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verb
- exercise authoritative control or power over
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- handle and cause to function
- maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
- check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
- place under restrictions; limit access to by law
- verify by using a duplicate register for comparison
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
noun
- power to direct or determine
- a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another
- (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc
- a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
- the activity of managing or exerting control over something
- the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- discipline in personal and social activities
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
- a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
- the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
verb
- exercise authoritative control or power over
- be in command of
- make someone do something
- demand as one's due
- look down on
noun
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- a military unit or region under the control of a single officer
- the power or authority to command
- availability for use
- a position of highest authority
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
verb
- To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
- To have or exercise a determining influence.
- To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.
- To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
- To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
- To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
- To exercise political authority; to run a government.
noun
verb
- (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
- To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- To come up to bat.
- To have sex with.
- To attack.
- To affect negatively.
- To strike against something.
- To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
- To attack, especially amphibiously.
- In blackjack, to deal a card to.
- to work out
- To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
- To guess; to light upon or discover.
- To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
- To switch on.
- To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
- To reach or achieve.
- To use; to connect to.
- To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- To briefly visit.
- To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
- To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
- To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
noun
- The hit was very slight.
- A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
- An attack on a location, person or people.
- The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- A collision of a projectile with the target.
- In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
- A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
pron
adj
noun
- An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.
- A learning task assigned to a student; homework.
- A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
- A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
- A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service.
- Something learned or to be learned.
- Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.
verb
verb
- To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
- To become bent or curved.
- To defer (to something).
- To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
- To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
- To make something bend or curve.
- To debut.
- To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
noun
- Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
- The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
- The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
- A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
- A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
- Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
- A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
- Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
- The front of a boat or ship.
- A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
- Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
- The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
- A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
- A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
- A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
verb
- To possess and use, to exercise (power or influence); to hold (an office, rank, or position).
- To carry upon one's person, especially visibly; to be equipped with.
- To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
- To wear.
- To carry (offspring in the womb), to be pregnant (with).
- To have or display (a mark or other feature).
- To display (a particular heraldic device) on a shield or coat of arms; to be entitled to wear or use (a heraldic device) as a coat of arms.
- To present or exhibit (a particular outward appearance); to have (a certain look).
- To have (a name, title, or designation).
- To possess or enjoy (recognition, renown, a reputation, etc.); to have (a particular price, value, or worth).
- To have (interest or a specified rate of interest) stipulated in its terms.
- To have (an appendage, organ, etc.) as part of the body; (of a part of the body) to have (an appendage).
- To carry or hold in the mind; to experience, entertain, harbour (an idea, feeling, or emotion).
- To feel and show (respect, reverence, loyalty, etc.) to, towards, or unto a person or thing.
- To possess inherently (a quality, attribute, power, or capacity); to have and display as an essential characteristic.
- To have (a relation, correspondence, etc.) to something else.
- To give (written or oral testimony or evidence); (figurative) to provide or constitute (evidence or proof), give witness.
- To have (a certain meaning, intent, or effect).
- To behave or conduct (oneself).
- To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
- To support or sustain; to hold up.
- To endure or withstand (hardship, scrutiny, etc.); to tolerate; to be patient (with).
- To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
- To carry on, or maintain; to have.
- To push, thrust, press.
- To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant.
- To give birth to (someone or something) (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object).
- To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
- To warrant, justify the need for.
- To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
- To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.
- Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target.
- To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
noun
- The meat of this animal.
- A state policeman (short for Smokey Bear).
- A portable punching machine.
- An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
- A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
- A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.
- Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
- The fifteenth Lenormand card.
- A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
- A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
adj
verb
- exercise, or have the power of, memory
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- keep in mind for attention or consideration
- recapture the past; indulge in memories
- show appreciation to
- mention favorably, as in prayer
- mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship
- call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony
verb
- To undertake or perform (an action or activity).
- To be afflicted with, suffer from.
- To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
- To believe, buy, be taken in by.
- To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
- To obtain.
- To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.
- See have to.
- To defeat in a fight; take.
- To accept as a romantic partner.
- To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
- Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
- To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
- To cause to be.
- To be able to speak (a language).
- To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
- Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
- To trick, to deceive.
- To experience, go through, undergo.
- To allow; to tolerate.
- To depict as being.
- To inflict punishment or retribution on.
- To make an observation of (a bird species).
- To possess, own.
- To engage in sexual intercourse with.
- To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
- To consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).
- Used in forming the perfect aspect.
- To host someone; to take in as a guest.
- To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
- To give birth to.
noun
verb
- To exercise authoritative control over; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly.
- To decorate with bosses; to emboss.
adj
noun
- Wife.
- An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.
- A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.
- A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
- A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
- A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
- A person in charge of a business or company.
- A protrusion, frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
- A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
- A target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
- A term of address to a man.
- A head or reservoir of water.
- A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
- A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
- The head of a political party in a given region or district.
verb
- To act in a non destructive or damaging manner, whether physically or mentally to those you hold dear and/or respect. To exercise self-control.
- To participate in the procession at a graduation ceremony; to graduate.
- To maintain an intermediate position between contrasting choices, opinions, etc.
- To mark or secure a boundary by walking along it.
verb
- To practice an ability.
- To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending.
- To improve one's fitness.
- To create a trainer for; to apply cheats to (a game).
- To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone).
- To proceed in sequence.
- To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.
- To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.
noun
- A long, heavy sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, etc.
- A set of interconnected mechanical parts which operate each other in sequence.
- A transient trail of glowing ions behind a large meteor as it falls through the atmosphere or accompanying a comet as it nears the sun; tail.
- A group of people following an important figure such as a king or noble; a retinue, a group of retainers.
- A group or class of people.
- A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something.
- A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder.
- A series of specified vehicles (originally tramcars in a mine as usual, later especially railway carriages) coupled together.
- The tail of a bird.
- A mechanical (traditionally steam-powered, now typically diesel or electrical) vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and freight along a designated track or path; a line of connected cars or carriages considered overall as a mode of transport; (as uncountable noun) rail or road travel.
- The elongated body or form of something narrow and winding, such as the course of a river or the body of a snake.
- The men and vehicles following an army, which carry artillery and other equipment for battle or siege.
- An act wherein series of men line up and then penetrate a person, especially as a form of gang rape.
- A set of things, events, or circumstances that follow after or as a consequence; aftermath, wake.
- A series of electrical pulses.
- The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground.
- A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession.
- A software release schedule.
adj
- exercising or showing good judgment
- in excellent physical condition
- logically valid
- having legal efficacy or force
- vigorous or severe
- free from moral defect
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- complete; thorough
adj
noun
- the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
- the subjective sensation of hearing something
- mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
- the sudden occurrence of an audible event
- the audible part of a transmitted signal
- (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
- a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
- a large ocean inlet or deep bay
verb
noun
- utilization or exercise
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a state in which action is feasible
- an attempt to get something
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- the removal of constraints
- a weak and tremulous light
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- movement or space for movement
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
verb
- participate in games or sport
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- play on an instrument
- play a role or part
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- replay (as a melody)
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- bet or wager (money)
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- emit recorded sound
- perform on a certain location
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- behave in a certain way
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- use to one's advantage
- consider not very seriously
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- perform on a stage or theater
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- make bets
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- use or move
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
verb
- To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.
- To incite to action.
- Of a feeling or emotion: to rise, begin to be felt.
- To disturb the relative position of the particles of (a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.
- To begin to move, especially gently, from a still or unmoving position.
- To bring into debate; to agitate.
- To rise from sleep or unconsciousness.
- To disturb the content of (a container) by passing an object through it.
noun
verb
- adhere to or practice
- to travel behind, go after, come after
- be later in time
- come as a logical consequence; follow logically
- travel along a certain course
- act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
- come after in time, as a result
- behave in accordance or in agreement with
- be next
- choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- to bring something about at a later time than
- imitate in behavior; take as a model
- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
- follow with the eyes or the mind
- be the successor (of)
- perform an accompaniment to
- keep informed
- to be the product or result
- accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of
- work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
- keep under surveillance
- follow in or as if in pursuit
- grasp the meaning
- keep to
- to subscribe to someone's updates on social media
- to be subscribed to updates from another user on social media
verb
- to impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.
- to engage in sexual intercourse, particularly in an illicit context
noun
- Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically.
- A monstrously unusual and dangerous animal.
- Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates, especially large or dangerous four-footed ones.
- Anything regarded as larger or more powerful than one of its normal size or strength.
- A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
- A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
- A sex offender.
- Something unpleasant and difficult.
- A thing or matter, especially a difficult or unruly one.
adj
noun
verb
- To do gentle exercise, stretching etc., in order to prepare the body for more vigorous exercise.
- To reach, or cause to reach, a normal operating temperature (of a car for example).
- To become warmer.
- To heat or reheat (e.g. food).
- To make (an audience) enthusiastic or animated before a show
- To prepare for an activity by carrying out a practice or preparation routine.
adj
- Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy
- Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
- Slight; minimal.
- Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp
- Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected
verb
- To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
- To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
- To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
noun
verb
- To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
- He would often assert that there was life on other planets.
- To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to
- To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive.
- To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.
- To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code.
- To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
noun
verb
- To perform physical activity for health or training.
- To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
- To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious.
- To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
noun
verb
- To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.
- To cause to turn; to bend.
- To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.
- To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool).
noun
- The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill.
- A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.
- The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.
- A tendency.
- An inclination in a particular direction.
- A fad or fashion style.
verb
- To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- To embroider with thread.
- To cause to ferment.
- To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.
- To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- Followed by as. Said of one's job title
- To behave in a certain way when handled
- To exhaust, by working.
- Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business).
- To ferment.
- To set into action.
- Followed by for. Said of a company or individual who employs.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To cause to work.
- To effect by gradual degrees;
- To influence.
- To move in an agitated manner.
- To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To effect by gradual degrees.
- To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
noun
- The staging of events to appear as real.
- The result of a particular manner of production.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Ore before it is dressed.
- A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- One's employer.
- Something on which effort is expended.
- effort expended on a particular task.
- The place where one is employed.
- A fortification.
- A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process.
- A literary, artistic, or intellectual production.
- labour, occupation, job.
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