English words for 'The process of making something Bantu.'
Closest matches for "The process of making something Bantu." are ranked by semantic fit across dictionary definitions.
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verb
- make turbid
- cause to become muddy
- dirty with mud
- To make (a colour) dirty, dull, or muted.
- To cover or splash (someone or something) with mud.
- To damage (a person or their reputation); to sully, to tarnish.
- To make (something) impure; to contaminate.
- (also figuratively) Sometimes followed by up: to become covered or splashed with mud; to become dirty or soiled.
- Of water or some other liquid: to become cloudy or turbid.
- (figuratively) To become contaminated or impure.
- To confuse (a person or their thinking); to muddle.
- To make (a matter, etc.) more complicated or unclear; to make a mess of (something).
- To make (water or some other liquid) cloudy or turbid by stirring up mud or other sediment.
adj
- (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; ‘dirty’ is often used in combination
- (of liquids) clouded as with sediment
- dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck
- (of soil) soft and watery
- Of sound (especially during performance, recording, or playback): indistinct, muffled.
- Of light: cloudy, opaque.
- (euphemistic) Soiled with feces.
- Of an image: blurry or dim.
- Of speech, thinking, or writing: ambiguous or vague; or confused, incoherent, or mixed-up; also, poorly expressed.
- Not clear.
- Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).
- Of or relating to mud; also, having the characteristics of mud, especially in colour or taste.
- Of a colour: not bright: dirty, dull.
- Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid.
- (chiefly literary, poetic) Of the air: not fresh; impure, polluted.
- Dirty, filthy.
- Originally, morally or religiously wrong; corrupt, sinful; now, morally or legally dubious; shady, sketchy.
noun
name
noun
- A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made.
- Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
- (UK) A young sheep that has not been shorn.
- (informal) A quahog (clam).
- (specifically) An adult swine (contrasted with a pig, a young swine).
- (vulgar) A penis.
- (slang) A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson.
- (nautical) The effect of the middle of the hull of a ship rising while the ends droop.
- (informal) A greedy person or thing; one who refuses to share; a gluttonous one.
- (nautical) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
- a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared
- a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
- domestic swine
verb
- (transitive, informal) To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
- (machining) To take a rough cut, quickly removing material; to hog out.
- (transitive) To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
- (Herefordshire) (of a hedge) to trim up closely
- (nautical) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
- (transitive) To process (bark, etc.) into hog fuel.
- (transitive, nautical) To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
- take greedily; take more than one's share
noun
- the act of making something ready
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
- any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
- A substance used as a primer.
- (firearms) The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.
- (media) A cognitive process in which media information increases temporarily the accessibility of knowledge units in the memory of an individual.
- (medicine, nursing) The process of flushing the tubing with IV fluid to remove air before connecting it to a patient.
- (psychology) The implicit memory effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences response to a subsequent stimulus.
- (microbiology) The effect that a nutrient has on the rate of organic matter decomposition
- (engineering) A harmful condition in which water is carried over from the boiler of a steam locomotive.
- (psycholinguistics) A form of positive priming that induces a tendency to repeat or more easily process a sentence that is similar in structure to one previously presented.
- (botany) A form of seed planting preparation in which the seeds are presoaked in a nanoparticle solution.
- (immunology) The first contact that an antigen-specific T helper cell precursors have with an antigen.
verb
noun
- A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.
- Any appetizer or snack served in the evening as part of tapas.
- Seasoned slices of dried or cured meat in Filipino cuisine.
- a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark
- the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus
noun
- A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc., as used in the production of mungo or shoddy.
- (cycling, slang) An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
- A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
- (folklore) A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior.
- A dust devil.
- (cooking) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
- (theology) An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.
- (nautical) Ellipsis of devil seam (“the seam between garboard strake and the keel, on wooden boats”).
- A Tasmanian devil.
- A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
- A printer's assistant.
- (euphemistic, with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.
- The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
- (dialectal, in compounds) A barren, unproductive and unused area.
- (India) A poltergeist that haunts printing works.
- A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
- a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- a word used in exclamations of confusion
- an evil supernatural being
- a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)
name
verb
- (intransitive) To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
- To ghostwrite; to author while working as a ‘devil’.
- To shred fabric into its fibres for recycling, as in the production of mungo or shoddy.
- To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
- To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
- To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
- To annoy or bother.
- To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- coat or stuff with a spicy paste
name
- The Bantu language of this people.
- A village in Kebbi state, north-west Nigeria.
- A surname.
- A small town in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia; from an Aboriginal name for the lyrebird.
- A minor city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States.
- An Adamawa language of Nigeria.
noun
verb
- To make cloth.
- To hang or rest limply.
- (transitive) To spread over, cover.
- To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
- (transitive) To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery.
- To rail at; to banter.
- place casually
- cover as if with clothing
- cover or dress loosely with cloth
- arrange in a particular way
noun
- (US) A member of a youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square.
- A curtain; a drapery.
- (textiles) The way in which fabric falls or hangs.
- A dress made from an entire piece of cloth, without having pieces cut away as in a fitted garment.
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- the manner in which fabric hangs or falls
- a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination
noun
- Something produced by mixing.
- Something that consists of diverse elements.
- The act of mixing.
- (India, Sri Lanka) A mix of different dry foods as a snack, especially chevda or Bombay mix.
- (music) A compound organ stop.
- A cloth of variegated colouring.
- A medicinal compound, typically a suspension of a solid in a solution
- an event that combines things in a mixture
- the act of mixing together
- any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
- (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
verb
noun
- shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
- skill in an occupation or trade
- the skilled practice of a practical occupation
- a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space
- people who perform a particular kind of skilled work
- (nautical) Boats, especially of smaller size than ships. Historically primarily applied to vessels engaged in loading or unloading of other vessels, as lighters, hoys, and barges.
- (countable) A trade or profession as embodied in its practitioners collectively; the members of a trade or handicraft as a body; an association of these; a trade's union, guild, or ‘company’ .
- (countable, fishing) Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. .
- (countable, plural crafts) A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation .
- (nautical, British Royal Navy) Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gunboats, generally commanded by lieutenants.
- Ability, skillfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity .
- (figurative) A woman.
- Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception .
- (uncountable) Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession .
- (countable, plural craft) A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space .
noun
- things needed for doing or making something
- the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
- information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form
- artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
- a person judged suitable for admission or employment
- (rare) The materiel of an army.
- The elements, constituents or substance of which something physical or non-physical composed of or can be made of.
- (usually plural) Apparatus for doing or making something.
- (chess) All of a player's pieces and pawns on the chessboard, excluding the king.
- Something (as data, observations, perceptions or ideas) that may be incorporated, elaborated or otherwise reworked into a finished form or new form, or may serve as the basis for arriving at interpretations, judgments or conclusions.
- Fabric, which can be made into a garments, curtains, etc; especially, woven fabric (cloth).
- A basic matter (as metal, wood, plastic, fiber, etc.) from which the whole or the greater part of something physical (as a machine, tool, building, fabric, etc.) is made.
- (graphical user interface) An element of a design language associated with a certain style of rendering on the display.
- (sometimes collective, preceded by a qualifying word) A person, or people collectively, who are qualified or suited for a certain position or activity.
adj
- derived from or composed of matter
- directly relevant to a matter especially a law case
- concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
- having material or physical form or substance
- having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
- concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being
- (especially law) Having real importance or great consequences; significant; substantial.
- Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.
- Relating to or concerned with what is purely physical rather than intellectual or spiritual, especially excessively so; materialistic.
- Of, relating to, or affecting physical well-being; corporeal; bodily.
- (logic) Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, as distinguished from the form of it, especially empirical.
noun
- something that produces
- someone who manufactures something
- someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work)
- (UK, Ireland, slang) An arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven (in the UK) or ten (in Ireland) days to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station.
- One who produces an artistic production, such as an album, a theater production, a film, a TV program, a video game, and so on.
- (biology) An organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple molecules and an external source of energy.
- (economics) An individual or organization that creates goods and services.
noun
- A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made.
- Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
- (UK) A young sheep that has not been shorn.
- (informal) A quahog (clam).
- (specifically) An adult swine (contrasted with a pig, a young swine).
- (vulgar) A penis.
- (slang) A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson.
- (nautical) The effect of the middle of the hull of a ship rising while the ends droop.
- (informal) A greedy person or thing; one who refuses to share; a gluttonous one.
- (nautical) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
- a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared
- a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
- domestic swine
verb
- (transitive, informal) To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
- (machining) To take a rough cut, quickly removing material; to hog out.
- (transitive) To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
- (Herefordshire) (of a hedge) to trim up closely
- (nautical) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
- (transitive) To process (bark, etc.) into hog fuel.
- (transitive, nautical) To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
- take greedily; take more than one's share
noun
- the act of making something ready
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
- any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
- A substance used as a primer.
- (firearms) The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.
- (media) A cognitive process in which media information increases temporarily the accessibility of knowledge units in the memory of an individual.
- (medicine, nursing) The process of flushing the tubing with IV fluid to remove air before connecting it to a patient.
- (psychology) The implicit memory effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences response to a subsequent stimulus.
- (microbiology) The effect that a nutrient has on the rate of organic matter decomposition
- (engineering) A harmful condition in which water is carried over from the boiler of a steam locomotive.
- (psycholinguistics) A form of positive priming that induces a tendency to repeat or more easily process a sentence that is similar in structure to one previously presented.
- (botany) A form of seed planting preparation in which the seeds are presoaked in a nanoparticle solution.
- (immunology) The first contact that an antigen-specific T helper cell precursors have with an antigen.
verb
noun
- A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.
- Any appetizer or snack served in the evening as part of tapas.
- Seasoned slices of dried or cured meat in Filipino cuisine.
- a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark
- the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus
noun
- A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc., as used in the production of mungo or shoddy.
- (cycling, slang) An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
- A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
- (folklore) A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior.
- A dust devil.
- (cooking) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
- (theology) An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.
- (nautical) Ellipsis of devil seam (“the seam between garboard strake and the keel, on wooden boats”).
- A Tasmanian devil.
- A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
- A printer's assistant.
- (euphemistic, with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.
- The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
- (dialectal, in compounds) A barren, unproductive and unused area.
- (India) A poltergeist that haunts printing works.
- A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
- a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- a word used in exclamations of confusion
- an evil supernatural being
- a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)
name
verb
- (intransitive) To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
- To ghostwrite; to author while working as a ‘devil’.
- To shred fabric into its fibres for recycling, as in the production of mungo or shoddy.
- To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
- To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
- To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
- To annoy or bother.
- To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- coat or stuff with a spicy paste
noun
- Something produced by mixing.
- Something that consists of diverse elements.
- The act of mixing.
- (India, Sri Lanka) A mix of different dry foods as a snack, especially chevda or Bombay mix.
- (music) A compound organ stop.
- A cloth of variegated colouring.
- A medicinal compound, typically a suspension of a solid in a solution
- an event that combines things in a mixture
- the act of mixing together
- any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
- (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
noun
- things needed for doing or making something
- the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
- information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form
- artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
- a person judged suitable for admission or employment
- (rare) The materiel of an army.
- The elements, constituents or substance of which something physical or non-physical composed of or can be made of.
- (usually plural) Apparatus for doing or making something.
- (chess) All of a player's pieces and pawns on the chessboard, excluding the king.
- Something (as data, observations, perceptions or ideas) that may be incorporated, elaborated or otherwise reworked into a finished form or new form, or may serve as the basis for arriving at interpretations, judgments or conclusions.
- Fabric, which can be made into a garments, curtains, etc; especially, woven fabric (cloth).
- A basic matter (as metal, wood, plastic, fiber, etc.) from which the whole or the greater part of something physical (as a machine, tool, building, fabric, etc.) is made.
- (graphical user interface) An element of a design language associated with a certain style of rendering on the display.
- (sometimes collective, preceded by a qualifying word) A person, or people collectively, who are qualified or suited for a certain position or activity.
adj
- derived from or composed of matter
- directly relevant to a matter especially a law case
- concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
- having material or physical form or substance
- having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
- concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being
- (especially law) Having real importance or great consequences; significant; substantial.
- Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.
- Relating to or concerned with what is purely physical rather than intellectual or spiritual, especially excessively so; materialistic.
- Of, relating to, or affecting physical well-being; corporeal; bodily.
- (logic) Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, as distinguished from the form of it, especially empirical.
noun
- something that produces
- someone who manufactures something
- someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work)
- (UK, Ireland, slang) An arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven (in the UK) or ten (in Ireland) days to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station.
- One who produces an artistic production, such as an album, a theater production, a film, a TV program, a video game, and so on.
- (biology) An organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple molecules and an external source of energy.
- (economics) An individual or organization that creates goods and services.
verb
- make turbid
- cause to become muddy
- dirty with mud
- To make (a colour) dirty, dull, or muted.
- To cover or splash (someone or something) with mud.
- To damage (a person or their reputation); to sully, to tarnish.
- To make (something) impure; to contaminate.
- (also figuratively) Sometimes followed by up: to become covered or splashed with mud; to become dirty or soiled.
- Of water or some other liquid: to become cloudy or turbid.
- (figuratively) To become contaminated or impure.
- To confuse (a person or their thinking); to muddle.
- To make (a matter, etc.) more complicated or unclear; to make a mess of (something).
- To make (water or some other liquid) cloudy or turbid by stirring up mud or other sediment.
adj
- (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; ‘dirty’ is often used in combination
- (of liquids) clouded as with sediment
- dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck
- (of soil) soft and watery
- Of sound (especially during performance, recording, or playback): indistinct, muffled.
- Of light: cloudy, opaque.
- (euphemistic) Soiled with feces.
- Of an image: blurry or dim.
- Of speech, thinking, or writing: ambiguous or vague; or confused, incoherent, or mixed-up; also, poorly expressed.
- Not clear.
- Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).
- Of or relating to mud; also, having the characteristics of mud, especially in colour or taste.
- Of a colour: not bright: dirty, dull.
- Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid.
- (chiefly literary, poetic) Of the air: not fresh; impure, polluted.
- Dirty, filthy.
- Originally, morally or religiously wrong; corrupt, sinful; now, morally or legally dubious; shady, sketchy.
noun
verb
- To make cloth.
- To hang or rest limply.
- (transitive) To spread over, cover.
- To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
- (transitive) To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery.
- To rail at; to banter.
- place casually
- cover as if with clothing
- cover or dress loosely with cloth
- arrange in a particular way
noun
- (US) A member of a youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square.
- A curtain; a drapery.
- (textiles) The way in which fabric falls or hangs.
- A dress made from an entire piece of cloth, without having pieces cut away as in a fitted garment.
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- the manner in which fabric hangs or falls
- a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination
verb
noun
- shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
- skill in an occupation or trade
- the skilled practice of a practical occupation
- a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space
- people who perform a particular kind of skilled work
- (nautical) Boats, especially of smaller size than ships. Historically primarily applied to vessels engaged in loading or unloading of other vessels, as lighters, hoys, and barges.
- (countable) A trade or profession as embodied in its practitioners collectively; the members of a trade or handicraft as a body; an association of these; a trade's union, guild, or ‘company’ .
- (countable, fishing) Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. .
- (countable, plural crafts) A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation .
- (nautical, British Royal Navy) Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gunboats, generally commanded by lieutenants.
- Ability, skillfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity .
- (figurative) A woman.
- Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception .
- (uncountable) Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession .
- (countable, plural craft) A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space .
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