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verb
- To find fault; to cavil.
- To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out.
- To argue or squabble with (someone).
noun
- A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).
- Often preceded by a form of to have: a basis or ground of dispute or objection; a complaint; also, a feeling or situation of ill will and unhappiness caused by this.
- A propensity to quarrel; quarrelsomeness.
- An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an arbalest (“a late, large type of crossbow”), traditionally with the head square in its cross section.
- A diamond- or square-shaped piece of glass forming part of a lattice window.
- A square tile; a quarry tile; (uncountable) such tiles collectively.
verb
adj
- Inclined to find fault or criticize.
- Relating to criticism or careful analysis, such as literary or film criticism.
- Of a patient condition involving unstable vital signs and a prognosis that predicts the condition could worsen; or, a patient condition that requires urgent treatment in an intensive care or critical care medical facility.
- Likely to go out of control if disturbed, that is, opposite of stable.
- Of the point (in temperature, reagent concentration etc.) where a nuclear or chemical reaction becomes self-sustaining.
- Extremely important.
- Of a temperature that is equal to the temperature of the critical point of a substance, i.e. the temperature above which the substance cannot be liquefied.
- Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point.
noun
verb
noun
- A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
- An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle.
- A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (“breadth”) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.
adj
verb
- find a flaw in
- terminate or end
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- render inoperable or ineffective
- ruin completely
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- move away or escape suddenly
- scatter or part
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- prevent completion
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- surpass in excellence
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- come into being
- stop operating or functioning
- interrupt a continued activity
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- lessen in force or effect
- be broken in
- come to an end
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- cause to give up a habit
- give up
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- happen or take place
- cause the failure or ruin of
- invalidate by judicial action
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- change directions suddenly
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- do a break dance
- exchange for smaller units of money
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- go to pieces
- break a piece from a whole
- become punctured or penetrated
- pierce or penetrate
- be released or become known; of news
- cease an action temporarily
- interrupt the flow of current in
- undergo breaking
- find the solution or key to
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- happen
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- fall sharply
- fracture a bone of
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
noun
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- the occurrence of breaking
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- a sudden dash
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an escape from jail
adj
verb
- To blunder; to screw up.
- To make into bricks.
- To build, line, or form with bricks.
- To hit someone or something with a brick.
- To make an electronic device nonfunctional and usually beyond repair, essentially making it no more useful than a brick.
noun
- A shot which misses, particularly one which bounces directly out of the basket because of a too-flat trajectory, as if the ball were a heavier object.
- A power brick; an external power supply consisting of a small box with an integral male power plug and an attached electric cord terminating in another power plug.
- A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
- The colour brick red.
- An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.
- A projectile.
- Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.
- A carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick.
- A kilogram of cocaine.
- Something shaped like a brick.
- A community card (usually the turn or the river) which does not improve a player's hand.
adj
verb
- To add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective.
- To become imperfect or defective; to crack or break.
noun
- A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
- A storm of short duration.
- An inclusion, stain, or other defect of a diamond or other gemstone.
- A sudden burst of noise and disorder
- A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
- A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid or ineffective.
- A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw.
verb
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- To ruin.
- To fish for crabs.
- To move (a camera) sideways.
- To back out of something.
- To complain about.
- To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To complain.
noun
- The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- A playing card with the rank of three.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- The angle by which an aircraft's nose is pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during an approach to landing; its crab angle.
- The state of an aircraft's nose being pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during an approach to landing.
- A bad-tempered person.
verb
verb
verb
- To fix problems; to correct or repair.
- After they argued, it fell to me to talk to her and try to mop up.
- To win a competition decisively.
- To get rid of (enemies) within a certain area.
- To clean up an area destroyed by a natural disaster or by violent activity.
- To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.
- To consume or get rid of an excess of something.
- To finish something off; to apply a finishing touch
- To clean up (liquid) with a mop, rag, sponge, or other cleaning device.
- To absorb the leftovers of a dish with bread etc., in order to eat them.
verb
- To fix, as a problem.
- To provide (somebody) with a necessity, or a solution to a problem.
- To separate from the remainder of a group; often construed with from.
- To clarify by reviewing mentally.
- To arrange.
- To organise or separate into groups, as a collection of items, so as to make tidy.
- To attack physically.
verb
noun
verb
verb
- To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
- To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.
- To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts.
- To be involved in a wreck; to be damaged or destroyed.
- 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.
noun
- A fault.
- The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
- A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.
- A salmon ladder.
- Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
- Half a bushel.
- A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
- A significant move forward.
- The act of leaping or jumping.
- A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.
- A group of leopards.
adj
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
verb
- To corrupt.
- To submit a formal request to some office.
- To commit (official papers) to some office.
- To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
- To place in an archive in a logical place and order.
- To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.
- To move in a file.
- To submit (a story) to a newspaper or similar publication.
noun
- A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a grid pattern.
- A collection of papers collated and archived together.
- one of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).
- A hand tool consisting of a handle to which a block of coarse metal is attached, and used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal.
- A row of modular kitchen units and a countertop, consisting of cabinets and appliances below (dishwasher) and next to (stove/cooker) a countertop.
- The primary item on the menu bar, containing commands such as open, save, print, etc.
- Course of thought; thread of narration.
- A roll or list.
- An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
- A small detachment of soldiers.
noun
- The process by which multiple people pick on, complain about or list the faults of their target.
- An illegal strategy wherein players tackle an opposing player.
- Doing more and more (of something), especially when it is inappropriate or problematic, such as by continuing to break a diet
- The process by which additional combatants join an ongoing fight or argument when they think they know who will win so that they will be on the winning side.
- The steady addition of more problems to an already problematic situation or circumstance.
verb
- To fail at something; to mess up; to make a mistake.
- (used to express displeasure or frustration) Damn.
- To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
- To flatulate or defecate.
- To produce an air current.
- To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.
- To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man).
- To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
- (of a fly) To lay eggs; to breed.
- To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
- To be propelled by an air current.
- To sing.
- To blow from a gun.
- To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
- To make a sound as the result of being blown.
- To clear of contents by forcing air through.
- To cause the sudden destruction of.
- To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
- To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.
- To burst or explode; to occur suddenly
- To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.
- To suddenly fail destructively.
- To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
- To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
- To be very undesirable.
- To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
- To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
- To recklessly squander.
- To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
adj
noun
- Synonym of button (“the punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene”)
- Cocaine.
- An instance of using high-pressure air to empty water from the ballast tanks of a submarine, increasing the submarine's buoyancy and causing it to surface.
- A damaging occurrence.
- Cannabis.
- A mass or display of flowers; a yield.
- An outcrop of quartz from surrounding rock, thought to indicate mineral deposits below.
- A bloom, state of flowering.
- A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
- A strong wind.
- The act of striking or hitting.
- A blowjob; fellatio.
- A display of anything brilliant or bright.
- Heroin.
- A chance to catch one's breath.
- A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.
noun
- a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
- general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
- a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
- insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
- a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
verb
verb
intj
noun
verb
- To set or fix.
- To fix or set the tone of.
- To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- To throw away; discard.
- To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- To throw.
- To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- To assemble or erect (a tent).
- To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternatively up and down.
- To bounce on the playing surface.
- To settle and build up, without melting.
- To discard for some gain.
- To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- To fix one's choice.
- To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones.
- To produce a note of a given pitch.
- To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
noun
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down. Compare with roll, yaw, and heave.
- The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- The act of pitching a baseball.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- The field of battle.
- A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- The perceived frequency of a sound or note.
- A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
- Pitchstone.
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- A person's or animal's height.
- Prominence; importance.
verb
- To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin.
- To damage; injure.
- To manhandle; beat up; rough up.
- To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.
- To botch, bungle; to perform poorly on.
- To cause (another person) to make unwanted mistakes in a given task, usually through distraction or obnoxious behavior.
- To make a mistake; to do something incorrectly; to perform poorly.
- To discombobulate, utterly confuse, or confound psychologically; to throw into a state of mental disarray.
noun
- finding a solution to a problem
- a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
- the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together
- the trait of being resolute
- something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
- analysis into clear-cut components
- (computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture
- the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung)
- (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
noun
- Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
- A physical ailment; an illness.
- Harm or injury.
- PCP, phencyclidine.
- Evil; moral wrongfulness.
adv
adj
- Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.
- Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.
- Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
- Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.
- Having an urge to vomit.
- Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
verb
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