- (historical) The cushion of an electric machine.
- (countable, Canada, US, slang) A condom, especially an external condom.
- (countable) Someone or something which rubs.
- (countable, Australia, India, Brunei, New Zealand, UK) An eraser.
- An individual match within the series (especially in racquet sports).
- One who rubs down horses.
- (sports, Canada, US) A rubber match; a game or match played to break a tie.
- One who practises massage.
- (uncountable, slang) Tires, particularly racing tires.
- (Canada, US, in the plural) Water-resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes.
verb
- coat, cover or smear a surface with
- give or convey physically
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- be applicable to; as to an analysis
- apply oneself to
- ensure observance of laws and rules
- ask (for something)
- avail oneself to
- refer (a word or name) to a person or thing
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- (transitive, usually reflexive) To address oneself; to refer.
- (intransitive) To pertain or be relevant.
- (transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relevant.
- (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
- (reflexive) To work diligently and attentively.
- (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
- (transitive) To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently or with attention.
- (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" or "at" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).
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- coat, cover or smear a surface with
- add to the odometer
- prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
- put clothing on one's body
- add to something existing
- put on the stove or ready for cooking
- increase (one's body weight)
- fool or hoax
- carry out (performances)
- (transitive) To provide.
- (transitive) To set (movie, show, song, etc.) to play on a screen.
- (transitive) To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense.
- (transitive) To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop.
- (intransitive, transitive) To fool, kid, deceive.
- (ditransitive) To bet (money or other items) on (something).
- (transitive) To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
- (ditransitive) To play (a recording) on (a sound system).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, on.
- (ditransitive) To decorate or dress (something) onto another person or a surface.
- (transitive) To perform for an audience.
- (transitive) To give (someone) a role in popular media.
- (ditransitive) To assign or apply (something) to a target.
- (transitive) To play (a recording).
- (transitive) To organize a performance for an audience.
- (transitive) To gain (weight).
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- (transitive) To coat with wax or a similar material.
- (intransitive, of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
- (intransitive, literary) To greaten.
- (transitive, informal) To defeat utterly.
- (slang) To spout so much nonsense that the other person starts doubting which of you two is insane.
- (transitive, slang) To kill, especially to murder a person.
- (intransitive, copulative, literary) To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
- (intransitive) To form a wax (a thick maple syrup).
- (transitive) To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.
- (transitive) To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
- (intransitive, of the tide) To move from low tide to high tide.
- increase in phase
- go up or advance
- cover with wax
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- Beeswax.
- (US, slang) Any of a class of drugs with weed oil and butane as main ingredients; hash oil.
- (US, dialect) A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.
- Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
- Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
- (rare) The process of growing.
- Earwax.
- (uncountable, music, informal) The phonograph record format for music.
- any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
verb
- (intransitive) To fasten all the buttons on a coat, or similar item of clothing, to keep warm.
- (US, military, slang, transitive, ergative) To seal off (a military vehicle or facility).
- (ambitransitive) To conclude; to finalize; to put the finishing touches (on).
- Alternative form of button up one's lip.
- (transitive) To fasten with a button or buttons.
- refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
verb
- coat with a glaze
- coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
- furnish with glass
- become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
- (transitive) To install windows.
- (transitive) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
- (intransitive) Of eyes: to take on an uninterested appearance; to glaze over.
- (intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, derogatory, sometimes vulgar) To compliment or praise excessively in a cringeworthy way.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate onto someone's body.
noun
- a glossy finish on a fabric
- any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods
- a coating for ceramics, metal, etc.
- (slang, derogatory) Excessive complimenting or praise, especially in a cringeworthy way.
- (ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.
- (meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
- A glazing oven; glost oven.
- A smooth edible coating applied to food.
- (Polari) A window.
- (cooking) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
- Any smooth, transparent layer or coating.
- A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
noun
- A coating designed to prevent excessive absorption of finish coats into porous surfaces; a coating designed to prevent bleeding.
- A person who is employed to seal things.
- An officer responsible for sealing writs or instruments, stamping weights and measures, etc.
- A person who hunts seals.
- A tool used to seal something.
- (sports, colloquial) A goal, shot, point, etc., scored close to fulltime so that it becomes impossible for the losing side to score enough to win.
- A vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.
- a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface)
- an official who affixes a seal to a document
verb
- coat with a layer of copper
- (US, card games) In the game of faro: to place a copper coin, or now usually a small disc or token, on (a playing card) to indicate that a player bets against that card.
- (figurative) To bet against (something).
- To coat or sheathe (something) with copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- To give (something) a colour by applying a copper salt.
- (chiefly UK) To inform on (someone) to the police; to nark.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK) To inform on someone to the police.
noun
- a copper penny
- a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
- a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
- (uncountable) The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- (uncountable, chemistry) A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
- A person working as an informer for the police; a nark
- (spinning) A component of the cop (“conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle”) in a spinning machine.
- (countable, entomology) In full copper butterfly: any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
- A prisoner who informs on fellow prisoners.
- (chiefly Australia, UK) A police officer, especially one in uniform.
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- (intransitive) To form a glazed coating: to ice over or otherwise to become covered in a glossy sheen.
- (transitive, proscribed, viewed as catachrestic) To gloss over.
- (intransitive, of eyes) To become unfocused, as if through boredom.
- become glassy; lose clear vision
- become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
verb
- coat or back with metal foil
- hammer into thin flat foils
- decorate with leaves
- grow leaves
- number the pages of a book or manuscript
- To add numbers to (a folio or leaf, or all the folios or leaves, of a book); also, to add numbers to the folios or leaves of (a book); to folio, to page, to paginate.
- (botany) Of a plant: to produce leaves.
- (architecture) To decorate (an architectural feature, as an arch or window) with foils (“small arcs in the traceries of arches, windows, etc.”).
- To split into layers or leaves.
- To spread (glass) with a thin coat of mercury and tin, or other substances forming a foil, to create a mirror; to foil, to silver.
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- ornamented with foliage or foils
- (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
- (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves
- Of a leaf: having a (certain number of) leaflets.
- (geology) Synonym of foliated (“of a rock: having a structure of thin layers”).
- (geometry) Of a curve: having two infinite branches with a common asymptote, and a leaf-shaped loop.
- Shaped like or otherwise resembling a leaf; leaflike.
- Of or relating to leaves.
- Of a plant: having leaves.
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- a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture
- a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it)
- fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
- any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions
- a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents
- the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal
- an indication of approved or superior status
- fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure
- Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
- A facsimile of an impression of such stamp that is a mark or symbol of an office or organisation.
- (figurative) Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.
- Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
- A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
- A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
- Anything that secures or authenticates.
- A chakra.
- An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
- A tight closure, secure against leakage.
verb
- affix a seal to
- cover with varnish
- hunt seals
- make tight; secure against leakage
- close with or as if with a seal
- decide irrevocably
- To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
- (dialectal) To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
- (Christianity) To form a sacred commitment.
- (Mormonism) To bind eternally as family members.
- (transitive) To place in a sealed container.
- (cooking, transitive) To fry (meat) at a high temperature to retain the juices.
- (transitive) To place a seal on (a document).
- (transitive) To guarantee.
- To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
- (intransitive) To hunt seals.
- To close by means of a seal.
- (transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.
- (transitive, chess) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
- (transitive) To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
- (transitive) To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
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- a loose outer coat usually of rich material
- a tunic worn over a knight's armor
- (historical) An overgarment worn over a woman's gown; a kind of short robe worn over the tunic at the close of the 11th century.
- (historical) A loose sleeveless garment worn over a suit of armor, sometimes colored or embroidered with the wearer's coat of arms.
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- (transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
- (intransitive) To oppose; to refuse to accept.
- (transitive) To withstand the actions of.
- withstand the force of something
- express opposition through action or words
- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
- refuse to comply
- elude, especially in a baffling way
- stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
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- A thin covering or coat.
- (countable) The action of the verb to wash
- The liquid used to wash an ore.
- (countable, often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed
- (stock market, finance) A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
- A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
- (uncountable, chiefly British, New Zealand, Australia) Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
- (pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.
- the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
- garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
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- A coating designed to prevent excessive absorption of finish coats into porous surfaces; a coating designed to prevent bleeding.
- A person who is employed to seal things.
- An officer responsible for sealing writs or instruments, stamping weights and measures, etc.
- A person who hunts seals.
- A tool used to seal something.
- (sports, colloquial) A goal, shot, point, etc., scored close to fulltime so that it becomes impossible for the losing side to score enough to win.
- A vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.
- a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface)
- an official who affixes a seal to a document
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- To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
- (UK, slang, transitive) To lend (a person) money.
- (British, informal, soccer) To replace (a player) with a substitute.
- (BDSM) To take a submissive role.
- (US, informal) To substitute for.
- (microscopy) To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.
- (slang, Internet, transitive) To subtitle (usually a film or television program).
- (slang, intransitive) To subscribe.
- (British, informal, soccer, less common, often as "sub on") To bring on (a player) as a substitute.
- (US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
- (British) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
- be a substitute
noun
- (colloquial) Clipping of subcontractor
- (Internet slang) Clipping of subliminal (“an audio or video recording intended to produce physical or psychological changes in the listener”)
- (informal) Clipping of substitute, often in sports or teaching.
- (BDSM, informal) Clipping of submissive
- (computing, programming) Clipping of subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does)
- (British, informal, often in plural) Clipping of subscription (“a payment made for membership of a club, etc.”).
- (publishing, colloquial) Clipping of submission (of a work for publication).
- Abbreviation of submarine.
- (colloquial) Clipping of subeditor
- (colloquial, Internet) Clipping of subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.
- (slang) Clipping of subwoofer
- Clipping of submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.
- (colloquial) Clipping of subsistence money, part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished.
- (Internet, informal) Clipping of subtitle
- (Internet slang) Clipping of subreddit.
- (nautical) Clipping of submersible.
- (Philippines, colloquial) Clipping of subject (“particular area of study”)
- a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
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- coat (a liquid) with a layer
- (intransitive) To become coated over.
- examine hastily
- read superficially
- move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
- travel on the surface of water
- cause to skip over a surface
- remove from the surface
- To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
- (transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
- (transitive) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
- (intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
- To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
- (intransitive) To ricochet.
- (transitive) To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
- (transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.
- To hasten along with superficial attention.
- (transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- (transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.
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- coat with a layer of metal
- To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
- (baseball) To score a run.
- (transitive) To beat into thin plates.
- (philately, particularly with early British stamps) To identify the printing plate used.
- (cooking, photography) To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
- (transitive) To arm or defend with metal plates.
- (philately) to categorise stamps based on their position on the original sheet, in order to reconstruct an entire sheet.
- (aviation, travel industry) To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
noun
- the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
- the thin under portion of the forequarter
- a shallow receptacle for collection in church
- any flat platelike body structure or part
- a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
- a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
- structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
- a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
- a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
- (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
- a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
- the quantity contained in a plate
- a main course served on a plate
- (geology) A tectonic plate.
- (hat-making) The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.
- (music) A record, usually vinyl.
- (dentistry) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
- A prize given to the winner in a contest.
- (printing, photography) An image or copy.
- Precious metal, especially silver.
- A material covered with such a layer.
- (printing, publishing) An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
- The contents of such a dish.
- (chemistry) Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
- (historical) Plate armor.
- (engineering, electricity) A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
- A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
- (Australia) A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.
- (aviation, travel industry, by extension) The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.
- (uncountable) Such dishes collectively.
- (construction) A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
- (baseball) Home plate.
- (military) trauma plate.
- (heraldry) A roundel of silver or argent.
- (especially Australia; metonymic, plural only) Vehicle license plates, registration plates.
- One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.
- (figuratively) An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
- A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.
- (printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A person's foot.
- (engineering, electricity) The anode of a vacuum tube.
- (herpetology) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
- (weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
- A flat object of uniform thickness.
- (slang, seduction community) Any of the potential romantic or sexual partners with whom a person keeps in touch as part of plate spinning.
- A course at a meal.
- (Lego building) A Lego piece that is thin, 1/3 the height of a brick, and has studs on top.
- (furriers' slang) Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
- A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating
- A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.
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- small flat mass of chopped or ground food
- food made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat, typically cooked in an oven
- a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
- A block of any various dense materials.
- A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.
- (slang) A pair of buttocks, especially one that is exceptionally plump or full.
- (pyrotechnics) A multishot fireworks assembly comprising several tubes, each with a fireworks effect, lit by a single fuse.
- (slang) Ellipsis of piece of cake: a trivially easy task or responsibility.
- A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
- Used to describe the doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too.
- (slang) Money.
- A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.
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- an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
- growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
- a thin layer covering something
- The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
- A coat card.
- (countable) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.
- (countable) A covering of material, such as paint.
- A coat of arms.
- (uncountable, nautical) Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).
- (countable, clothing) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
verb
- put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
- come to the surface
- appear or become visible; make a showing
- (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
- (transitive) To make (information, facts, content, etc) known.
- (transitive) To bring to the surface.
- (transitive) To provide with a surface; to apply a surface to.
- (intransitive, figurative) To come out of hiding.
- (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
- (intransitive, of information, facts, content, etc) To become known or apparent; to appear or be found; to come to light.
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- a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something
- a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
- the outermost level of the land or sea
- information that has become public
- the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
- the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
- (figurative) Outward or external appearance.
- The overside or upside of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
- The outside hull of a tangible object.
- (crosswording) The story or image suggested by a cryptic clue, when read as a whole sentence without considering wordplay.
- (computer graphics) A portion of the display to which graphics can be rendered.
- (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a space of more than two dimensions.
verb
- apply a heavy coat to
- coat with plaster
- affix conspicuously
- apply a plaster cast to
- dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
- cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on
- (transitive, figurative) To smooth over.
- (transitive) To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
- (transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
- (transitive) To apply a plaster to.
- (transitive, figurative) To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm (with weapons fire).
- (transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
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- a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
- a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
- a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
- adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
- any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs
- (uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
- (uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.
- (countable, British, New Zealand, Canada) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
- (by ellipsis, uncountable) Plaster of Paris.
- (countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
- A similar material used for exterior walls.
verb
- coat with plaster
- apply to a surface
- cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
- (intransitive, transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
- (transitive) To paint (a picture, etc.) in a coarse or unskilful manner.
- (transitive, bingo) To mark spots on a bingo card, using a dauber.
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- coat with plastic or cement
- cause to become
- give back
- make over as a return
- to surrender someone or something to another
- show in, or as in, a picture
- give an interpretation or rendition of
- bestow
- give something useful or necessary to
- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
- restate (words) from one language into another language
- give or supply
- pass down
- (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
- (transitive) To pass down.
- (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
- (intransitive, cooking) To have fat melt off meat from cooking.
- (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
- (transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.
- (nautical) To yield or give way.
- (transitive) To translate into another language.
- (transitive, art, by extension) To apply realistic coloring and shading.
- (transitive) To make over as a return.
- (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
- (ditransitive) To cause to become.
- (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
- (construction) To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.
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- (intransitive) To become covered with frost.
- (transitive) To sharpen (the points of a horse's shoe) to prevent it from slipping on ice.
- (transitive) To coat (something, e.g. a cake) with icing to resemble frost.
- (transitive) To bleach individual strands of hair while leaving adjacent strands untouched.
- (transitive) To cover with frost.
- (transitive, informal) To anger or annoy.
- damage by frost
- decorate with frosting
- cover with frost
- provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance
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- (figurative) Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.
- The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form.
- (television) A kind of light diffuser.
- A shade of white, like that of frost.
- A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.
- ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
- the formation of frost or ice on a surface
- weather cold enough to cause freezing
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- a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar
- concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement
- a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
- any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
- something that hardens to act as adhesive material
- (uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.
- (uncountable) Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.
- (anatomy) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.
- (figurative) A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.
- (countable, uncountable) A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.
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- an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
- contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
- a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
- a contest consisting of a series of successive matches between the same sides
- an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil
- any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber
- (uncountable, countable) Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.
- An abrasive for rubbing with: a whetstone, file, or emery cloth, etc.
- The entire series, of an odd number of games or matches in which ties are impossible (especially a series of three games in bridge or whist).
- A coarse towel for rubbing the body.
- (countable, baseball) The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch.
- (uncountable, countable) Natural rubber or any of various synthetic materials with similar properties as natural rubber.
- The game of rubber bridge.
- (historical) The cushion of an electric machine.
- (countable, Canada, US, slang) A condom, especially an external condom.
- (countable) Someone or something which rubs.
- (countable, Australia, India, Brunei, New Zealand, UK) An eraser.
- An individual match within the series (especially in racquet sports).
- One who rubs down horses.
- (sports, Canada, US) A rubber match; a game or match played to break a tie.
- One who practises massage.
- (uncountable, slang) Tires, particularly racing tires.
- (Canada, US, in the plural) Water-resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes.
verb
- coat, cover or smear a surface with
- give or convey physically
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- be applicable to; as to an analysis
- apply oneself to
- ensure observance of laws and rules
- ask (for something)
- avail oneself to
- refer (a word or name) to a person or thing
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- (transitive, usually reflexive) To address oneself; to refer.
- (intransitive) To pertain or be relevant.
- (transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relevant.
- (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
- (reflexive) To work diligently and attentively.
- (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
- (transitive) To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently or with attention.
- (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" or "at" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).
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- coat, cover or smear a surface with
- add to the odometer
- prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
- put clothing on one's body
- add to something existing
- put on the stove or ready for cooking
- increase (one's body weight)
- fool or hoax
- carry out (performances)
- (transitive) To provide.
- (transitive) To set (movie, show, song, etc.) to play on a screen.
- (transitive) To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense.
- (transitive) To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop.
- (intransitive, transitive) To fool, kid, deceive.
- (ditransitive) To bet (money or other items) on (something).
- (transitive) To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
- (ditransitive) To play (a recording) on (a sound system).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, on.
- (ditransitive) To decorate or dress (something) onto another person or a surface.
- (transitive) To perform for an audience.
- (transitive) To give (someone) a role in popular media.
- (ditransitive) To assign or apply (something) to a target.
- (transitive) To play (a recording).
- (transitive) To organize a performance for an audience.
- (transitive) To gain (weight).
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- (transitive) To coat with wax or a similar material.
- (intransitive, of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
- (intransitive, literary) To greaten.
- (transitive, informal) To defeat utterly.
- (slang) To spout so much nonsense that the other person starts doubting which of you two is insane.
- (transitive, slang) To kill, especially to murder a person.
- (intransitive, copulative, literary) To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
- (intransitive) To form a wax (a thick maple syrup).
- (transitive) To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.
- (transitive) To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
- (intransitive, of the tide) To move from low tide to high tide.
- increase in phase
- go up or advance
- cover with wax
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- Beeswax.
- (US, slang) Any of a class of drugs with weed oil and butane as main ingredients; hash oil.
- (US, dialect) A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.
- Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
- Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
- (rare) The process of growing.
- Earwax.
- (uncountable, music, informal) The phonograph record format for music.
- any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
verb
- (intransitive) To fasten all the buttons on a coat, or similar item of clothing, to keep warm.
- (US, military, slang, transitive, ergative) To seal off (a military vehicle or facility).
- (ambitransitive) To conclude; to finalize; to put the finishing touches (on).
- Alternative form of button up one's lip.
- (transitive) To fasten with a button or buttons.
- refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
verb
- coat with a glaze
- coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
- furnish with glass
- become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
- (transitive) To install windows.
- (transitive) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
- (intransitive) Of eyes: to take on an uninterested appearance; to glaze over.
- (intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, derogatory, sometimes vulgar) To compliment or praise excessively in a cringeworthy way.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate onto someone's body.
noun
- a glossy finish on a fabric
- any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods
- a coating for ceramics, metal, etc.
- (slang, derogatory) Excessive complimenting or praise, especially in a cringeworthy way.
- (ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.
- (meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
- A glazing oven; glost oven.
- A smooth edible coating applied to food.
- (Polari) A window.
- (cooking) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
- Any smooth, transparent layer or coating.
- A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
verb
- coat with a layer of copper
- (US, card games) In the game of faro: to place a copper coin, or now usually a small disc or token, on (a playing card) to indicate that a player bets against that card.
- (figurative) To bet against (something).
- To coat or sheathe (something) with copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- To give (something) a colour by applying a copper salt.
- (chiefly UK) To inform on (someone) to the police; to nark.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK) To inform on someone to the police.
noun
- a copper penny
- a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
- a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
- (uncountable) The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- (uncountable, chemistry) A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
- A person working as an informer for the police; a nark
- (spinning) A component of the cop (“conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle”) in a spinning machine.
- (countable, entomology) In full copper butterfly: any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
- A prisoner who informs on fellow prisoners.
- (chiefly Australia, UK) A police officer, especially one in uniform.
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To form a glazed coating: to ice over or otherwise to become covered in a glossy sheen.
- (transitive, proscribed, viewed as catachrestic) To gloss over.
- (intransitive, of eyes) To become unfocused, as if through boredom.
- become glassy; lose clear vision
- become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
verb
- coat or back with metal foil
- hammer into thin flat foils
- decorate with leaves
- grow leaves
- number the pages of a book or manuscript
- To add numbers to (a folio or leaf, or all the folios or leaves, of a book); also, to add numbers to the folios or leaves of (a book); to folio, to page, to paginate.
- (botany) Of a plant: to produce leaves.
- (architecture) To decorate (an architectural feature, as an arch or window) with foils (“small arcs in the traceries of arches, windows, etc.”).
- To split into layers or leaves.
- To spread (glass) with a thin coat of mercury and tin, or other substances forming a foil, to create a mirror; to foil, to silver.
adj
- ornamented with foliage or foils
- (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
- (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves
- Of a leaf: having a (certain number of) leaflets.
- (geology) Synonym of foliated (“of a rock: having a structure of thin layers”).
- (geometry) Of a curve: having two infinite branches with a common asymptote, and a leaf-shaped loop.
- Shaped like or otherwise resembling a leaf; leaflike.
- Of or relating to leaves.
- Of a plant: having leaves.
noun
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