slice
pull
peel
pitch
save
squash shot
block
tee up
close-range
foreshot
approach shot
forehander
connect
shot on target
croquet
slapshot
pure
bunt
address
cutter
put away
play
drag a bunt
run batted in
shot on goal
backshot
racquet
tetherball
up to bat
drive
fast break
hero ball
two-bagger
howitzer
nurse
worm burner
body shot
layup
stroke
uppercut
backhead
French cut
splitfinger
goal kick
lead
bury
leg glance
backhander
hit the net
one-time
splitter
passing shot
snipe
goal
strike
split
inside-out
header
volume shooter
shortie
rollerball
potshot
hand bridge
dink
shanghai
tenpin bowling
bull's eye
fire
blocked shot
bullseye
cycle
switch-hit
notcher
volley
clear
front foot shot
cover drive
highrun
poster
snap shot
run of the ball
get
double
draw
drag
fat
undercut
whip in
field goal
foul
approach
one
top edge
close-range
up to bat
inside-out
pull
squash shot
slice
foreshot
approach shot
forehander
shot on target
slapshot
cutter
run batted in
shot on goal
backshot
tetherball
fast break
hero ball
two-bagger
howitzer
worm burner
body shot
layup
stroke
uppercut
French cut
splitfinger
goal kick
backhander
splitter
passing shot
split
volume shooter
shortie
rollerball
potshot
hand bridge
tenpin bowling
bull's eye
blocked shot
bullseye
notcher
drive
front foot shot
highrun
poster
snap shot
run of the ball
get
fat
field goal
one
slice
peel
pitch
save
block
tee up
connect
croquet
pure
bunt
address
put away
play
drag a bunt
racquet
drive
nurse
backhead
lead
bury
leg glance
hit the net
one-time
snipe
goal
strike
header
dink
shanghai
fire
cycle
switch-hit
volley
clear
cover drive
double
draw
drag
undercut
whip in
foul
approach
top edge
verb
- To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
- To cut into slices.
- To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.
- To cut with an edge utilizing a drawing motion.
- To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
- To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
- To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.
- To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
noun
- A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw
- A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
- A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle.
- A contiguous portion of an array.
- A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
- A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
- That which is thin and broad.
- One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
- A thin, broad piece cut off.
- A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
- Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
- A salver, platter, or tray.
- A broad, thin piece of plaster.
- An amount of anything.
- A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
- A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
adj
noun
- A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path.
- The act of drinking; a mouthful or swig of a drink.
- The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology
- Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope.
- An attractive force which causes motion towards the source.
- Appeal or attraction (e.g. of a movie star).
- A single impression from a handpress.
- A journey made by rowing.
- A proof sheet.
- An act of pulling (applying force toward oneself).
- An injury resulting from a forceful pull on a limb, etc.; a strain.
- An advantage over somebody; a means of influencing.
- The power to influence someone or something; sway, clout.
- A type of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the on side; a pull shot.
verb
- To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)
- To obtain (a permit) from a regulatory authority.
- To row.
- To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.
- To do or perform.
- To score a certain number of points in a sport.
- To attract or net; to pull in.
- To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.
- To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
- To achieve by rowing on a rowing machine.
- To pluck or pick (flowers, fruit etc.).
- To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck.
- To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
- To hold back, and so prevent from winning.
- To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability.
- To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.
- To persuade (someone) to have sex with one: to be 'on the pull' - looking for a sexual partner.
- To retrieve or generate for use.
- To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target.
- To take a swig or mouthful of drink.
- To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).
- To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
intj
verb
- To play a peel shot.
- To remove something from the outer or top layer of.
- To remove one's clothing.
- To move, separate (off or away).
- To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).
- To remove the skin or outer covering of.
- To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
noun
- A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
- A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
- A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
- The action of peeling away from a formation.
- A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.
- An equal or match; a draw.
- The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
verb
- To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To fix or set the tone of.
- To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- To throw away; discard.
- To set or fix.
- 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 catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
- To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
- To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
- To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
- To obviate or make unnecessary.
- To store for future use.
- To economize or avoid waste.
- To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
- To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
- To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
- To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
- To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
- To accumulate money or valuables.
noun
- The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
- A saving throw.
- A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
- In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
- An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
- A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
- An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
prep
conj
verb
- To play a block shot.
- To hit with a block.
- To wait for some condition to become true.
- To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
- To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- To bar (someone undesirable) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
- To shape or sketch out roughly.
- To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- To impede (an opponent or opponent's play).
- To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
noun
- A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- A cellblock.
- The popping crease.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
- A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
- Solitary confinement.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- A blockhole.
- A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- The human head.
- A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A roughly cuboid building.
- A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
noun
- A shot that sends something forewards, such as a shot that sends the ball ahead the player making it.
- The spirits that first come over when an alcoholic liquid is distilled
- A measurement of the azimuth when sighting to the next point along a path that is being measured with a compass.
- A portion of a building that protrudes out.
- The foreground of a photographic image.
verb
- hit or play a ball successfully
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- make a logical or causal connection
- be or become joined or united or linked
- join by means of communication equipment
- land on or hit solidly
- join for the purpose of communication
- be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation
- establish a rapport or relationship
- establish communication with someone
- plug into an outlet
verb
noun
verb
noun
adj
- Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
- Free of foreign material or pollutants.
- Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
- Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.
- Mere; that and that only.
- Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.
- A lot of.
- Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.
adv
verb
noun
- (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball or softball lightly by holding the bat in a stationary position rather than swinging it
- disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
- similar to Tilletia caries
- fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
verb
- adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting
- speak to
- give a speech to
- put an address on (an envelope)
- direct a question at someone
- address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question
- greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
- access or locate by address
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- speak to someone
noun
- (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
- the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with
- the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
- the manner of speaking to another individual
- a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described
- written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location
- the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball
- social skill
noun
- A cut fastball.
- A light sleigh drawn by one horse.
- A flag or similar instrument for blocking light.
- A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.
- A foretooth; an incisor.
- A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.
- A person who practices self-injury by making cuts in the flesh.
- An animal yielding inferior meat, with little or no external fat and marbling.
- A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
- A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.
- A heavy-duty motor boat for official use.
- A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.
- A surgeon.
- A knife.
verb
- To hit the ball in such a way that the opponent cannot reach it; see passing shot
- To put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up.
- To catch a fly ball or tag out a baserunner.
- To kill someone.
- To store, add to one's stores for later use.
- To consume (food or drink), especially in large quantities.
- To take a large lead in a game, especially enough to guarantee victory or make the game no longer competitive.
- To knock out an opponent.
- To discard, divest oneself of.
- To send (someone) to prison or mental asylum.
- To strike out a batter.
verb
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- 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
- 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
noun
- A shot that sends something backwards, such as a shot that sends the ball behind the player making it.
- A shot taken from behind the subject.
- A shot in the back.
- A measurement of the azimuth when sighting to an earlier point along a path that is being measured with a compass.
- A sexual position in which one partner penetrates the other from behind; doggy style.
adj
verb
- To hit the ball with a drive.
- To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
- To cause intrinsic motivation through the application or demonstration of force: to impel or urge onward thusly, to compel to move on, to coerce, intimidate or threaten.
- To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
- To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
- To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
- To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
- To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
- To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
- To move forcefully.
- To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
- To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
- To move (something) by hitting it with great force.
- To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
- To operate (an aircraft).
- To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
- To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind.
- To cause animals to flee out of.
- To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
- (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
- To cause to become.
- To compel (to do something).
- To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
- To be the dominant party in a sex act.
noun
- A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
- Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
- A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
- An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
- Desire or interest.
- A stroke made with a driver.
- An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
- An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
- An act of driving (prompting) livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.
- A driveway.
- A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product, e.g. by offering a discount.
- A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
- Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
- A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
- A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
- A straight level shot or pass.
- An act of driving (prompting) game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.
- A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
- A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
- A type of public roadway.
- A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
verb
- To strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots.
- To drink slowly, to make it last.
- To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast.
- To foster, to nourish.
- To manage with care and economy.
- To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.
- To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.
- To treat kindly and with extra care.
- To hold closely to one's chest
noun
- One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.
- A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
- A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.
- A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
- A person trained to provide care for the sick.
- A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
- A nurse shark or dogfish.
noun
- A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.
- A relatively easy task.
- The state of being laid up.
- A track used to store train cars.
- A train car sitting in storage (laid up), often overnight.
- The process of applying alternate layers of a material and a binding agent to form a composite material.
noun
- The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot.
- One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.
- In Unicode: the formal name of the individual horizontal strikethroughs (as in "A̶").
- A flattering or friendly act, comment, etc., done or made to a person to influence them.
- A masterful or effective action.
- The oblique, slash, or virgule ("/").
- The movement of an oar or paddle through water, either the pull which actually propels the boat, or a single entire cycle of movement including the pull; also, the manner in which such movements are made; a rowing style.
- A beat or throb, as of the heart or pulse.
- An act of striking with a weapon; a blow.
- A single act of striking at the ball with a club; also, at matchplay, a shot deducted from a player's score at a hole as a result of a handicapping system.
- An act causing hurt or death, especially when seen as divine punishment.
- A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.
- A gesture of assurance given as encouragement; specifically (psychoanalysis) in transactional analysis: a (generally positive) reaction expressed to a person which fulfils their desires or needs.
- A line making up a written character; specifically, a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean character.
- A damaging occurrence, especially if sudden; a blow, a calamity.
- A specific combination of movements of the arms and legs which, when repeated, causes the swimmer to advance through the water; also, the manner in which such movements are made; a swimming style.
- A movement of a brush in painting, of a chisel in carving, of a pen, pencil, or such implement in drawing or writing, etc., in one direction; hence, a line or mark made on a surface by such an implement.
- The hitting of a ball with a racket; also, the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact.
- An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
- An act, or the sound, of the clapper or hammer of a clock hitting a bell or other striking mechanism; hence, the time when such a strike occurs.
- An act of moving one's hand or an object along a surface in one direction, touching it lightly; a caress.
- A thrust of the penis during sexual intercourse.
- A single movement or thrust of a part (such as a piston) of a machine that moves back and forth; also, the length of this movement.
- A single movement with a tool; also, an impact of a tool on an object.
- The loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.
- An amount of work; specifically, a large amount of business or work.
- A distinctive expression in a written composition; a touch.
- A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done or produced; also, something accomplished by such an effort; an achievement, a feat.
- The rower who is nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rowing rhythm for the other rowers; also, the position in the boat occupied by this rower.
- An individual discharge of lightning, particularly if causing damage.
verb
- To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.
- Chiefly followed by out: to suffer loss of brain function when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted; to have a stroke (noun sense 4).
- Followed by out or through: to draw a line or lines through (text) to indicate that it is deleted; to cancel, to strike or strike out.
- To strike (the water) with one's arms and legs when swimming.
- To swim by making co-ordinated movements with the arms and legs.
- To give assurance to (someone) through encouragement.
- To give a finely fluted surface to (stone) by carving it with a tool.
- To milk (a cow or other animal); especially, to squeeze the teat of (a cow, etc.) to extract the last bit of milk from the udder; to strap (dialectal), to strip.
- Of a rower or a crew: to row at (a rate of a certain number of strokes (“movements of the oar through water”) per minute).
- To draw the horizontal line across the upright part (of the letter t).
- To bring (something) to a certain condition by stroking (sense 1).
- To influence (someone) by convincing or flattering them.
- To act as the stroke (“rower who is nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rowing rhythm for the other rowers”) of (a boat or its crew).
- To mark (something) with lines or stripes; to stripe.
- To hit or kick (the ball) with a flowing or smooth motion; also, to score (a goal, a point, etc.) by doing so.
- Of a bell or clock: to chime or sound to indicate (the hour, the time, etc.).
noun
adj
verb
- To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To direct; to counsel; to instruct
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
- To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
- To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- To step off base and move towards the next base.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
- To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- Lead climb.
- To produce (with to).
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- To place leads between the lines of.
- To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- To have the highest interim score in a game.
- To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
- To lead off or out, to go first; to begin.
- To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- To begin a game, round, or trick, with
noun
- The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
- The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- bullets; ammunition.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor
- The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- A lode.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game.
- The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- The course of a rope from end to end.
- The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
adj
verb
- To score a goal.
- To render imperceptible by other, more prominent stimuli; drown out.
- To outlive.
- To place in the ground.
- To suppress and hide away in one's mind.
- To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
- To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
- To put an end to; to abandon.
- To kill or murder.
noun
noun
- A player who plays a backhand shot.
- A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
- A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
- A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
- A blow with the back of the hand.
- A bribe, a secret payment.
verb
noun
- A split-finger fastball.
- A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.
- A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to split categories such as species or dialects up into smaller groups.
- A wheaten cake split and buttered when hot.
- One who splits hairs in argument, etc.
- A wedge used to cut logs down the middle.
- A quarry worker who splits slate into sheets.
- A person or a thing that splits.
- A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
verb
- To score a goal.
- To attach a note or sticker to (an existing poster) to provide further information, political criticism, etc.
- To hunt snipe.
- To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.
- To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.
- To shoot with a sniper rifle.
- To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid against (the current high bidder) at the last possible moment.
- To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
- To move the ball quickly in a different direction.
noun
- A strip of copy announcing some late breaking news or item of interest, typically placed in a print advertisement in such a way that it stands out from the ad.
- A sharp, clever answer; sarcasm.
- A goal.
- A member of the engineering department on a ship.
- A cigarette butt.
- Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
- A note or sticker attached to an existing poster to provide further information (e.g. an event is sold out), political criticism, etc.
- A end of a log remaining after timber has been cut away - sometimes referred to as a snipe-end.
- A fool; a blockhead.
- A bottle of wine measuring 0.1875 liters, one fourth the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or piccolo.
- A shot fired from a concealed place.
- An animated promotional logo during a television show.
verb
noun
- A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
- A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.
- The act of placing the object into the goal.
- A result that one is attempting to achieve.
- In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
verb
- To score a goal.
- To hit.
- To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- To create an impression.
- To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
- To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
- To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
- To balance (a ledger or account).
- To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
- To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
- To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
- To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
- To impress, seem or appear (to).
- To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
- To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
- To impinge upon.
- To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
- To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- To touch; to act by appulse.
- To manufacture, as by stamping.
- To make and ratify.
- To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
- To cause to ignite by friction.
- To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
- To set off on a walk or trip.
- To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
- To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- To carry out a violent or illegal action.
- To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
- To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
noun
- A nibble on the bait by a fish.
- In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- The strike plate of a door.
- A cancellation postmark.
- An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
- An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
- A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
- The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
- The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
- A blow or application of physical force against something.
- A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
- The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth.
- The discovery of a source of something.
- A puddler's stirrer.
noun
- A split-finger fastball.
- A dessert or confection resembling a banana split.
- A workout routine as seen by its distribution of muscle groups or the extent and manner they are targeted in a microcycle.
- The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a race.
- A recording containing songs by multiple artists.
- A bottle of wine containing 37.5 centiliters, half the volume of a standard 75-centiliter bottle; a demi.
- A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.
- A tear resulting from tensile stresses.
- A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
- A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.
- The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a speedrun.
- A unit of measure used for champagne or other spirits: 18.75 centiliters or one quarter of a standard 75-centiliter bottle. Commercially comparable to ¹⁄₂₀ (US) gallon, which is ¹⁄₂ of a fifth.
- A maneuver of spreading or sliding the feet apart until the legs are flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind, thus lowering the body completely to the floor in an upright position.
- One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
- A split shot or split stroke.
- A crack or longitudinal fissure.
- A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
adj
- Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
- Given in sixteenths rather than eighths.
- Divided.
- Having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.
- Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.
- Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price.
verb
- To factor into linear factors.
- To separate.
- To leave.
- To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
- To vote for candidates of opposite parties.
- For both teams involved in a doubleheader to win one game each and lose another.
- To break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
- To share; to divide.
- To burst out laughing.
- To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
- To (cause to) break up; to throw into discord.
verb
noun
- A headlong fall, jump or dive.
- Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.
- A pipe which connects several smaller pipes.
- One who puts a head on something.
- Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.
- A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.
- Someone who heads the ball.
- A raised tank that supplies water at constant pressure, especially to a central heating and hot water system.
- The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.
- The first part of a file or record that describes its contents.
- A machine that separates and gathers the heads of grain etc.
- the first part of a packet or stream, often containing its address and descriptors.
- The act of hitting the ball with the head.
- A horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.
- The rodeo performer who drives the steer toward the heeler to be tied.
- A brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall or within the brickwork with the short side showing.
verb
- To play a soft drop shot.
- To play a soft drop shot at or near the non-volley zone.
- To carry someone on a pushbike: behind, on the crossbar or on the handlebar.
- To chip lightly, to play a light chip shot.
adv
noun
- A ride on the crossbar or handlebars of a bicycle.
- Hard work, especially one's share of a task.
- A penis.
- A foolish person, a despised person.
- A soft drop shot played at or near the non-volley zone.
- A soft drop shot.
- A light chip; a chipped pass or shot
adj
verb
- To hit with a slingshot.
- To commandeer, hijack, or otherwise (usually wrongfully) appropriate a place or thing.
- To trick a suspect into entering a jurisdiction in which they can be lawfully arrested.
- To press-gang sailors, especially (historical) for shipping or fishing work.
- To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly
- To transfer a serviceman against their will.
noun
verb
- To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
- To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
- To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
- To forcibly direct (something).
- To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).
- To drive away by setting a fire.
- To animate; to give life or spirit to.
- To set (something, often a building) on fire.
- To set off an explosive in a mine.
- To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
- To feed or serve the fire of.
- To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.
- To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).
- To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.
- To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
- To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
- To cause an action potential in a cell.
- To cauterize.
noun
- A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
- The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
- Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
- The elements necessary to start a fire.
- Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
- Red coloration in a piece of opal.
- The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
- A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
- Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
- An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
- A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.
- A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.
- An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.
- The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
adj
noun
- A shot which hits the centre of a target.
- The centre of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
- The central part of a crown glass disk, with concentric ripple effect.
- A hard striped peppermint-flavoured boiled sweet.
- A commonly-known reference point used when indicating the location or direction of something.
- A £50 banknote.
- A convex glass lens which is placed in front of a lamp to concentrate the light so as to make it more conspicuous as a signal; also the lantern itself.
- The two central rings on a dartboard.
- A hand-cancelled postmark issued by a counter clerk at a post office, typically done on a receipt for proof of mailing.
- An oculus.
- Any of the first postage stamps produced in Brazil from 1843.
intj
verb
- To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing the puck in a loop from the boards near the goal up the side boards and passing to back to the boards near the goal
- To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
- To turn power off and back on
- To ride a bicycle or other cycle.
noun
- One entire round in a circle or a spire.
- A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.
- A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed.
- In musical set theory, an interval cycle is the set of pitch classes resulting from repeatedly applying the same interval class to the starting pitch class.
- A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
- A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels.
- A series of poems, songs or other works of art, typically longer than a trilogy.
- An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.
- An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
- A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.
- A chain whose boundary is zero.
- An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
- The members of the sequence formed by such a process.
- A discharge of a taser.
- A scheduled period of time of weeks or months wherein a performance-enhancing substance or, by extension, supplement is applied, to be followed by another one where it is not or the dosage is lower.
- One take-off and landing of an aircraft, referring to a pressurisation cycle which places stresses on the fuselage.
- A complete rotation of anything.
- An age; a long period of time.
verb
- To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
- To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
- To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.
- To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
- To pass without interference; to miss.
- To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).
- To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.
- To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
- To exceed a stated mark.
- To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.
- To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
- To obtain a clearance.
- To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.
- To earn a profit of; to net.
- To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
- To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
- To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.
- To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
- Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
adj
- Free of obstacles.
- Good, the best.
- Free of ambiguity or doubt; easily understood.
- Without clouds.
- Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
- Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
- Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
- Transparent in colour.
- Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
- Unmixed; entirely pure.
- Without diminution; in full; net.
- Showing a green aspect, allowing a train to proceed past it.
- Better than, superior to.
- Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
- Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
- Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
- Without a thickening ingredient.
- Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
- Free of guilt, or suspicion.
- Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.
noun
- A person who is free from the influence of engrams.
- The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.
- Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.
adv
noun
- A shot that hits a goalpost, scoring one point.
- A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.
- An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.
- A dunk over a defending player.
- A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.
- One who posts a message.
verb
noun
- A difficult return or block of a shot.
- Lineage.
- Something gained; an acquisition.
- A git.
- A Jewish writ of divorce.
verb
- To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
- To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- To cause to become; to bring about.
- To kill.
- To receive.
- To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
- To getter.
- To obtain; to acquire.
- To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
- To begin (doing something or to do something).
- To have. See usage notes.
- To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
- To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- To cause to do.
- To fetch, bring, take.
- To become, or cause oneself to become.
- To understand. (compare get it)
- To catch out, trick successfully.
- To find as an answer.
- To hear completely; catch.
- To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
- Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
- To go, to leave; to scram.
- To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- To measure.
- To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
- To perplex, stump.
- To cause to come or go or move.
verb
- hit a two-base hit
- increase twofold
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
- make a demand for (a card or suit)
- make or do or perform again
adj
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- twice as great or many
- large enough for two
- having two meanings with intent to deceive
adj
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
adv
noun
verb
- To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
- To take (air, smoke etc.) into the lungs; to inhale.
- To provoke or attract (a particular response or reaction).
- To take (water) from a well or other source.
- To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.
- To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
- To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
- To pull out, unsheathe (a sword, firearm etc.).
- To make (wire) by pulling it through an aperture; to stretch (metal) into a wire.
- To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
- To extract (a tooth).
- To take or be dealt a playing card from the deck. See also draw out.
- To pull (something) in a particular manner or direction.
- To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
- To take or be dealt (a card) from the deck; to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
- To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.
- To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially magnetism or gravity; (figurative) to act as an inducement or enticement.
- To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
- To produce (a shape, figure, picture etc.) with pencil, crayon, chalk, or other implement.
- To cause (someone) to come to a particular place, condition, or course of action; to attract (a person).
- To conduct (a lottery); to select (the numbers) for a lottery; to win (a prize) in a lottery.
- To depict (something) linguistically; to portray in words.
- To produce a visual representation of (a person or thing) by lines and marks with pencil, pen, paints etc.
- To drag (a person, thing, or part of the body), especially along the ground.
- To move (a part of one's body) in a particular direction.
- To stretch or elongate.
- To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
- To draw up, compose (a document).
- To have a draught; to allow air to be passed through in order to allow for combustion.
- To induce (the mind, eyes, attention etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
- To cause (something); to bring (something) about as a consequence.
- To become contracted; to shrink.
- To pull (a curtain, blinds etc.) open or closed.
- To assume a specific position or attitude.
- To require (a depth of water) for floating.
- To pull back (the string of a bow) in preparation for shooting.
- To pull (one's face, features) out of shape, from emotion etc.
- Of a sail, to fill with wind.
- To select (an item) at random to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something; to select (a person) by this process.
- To disembowel (someone); to remove the viscera from (an animal), especially before cooking.
- To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
- To steep; to leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase.
- To run (a bath).
- To produce an image of something by artistic means; to make drawings.
- To pull (a belt or other item) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
- To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
- To pull (a plough, vehicle etc.); to cause (something) to move forwards by pulling it.
- To extract (juice, fluids etc.) from something by pressure, osmosis or similar.
- To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.
- To consume (power).
noun
- A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- The act of drawing.
- The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
- Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
- Cannabis.
- The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
- A bag of cannabis.
- Draft in the sense of the flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
- The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
- A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
- The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.
verb
- To hit or kick off target.
- To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
- To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
- To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
- To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
- To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
- To play at a slower tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually decrease tempo while one is playing.
- To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
- To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
- To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
- To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
- To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
- To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
- To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
- To fish with a dragnet.
noun
- A men's party attended in women's clothing.
- A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats.
- A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
- A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
- The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
- A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
- Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
- A device for guiding wood to the saw.
- A prison sentence of three months.
- A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
- A puff on a cigarette or joint.
- The last position in a line of hikers.
- A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.
- Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
- The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
- Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
- Street, as in 'main drag'.
- A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
- A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
- Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
- A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
- Witch house music.
- A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
- The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.
- The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
- A mailcoach.
- Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
- Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
- Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.
- A pulled load.
- Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
noun
- A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
- Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.
- A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
- That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
- A fat person.
- The best or richest productions; the best part.
- A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.
- An erection.
- A beef cattle fattened for sale.
adj
- Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
- Bountiful.
- Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
- Fertile; productive.
- Thick; large.
- Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
- Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
- Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
- Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
- Bulbous; rotund.
verb
- strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot
- sell cheaper than one's competition
- cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief
- cut away the underpart of
- cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall
noun
verb
- To hit a ball outside of the baselines.
- To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.
- To become clogged.
- To become entangled.
- To come into contact or collide with.
- To make dirty.
- To besmirch.
- To hit outside of the baselines.
- To clog or obstruct.
- To entangle.
- To commit a foul.
adj
- Entangled and therefore restricting free movement, not clear.
- Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome.
- Obscene, vulgar or abusive.
- Disgusting, repulsive; causing disgust.
- (with "of") Positioned on, in, or near enough to (a specified area) so as to obstruct it.
- Dishonest or not conforming to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.
- Unpleasant, stormy or rainy.
- Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
- Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.
noun
- A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.
- A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.
- A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released the ball.
verb
- To play an approach shot.
- To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
- Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.
- To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near.
- Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place).
- To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works.
- To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem).
- To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc.
- To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
noun
- An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.
- The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.
- An act of coming near in character or value; an approximation.
- The area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball.
- A manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.).
- A path taken to reach the climbing area, for example, from a car park, road, etc.
- An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near.
- A specific procedure used for approaching and landing at an airport.
noun
- One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
- A joke or amusing anecdote.
- A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
- A one-dollar bill.
- Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
- The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
- One o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- The digit or figure 1.
num
- The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
- The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
- The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
- The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
pron
- The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
- Functions as a relative pronoun at the end of a relative clause.
- Any person (applying to people in general).
- One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
- Any person, entity or thing.
- Used as a noun substituent following a possessive determiner.
adj
- Whole, entire.
- Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".
- The same.
- In agreement.
- Being a preeminent example.
- Sole, only.
- Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
- Of a period of time, being particular.
verb
particle
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