shutter
close up
build up
closedness
shut up
ramraid
shuttering
shuttable
demolition
red-zone
closure
razing
shutness
wrecking
ramraiding
rattrap
drawn
bits
misclose
after-hours
evacuation
unfastened
open
overbuild
midconstruction
pull down
renovict
urban scattering
postconstruction
seclusion
shut
close
closing
draw
fire escape
shutting
hot burglary
hartal
occluded
reclude
balk
inwall
break
demo
mansionization
turn over
brownout
sport
invacuate
unass
regular closed
reclose
overclose
slight
nonclosure
take refuge
dilapidation
stop up
tine
noneviction
shut up shop
destat
demolish
unshutter
break clause
come down
warehouse
as one door closes, another opens
outgang
blocked
plugged
wreck
reaccommodate
stopgap
moveout
spring cleaning
closed
housebreak
plotland
linhay
shit-can
rendible
lock up
upclose
smash
vacation
actual eviction
breach
shutout
logoff
school holiday
shuttable
drawn
after-hours
unfastened
open
midconstruction
postconstruction
shut up
occluded
regular closed
blocked
plugged
closed
rendible
closedness
shuttering
demolition
closure
razing
shutness
wrecking
ramraiding
rattrap
bits
evacuation
urban scattering
seclusion
closing
fire escape
shutting
hot burglary
hartal
mansionization
brownout
nonclosure
dilapidation
noneviction
break clause
outgang
shut
moveout
spring cleaning
plotland
linhay
vacation
actual eviction
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ramraid
red-zone
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draw
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balk
inwall
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demo
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smash
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noun
- The act of shutting or closing something permanently or temporarily.
- The act of shutting; a closing.
- An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
- A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.
- An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope.
- That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.
- The smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property.
- A method of ending a parliamentary debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body.
- The process whereby the reader of a comic book infers the sequence of events by looking at the picture panels.
- The phenomenon by which a group maintains its resources by the exclusion of others from their group based on varied criteria. ᵂᵖ
- The smallest closed set which contains the given set.
- A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.
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
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
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
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
verb
- To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.
- To confine in an enclosed area.
- To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.
- To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
- To close, to stop being open.
- To close, to stop from being open.
noun
- The act or time of shutting; close.
- The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.
- A door or cover; a shutter.
- A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.
adj
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.
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 leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
- To refuse suddenly.
- To stop short and refuse to go on.
- To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
- To leave or make balks in.
- To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player.
- To stop, check, block.
- To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
- To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
- To disappoint; to frustrate.
noun
- Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
- The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
- The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.
- A sudden and obstinate stop.
- A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
- The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.
- The area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played.
- An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.
- A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.
- An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
verb
- To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
- To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.
- To become deeper at puberty.
- To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
- To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
- To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
- To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
- To counter-attack.
- To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
- To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
- To become audible suddenly.
- To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
- To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
- To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
- Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
- To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
- To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
- To ruin financially.
- To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
- To change a steady state abruptly.
- To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
- To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
- To end the run of (a play).
- To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
- To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
- To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
- To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
- To begin or end.
- To suddenly become.
- To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
- To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
- To demulsify.
- To end (a connection); to disconnect.
- To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
- To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
- To arrive.
- To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
- To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
- To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
- To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
- To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
- To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
- To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
- To end.
- To remove one of the two men on (a point).
- To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
- To violate; to fail to adhere to.
- To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
- To B-boy; to breakdance.
noun
- The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.
- A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
- An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
- A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
- A sharp bit or snaffle.
- The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.
- An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).
- A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.
- A temporary split with a romantic partner.
- The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
- A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
- A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
- A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.
- A rest or pause, usually from work.
- The counter-attack.
- A short holiday.
- An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
- A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
- A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
- The beginning (of the morning).
- A game won by the receiving player(s).
- An act of escaping.
- The first shot in a game of billiards.
- The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.
- A time for students to talk or play between lessons.
- The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
- The start of a horse race.
- A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
verb
- To demolish (especially a house or fixture).
- To record a demo version of a song, usually not intended for commercial release.
- To demonstrate.
noun
- An example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount.
- A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully.
- A demographic group.
- A demonstration or visual explanation.
- A democrat.
- A non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine. See demoscene.
- Demolition.
- A march or gathering to make a political protest.
- An edition of limited functionality to give the user an example of how the program works.
verb
- To cause extensive disturbance or disruption to (a room, storage place, etc.), e.g. while searching for an item, or ransacking a property.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, over.
- To generate (a certain amount of money from sales).
- To spin the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine using the starter or hand crank in an attempt to make it run.
- To mull, ponder
- To produce, complete, or cycle through.
- To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.
- To transfer.
- To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).
- To relinquish; give back.
noun
- Temporary closing of a fire station, usually due to budget restrictions.
- A power outage during the day; distinguished from a blackout, which occurs at night
- A period of low alternating current line voltage, causing a reduction in illumination
- Temporary dimming of vision, usually with a brown hue and accompanied by loss of peripheral vision or tunnel vision.
- A blackout, regardless of time of day.
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 render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
- To act negligently or carelessly.
- To treat with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully.
- To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
- To give lesser weight or importance to.
- To throw heedlessly.
noun
adj
noun
- The act of dilapidating, damaging a building or structure through neglect or intentionally.
- The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined.
- Ecclesiastical waste: impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or intentionally.
- Money paid at the end of an incumbency by the incumbent or his heirs for the purpose of putting the parsonage etc. in good repair for the succeeding incumbent.
verb
- To permanently close or block (a road or path); to legally extinguish a right of way.
- To increase the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a higher number to an f/stop represented by a lower number and causing more light to pass into the camera.
- To fill a hole or cavity, or block (an opening or passage), as with a plug.
verb
- To be demolished.
- To reach a decision.
- Shortening of of come down the (pike, line, etc.) To be about to happen.
- To return from an elevated state of consciousness or emotion.
- To rain.
- To decrease.
- To graduate from university, especially an Oxbridge university.
- To be passed through time.
- To descend, fall down, collapse.
verb
- To be involved in a wreck; to be damaged or destroyed.
- To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.
- To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
- To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts.
- To ruin or dilapidate.
noun
- A large number of birds that have been brought to the ground, injured or dead, by extremely adverse weather.
- Something or someone that has been ruined.
- The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.
- A shipwreck: an event in which a ship is heavily damaged or destroyed.
- Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck.
- An event in which something is damaged through collision.
verb
- To stop up or fill (a physical gap or hole, or a hiatus).
- To use something as a short-term fix or temporary measure until a better alternative can be obtained.
- To work at a position temporarily until a permanent appointment or hire is made.
noun
- That which stops up or fills a gap or hole.
- Something spoken to fill up an uncomfortable pause in speech; a filled pause or filler.
- A short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained; that which serves as an expedient in an emergency; a band-aid solution.
- A person appointed or hired to fill a position temporarily until a permanent appointment or hire can be made; a temp.
adj
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
verb
- To be destroyed by being smashed.
- To ruin completely and suddenly.
- To break (something brittle) violently.
- To deform through continuous pressure.
- To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- To hit extremely hard.
noun
- Airspeed; dynamic pressure.
- A traffic collision.
- Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
- The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
- A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink.
- A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
noun
- The act of vacating something; moving out.
- A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.
- Freedom from some business or activity.
- A holiday; a stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure.
- An extended period of time away from work or school.
- The act of making legally void.
verb
verb
- To make a breach in.
- To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
- To leap out of the water.
- To violate or break.
- To charge or convict (someone) of breaching the terms of a bail, probation, recognizance, etc.
noun
- The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
- A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment
- A difference in opinions, social class etc.
- A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves
- A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out.
- A breaking out upon; an assault.
- A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence
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