put together
come to mind
think aloud
mark down as
mark down
back up
datum
evaluate
mind-read
present
jump to conclusions
excogitate
weigh one's words
think for oneself
wobble
think
entertain
speak out
break cover
rant
think about
get one's head straight
contemplatist
cross someone's mind
cogitate
cinch
argue out
abduce
call to mind
underpoint
cerebrate
think over
metacogitate
debate
think out loud
mind
in mind
take
think twice
judge
leap to mind
chew on
thonk
speculate
chew over
come
find
multiplism
contemplator
occur
use one's noggin
well up
derive
swell
inductive
abstract
feel
philosophize
reflect
close one eye
gather
ponderingly
see past the end of one's nose
O me of little faith
conclude
observe
toy
deem
look around
haul up
reflect on
see the same way
well-grounded
mode of thought
critic
brainstorm
clue
in the light of
self-involved
think straight
infer
in the right
cast
take a step back
insee
conclusionary
head
overread
bethink
directed
suppress
let slide
flip-flop
consideringly
speculation
echo
bemind
inductive
well-grounded
self-involved
conclusionary
directed
ponderingly
consideringly
datum
contemplatist
underpoint
multiplism
contemplator
deem
mode of thought
critic
clue
cast
head
speculation
put together
come to mind
think aloud
mark down as
mark down
back up
evaluate
mind-read
present
jump to conclusions
excogitate
weigh one's words
think for oneself
wobble
think
entertain
speak out
break cover
rant
think about
get one's head straight
cross someone's mind
cogitate
cinch
argue out
abduce
call to mind
cerebrate
think over
metacogitate
debate
think out loud
mind
take
think twice
judge
leap to mind
chew on
thonk
speculate
chew over
come
find
occur
use one's noggin
well up
derive
swell
abstract
feel
philosophize
reflect
close one eye
gather
see past the end of one's nose
conclude
observe
toy
look around
haul up
reflect on
see the same way
brainstorm
think straight
infer
take a step back
insee
overread
bethink
suppress
let slide
flip-flop
echo
bemind
verb
- To reconsider one's thoughts.
- For the non-striker to take a few steps down the pitch, in preparation to taking a run, just as the bowler bowls the ball.
- To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.
- To copy (data) so that it can be restored if the main copy is lost.
- To undo one's actions.
- For a fielder to position himself behind the wicket (relative to a team-mate who is throwing the ball at the wicket) so as to stop the ball, and prevent overthrows.
- To fill up because of a backlog.
- To halt the flow or movement of something.
- To provide support or the promise of support to.
- To move a vehicle backwards.
- Coordinate terms: back away, back off, stand back
noun
- A premise from which conclusions are drawn.
- A floating reference point, or SLDMB, used to evaluate surface currents in a body of water. Often employed by coastal search and rescue.
- A fixed reference point or set of reference points which precisely define a system of measurement or a coordinate system.
- A fact known from direct observation.
verb
verb
- To make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration.
- To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally.
- To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
- To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit.
- To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration.
- To give a gift or presentation to (someone).
- To offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind.
- To give (a gift or presentation) to someone; to bestow.
- To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally.
- In omegaverse fiction, to have one's secondary sex (alpha, omega, or beta) become apparent, typically at puberty.
- To deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer.
- To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid.
- To appear or represent oneself (as having a certain gender).
- To put on, stage (a play etc.).
- To come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom.
- To appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the mouth of the uterus during childbirth.
- To act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.).
- To point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire.
- To display one's female genitalia in a way that signals to others that one is ready for copulation. Also referred to as lordosis behaviour.
noun
- The current moment or period of time.
- A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other special occasions.
- The position of a soldier in presenting arms.
- The present tense.
adj
- Located in the immediate vicinity.
- Attentive; alert; focused.
- Neither for or against (used in voting to express abstention)
- Relating to now, for the time being; current.
- Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this.
verb
- To ponder, to go over in one's head.
- To guess; to reckon.
- To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
- To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
- To presume; to venture.
- To seem, to appear.
- To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
- To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
noun
verb
- To disseminate one's own opinions in a - typically - one-sided, strong manner.
- To speak or shout at length in uncontrollable anger.
- To dance rant steps.
- To criticize by ranting.
noun
- A wild, emotional, and sometimes incoherent articulation.
- A criticism done by ranting.
- A type of dance step usually performed in clogs, and particularly (but not exclusively) associated with the English North West Morris tradition. The rant step consists of alternately bringing one foot across and in front of the other and striking the ground, with the other foot making a little hop.
verb
- To bring to certain conclusion.
- To tighten down.
- In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five.
noun
- Something that is very easy to do.
- A firm hold.
- A variety of auction pitch in which a draw to improve the hand is added, and the five of trumps (called "right Pedro") and the five of the same colour (called "left Pedro", and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) are each worth five. Fifty-one points make a game.
- A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
- Something that is obvious or certain to occur; a sure thing.
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.
verb
- To point the underside.
- To include too few points.
- To emphasize or call attention to a point within a discussion.
- 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.
adj
verb
- To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide
- To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
noun
- An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.
- A type of literary composition, taking the form of a discussion or disputation, commonly found in the vernacular medieval poetry of many European countries, as well as in medieval Latin.
- Discussion of opposing views.
- An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision.
verb
- To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice.
- To pay attention to, in the sense of occupying one's mind with, to heed.
- To purpose, intend, plan.
- To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind.
- To regard with attention; to treat as of consequence.
- To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that).
- Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.
- To remember.
- To be careful about.
- To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.
- To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
noun
- The ability to be aware of things.
- A healthy mental state.
- Attention, consideration or thought.
- Judgment, opinion, or view.
- The capability for rational thought.
- Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
- The ability to focus the thoughts.
- The ability to remember things.
- Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
- Desire, inclination, or intention.
- The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
prep_phrase
verb
- To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- To accept (zero or more arguments).
- To seize or capture.
- To remove.
- To go.
- To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
- To proceed to fill.
- To participate in.
- To let in (water).
- To move into.
- To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
- To assume (a form).
- To go into, through, or along.
- To apply oneself to the study of.
- To deal with.
- To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- To have sex with.
- To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
- To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- To experience or feel.
- To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- To carry or lead (something or someone).
- To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- An intensifier.
- To require.
- To fill, to use up (time or space).
- To avail oneself of.
- To escort or conduct (a person).
- To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
- To receive into some relationship.
- To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- To catch; to engage.
- To grasp or grip.
- To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- To exact.
- To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- To remove or end by death; to kill.
- To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- To believe, to accept the statements of.
- To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- To subtract.
- To bind oneself by.
- To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- To partake of (food or drink); to consume.
- To perform (a role).
- To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc).
- To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- To accept and follow (advice, etc).
- To use as a means of transportation.
- To admit (a penis or the penis of) into one’s bodily cavity.
- To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- To select or choose; to pick.
- To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- To have the intended effect.
- To regard in a specified way.
- To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).
- To adopt (select) as one's own.
- To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
- To understand (especially in a specified way).
- To have and use one's recourse to.
noun
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- The or an act of taking.
- A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
verb
- To form an opinion; to infer.
- To govern as biblical judge or shophet (over some jurisdiction).
- 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 form an opinion on; to appraise.
- 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
- come to one's mind; suggest itself
- move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- come to pass; arrive, as in due course
- reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position
- to be the product or result
- be found or available
- come forth
- be a native of
- extend or reach
- exist or occur in a certain point in a series
- cover a certain distance
- come under, be classified or included
- happen as a result
- add up in number or quantity
- to measure up to in kind or quality
- be received
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
- proceed or get along
- experience orgasm
- have a certain priority
noun
verb
- To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
- To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into.
- To discover game.
- To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
- To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
- To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
- To determine or judge.
- To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
- To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
- Locate on behalf of another
- To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
- To point out.
noun
noun
verb
- To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.
- To originate or stem (from).
- To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.
- To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
- To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).
- To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.
verb
- To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.
- To draw off (interest or attention).
- He was wholly abstracted by other objects.
- To separate; to disengage.
- To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.
- To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
- To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
- To create abstractions.
- To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
- To remove; to take away; withdraw.
- To perform the process of abstraction.
- To withdraw oneself; to retire.
noun
- A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
- Concentrated essence of a product.
- An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
- The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
- An abstract work of art.
- An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
- A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
- Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
adj
- Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
- Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20ᵗʰ century.
- Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
- Lacking a story.
- Absolute.
- Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
- Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
- As a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
- Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.
- Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.
- Insufficiently factual.
verb
- To think, believe, or have an impression concerning.
- To experience an emotion or other mental state.
- To search by sense of touch.
- To be or become aware of.
- To find one's way (literally or figuratively) by touching or using cautious movements.
- To seem (through touch or otherwise).
- To sympathise; to have the sensibilities moved or affected.
- To understand.
- To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
- To experience an emotion or other mental state about.
- To experience the consequences of.
- To receive information by touch or by any neurons other than those responsible for sight, smell, taste, or hearing.
noun
verb
- To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
- To grow gradually larger by accretion.
- To bring stitches closer together.
- To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
- To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.
- To haul in; to take up.
- To congregate, or assemble.
- Especially, to harvest food.
- To collect; normally separate things.
- To bring parts of a whole closer.
- To gain; to win.
- To be filled with pus
- To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width.
- To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.
noun
- The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).
- A gathering.
- The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
- A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.
- A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
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
noun
verb
prep_phrase
noun
- The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- Visual appearance.
- An object made in a mould.
- A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- A squint.
- Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- The casting procedure.
- The mould used to make cast objects.
- A group of crabs.
- An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
- An act of throwing.
adj
verb
- To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
- To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
- To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.
- Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
- To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
- To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
- To throw.
- To throw down or aside.
- To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
- To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
- To remove, take off (clothes).
- To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- To assign (a role in a play or performance).
- To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
- To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
noun
- Mind; one's own thoughts.
- A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
- A headdress; a covering for the head.
- A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
- The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
- The uppermost part of a valley.
- The antlers of a deer.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
- The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
- The headstock of a guitar.
- The leafy top part of a tree.
- The top edge of a sail.
- A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
- The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- The toilet of a ship.
- An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
- A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
- Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
- The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
- A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- Headway; progress.
- Topic; subject.
- The end of an abscess where pus collects.
- The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- The glans penis.
- The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- A headmaster or headmistress.
- Denouement; crisis.
- The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
- A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
- The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
- A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- Leader; chief; mastermind.
- Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
- An individual person.
- The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- The bow of a vessel.
- A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
- The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
- The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- The population of game.
- The principal melody or theme of a piece.
- A single animal.
- The place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- A headland.
- More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
verb
- To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
- To form a head.
- To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
- To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
- To go in front of.
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- To move in a specified direction.
- To check or restrain.
- To remove the head from a fish.
- To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- To set on the head.
adj
verb
- To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
- To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
- To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
- To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
- To prevent publication.
- To stop or prevent the enemy from executing unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.
- To stop a flow or stream.
- To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
verb
verb
noun
- A return trip.
- A sandal consisting of a rubber sole fastened to the foot by a rubber thong fitting between the toes and around the sides of the foot.
- A bistable; an electronic switching circuit that has either two stable states (switching between them in response to a trigger) or a stable and an unstable state (switching from one to the other and back again in response to a trigger), and which is thereby capable of serving as one bit of memory.
- An instance of flip-flopping, of repeatedly changing one's stated opinion about a matter.
- A change of places; an inversion or swap.
- The sound of a regular footfall.
- A somersault.
noun
- A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.
- The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
- An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.
- The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
- A card game in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.
- The process of thinking or meditating on a subject.
- The process of anticipating which branch of code will be chosen and executing it in advance.
verb
noun
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to idle away one's time
praising
inopportune
ready-mixed concrete
fast (asleep)
quantity.
balneotherapy
purpura
to despair of
boorish.
summer plumage
Ecuador
all eyes
mutual fund
mobile telephone
video game artist
shear
toe
RAM
deep sea
to caper.
pelvic fin
verbatim
shrimp
to occur.
Gossip
congested
dressmaker
without reason
incision
restrictive
to charter
hardening
provisional
unconnected
whispering
ignorance.
outspoken
an idiot.
slow
sign