English words for 'The process of removing copper from a material or solution.'
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verb
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- (transitive) To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities.
- (intransitive) To feed on carrion or refuse.
- (transitive) To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle.
- (transitive) To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.
- feed on carrion or refuse
- clean refuse from
- remove unwanted substances from
- collect discarded material
verb
- (metalworking) To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
- (transitive, figuratively) To admonish someone vigorously.
- To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- (transitive, figuratively) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
- (transitive) To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
- cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
- subject to laughter or ridicule
adj
noun
- A meal consisting of roast foods.
- An instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted.
- A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
- (slang) A creative insult as a response to something someone said.
- A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
- The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
- (Canada, US) A social event at which food is roasted and eaten.
- negative criticism
- a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
noun
- A waste product from working with metal.
- Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from oxidation.
- (figurative) Worthless or trivial matter.
- (slang) Residual raw opium left in an opium pipe which can be recycled for further sale or use.
- The impurities in metal.
- the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
- worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
verb
noun
- The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
- The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching.
- The act of a quadruped kicking both hind legs upward at once.
- The liquid used in this process.
- (forestry) The process of cutting a felled and delimbed tree into logs.
- A washing.
verb
noun
- the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
- a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
- the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing
- the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
- A religious act or rite in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.
- The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
- (Christianity) The pouring of wine into the chalice to rinse it after communion, the wine being then drunk by the priest.
noun
- the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
- the result of improving something
- a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
- a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
- (software engineering) Synonym of grooming (“review and prioritization process”).
- The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material
- A fine or subtle distinction.
- High-class style; cultivation.
- A luxury.
noun
verb
noun
- (Australia, New Zealand, mining) Overburden: waste material generated while searching for minerals or while mining, such as when sinking a shaft.
- (Australia, New Zealand, mining) Tailings: waste rock from which the wanted gold, minerals, opal, etc., has been extracted.
- Nonsense, rubbish.
- (now UK dialect) Rubbish, waste matter.
- (UK, Yorkshire, dialect) A mess; the result of a blunder.
verb
- (transitive, metallurgy) To treat (copper) by blowing natural gas or other reducing agent through the molten oxide, burning off the oxygen.
- deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
- (transitive, baseball) To strike (the ball) very hard.
- (transitive) To convey on poles.
- To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
- (transitive) To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.
- To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
- (transitive) To furnish with poles for support.
- (transitive) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
- propel with a pole
- support on poles
noun
- Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
- (US, African-American Vernacular, slang) A rifle.
- (figuratively, by extension) Any of a small set of extremes; especially, either of two extremes that are possible or available.
- (complex analysis) For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z)→∞ as z→a.
- A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
- (cricket, slang) A wicket, especially in the context of the number of wickets taken by a particular bowler.
- Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.
- (motor racing) A pole position.
- (vulgar, slang) A penis.
- (electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
- (fishing) A type of basic fishing rod.
- A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
- (historical) A unit of length, equal to a rod (¹⁄₄ chain or 5+¹⁄₂ yards).
- (geometry) A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
- A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage.
- Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
- (slang, spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
- one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
- a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
- a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
- one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
- a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
- a square rod of land
- one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
noun
- (mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
- (countable, uncountable) A large number or crowd of people, animals, or objects.
- (countable, uncountable) The children in one family; offspring.
- (uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
- Parentage.
- The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
- (countable, uncountable) The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together in special brood chambers or combs within the colony.
- That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
- the young of an animal cared for at one time
adj
verb
- (transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
- (transitive) To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.
- (intransitive) (typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.
- (intransitive) To be bred.
- be in a huff and display one's displeasure
- hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
- be in a huff; be silent or sullen
- sit on (eggs)
- think moodily or anxiously about something
adj
verb
- (transitive, metallurgy) To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
- (intransitive) To lose weight.
- (transitive, Scots law) To annul by legal means.
- (transitive, military) To reform a line or column from (a square).
- (transitive) To be forced by circumstances (into something one considers unworthy).
- (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- (transitive, medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
- (transitive, law) To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
- (transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior state or condition.
- (transitive, computer science) To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
- (transitive, military) To strike off the payroll.
- (transitive, phonetics, phonology) To pronounce (a sound or word) with less effort.
- (transitive, mathematics) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
- (transitive, chemistry) To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
- (transitive, cooking) To decrease the liquid content of (a food) by boiling much of its water off.
- (transitive, logic) To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form.
- to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
- cook until very little liquid is left
- lessen and make more modest
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- reduce in size; reduce physically
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- be the essential element
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make smaller
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- make less complex
- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- narrow or limit
- undergo meiosis
- put down by force or intimidation
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- take off weight
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive, manufacturing) To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.
- (transitive) To increase the storage density of (a hard disk) by writing tracks that partially overlap.
- (transitive) To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.
- (transitive) To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.
- (transitive) To beat with a shingle.
- cover with shingles
noun
- A punitive strap such as a belt.
- (by extension) Any paddle used for corporal punishment.
- A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).
- Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.
- (computational linguistics) A word-based n-gram.
- A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.
- A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
- coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)
- building material used as siding or roofing
- a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.
noun
noun
- Removal of dirt.
- (in the plural, metal music) Clear vocals, contrasted with death growls and screams.
- (weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
adj
- Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
- Utter, complete, total; pure; free from restraint.
- (informal) Cool or neat.
- Empty.
- (aviation) Having the undercarriage and flaps in the up position.
- Pure, especially morally or religiously.
- Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
- (informal) Devoid of profanity.
- Free of infiltration by covert listening or recording devices (bugs), enemy spies, etc.
- Free of contamination, (unwanted) germs, infection, or disease.
- Well-proportioned; shapely.
- (sports, for example, professional wrestling, slang) Of a victory or performance: without any blemishes such as submission holds, disqualification, interference, etc.
- In an unmarked condition; blank.
- That does not damage the environment (as much as some alternative).
- (aerodynamics) Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
- Free from (or showing no signs of) corrupt, unlawful, and/or sinister conduct or connections (and (of criminal, driving, etc. records) therefore without restrictions or penalties).
- (informal) Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.
- Devoid of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
- (climbing, of a route) Ascended without falling.
- (of metal) Having relatively few impurities.
- Not using drugs or alcohol.
- Smooth, exact, and performed well.
- thorough and without qualification
- (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
- ritually clean or pure
- free of restrictions or qualifications
- free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
- free from impurities
- (of a surface) not written or printed on
- (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
- exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- free of drugs
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- morally pure
- free from sepsis or infection
- free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
- not carrying concealed weapons
- without difficulties or problems
- (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers
- not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
adv
verb
- (manga fandom slang) To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.
- (slang) To beat, to thrash; to defeat.
- (intransitive) To make things clean in general.
- (transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.
- (transitive, computing) To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
- (intransitive, curling) To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.
- (transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
- (video games) Synonym of clean up.
- (transitive) To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
- (transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
- clean and tidy up the house
- clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
- make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
- be cleanable
- remove shells or husks from
- remove while making clean
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- remove unwanted substances from
- deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.
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adj
verb
noun
- (metallurgy) A degradation process in brass where chemical dezincification of the brass alloy leaves behind fragile or powdery copper metal.
- (phytopathology) A disease of sugar cane caused by the fungus Glomerella tucumanensis.
- A degradation process in vegetable-tanned leather, caused by humidity, environmental pollution, and high temperature, and resulting in a powdery surface and structural weakness.
noun
- (analytical chemistry) The process of removing materials that are absorbed with a solvent.
- the process of extracting one material from another by washing with a solvent to remove adsorbed material from an adsorbent (as in washing of loaded ion-exchange resins to remove captured ions); used to obtain uranium ions
verb
- To remove debris from inside (something, such as a freshly bored hole or a pipe) using a tool.
- (transitive, Ireland, rare) To dye (wool or yarn) reddish-brown by boiling or soaking in water with alder twigs.
- To cover (something) with rime (noun etymology 1 sense 1 or etymology 1 sense 3.1) or (loosely) hoar frost.
- To enlarge (a hole), especially using a tool such as a reamer.
- (figurative) To cover (something) with a thin coating or film; to coat.
- (intransitive) Sometimes followed by up: of a thing: to become covered with rime or (loosely) hoar frost.
- compose rhymes
- be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable
noun
- Ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface.
- (linguistics) The second part of a syllable, from the vowel on (as opposed to the onset).
- White hair as an indication of old age.
- (British, regional) A cold fog or mist.
- Archaic in the form rimes: originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; hoar frost (sense 1).
- A film or slimy coating.
- A coating or sheet of ice so formed.
- ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
- correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
noun
verb
noun
- A waste product from working with metal.
- Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from oxidation.
- (figurative) Worthless or trivial matter.
- (slang) Residual raw opium left in an opium pipe which can be recycled for further sale or use.
- The impurities in metal.
- the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
- worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
verb
noun
- The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
- The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching.
- The act of a quadruped kicking both hind legs upward at once.
- The liquid used in this process.
- (forestry) The process of cutting a felled and delimbed tree into logs.
- A washing.
verb
noun
- the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
- a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
- the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing
- the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
- A religious act or rite in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.
- The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
- (Christianity) The pouring of wine into the chalice to rinse it after communion, the wine being then drunk by the priest.
noun
- the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
- the result of improving something
- a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
- a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
- (software engineering) Synonym of grooming (“review and prioritization process”).
- The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material
- A fine or subtle distinction.
- High-class style; cultivation.
- A luxury.
noun
noun
- (mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
- (countable, uncountable) A large number or crowd of people, animals, or objects.
- (countable, uncountable) The children in one family; offspring.
- (uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
- Parentage.
- The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
- (countable, uncountable) The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together in special brood chambers or combs within the colony.
- That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
- the young of an animal cared for at one time
adj
verb
- (transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
- (transitive) To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.
- (intransitive) (typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.
- (intransitive) To be bred.
- be in a huff and display one's displeasure
- hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
- be in a huff; be silent or sullen
- sit on (eggs)
- think moodily or anxiously about something
noun
noun
- Removal of dirt.
- (in the plural, metal music) Clear vocals, contrasted with death growls and screams.
- (weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
adj
- Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
- Utter, complete, total; pure; free from restraint.
- (informal) Cool or neat.
- Empty.
- (aviation) Having the undercarriage and flaps in the up position.
- Pure, especially morally or religiously.
- Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
- (informal) Devoid of profanity.
- Free of infiltration by covert listening or recording devices (bugs), enemy spies, etc.
- Free of contamination, (unwanted) germs, infection, or disease.
- Well-proportioned; shapely.
- (sports, for example, professional wrestling, slang) Of a victory or performance: without any blemishes such as submission holds, disqualification, interference, etc.
- In an unmarked condition; blank.
- That does not damage the environment (as much as some alternative).
- (aerodynamics) Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
- Free from (or showing no signs of) corrupt, unlawful, and/or sinister conduct or connections (and (of criminal, driving, etc. records) therefore without restrictions or penalties).
- (informal) Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.
- Devoid of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
- (climbing, of a route) Ascended without falling.
- (of metal) Having relatively few impurities.
- Not using drugs or alcohol.
- Smooth, exact, and performed well.
- thorough and without qualification
- (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
- ritually clean or pure
- free of restrictions or qualifications
- free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
- free from impurities
- (of a surface) not written or printed on
- (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
- exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- free of drugs
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- morally pure
- free from sepsis or infection
- free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
- not carrying concealed weapons
- without difficulties or problems
- (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers
- not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
adv
verb
- (manga fandom slang) To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.
- (slang) To beat, to thrash; to defeat.
- (intransitive) To make things clean in general.
- (transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.
- (transitive, computing) To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
- (intransitive, curling) To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.
- (transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
- (video games) Synonym of clean up.
- (transitive) To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
- (transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
- clean and tidy up the house
- clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
- make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
- be cleanable
- remove shells or husks from
- remove while making clean
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- remove unwanted substances from
- deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- (metallurgy) A degradation process in brass where chemical dezincification of the brass alloy leaves behind fragile or powdery copper metal.
- (phytopathology) A disease of sugar cane caused by the fungus Glomerella tucumanensis.
- A degradation process in vegetable-tanned leather, caused by humidity, environmental pollution, and high temperature, and resulting in a powdery surface and structural weakness.
noun
- (analytical chemistry) The process of removing materials that are absorbed with a solvent.
- the process of extracting one material from another by washing with a solvent to remove adsorbed material from an adsorbent (as in washing of loaded ion-exchange resins to remove captured ions); used to obtain uranium ions
verb
- (transitive) To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities.
- (intransitive) To feed on carrion or refuse.
- (transitive) To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle.
- (transitive) To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.
- feed on carrion or refuse
- clean refuse from
- remove unwanted substances from
- collect discarded material
verb
- (metalworking) To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
- (transitive, figuratively) To admonish someone vigorously.
- To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- (transitive, figuratively) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
- (transitive) To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
- cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
- subject to laughter or ridicule
adj
noun
- A meal consisting of roast foods.
- An instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted.
- A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
- (slang) A creative insult as a response to something someone said.
- A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
- The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
- (Canada, US) A social event at which food is roasted and eaten.
- negative criticism
- a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
verb
noun
- (Australia, New Zealand, mining) Overburden: waste material generated while searching for minerals or while mining, such as when sinking a shaft.
- (Australia, New Zealand, mining) Tailings: waste rock from which the wanted gold, minerals, opal, etc., has been extracted.
- Nonsense, rubbish.
- (now UK dialect) Rubbish, waste matter.
- (UK, Yorkshire, dialect) A mess; the result of a blunder.
verb
- (transitive, metallurgy) To treat (copper) by blowing natural gas or other reducing agent through the molten oxide, burning off the oxygen.
- deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
- (transitive, baseball) To strike (the ball) very hard.
- (transitive) To convey on poles.
- To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
- (transitive) To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.
- To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
- (transitive) To furnish with poles for support.
- (transitive) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
- propel with a pole
- support on poles
noun
- Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
- (US, African-American Vernacular, slang) A rifle.
- (figuratively, by extension) Any of a small set of extremes; especially, either of two extremes that are possible or available.
- (complex analysis) For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z)→∞ as z→a.
- A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
- (cricket, slang) A wicket, especially in the context of the number of wickets taken by a particular bowler.
- Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.
- (motor racing) A pole position.
- (vulgar, slang) A penis.
- (electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
- (fishing) A type of basic fishing rod.
- A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
- (historical) A unit of length, equal to a rod (¹⁄₄ chain or 5+¹⁄₂ yards).
- (geometry) A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
- A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage.
- Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
- (slang, spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
- one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
- a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
- a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
- one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
- a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
- a square rod of land
- one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
verb
- (transitive, metallurgy) To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
- (intransitive) To lose weight.
- (transitive, Scots law) To annul by legal means.
- (transitive, military) To reform a line or column from (a square).
- (transitive) To be forced by circumstances (into something one considers unworthy).
- (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- (transitive, medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
- (transitive, law) To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
- (transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior state or condition.
- (transitive, computer science) To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
- (transitive, military) To strike off the payroll.
- (transitive, phonetics, phonology) To pronounce (a sound or word) with less effort.
- (transitive, mathematics) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
- (transitive, chemistry) To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
- (transitive, cooking) To decrease the liquid content of (a food) by boiling much of its water off.
- (transitive, logic) To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form.
- to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
- cook until very little liquid is left
- lessen and make more modest
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- reduce in size; reduce physically
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- be the essential element
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make smaller
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- make less complex
- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- narrow or limit
- undergo meiosis
- put down by force or intimidation
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- take off weight
verb
- (transitive, manufacturing) To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.
- (transitive) To increase the storage density of (a hard disk) by writing tracks that partially overlap.
- (transitive) To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.
- (transitive) To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.
- (transitive) To beat with a shingle.
- cover with shingles
noun
- A punitive strap such as a belt.
- (by extension) Any paddle used for corporal punishment.
- A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).
- Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.
- (computational linguistics) A word-based n-gram.
- A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.
- A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
- coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)
- building material used as siding or roofing
- a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.
verb
- To remove debris from inside (something, such as a freshly bored hole or a pipe) using a tool.
- (transitive, Ireland, rare) To dye (wool or yarn) reddish-brown by boiling or soaking in water with alder twigs.
- To cover (something) with rime (noun etymology 1 sense 1 or etymology 1 sense 3.1) or (loosely) hoar frost.
- To enlarge (a hole), especially using a tool such as a reamer.
- (figurative) To cover (something) with a thin coating or film; to coat.
- (intransitive) Sometimes followed by up: of a thing: to become covered with rime or (loosely) hoar frost.
- compose rhymes
- be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable
noun
- Ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface.
- (linguistics) The second part of a syllable, from the vowel on (as opposed to the onset).
- White hair as an indication of old age.
- (British, regional) A cold fog or mist.
- Archaic in the form rimes: originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; hoar frost (sense 1).
- A film or slimy coating.
- A coating or sheet of ice so formed.
- ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
- correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
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