distil
wear
run out
drain
glide
larghissimo
step
flow off
flow away
lurch
slob
gleet
seep
dreely
filter
ooze
dribble
trickle
slip
draw
unstilted
nose to tail
limp
gentle
inch
gently
day by day
percolate
gradually
bit by bit
shack
trail
like molasses
parade
step by step
ooze through
lazy
steply
quick
creepingly
agile
whisk
pump
spry
nimble
hardly
hard
by inches
slow-paced
ease
lumber
trail behind
well up
voluble
mope
play
mope around
edge
drift
slowsome
creep
skim
skim over
flowing
wreathe
flux
rush
soodle
largo
plod
flow
flush
volant
pedetentously
inching
daily
adagissimo
burst
work
processively
potter
sluggishness
pour
rip
determination
fluidally
slow
breeze
spring
leggero
slide
breathe
larghissimo
unstilted
gentle
lazy
steply
quick
agile
spry
nimble
slow-paced
voluble
flowing
volant
dreely
nose to tail
gently
day by day
gradually
bit by bit
step by step
creepingly
hardly
hard
slowsome
largo
pedetentously
daily
adagissimo
processively
fluidally
slow
leggero
inching
sluggishness
determination
distil
wear
run out
drain
glide
step
flow off
flow away
lurch
slob
gleet
seep
filter
ooze
dribble
trickle
slip
draw
limp
inch
percolate
shack
trail
parade
ooze through
whisk
pump
ease
lumber
trail behind
well up
mope
play
mope around
edge
drift
creep
skim
skim over
wreathe
flux
rush
soodle
plod
flow
flush
burst
work
potter
pour
rip
breeze
spring
slide
breathe
verb
- To flow or pass gently or slowly; hence (figuratively) to be manifested gently or gradually.
- To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse.
- To make (something, especially spirits such as gin and whisky) by distillation.
- To drip or be wet with some liquid.
- To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
- To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillation.
- Followed by off or out: to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation.
- To transform a thing (into something else) by distillation.
- To fall or trickle down in small drops; to exude, to ooze out; also, to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops.
- To turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation.
- To extract the essence of (something) by, or as if by, distillation; to concentrate, to purify.
verb
- To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
- To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
- (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
- To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
- To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
- To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.
- To defend; protect.
- To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
- To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
- To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
- To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
- To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
- To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.
- To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
- To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.
noun
verb
noun
verb
- To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
- To cause to glide.
- To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
- To pass with a glide, as the voice.
noun
- An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
- A bird, the glede or kite.
- The joining of two sounds without a break.
- A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
- A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
- The act of gliding.
- A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor.
verb
- To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
- To dance.
- To move mentally; to go in imagination.
- To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.
- To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.
- To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
- To set, as the foot.
noun
- The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
- The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.
- A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
- The part of a spade, digging stick or similar tool that a digger's foot rests against and presses on when digging; an ear, a foot-rest.
- A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.
- A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
- Proceeding; measure; action; act.
- One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
- A small space or distance.
- A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
- A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specifically, a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
- A gait; manner of walking.
- An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
- A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
- A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
- A walk; passage.
- A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
- A stepchild.
- A stepsibling.
- A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.
verb
- To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
- To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
- To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
- To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
- To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
- To move down; to slide.
- To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
- To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.
- To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
- To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- To err.
- To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
- To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
- To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
noun
- A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
- A fish, the sole.
- A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
- An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
- A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
- The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
- The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
- A slipway.
- A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
- A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
- Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
- A twig or shoot; a cutting.
- A particular quantity of yarn.
- Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
- A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- A slipdress.
- An act or instance of slipping.
- The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
- A mistake or error.
- A long, thin piece of something.
- A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
- A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
- A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
- An outside covering or case.
- A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
- A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
- A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
verb
- move or go steadily or gradually
- cause to move by pulling
- get or derive
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- take liquid out of a container or well
- give a description of
- select or take in from a given group or region
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- suck in or take (air)
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- choose at random
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- to obtain a liquid from somewhere
- write a legal document or paper
- engage in drawing
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- allow a draft
- require a specified depth for floating
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- take in, also metaphorically
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- thread on or as if on a string
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- pass over, across, or through
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- shrink
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- steep; pass through a strainer
- remove the entrails of
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- cause to localize at one point
noun
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
- the act of drawing or hauling something
verb
- To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).
- To drive by inches, or small degrees.
- To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
- to humiliate; to provoke; to speak in a cocky and cheeky manner
noun
- A depth of one inch on the ground, used as a measurement of rainfall.
- A small island; an islet.
- A meadow, pasture, field, or haugh.
- Any very short distance.
- A depth of one inch in a glass, used as a rough measurement of alcoholic beverages.
- An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, roughly the width of a thumb.
- Any of various similar units of length in other traditional systems of measurement.
adj
prep_phrase
verb
- To move slowly through or among.
- Synonym of show off: to display or reveal prominently or ostentatiously, especially in a kind of procession.
- To march through or along.
- To march past.
- To assemble soldiers for inspection, to receive orders, etc.
- To assemble for inspection, to receive orders, etc.
- To walk in a row led by one parent, often trailed by the other.
- To march impressively or ostentatiously.
- Synonym of promenade: to walk up and down, especially in public in order to show off and be seen by others.
noun
- Synonym of military parade: A show of troops, an assembly of troops as a show of force, to receive orders, or especially for inspection at set times.
- The body of soldiers thus assembled.
- Synonym of parade ground: A place specially designated for such displays or for practicing close-order drills.
- Synonym of road, used in place names.
- A row of shops beside a street.
- Synonym of parry in both its literal and figurative senses.
- Synonym of herd: A group of elephants when on the move.
- Synonym of gaggle: A group of geese when on the move, particularly a line of goslings shepherded by one or more adults.
- Synonym of show: any similarly orderly or ostentatious display, especially of a variety of people or a series of things paraded around.
- A public procession, especially one commemorating a holiday or special event or (dated) in protest.
- The body of promenaders thus assembled.
verb
- To move lightly and nimbly.
- To move whiskers.
- In cooking, to whip e.g. eggs or cream.
- To move something with quick light sweeping motions.
- To move something rapidly and with no warning.
noun
- A bunch of twigs or hair etc, used as a brush.
- A quick, light sweeping motion.
- A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.
- A kitchen utensil, now usually made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle (and formerly of twigs), used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function).
- A plane used by coopers for evening chines.
- A small handheld broom with a small (or no) handle.
adv
- slowly and with difficulty
- with effort or force or vigor
- with firmness
- earnestly or intently
- causing great damage or hardship
- indulging excessively
- into a solid condition
- very near or close in space or time
- with pain or distress or bitterness
- to the full extent possible; all the way
adj
- very strong or vigorous
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- unfortunate or hard to bear
- dried out
adj
- not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- dispassionate
- resisting weight or pressure
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
- (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
prep_phrase
verb
- To move (something) slowly and carefully.
- To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
- To reduce the difficulty of (something).
- To proceed with little effort.
- To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).
- To loosen or slacken the tension on a line.
- To lessen in intensity.
- To give respite to (someone).
noun
- Additional space provided to allow greater movement.
- Release from constraint, obligation, or a constrained position.
- Followed by of or from: release from or reduction of pain, hardship, or annoyance.
- Freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance, sometimes (derogatory, archaic) idleness, sloth.
- Ability, the means to do something
- Freedom from difficulty.
- Skill, dexterity, facility.
- Freedom from worry and concern; peace; sometimes (derogatory, archaic) indifference.
- Freedom from effort, leisure, rest.
- Freedom from financial effort or worry; affluence.
- Freedom from embarrassment or awkwardness; grace.
verb
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- 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
- 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
noun
- 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
- utilization or exercise
- 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
- To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
- To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
- To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
- To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
- To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
- To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
- To win by a small margin.
noun
- A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
- Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
- The boundary line of a surface.
- An advantage.
- The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
- The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)
- A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
- The point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud.
- A level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax.
- A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
- A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
verb
- To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
- To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- To move haphazardly without any destination.
- To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- To drive into heaps.
- To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
noun
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
- In New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to be sold.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Anything driven at random.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
verb
- To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
- To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
- To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
- To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
- To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
- To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
- To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
- To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
- To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
- To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
noun
- The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
- Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
- A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
- A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
- A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.
- The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
- A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills.
- The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
- An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
- In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
verb
- move or progress freely as if in a stream
- become liquid or fluid when heated
- mix together different elements
noun
- the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface
- a flow or discharge
- a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed
- excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea)
- a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action
- the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle
- (physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area
- in constant change
verb
- To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- To swiftly attack without warning.
- To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
- To dribble rapidly.
- To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.
- To make a swift or sudden attack.
- To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
- To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- To transport or carry quickly.
- To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
adj
noun
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- General haste.
- A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- A surge.
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- A sudden forward motion.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- A wick.
- The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
verb
verb
- move or progress freely as if in a stream
- move along, of liquids
- cause to flow
- be abundantly present
- fall or flow in a certain way
- cover or swamp with water
- undergo menstruation
noun
- the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
- the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
- the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
- any uninterrupted stream or discharge
- something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
- dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
- the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
verb
- To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
- To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
- To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
- To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
- To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
- To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet
- To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
- To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.
- To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
- To cause to blush.
- To cause to take flight from concealment.
- Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.
- To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
- To excite, inflame.
- To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
noun
- The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.
- A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
- A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
- A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
- Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
- A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
- A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
adj
- Wealthy or well off.
- Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
- Full of vigour; fresh; glowing; bright.
- Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
adv
adv
verb
- move suddenly, energetically, or violently
- come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- burst outward, usually with noise
- be in a state of movement or action
- emerge suddenly
- cause to burst
- break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
noun
verb
- To effect by gradual degrees;
- 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.
- To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- 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 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.
noun
- A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part
- The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
- The act of determining the relations of an object, such as genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification
- The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
- The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
- The addition of a distinguishing feature to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent.
- Bringing to an end; termination; limit.
- The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.
- Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
- The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.
- That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.
adv
noun
verb
- To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
- To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
- To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
adj
- Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
- Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
- Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
- Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
- Not busy; lacking activity.
- Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
- Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.
verb
- To gush, to flow suddenly and violently.
- To cause to well up or flow out of the ground.
- to descend or originate from.
- To cause to move energetically; (equestrianism) to cause to gallop, to spur.
- To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
- To have something crack.
- To grow taller or longer.
- to catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
- To announce unexpectedly, to reveal.
- To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
- To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
- To extend, to curve.
- To rise suddenly, (of tears) to well up.
- To cause to rise from cover.
- To pay or spend a certain sum, to cough up.
- To cause to crack.
- to arise, to come into existence.
- To build, to form the initial curve of.
- To gush, to flow out of the ground.
- To rise from cover.
- To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
- To bring forth.
- To sprout, to grow,
- To crack.
- To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
- To come upon and flush out
- To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
- To swell with milk or pregnancy.
- To come dramatically into view.
- To spend the springtime somewhere
- to move with great speed and energy; to leap, to jump; to dart, to sprint; of people: to rise rapidly from a seat, bed, etc.
- to find or get enough food during springtime.
- To cause to explode, to set off, to detonate.
- To be born, descend, or originate from
- To appear, to dawn.
- To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
noun
- The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
- An erection of the penis.
- A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
- The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
- A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
- A grove of trees; a forest.
- The season of the year in temperate regions in which plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
- A shoot, a young tree.
- The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
- A race, a lineage.
- a period of political liberalization and democratization
- A cause, a motive, etc.
- Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
- A youth.
- Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.
- A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.
- An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
- The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Elastic energy, power, or force.
- A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
adj
verb
- To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
- To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
- To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
- To move on a low-friction surface.
- To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
- To decrease in amount or value.
- To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
- To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
- To go; to move from one place or to another.
- To drop down and skid into a base.
- To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
- To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.
noun
- A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
- A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
- A pocket in one's pants (trousers).
- The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
- A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
- A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
- A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
- A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
- The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
- An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
- A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
- A lever that can be moved in two directions.
- A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
- A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
- A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
- A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
- A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
- The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
- A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
- A promiscuous woman, slut.
- An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
- A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
verb
- To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to emanate; to blow gently.
- To inspire (scripture).
- To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way.
- To live.
- To exhale or expel (something) in the manner of breath.
- To exercise; to tire by brisk exercise.
- To inhale (a gas) to sustain life.
- To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
- To passionately devote much of one's life to (an activity, etc.).
- To whisper quietly.
- To give an impression of, to exude.
- To expel air from the lungs, exhale.
- To draw something into the lungs.
- To exchange gases with the environment.
- To stop, to give (a horse) an opportunity to catch its breath.
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