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verb
- To close all doors and windows (of a place) securely.
- To invest in something long term.
- To stop moving; to seize.
- To (mistakenly) cause or have one of one's wheels to lock up (stop spinning).
- To lose one's forward momentum; to freeze.
- To imprison or incarcerate (someone).
- To cause (a program) to cease responding or to freeze.
- To stop spinning due to excessive braking torque.
- To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in an uphill direction.
- To cease responding; to freeze.
verb
- To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
- To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively as needed, or to avoid damage from excessive light exposure. See autogating.
- To open a closed ion channel.
- To furnish with a gate.
- To punish, especially a child or teenager, by not allowing them to go out.
noun
- A doorlike structure outside a house.
- Doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
- The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.
- The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Also written geat and git.
- A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street e.g. "Briggate" (a common street name in the north of England meaning "Bridge Street") or Kirkgate meaning "Church Street".
- Passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.
- The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate.
- A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.
- A tally mark consisting of four vertical bars crossed by a diagonal, representing a count of five.
- The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.
- Movable barrier.
- A location which serves as a conduit for transport, migration, or trade.
- A mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the aperture.
- In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
- A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots.
- A way, path.
verb
- To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way.
- To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.
- To make a hem.
- To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
intj
noun
- In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.
- A rim or margin of something.
- An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
- The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
verb
- To close or block an opening.
- To cause (something) to come to an end.
- To pronounce (a phoneme) as a stop.
- To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).
- To cease moving.
- To end someone else's activity.
- To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
- To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
- To make fast; to stopper.
- To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
- To delay the purchase or sale of (a stock) while agreeing the price for later.
- To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
- Not to continue.
noun
- An f-stop.
- A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
- A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.
- A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.
- A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
- A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
- One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.
- An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
- A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.
- A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
- A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
- A save; preventing the opposition from scoring a goal
- That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
- The squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.
- The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
- A device intended to block the path of a moving object
- The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
- A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.
- A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
- A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
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verb
- To close (a door).
- To display; to have as a notable feature.
- To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
- To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.
- To amuse oneself, to play.
- To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
- To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
- To represent by any kind of play.
noun
- Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
- A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
- Term of endearment used by an adult for a child, usually a boy.
- A sportsman; a gambler.
- One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
- A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
- A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
- Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.
- Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.
- A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.
verb
- To move so that an opening is closed.
- To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.
- To make a sale.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
- To come to an end.
- To put an end to; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to consummate.
- To obstruct (an opening).
- To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- To turn off; to switch off.
noun
- The common staircase in a tenement.
- A cathedral close.
- The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- An end or conclusion.
- A grapple in wrestling.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- A double bar marking the end.
- A street that ends in a dead end.
adj
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
- Marked, evident.
- Intimate; well-loved.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer or goal); near
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- At a little distance; near.
- Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Narrow; confined.
- Short.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
noun
- A door consisting of two leaves that swing on a pivot above the center of the firebox opening to open and close.
- A door which pivots on a central axis, used in locations with a pressure differential between the two sides of the door, so that forces exhibited do not inhibit opening and closing of the door, due to contrary action of forces on the two halves of the door which open inwards and outwards at the same time.
- A car door similar to scissor door, but while scissor doors move straight up via hinge points at the bottom of the A-pillar, butterfly doors move up and out via hinges along the A-pillar.
noun
- An entrance; the door or gate of a house.
- The outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action.
- The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
- The start of the landing area of a runway.
- The point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general. As in emotions, stress, or pain.
- The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit.
- Any end or boundary.
- The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due.
adj
- affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed
- affording free passage or access
- used of mouth or eyes
- (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints
- ready or willing to receive favorably
- open and observable; not secret or hidden
noun
- a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- where the air is unconfined
- a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play
- information that has become public
adj
- with no protection or shield
- open to or in view of all
- not having been filled
- accessible to all
- not defended or capable of being defended
- (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
- having no protecting cover or enclosure
- not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought
- not sealed or having been unsealed
- without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition
- not requiring union membership
- possibly accepting or permitting
- affording free passage or view
- openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
- ready for business
verb
- cause to open or to become open
- start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
- become open
- begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- make available
- become available
- have an opening or passage or outlet
- make the opening move
- afford access to
- display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
noun
- A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
- The point when a musician starts to play or sing; entrance.
- The act of entering.
- The act of taking possession.
- Permission to enter.
- The start of an insurance contract.
- An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.
- A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.
- A term at any position in a matrix.
- A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms
- The introduction of new hounds into a pack.
- A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships
- A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.
- The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
noun
- a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
- the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
- anything providing a means of access (or escape)
- a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road)
- a room that is entered via a door
verb
- To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
- To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
- To escape.
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
- To swallow food without chewing it.
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
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noun
- A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
- The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
- A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
- A burst of speed or efficiency.
- A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- A sudden event, action or emotion.
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
verb
- To pull (a curtain, blinds etc.) open or closed.
- To take (air, smoke etc.) into the lungs; to inhale.
- To provoke or attract (a particular response or reaction).
- To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
- To take (water) from a well or other source.
- To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.
- To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
- To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
- To pull out, unsheathe (a sword, firearm etc.).
- To make (wire) by pulling it through an aperture; to stretch (metal) into a wire.
- To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
- To extract (a tooth).
- To take or be dealt a playing card from the deck. See also draw out.
- To pull (something) in a particular manner or direction.
- To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
- To take or be dealt (a card) from the deck; to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
- To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.
- To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially magnetism or gravity; (figurative) to act as an inducement or enticement.
- To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
- To produce (a shape, figure, picture etc.) with pencil, crayon, chalk, or other implement.
- To cause (someone) to come to a particular place, condition, or course of action; to attract (a person).
- To conduct (a lottery); to select (the numbers) for a lottery; to win (a prize) in a lottery.
- To depict (something) linguistically; to portray in words.
- To produce a visual representation of (a person or thing) by lines and marks with pencil, pen, paints etc.
- To drag (a person, thing, or part of the body), especially along the ground.
- To move (a part of one's body) in a particular direction.
- To stretch or elongate.
- To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
- To draw up, compose (a document).
- To have a draught; to allow air to be passed through in order to allow for combustion.
- To induce (the mind, eyes, attention etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
- To cause (something); to bring (something) about as a consequence.
- To become contracted; to shrink.
- To assume a specific position or attitude.
- To require (a depth of water) for floating.
- To pull back (the string of a bow) in preparation for shooting.
- To pull (one's face, features) out of shape, from emotion etc.
- Of a sail, to fill with wind.
- To select (an item) at random to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something; to select (a person) by this process.
- To disembowel (someone); to remove the viscera from (an animal), especially before cooking.
- To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
- To steep; to leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase.
- To run (a bath).
- To produce an image of something by artistic means; to make drawings.
- To pull (a belt or other item) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
- To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
- To pull (a plough, vehicle etc.); to cause (something) to move forwards by pulling it.
- To extract (juice, fluids etc.) from something by pressure, osmosis or similar.
- To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.
- To consume (power).
noun
- A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- The act of drawing.
- The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
- Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
- Cannabis.
- The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
- A bag of cannabis.
- Draft in the sense of the flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
- The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
- A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
- The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.
verb
- To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
- To compel (someone or something) to do something.
- To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
- To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
- To violate (a woman); to rape.
- To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
- To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
- To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
- To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
- To stuff; to lard; to farce.
noun
- A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.
- A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
- A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)
- The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
- A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
- Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
- Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
- Legal validity.
- Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
- Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
- Synonym of police force
- Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
- Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
- A waterfall or cascade.
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