English words for 'The process or result of loyalizing.'
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noun
- Persistent attachment or loyalty.
- The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
- (biochemistry) The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate.
- The frictional grip on a surface, of wheels, shoes etc.
- An agreement to adhere.
- (medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
- a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures
- the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
- abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
adj
noun
- loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person
- An obligation of loyalty or fidelity and the observance of such an obligation.
- complete confidence in a person or plan etc
- a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
- an institution to express belief in a divine power
- (metonymic) A religious or spiritual belief system.
- A conviction about abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience, or observation.
- A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.
verb
- be loyal to
- be compatible or in accordance with
- stick to firmly
- follow through or carry out a plan without deviation
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- be a devoted follower or supporter
- (intransitive, Scots law) To affirm a judgment.
- (intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.
- (intransitive, figurative) To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.
- (transitive) To fasten by adhesion.
- (intransitive, figurative) To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc.
verb
- be loyal to
- (idiomatic, transitive) To remain loyal or faithful to.
- not act or do anything
- be available or ready for a certain function or service
- (idiomatic, transitive) To support; to continue to support despite things being bad.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To wait in expectation of some event; to be ready.
- (intransitive) To do nothing. To be inactive in a situation.
verb
- be loyal to
- fasten with an adhesive material like glue
- pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
- stick to firmly
- be in a certain place and not leave
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- fasten with or as with pins or nails
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
- be a devoted follower or supporter
- put, fix, force, or implant
- endure
- be or become fixed
- (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
- (intransitive) To persist.
- (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
- (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
- (transitive, now only in dialects) To stab.
- (transitive, gymnastics, aviation, sports) To perform (a landing or a shot) perfectly.
- (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- To hit with a stick.
- (transitive, joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
- (intransitive, blackjack, chiefly UK) To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
- (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
- (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To furnish or set with sticks.
- (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
- (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
- (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
noun
- a small thin branch of a tree
- a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
- a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- threat of a penalty
- an implement consisting of a length of wood
- a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- informal terms for the leg
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- (slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
- (US) A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
- (military) The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.
- (slang) A bar (counter where drinks are served).
- (nautical) A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
- (golf) The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
- (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
- (boardsports) A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
- (horse racing) The short whip carried by a jockey.
- (figurative) A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward.)
- (uncountable) That which sticks (remains attached to another surface).
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
- (baseball) General hitting ability.
- (carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
- (sports, generically) A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- (field hockey or ice hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
- Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
- (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- (aviation, uncountable) Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
- A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
- (slang) A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
- (video games) A joystick.
- (US, slang, uncountable) The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
- (computing) A memory stick.
- (US, colloquial) A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
- (uncountable) The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness.
- A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
- (slang) A handgun.
- (computing) Any of the eight 16-character groups making up the 128 characters of the 7-bit ASCII character set.
- (countable) A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
- (slang) Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
- (baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
- (figuratively) A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
- (jazz, slang) The clarinet.
- (slang, uncountable) Corporal punishment, beatings
- (British, figurative) Criticism or ridicule, often in the expressions "get a lot of stick", "get some stick", "come in for some stick", etc.
- (aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)
- (US military slang, World War I) An aircraft’s propeller.
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
- (law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.
- (military) To join the enemy army.
- (military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
- desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
noun
- The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
- A fault or malfunction.
- (mathematics) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
- a failing or deficiency
- a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
- an imperfection in a bodily system
- an imperfection in an object or machine
adj
- steadfast in affection or allegiance
- Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.
- marked by fidelity to an original
- not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend
- (mathematics) Injective in specific contexts, e.g. of representations in representation or functors in category theory.
- Reliable; worthy of trust.
- Engaging in sexual relations only with one's spouse or long-term sexual partner.
- (ring theory) Of a module, whose annihilator is zero.
- Having faith.
- Consistent with reality.
noun
noun
- an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
- Feeling of loyalty; tendency towards, agreement with or approval of an opinion or aim; a favorable attitude.
- a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other
- sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
- (art) Artistic harmony, as of shape or colour in a painting.
- A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.
- (in the plural) The formal expression of pity or sorrow for someone else's misfortune.
- The ability to share the feelings of another.
- (in the plural) Support in the form of shared feelings or opinions.
- An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
- Inclination to think or feel alike; emotional or intellectual accord; common feeling.
- Mutual or parallel susceptibility or a condition brought about by it.
noun
- an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
- the cognitive condition of someone who understands
- the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
- A reconciliation of differences.
- (countable) Reason or intelligence; ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge; ability to infer.
- (uncountable) Sympathy.
- (uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
- An informal contract; a mutual agreement.
- (countable) Opinion, judgement, or outlook.
adj
verb
verb
- (idiomatic) To remain loyal.
- To grasp or grip firmly.
- (idiomatic) To retain an advantage.
- (idiomatic) Wait a short while.
- (idiomatic) To persist.
- (idiomatic) To keep; to store something for someone.
- retain possession of
- be persistent, refuse to stop
- hold the phone line open
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
- hold firmly
noun
- loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole
- the practice of communal living and common ownership
- Any social system based around a community.
- The communal ownership of property.
- (India) Stoking conflict or discrimination based on religious identity.
adj
name
noun
- a trustful relationship
- a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable
- freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
- a secret that is confided or entrusted to another
- a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
- Self-assurance.
- Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.
- A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
noun
- a trustful relationship
- complete confidence in a person or plan etc
- the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others
- a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
- something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
- certainty based on past experience
- A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities or services, and managed by a central body of trustees.
- (rare) Trustworthiness, reliability.
- That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
- Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
- That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
- (trust law) An arrangement whereby property or money is given to be held by a third party (a trustee), on the basis that it will be managed for the benefit of, or eventually transferred to, a stated beneficiary; for example, money to be given to a child when he or she reaches adulthood.
- (computing) Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.
- Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
- (law) The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.
- The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
- Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
verb
- (chiefly archaic) extend credit to
- be confident about something
- have confidence or faith in
- confer a trust upon
- expect and wish
- allow without fear
- (transitive) To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
- (intransitive) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
- (transitive) To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.
- (transitive) to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
- (transitive) To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)
- (transitive) To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.
- (transitive) To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.
- (intransitive, followed by to) To rely on (something), as though having trust (on it).
- (intransitive, with in) To have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid.
adj
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To cause to be involved in; to cause to form strong attachments to.
- To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
- To formally give (power or authority).
- To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
- (metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
- To surround, accompany, or attend.
- To lay siege to.
- (Spanish politics) To inaugurate the Prime Minister of Spain after a successful parliamentary vote.
- (intransitive) To make investments.
- To ceremonially install someone in some office.
- To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
- To envelop, wrap, cover.
- make an investment
- furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
- place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
- provide with power and authority
- give qualities or abilities to
noun
verb
- (intransitive, copulative, figurative) To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.
- (intransitive, of a person, animal or body part) To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.
- (transitive) To let or draw blood from.
- (finance, intransitive) To lose money.
- (transitive) To take large amounts of money from.
- To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.
- (transitive) To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
- (publishing, advertising, ambitransitive) To (cause to) extend to the edge of the page, without leaving any margin.
- To lose sap, gum, or juice.
- (transitive) To tap off high-pressure gas (usually air) from a system that produces high-pressure gas primarily for another purpose.
- (phonology, transitive, of a phonological rule) To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.
- (intransitive) To menstruate.
- (transitive) To steadily lose (something vital).
- (intransitive, of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
- draw blood
- be diffused
- lose blood from one's body
- drain of liquid or steam
- get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone
noun
- (television) A margin left at the edges of a shot to allow for the picture being cropped when it arrives at viewers' screens.
- (uncountable, roleplaying games) The phenomenon of in-character feelings affecting a player's feelings or actions outside of the game.
- (printing) A narrow edge around a page layout, to be printed but cut off afterwards (added to allow for slight misalignment, especially with pictures that should run to the edge of the finished sheet).
- An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.
- (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
- The removal of air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
- (aviation, usually in the plural) A system for tapping hot, high-pressure air from a gas turbine engine for purposes such as cabin pressurization and airframe anti-icing.
noun
- the act of preferring
- the act of making accusations
- Advancement to a higher position or office; promotion.
- A mixture of flour, water and yeast that is allowed to ferment prior to another baking process
- (now historical) Prior claim (on payment, or on purchasing something); the first rights to obtain a particular payment or product.
- A position (especially in the Church of England) that provides profit or prestige.
noun
- The self-surrender to an outside influence.
- withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
- An abandoned building or structure.
- The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
- Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.
- The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
- (law) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.
- The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
- A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
- (law) The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.
- the act of giving something up
- the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
verb
- To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; with to.
- (transitive) To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
- (intransitive) To adhere; to be attached.
- To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
- To include an attachment with a communication (especially an email or other electronic communication).
- To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
- take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
- cause to be attached
- create social or emotional ties
- be attached; be in contact with
- become attached
verb
- (intransitive) To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).
- (transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
- (British, informal) To pass a slower moving vehicle on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.
- promise to do or accomplish
- accept as a challenge
- accept as a charge
- enter upon an activity or enterprise
- enter into a contractual arrangement
noun
verb
- cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
- become hard or harder
- make hard or harder
- harden by reheating and cooling in oil
- make healthy
- (Slavic phonology) To unpalatalize or velarize.
- (transitive, computing) To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks.
- (intransitive, informal) To get an erection.
- (transitive, ergative) To make something hard or harder.
- (ambitransitive) To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive.
- (transitive, figurative) To strengthen.
- (intransitive) To become hard.
- (ambitransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more fortis; to (cause to) undergo fortition.
noun
noun
- loyalty to the interests of a particular region
- a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region
- a foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas
- (countable, linguistics) A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.
- Regional character, local color.
- (politics) The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to regional governments.
- Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it.
verb
noun
noun
- Persistent attachment or loyalty.
- The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
- (biochemistry) The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate.
- The frictional grip on a surface, of wheels, shoes etc.
- An agreement to adhere.
- (medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
- a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures
- the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
- abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
noun
- loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person
- An obligation of loyalty or fidelity and the observance of such an obligation.
- complete confidence in a person or plan etc
- a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
- an institution to express belief in a divine power
- (metonymic) A religious or spiritual belief system.
- A conviction about abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience, or observation.
- A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.
noun
- an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
- Feeling of loyalty; tendency towards, agreement with or approval of an opinion or aim; a favorable attitude.
- a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other
- sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
- (art) Artistic harmony, as of shape or colour in a painting.
- A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.
- (in the plural) The formal expression of pity or sorrow for someone else's misfortune.
- The ability to share the feelings of another.
- (in the plural) Support in the form of shared feelings or opinions.
- An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
- Inclination to think or feel alike; emotional or intellectual accord; common feeling.
- Mutual or parallel susceptibility or a condition brought about by it.
noun
- an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
- the cognitive condition of someone who understands
- the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
- A reconciliation of differences.
- (countable) Reason or intelligence; ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge; ability to infer.
- (uncountable) Sympathy.
- (uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
- An informal contract; a mutual agreement.
- (countable) Opinion, judgement, or outlook.
adj
verb
noun
- loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole
- the practice of communal living and common ownership
- Any social system based around a community.
- The communal ownership of property.
- (India) Stoking conflict or discrimination based on religious identity.
noun
- a trustful relationship
- a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable
- freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
- a secret that is confided or entrusted to another
- a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
- Self-assurance.
- Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.
- A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
noun
- a trustful relationship
- complete confidence in a person or plan etc
- the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others
- a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
- something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
- certainty based on past experience
- A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities or services, and managed by a central body of trustees.
- (rare) Trustworthiness, reliability.
- That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
- Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
- That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
- (trust law) An arrangement whereby property or money is given to be held by a third party (a trustee), on the basis that it will be managed for the benefit of, or eventually transferred to, a stated beneficiary; for example, money to be given to a child when he or she reaches adulthood.
- (computing) Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.
- Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
- (law) The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.
- The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
- Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
verb
- (chiefly archaic) extend credit to
- be confident about something
- have confidence or faith in
- confer a trust upon
- expect and wish
- allow without fear
- (transitive) To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
- (intransitive) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
- (transitive) To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.
- (transitive) to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
- (transitive) To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)
- (transitive) To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.
- (transitive) To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.
- (intransitive, followed by to) To rely on (something), as though having trust (on it).
- (intransitive, with in) To have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid.
adj
intj
noun
- the act of preferring
- the act of making accusations
- Advancement to a higher position or office; promotion.
- A mixture of flour, water and yeast that is allowed to ferment prior to another baking process
- (now historical) Prior claim (on payment, or on purchasing something); the first rights to obtain a particular payment or product.
- A position (especially in the Church of England) that provides profit or prestige.
noun
- The self-surrender to an outside influence.
- withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
- An abandoned building or structure.
- The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
- Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.
- The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
- (law) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.
- The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
- A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
- (law) The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.
- the act of giving something up
- the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
noun
- loyalty to the interests of a particular region
- a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region
- a foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas
- (countable, linguistics) A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.
- Regional character, local color.
- (politics) The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to regional governments.
- Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it.
verb
- be loyal to
- be compatible or in accordance with
- stick to firmly
- follow through or carry out a plan without deviation
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- be a devoted follower or supporter
- (intransitive, Scots law) To affirm a judgment.
- (intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.
- (intransitive, figurative) To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.
- (transitive) To fasten by adhesion.
- (intransitive, figurative) To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc.
verb
- be loyal to
- (idiomatic, transitive) To remain loyal or faithful to.
- not act or do anything
- be available or ready for a certain function or service
- (idiomatic, transitive) To support; to continue to support despite things being bad.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To wait in expectation of some event; to be ready.
- (intransitive) To do nothing. To be inactive in a situation.
verb
- be loyal to
- fasten with an adhesive material like glue
- pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
- stick to firmly
- be in a certain place and not leave
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- fasten with or as with pins or nails
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
- be a devoted follower or supporter
- put, fix, force, or implant
- endure
- be or become fixed
- (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
- (intransitive) To persist.
- (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
- (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
- (transitive, now only in dialects) To stab.
- (transitive, gymnastics, aviation, sports) To perform (a landing or a shot) perfectly.
- (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- To hit with a stick.
- (transitive, joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
- (intransitive, blackjack, chiefly UK) To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
- (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
- (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To furnish or set with sticks.
- (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
- (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
- (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
noun
- a small thin branch of a tree
- a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
- a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- threat of a penalty
- an implement consisting of a length of wood
- a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- informal terms for the leg
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- (slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
- (US) A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
- (military) The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.
- (slang) A bar (counter where drinks are served).
- (nautical) A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
- (golf) The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
- (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
- (boardsports) A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
- (horse racing) The short whip carried by a jockey.
- (figurative) A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward.)
- (uncountable) That which sticks (remains attached to another surface).
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
- (baseball) General hitting ability.
- (carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
- (sports, generically) A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- (field hockey or ice hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
- Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
- (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- (aviation, uncountable) Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
- A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
- (slang) A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
- (video games) A joystick.
- (US, slang, uncountable) The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
- (computing) A memory stick.
- (US, colloquial) A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
- (uncountable) The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness.
- A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
- (slang) A handgun.
- (computing) Any of the eight 16-character groups making up the 128 characters of the 7-bit ASCII character set.
- (countable) A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
- (slang) Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
- (baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
- (figuratively) A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
- (jazz, slang) The clarinet.
- (slang, uncountable) Corporal punishment, beatings
- (British, figurative) Criticism or ridicule, often in the expressions "get a lot of stick", "get some stick", "come in for some stick", etc.
- (aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)
- (US military slang, World War I) An aircraft’s propeller.
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
- (law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.
- (military) To join the enemy army.
- (military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
- desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
noun
- The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
- A fault or malfunction.
- (mathematics) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
- a failing or deficiency
- a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
- an imperfection in a bodily system
- an imperfection in an object or machine
verb
- (idiomatic) To remain loyal.
- To grasp or grip firmly.
- (idiomatic) To retain an advantage.
- (idiomatic) Wait a short while.
- (idiomatic) To persist.
- (idiomatic) To keep; to store something for someone.
- retain possession of
- be persistent, refuse to stop
- hold the phone line open
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
- hold firmly
verb
- (intransitive) To cause to be involved in; to cause to form strong attachments to.
- To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
- To formally give (power or authority).
- To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
- (metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
- To surround, accompany, or attend.
- To lay siege to.
- (Spanish politics) To inaugurate the Prime Minister of Spain after a successful parliamentary vote.
- (intransitive) To make investments.
- To ceremonially install someone in some office.
- To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
- To envelop, wrap, cover.
- make an investment
- furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
- place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
- provide with power and authority
- give qualities or abilities to
noun
verb
- (intransitive, copulative, figurative) To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.
- (intransitive, of a person, animal or body part) To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.
- (transitive) To let or draw blood from.
- (finance, intransitive) To lose money.
- (transitive) To take large amounts of money from.
- To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.
- (transitive) To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
- (publishing, advertising, ambitransitive) To (cause to) extend to the edge of the page, without leaving any margin.
- To lose sap, gum, or juice.
- (transitive) To tap off high-pressure gas (usually air) from a system that produces high-pressure gas primarily for another purpose.
- (phonology, transitive, of a phonological rule) To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.
- (intransitive) To menstruate.
- (transitive) To steadily lose (something vital).
- (intransitive, of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
- draw blood
- be diffused
- lose blood from one's body
- drain of liquid or steam
- get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone
noun
- (television) A margin left at the edges of a shot to allow for the picture being cropped when it arrives at viewers' screens.
- (uncountable, roleplaying games) The phenomenon of in-character feelings affecting a player's feelings or actions outside of the game.
- (printing) A narrow edge around a page layout, to be printed but cut off afterwards (added to allow for slight misalignment, especially with pictures that should run to the edge of the finished sheet).
- An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.
- (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
- The removal of air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
- (aviation, usually in the plural) A system for tapping hot, high-pressure air from a gas turbine engine for purposes such as cabin pressurization and airframe anti-icing.
verb
- To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; with to.
- (transitive) To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
- (intransitive) To adhere; to be attached.
- To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
- To include an attachment with a communication (especially an email or other electronic communication).
- To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
- take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
- cause to be attached
- create social or emotional ties
- be attached; be in contact with
- become attached
verb
- (intransitive) To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).
- (transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
- (British, informal) To pass a slower moving vehicle on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.
- promise to do or accomplish
- accept as a challenge
- accept as a charge
- enter upon an activity or enterprise
- enter into a contractual arrangement
noun
verb
- cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
- become hard or harder
- make hard or harder
- harden by reheating and cooling in oil
- make healthy
- (Slavic phonology) To unpalatalize or velarize.
- (transitive, computing) To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks.
- (intransitive, informal) To get an erection.
- (transitive, ergative) To make something hard or harder.
- (ambitransitive) To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive.
- (transitive, figurative) To strengthen.
- (intransitive) To become hard.
- (ambitransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more fortis; to (cause to) undergo fortition.
noun
verb
noun
adj
adj
- steadfast in affection or allegiance
- Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.
- marked by fidelity to an original
- not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend
- (mathematics) Injective in specific contexts, e.g. of representations in representation or functors in category theory.
- Reliable; worthy of trust.
- Engaging in sexual relations only with one's spouse or long-term sexual partner.
- (ring theory) Of a module, whose annihilator is zero.
- Having faith.
- Consistent with reality.