honour
honor
jump ball
shielding
down
passing
possession
hazard
one-time
burgle
touchdown
hand off
nutmeg
field
assist
catch
intercept
takeaway
turn
reject
ground game
rub of the green
fair
loose
setter
first touch
call someone's number
serve
keep-away
slide tackle
goalball
deflect
mark
crumber
block
parry
onsides
shepherd
ball game
short pass
return
lead
punt
play in
knock
set the ball rolling
start the ball rolling
hike
lag
ruck
keepy uppy
out
on the ball
out ball
afters
volley
tee up
team sport
other end of the ball
move
stymie
racquets
round game
territory
take a knee
footedness
toss
shot put
set
flip
shoestring
pass
lacrosse
snooker
disposal
home
fat
bully-off
leg glance
bank shot
hit-out
loofball
interference
body check
football
football game
out of play
foot trip
goalminder
fair
loose
onsides
out
shoestring
fat
out of play
down
honour
honor
jump ball
shielding
passing
possession
hazard
touchdown
assist
catch
takeaway
nutmeg
ground game
rub of the green
setter
first touch
keep-away
slide tackle
turn
goalball
crumber
ball game
short pass
return
lead
lag
keepy uppy
out ball
afters
volley
team sport
move
stymie
racquets
round game
territory
footedness
toss
shot put
set
flip
pass
lacrosse
snooker
disposal
home
bully-off
bank shot
hit-out
loofball
interference
body check
football
football game
goalminder
one-time
burgle
hand off
nutmeg
field
intercept
turn
reject
call someone's number
serve
deflect
mark
block
parry
shepherd
punt
play in
knock
set the ball rolling
start the ball rolling
hike
ruck
tee up
take a knee
set
volley
shoestring
pass
leg glance
foot trip
noun
- The right to play one's ball before one's opponent.
- The privilege of going first.
- The center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon (compare honour point).
- A privilege.
- (Courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank.
- In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack.
- A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen.
- A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.
- The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity.
- Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).
- A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.
verb
noun
- the right to play one's ball before one's opponent.
- a privilege
- recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful)
- a token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen
- the center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon (compare honour point)
- the state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity
- (courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank
- a cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.
- a seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended
- the privilege of going first
- In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack.
verb
- to think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of
- to confer (bestow) an honour or privilege upon (someone)
- to make payment in respect of (a cheque, banker's draft, etc.)
- to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request, or the like)
adv
- Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- From less to greater detail.
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- As a down payment.
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- Get down.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
adj
- Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- Sick or ill.
- Negative about; hostile to.
- Comfortable with, accepting of.
- Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- Facing downwards.
- Fallen or felled.
- At a lower level than before.
- Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- Out.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
verb
- To disparage; to put down.
- To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- To lower; to put (something) down.
- To defeat; to overpower.
- To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
prep
- From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
- From the higher end to the lower of.
- At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From north to south of.
noun
- The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- Down payment.
- A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland
- A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
noun
- The act of passing a ball etc. to another player.
- A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings.
- The ability of a person to be regarded as a member of an identity group or category different from their own.
- The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another.
- Death, dying; the end of something.
- The act of approving a bill etc.
adj
noun
- Control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.
- The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.
- A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- Something that is owned.
- Control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
- Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own.
- A territory under the rule of another country.
- The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.
- A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.
noun
- The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
- An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally.
- A problem with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, potentially leading to incorrect results.
- A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes; popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
- Chance.
- An obstacle or other feature that presents a risk or danger that justifies the driver in taking action to avoid it.
- The side of the court into which the ball is served.
- The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.
- A sand or water obstacle on a golf course.
verb
noun
- A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal).
- The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.
- A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team's own in-goal to stop the play.
- A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.
- The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.
verb
noun
- The playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent.
- A grey-brown colour.
- The powdered seed, ready for use.
- An evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds.
- A whole nutmeg seed.
- A small moth, Hadula trifolii, feeding on plants and native to the Northern Hemisphere.
verb
- To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
- To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
- To answer; to address.
- To execute research (in the field).
- To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
- To deploy in the field.
- The away team fielded two new players and the second-choice goalkeeper.
- To defeat.
noun
- The background of the shield.
- An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.
- Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal
- The extent of a given perception.
- A region containing a particular mineral.
- A domain of study, knowledge or practice.
- The part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device.
- A section of a form which is supposed to be filled with data.
- A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.
- A commutative ring satisfying the field axioms.
- A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.
- A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
- A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
- A competitive situation, circumstances in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.
- The background of the flag.
- The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
- A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
- A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored.
- An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
- An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
- The outfield.
- An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.
- A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
- All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
noun
- The game of catching a ball.
- The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- A fragment of music or poetry.
- The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- The act of seizing or capturing.
- A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- The first contact of an oar with the water.
- A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- Something which is captured or caught.
verb
- To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or infection.
- To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- Of fire, to spread or be conveyed to.
- To be held back or impeded.
- To get pregnant.
- To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- To be hit by something.
- To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- To have something be held back or impeded.
- To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- To travel by means of.
- To become infected by (an illness).
- To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- To charm or entrance.
- To grip or entangle.
- To handle an exception.
- To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- To spread by infection or similar means.
- To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- To germinate and set down roots.
- To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
verb
- To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game
- Of a defensive player: to steal a pass thrown by the opposing team, gaining possession of the ball.
- To take or comprehend between.
- To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
- An aeronautical action in which a fighter approaches a suspicious aircraft to escort it away from a prohibited area, or approaches an enemy aircraft to shoot it down.
noun
verb
- Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- To magically or divinely attack undead.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- To reach a certain age.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- To complete.
- To become (begin to be).
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- To make (money); turn a profit.
- Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
- To change one's direction of travel.
- Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- To hinge; to depend.
noun
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- A single loop of a coil.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A short skit, act, or routine.
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- A pass behind or through an object.
- A walk to and fro.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- The time required to complete a project.
adj
- Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
- Favorable to a ship's course.
- Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
- Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond hair.
- Just, equitable.
- Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
- Not a no ball.
- Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.
- Between the baselines.
- Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.
- Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.
- Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.
adv
noun
- A fair woman; a sweetheart.
- A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).
- An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
- A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
- An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
- Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
verb
- To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness.
- To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
- To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
- To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance.
adj
- (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
- not officially recognized or controlled
- not literal
- emptying easily or excessively
- not tense or taut
- (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
- lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
- not carefully arranged in a package
- having escaped, especially from confinement
- casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
adj
- not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
- not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
- not affixed
verb
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- turn loose or free from restraint
- make loose or looser
- become loose or looser or less tight
adv
noun
- The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.
- One who sets something, such as a challenge or an examination.
- A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.
- A long-haired breed of gundog.
- One who hunts victims for sharpers.
- A typesetter.
- One who adapts words to music in composition.
- A shallow seggar for porcelain.
- A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.
verb
verb
- put the ball into play
- serve a purpose, role, or function
- do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function
- contribute or conduce to
- be used by; as of a utility
- help to some food; help with food or drink
- provide (usually but not necessarily food)
- devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas
- promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to
- spend time in prison or in a labor camp
- work for, or be a servant to
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- do military service
- mate with
noun
verb
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
- turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
- turn aside and away from an initial or intended course
- draw someone's attention away from something
verb
- To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
- To choose or intend (someone) for a particular end or purpose.
- To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).
- To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.
- To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
- To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
- To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
- To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols.
- To be a point in time or space at which something takes place; to accompany or be accompanied by (an event, action, etc.); to coincide with.
- To create (a mark) on a surface.
- To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.
- To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind.
- To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).
- To record that (someone) has a particular status.
- To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
- To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.
- To create an indication of (a location).
- To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.
- To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.
- To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.
- To be typical or characteristic of (something).
- To distinguish (one person or thing from another).
noun
- A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral).
- A score for a sporting achievement.
- A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
- A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
- A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.
- A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
- Importance, noteworthiness. (Generally in postmodifier “of mark”.)
- A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
- A sign or brand on a person.
- A target for shooting at with a projectile.
- Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.
- The model number of a device; a device model.
- A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.
- An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
- A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
- An official note that is added to a record kept about someone's behavior or performance.
- The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game.
- One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
- An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.
- Attention.
- Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
- A characteristic feature.
- A written character or sign.
- A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.
- The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
- Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.
- A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total.
- Limit or standard of action or fact.
- A former currency of Germany and West Germany.
verb
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- render unsuitable for passage
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- stop from happening or developing
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- run on a block system
- interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
- shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- obstruct
- block passage through
- support, secure, or raise with a block
- be unable to remember
- shape by using a block
- shape into a block or blocks
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
noun
- a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
- housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
- (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- a platform from which an auctioneer sells
- the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
noun
- Any game played with a ball.
- A decisive outcome in regard to some ongoing situation; game over.
- Affair, issue, matter, subject, story, topic.
- A specific contest or match between teams playing such a game, in particular a baseball game.
- A sport played in the Aztec and Mayan civilizations; Mesoamerican ballgame.
noun
- A pass of the ball that is primarily to the side rather than one that gains yardage.
- A pass of the ball between teammates too close together to allow an opponent to get between them. There is no particular distance the ball must travel to qualify as a short pass. For instance, if the passing player drops the ball and retreats before her teammate takes possession, it is not a short pass. A short pass is against the rules and results in a free pass to the opposition.
noun
- The act of catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.
- The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.
- An answer.
- A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.
- A return pipe, returning fluid to a boiler or other central plant (compare with flow pipe, which carries liquid away from a central plant).
- A return ticket.
- An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.
- An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc.; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.
- The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, such as a moulding; applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer.
- Gain or loss from an investment.
- A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts; a tax return.
- A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.
- A carriage return character.
- The act of returning.
- A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.
verb
- To elect according to the official report of the election officers.
- To recur; to come again.
- To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.
- To come or go back (to a place or person).
- To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
- To give something back to its original holder or owner.
- To report, or bring back and make known.
- To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
- To place or put back something where it had been.
- To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.
- To play a card as a result of another player's lead.
- To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.
- To say in reply; to respond.
- To take back something to a vendor for a complete or partial refund.
- To relinquish control to the calling procedure.
noun
- The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
- The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- bullets; ammunition.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor
- The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- A lode.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game.
- The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- The course of a rope from end to end.
- The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
adj
verb
- To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To direct; to counsel; to instruct
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
- To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
- To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- To step off base and move towards the next base.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
- To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- Lead climb.
- To produce (with to).
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- To place leads between the lines of.
- To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- To have the highest interim score in a game.
- To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
- To lead off or out, to go first; to begin.
- To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- To begin a game, round, or trick, with
verb
- To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. (This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.)
- To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.
- To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
- To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
- To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
- To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
- To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
- To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
- To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
- Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.
- To play at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
- To eject; to kick out of a place.
noun
- A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole.
- A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.
- Gambling, as a pastime, especially betting on horseraces or the dogs. E.g anyone up for a punt on Randwick?
- A highly speculative investment or other commitment.
- A wild guess.
- A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
- A bet or wager.
- The act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
- An indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
- A point in the game of faro.
- The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
verb
- To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
- To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
- To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
noun
- An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
- A sharp impact.
- A batsman's innings.
- A blow or setback.
- Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
- Synonym of hunger knock
- A criticism.
verb
- To snap the ball to start a play.
- To take a long walk for pleasure or exercise.
- To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.
- To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.
- To pull up or tug upwards sharply.
noun
- A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.
- A sharp upward tug to raise something.
- An abrupt increase.
- The snap of the ball to start a play.
intj
noun
- A method of deciding which player shall start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
- A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
- A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
- Delay; latency.
- One who lags; that which comes in last.
- A bird, the greylag.
- The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
- A prisoner, a criminal.
verb
- To respond slowly.
- To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.
- To cause to lag; to slacken.
- To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material (referring to a time lag effect in thermal transfer).
adj
verb
- To contest the possession of the ball in a ruck.
- To become folded.
- To carry a backpack while hiking or marching.
- To crease or fold.
noun
- A contest in games in which the ball is thrown or bounced in the air and two players from opposing teams attempt to give their team an advantage, typically by tapping the ball to a teammate.
- Any one of a ruckman, a ruck rover or a rover; a follower.
- The common mass of people or things; the ordinary ranks.
- A small heifer.
- An argument or fight.
- The situation formed when a player carrying the ball is brought to the ground and one or more members of each side are engaged above the ball, trying to win possession of it; a loose scrum.
- A player who competes in said contests; a ruckman or ruckwoman.
- A rucksack; a large backpack.
- A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.
- A crease, a wrinkle, a pucker, as on fabric.
adj
- Of the ball or other playing implement, falling or passing or being situated outside the bounds of the playing area.
- In bloom.
- Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
- Without; no longer in possession of; not having more
- Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds.
- No longer popular or in fashion.
- Of the tide, at or near its lowest level.
- Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount.
- Not at home, or not at one's office or place of employment.
- Discarded; no longer a possibility.
- Open, public; public about or openly acknowledging some (usually specified) identity.
- Freed from from secrecy.
- Not inside or within something.
- Not available; out of service.
- Not having availability of a service, such as power or communications.
- Openly acknowledging that one is LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
- Dismissed from play under the rules of the game.
- Not in jail, prison, or captivity; freed from confinement
- Not fitted or inserted into something.
- school is out tomorrow due to snow; when college is out for the summer, I'll head back to my home state
- Temporarily not in operation, or not being attended as usual.
- acceptable, permissible
- Not shining or burning.
prep
noun
- A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.
- A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
- A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicket with the ball.
- A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
- A card which can make a hand a winner.
- One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
verb
- To reveal (a person) as LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
- To kill; to snuff out.
- To eject; to expel.
- To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
- To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public, revealed, or apparent.
- To reveal (a secret).
adv
- Away from home or one's usual place.
- Away from; at a distance.
- Away from the inside, centre or other point of reference.
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
- Of a player, so as to be disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket).
- To the end; completely.
- Outside; not indoors.
- Used to intensify or emphasize.
intj
noun
- (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game
- the act of deciding to do something
- the act of changing your residence or place of business
- a change of position that does not entail a change of location
- the act of changing location from one place to another
verb
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
- move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
- change residence, affiliation, or place of employment
- follow a procedure or take a course
- be in a state of action
- go or proceed from one point to another
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- give an incentive for action
- arouse sympathy or compassion in
- dispose of by selling
- progress by being changed
- live one's life in a specified environment
- have a turn; make one's move in a game
- propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
noun
- The part of the playing field or board over which a player or team has control.
- An area of subject matter, knowledge, or experience.
- A geographic area under control of a single governing entity such as state or municipality; an area whose borders are determined by the scope of political power rather than solely by natural features such as rivers and ridges.
- A market segment or scope of professional practice over which an organization or type of practitioner has exclusive rights.
- One of three of Australia's federated entities, located in the country's north and southeast, with fewer powers than a state and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory.
- A large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district.
- An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.
- A location or logical space which someone owns or controls.
- A geographic area that a person or organization is responsible for in the course of work.
- One of three of Canada's federated entities, located in the country's Arctic, with fewer powers than a province and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
verb
- Of any player with the ball, to kneel and place the ball on the ground, thereby ending the play and indicating they do not intend to advance with the ball.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, knee.
- To come to rest, usually briefly, with one of one's knees on the ground.
- To cease performing customary activities or duties and kneel on one knee, sometimes as a form of protest.
verb
- To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To prepare (a stage or film set).
- To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- To defeat a contract.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- To put (something) down, to rest.
- To produce after pollination.
- To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- To sit (be in a seated position).
- To arrange (type).
- To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- To introduce or describe.
- To solidify.
- To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- To adjust.
- To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- To suit; to become.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- To determine or settle.
- To fit music to words.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- To start (a fire).
- To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
noun
- The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- Set theory.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- An object made up of several parts.
- General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- A drum kit, a drum set.
- A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
adj
noun
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
- hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
- a sudden, quick movement
- the act of flipping a coin
- a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
adj
verb
- lightly throw to see which side comes up
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- look through a book or other written material
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- cause to move with a flick
- throw or toss with a light motion
- move with a flick or light motion
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
- go mad, go crazy
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
noun
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
- (military) a written leave of absence
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
- a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
- a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- a difficult juncture
- one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
- an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- a permit to enter or leave a military installation
- a complimentary ticket
- a usually brief attempt
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
verb
- go across or through
- move past
- make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
- for time to move forward
- place into the hands or custody of
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- travel past
- come to pass
- go unchallenged; be approved
- use up a period of time in a specific way
- pass over, across, or through
- transmit information
- disappear gradually
- go successfully through a test or a selection process
- be superior or better than some standard
- accept or judge as acceptable
- allow to go without comment or censure
- transfer to another; of rights or property
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- throw (a ball) to another player
- be inherited by
- cause to pass
- grant authorization or clearance for
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- eliminate from the body
adj
noun
- The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player.
- The ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.
- Home plate.
- The landing page of a website; the site's homepage.
- One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.
- The place (residence, settlement, country, etc.), where a person was born and/or raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian.
- A house that has been made home-like, to suit the comfort of those who live there.
- The chord at which a melody starts and to which it can resolve.
- The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
- One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.
- A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum.
- The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.
- The grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.
adj
- Of, from, or pertaining to one’s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign
- Relating to the home team (the team at whose venue a game is played).
adv
- To one's place of residence or one's customary or official location
- To a full and intimate degree; to the heart of the matter; fully, directly.
- At or in one's place of residence or one's customary or official location; at home
- into the goal
- To the home page
- To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length
- To one's place of birth
- into the right, proper or stowed position
verb
adj
- Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
- Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
- Bountiful.
- Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
- Fertile; productive.
- Thick; large.
- Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
- Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
- Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
- Bulbous; rotund.
noun
- Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.
- A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
- That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
- A fat person.
- The best or richest productions; the best part.
- A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.
- An erection.
- A beef cattle fattened for sale.
- A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
noun
- The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.
- The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
- An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves.
- In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of multiple patent applications; a priority contest.
- The interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing a piece.
- The situation where a person who knows two languages inappropriately transfers lexical items or structures from one to the other.
- A distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects.
verb
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