underpoint
stress
bend someone's ear
labour
underscore
thematise
concentrate
observe
talk over
give way
flag
talking point
remark
make noises
critique
forefront
discuss
addressive
focally
tract
pay attention
leh
mention
reference
hairsplitting
moot
run by
reinforce
stick to one's text
think over
in
take a hint
catastasis
yo-ho
subpoint
straighten
full stop
ho there
canvass
reason
say one's piece
talk
take note
pointedly
targeted
hem and haw
advert
directed
commenting
talk about
bounce around
fold
split hairs
mark
discourse
discussant
engage
focus
expatiation
prolegomenon
point up
focalise
stick to business
focalize
mindfulness
anacoenosis
zero in
kick around
germane
race card
soapbox
anyway
point
tune in
speculate
take heed
judge
self-select
focalisation
drive home
talk everything
read someone's lips
center
cast something in someone's teeth
focusing
set out one's stall
moderation
centre
pore
punt
focalization
rivet
addressive
targeted
directed
germane
focally
in
pointedly
anyway
stress
underpoint
talking point
tract
mention
reference
hairsplitting
catastasis
subpoint
commenting
discussant
expatiation
prolegomenon
mindfulness
anacoenosis
race card
soapbox
point
focalisation
focusing
moderation
focalization
underpoint
stress
bend someone's ear
labour
underscore
thematise
concentrate
observe
talk over
give way
flag
remark
make noises
critique
forefront
discuss
pay attention
moot
run by
reinforce
stick to one's text
think over
take a hint
straighten
canvass
reason
say one's piece
talk
take note
hem and haw
advert
talk about
bounce around
fold
split hairs
mark
discourse
engage
focus
point up
focalise
stick to business
focalize
zero in
kick around
tune in
speculate
take heed
point
judge
self-select
drive home
talk everything
read someone's lips
center
cast something in someone's teeth
set out one's stall
centre
pore
punt
rivet
verb
- To emphasize or call attention to a point within a discussion.
- To point the underside.
- To include too few points.
- To add a dot beneath a letter as a proofreading or diacritical mark.
- To indicate or focus on a position closer than the one that is intended.
noun
- Something that calls attention to or emphasizes a particular conclusion within a topic of discussion.
- The number of scored points below a specified criterion.
- A downward facing point on the underside.
- The lowest intensity point of a diminuendo that is followed by an increase in volume and intensity.
adj
verb
- To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
- To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
- To emphasise (words in speaking).
- To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
- To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
- To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
noun
- Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
- A suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound, word or word group by means of of loudness, duration or pitch; phonological prominence.
- distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
- Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
- Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
- A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
- The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
- Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
- The suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound by means of of loudness and/or duration; phonological prominence phonetically achieved by means of dynamics as distinct from pitch.
verb
- To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
- To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
- To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
- To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
- To toil, to work.
noun
- Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
- That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
- The act of a mother giving birth.
- Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
- A traditional unit of area in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to 177.1 acres or 71.67 ha.
- A group of moles.
- The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
- A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
- The time period during which a mother gives birth.
verb
- To focus one's thought or attention (on).
- To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
- To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense.
- To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
noun
verb
- To comment on something; to make an observation.
- To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence); to follow (a type of time or calendar reckoning).
- To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
- To follow or obey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion).
verb
- To allow another person to intervene to make a point or ask a question whilst one is delivering a speech.
- To begin rowing.
- To yield to persistent persuasion.
- To be followed, succeeded, or replaced by.
- To collapse or break under physical stresses.
- To give precedence to other road users.
- To allow the expression of (a pent-up emotion, grief, etc.).
verb
- To note, mark or point out for attention.
- To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
- To signal (an event).
- To furnish or deck out with flags.
- To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
- To defeat (an opponent) on time, especially in a blitz game.
- To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
- To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
- To penalize for an infraction.
- To fail, such as a class or an exam.
- To pave with flagstones.
- To weaken, become feeble.
- To set a program variable to true.
- To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
- To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
- To point the muzzle of a firearm at a person or object one does not intend to fire on.
- To lose on time, especially in a blitz game; when using a traditional analog chess clock, a flag would fall when time expired.
- To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
noun
- The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.
- A mechanical indicator that pops up to draw the pilot's attention to a problem or malfunction.
- The game of capture the flag.
- A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.
- Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
- A sequence of faces of a given polytope, one of each dimension up to that of the polytope (formally, though in practice not always explicitly, including the null face and the polytope itself), such that each face in the sequence is part of the next-higher dimension face.
- A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
- An exact representation of a flag (for example: a digital one used in websites).
- Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.
- A plot or words of a character in an animation, etc., that would usually lead to a specific outcome or event, not logically or causally, but as a pattern of the animation, etc.
- In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.
- A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
- A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value
- The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
- A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
- A dark piece of material that can be mounted on a stand to block or shape the light.
- A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space and ending with the vector space itself, such that each member of the sequence (until the last) is a proper subspace of the next.
- A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.
- A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
- A signal flag.
- A slice of turf; a sod.
noun
- A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
- Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used instead of the alleluia during Lenten or pre-Lenten seasons, in a Requiem Mass, and on a few other penitential occasions.
- A series of connected body organs, such as the digestive tract.
- Continued or protracted duration, length, extent
- A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
- An area or expanse.
- A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
noun
- a remark that calls attention to something or someone
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- an indicator that orients you generally
- a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
- a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
- the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
- the act of referring or consulting
- a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
- (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
- the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to
verb
verb
- To discuss or debate.
- To argue or plead in a supposed case.
- To say, utter, also insinuate.
- To take root and begin to grow.
- To make or declare irrelevant.
- To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with a snout.
- To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
noun
- A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
- A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
- A mutual follower on a social media platform.
- Vagina.
- A moot court.
- A ring for gauging wooden pins.
- The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.
- An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality).
- A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks.
- A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.
- Talk.
adj
adv
- Towards the speaker or other reference point.
- After the beginning of something.
- The show still didn't become interesting 20 minutes in.
- Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest.
- At or towards the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
- So as to be enclosed or surrounded by something.
noun
- One who, or that which, is in; especially, one who is in office.
- A position of power or influence, or a way to get it.
- A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
- The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting; see innings.
adj
- In fashion; popular.
- Falling or remaining within the bounds of the playing area.
- (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Burning; ablaze.
- Having familiarity or involvement with somebody.
- Inserted or fitted into something.
- With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin
- Incoming.
- Located indoors, especially at home or at one's office or place of work.
- Having been collected or received.
- Of the tide, at or near its highest level.
- Currently batting.
- He is very in with the Joneses.
- Having a favourable position, such as a position of influence or expected gain, in relation to another person.
- Furled or stowed.
- Located inside something.
prep
- Within the bounds or limits of.
- During (a period of time).
- Into.
- Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
- Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
- Characterized by.
- In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
- Surrounded by; among; amidst.
- Denoting a state of the subject.
- Less water gets in your boots this way.
- In the form of, in the denomination of.
- Indicating an order or arrangement.
- Contained by.
- Part of; a member of; out of; from among.
- Within (a certain elapsed time); by the end of.
- At the end of (a period of time).
- Wearing (an item of clothing).
- Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
- Pertaining to; with regard to.
phrase
verb
- To thoroughly examine or investigate (something) physically or by discussion; to debate, to gather opinion, to scrutinize.
- To seek the support of voters or a constituency in a forthcoming election or poll; to campaign.
- To seek the support of (voters or a constituency) in a forthcoming election or poll through personal solicitation or public addresses.
- To scrutinize (the ballot in an election or the votes cast) and reject irregular votes; also, to challenge or dispute (an election result).
- To seek or solicit donations, information, opinions, support, etc. from (people or a place)
- To debate, to discuss.
- To seek or solicit donations, information, opinions, support, etc.; to conduct a survey.
noun
- A seeking or solicitation, or determination, of support or favourable votes in a forthcoming election or poll.
- A scrutiny of the votes cast in an election to reject irregular votes; also, a tally, audit, and certification of votes.
- A seeking or solicitation of donations, information, opinions, support, etc.
verb
- To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
- To support with reasons, as a request.
- To persuade by reasoning or argument.
- To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
- To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational
- To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
- To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
noun
- That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
- An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
- A premise placed after its conclusion.
- A motive for an action or a determination.
- Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
verb
- To discuss; to talk about.
- To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
- To communicate, usually by means of speech.
- To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
- To gossip; to create scandal.
- Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned.
- To speak (a certain language).
- To confess, especially implicating others.
noun
- A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child.
- Empty boasting, promises or claims.
- A lecture.
- A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
- A major topic of social discussion.
- Meeting to discuss a particular matter.
- A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a black child explain the racism and violence they may face, especially when interacting with police, and strategies to manage it.
- Gossip; rumour.
verb
verb
- To give way on a point or in an argument.
- To stir gently, with a folding action.
- To fall over; to be crushed.
- To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
- To enclose within folded arms (see also enfold).
- To become folded; to form folds.
- To withdraw from betting.
- To withdraw or quit in general.
- To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands.
- To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
- To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
- To confine animals in a fold.
- Of a company, to cease to trade.
noun
- A group of sheep or goats.
- A section of source code that can be collapsed out of view in an editor to aid readability.
- Home, family.
- A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.
- An act of folding.
- That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops; embrace.
- The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.
- A bend or crease.
- Any correct move in origami.
- A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
- The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually the fold.
- In functional programming, any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.
- A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.
- The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.
verb
- To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.
- 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 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 follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
- 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
- To draw into conversation.
- To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
- To come into gear with.
- To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).
- To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
- To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).
- To guarantee or promise (to do something).
- To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
- To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).
- To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive).
- To enter into battle.
verb
- become focussed or come into focus
- direct one's attention on something
- cause to converge on or toward a central point
- bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
- put (an image) into focus
noun
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
- maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system
- maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea
- a central point or locus of an infection in an organism
- special emphasis attached to something
- a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
- a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section
adv
- Used at the end of a question for emphasis, or to direct the conversation to something of more broad importance (compare with more to the point).
- Regardless; anyhow.
- Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. See anyhow and at least.
- Used to indicate a change of subject.
noun
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
- A tine or snag of an antler.
- Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition.
- A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
- A peninsula or promontory.
- The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- Any projecting extremity of an object.
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
- An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
- The difference between two points of the compass.
- A railroad switch.
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- An electric power socket.
- A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
- A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
- A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- The sharp tip of an object.
- A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
- The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- A note; a tune.
- A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- The position of the pitcher and catcher.
- The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
- One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
- Lace worked by the needle.
- A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
verb
- To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- To repair mortar.
- To direct toward an object; to aim.
- To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
- To face in a particular direction.
- To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
- To mark with diacritics.
- To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
- To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
- To indicate a probability of something.
- To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- To sail close to the wind.
- To approximate to the surface; to head.
verb
verb
- To form an opinion on; to appraise.
- To govern as biblical judge or shophet (over some jurisdiction).
- To form an opinion; to infer.
- To judicially rule or determine.
- To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
- To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
- To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).
- To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
- To criticize or label another person or thing.
noun
- A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
- A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.
- A person officiating at a sports event, a contest, or similar.
- A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
- A shophet, a temporary leader appointed in times of crisis in ancient Israel.
verb
noun
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
- a building dedicated to a particular activity
- a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- the object upon which interest and attention focuses
- a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
- the middle of a military or naval formation
- (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
- (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
- a place where some particular activity is concentrated
- politically moderate persons; centrists
- (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
- the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
- mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
- the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
- (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play
- a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
adj
adj
verb
noun
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
- a place where some particular activity is concentrated
- the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- the object upon which interest and attention focuses
- a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
- a building dedicated to a particular activity
verb
- To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
- 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 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 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 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
noun
English words for 'To emphasize or call attention to a point within a discussion.'
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