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verb
- To hold in custody or use for any advantage.
- To have possession or custody of (a person) as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand.
- To seek advantage in a situation by threatening the well-being or success of (a person or thing not directly involved in the situation).
verb
noun
- a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
- (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
- anything worn or placed about the neck
- a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
- the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
- a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- a figurative restraint
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
verb
- take into custody
- take and lift upward
- take up by hand
- give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift
- gather or collect
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- get in addition, as an increase
- buy casually or spontaneously
- register (perceptual input)
- lift out or reflect from a background
- meet someone for sexual purposes
- fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
- improve significantly; go from bad to good
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- eat by pecking at, like a bird
- gain or regain energy
verb
- place into the hands or custody of
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
- move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense
- be in or establish communication with
- to gain with effort
- to extend as far as
- reach a goal
- to exert much effort or energy
noun
verb
- place into the hands or custody of
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- move by turning over or rotating
- turn up, loosen, or remove earth
- do business worth a certain amount of money
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- turn from an upright or normal position
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- think about carefully; weigh
verb
noun
- the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
- something written by hand
- ability
- a position given by its location to the side of an object
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- one of two sides of an issue
- a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
- a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
- a member of the crew of a ship
- a card player in a game of bridge
- a round of applause to signify approval
- terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)
- physical assistance
verb
- place into the hands or custody of
- cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
- be the cause or source of
- transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
- convey or reveal information
- convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
- organize or be responsible for
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- give as a present; make a gift of
- cause to happen or be responsible for
- dedicate
- give or supply
- transmit (knowledge or skills)
- bring about
- leave with; give temporarily
- emit or utter
- endure the loss of
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- give (as medicine)
- give or convey physically
- bestow
- bestow, especially officially
- move in order to make room for someone for something
- give food to
- contribute to some cause
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- estimate the duration or outcome of something
- execute and deliver
- deliver in exchange or recompense
- afford access to
- present to view
- perform for an audience
- be flexible under stress of physical force
- propose
- accord by verdict
- manifest or show
- offer in good faith
- submit for consideration, judgment, or use
- guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion
- allow to have or take
- inflict as a punishment
- occur
- consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man
- proffer (a body part)
noun
verb
- place into the hands or custody of
- go across or through
- move past
- make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
- for time to move forward
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- travel past
- come to pass
- go unchallenged; be approved
- use up a period of time in a specific way
- pass over, across, or through
- transmit information
- disappear gradually
- go successfully through a test or a selection process
- be superior or better than some standard
- accept or judge as acceptable
- allow to go without comment or censure
- transfer to another; of rights or property
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- throw (a ball) to another player
- be inherited by
- cause to pass
- grant authorization or clearance for
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- eliminate from the body
noun
- (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
- (military) a written leave of absence
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
- a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
- a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- a difficult juncture
- one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
- an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- a permit to enter or leave a military installation
- a complimentary ticket
- a usually brief attempt
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
adj
noun
- a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
- a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
- block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care
- a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
verb
noun
- Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion.
- A sex worker who does not operate in a brothel, but with whom clients make appointments; a call girl or male equivalent.
- A guard who travels with a dangerous person, such as a criminal, for the protection of others.
- A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission.
- An accompanying person in such a group.
- A group of people attending as a mark of respect or honor.
- An accompanying person in a social gathering, etc.
verb
- To go with someone as a partner, for example on a formal date.
- To attend to in order to guard and protect; to accompany as a safeguard (for the person escorted or for others); to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to
- To accompany (a person) in order to compel them to go somewhere (e.g. to leave a building).
noun
- Preservation from escape; close custody.
- An instance of a player being sacked or tackled in the end zone, or stepping out of the end zone and off the field, resulting in two points to the opposite team.
- A mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental firing.
- The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
- Any of the defensive players who are in position furthest from the line of scrimmage and whose responsibility is to defend against passes as well as to be the tacklers of last resort.
- A safety squeeze.
verb
verb
- take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
- take hold of; grab
- take or capture by force
- take possession of by force, as after an invasion
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
- hook by a pull on the line
- affect
- capture the attention or imagination of
adj
- actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment
- Constituting the substance of content rather than its style, and thus always nontrivial.
- Of or pertaining to a substantive.
- Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
- of the essence or essential element of a thing.
- applying to essential legal principles and rules of right.
- Depending on itself; independent.
- of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed
verb
noun
verb
- put into the care or protection of someone
- go away from a place
- go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness
- act or be so as to become in a specified state
- leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
- move out of or depart from
- make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
- produce as a result or residue
- remove oneself from an association with or participation in
- leave or give by will after one's death
- have left or have as a remainder
- be survived by after one's death
- transmit (knowledge or skills)
- leave behind unintentionally
noun
noun
- a warrant to take someone into custody
- a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
- anything with restorative powers
- a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
- the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
- mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
- an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
- the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
- the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
prep_phrase
adj
- Being allowed or prescribed by law.
- Relating to the law or to lawyers.
- Having its basis in the law.
- Above the age of consent or the legal drinking age.
- Following the rules or syntax of a system, such as a game or a programming language.
- (of paper or document layouts) Measuring 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm) (also legal-size).
noun
verb
- To arrest someone or to place them in detention.
- To write down as a note, especially to record something spoken.
- To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding.
- To remove something from a website.
- I took down the medicine and soon felt better.
- To remove something from a hanging position.
- To collapse or become incapacitated from illness or fatigue.
- To lower an item of clothing without removing it.
- If you have a pen, you can take down my phone number.
- To swallow.
- To reduce.
- To defeat; to destroy or kill (a person).
- To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc.
- To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.
noun
- Security; guaranty; bail.
- A formal warning given as an alternative to prosecution in minor cases.
- A yellow card.
- Prudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm.
- A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided.
verb
verb
- To arrest or capture.
- To squeeze between two objects.
- Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
- To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
- To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
- To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
- To steal, usually something inconsequential.
- To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
- To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
- To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
- To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- To seize; to grip; to bite.
noun
- A close compression of anything with the fingers.
- A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
- An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
- An organic herbal smoke additive.
- A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.
- The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
- The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- An arrest.
- A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
noun
- The obligation for the proper custody, care, and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted to the possession or supervision of an individual.
- A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.
- The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable.
- The obligation to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion. With responsibility goes authority to direct and take the necessary action to ensure success.
- The state of being liable, culpable, or responsible for something in particular.
noun
- Legal authority (to make an arrest for example)
- A measure of such ability; volume
- The maximum amount that can be held
- Electrical capacitance.
- Mental ability; the power to learn
- The maximum that can be produced.
- The ability to hold, receive, or absorb
- The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
- A role; the position in which one functions
- Capability; the ability to perform some task
- A faculty; the potential for growth and development
adj
prep_phrase
verb
- To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
- To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
- To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
- To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
- To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
- To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
verb
- To imprison or incarcerate (someone).
- To invest in something long term.
- To stop moving; to seize.
- To close all doors and windows (of a place) securely.
- To (mistakenly) cause or have one of one's wheels to lock up (stop spinning).
- To lose one's forward momentum; to freeze.
- To cause (a program) to cease responding or to freeze.
- To stop spinning due to excessive braking torque.
- To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in an uphill direction.
- To cease responding; to freeze.
verb
- be designed to hold or take
- carry out
- require (time or space)
- take somebody somewhere
- get into one's hands, take physically
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- take into one's possession
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- receive willingly something given or offered
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- require as useful, just, or proper
- experience or feel or submit to
- make a film or photograph of something
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- conquer by force
- occupy or take on
- admit into a group or community
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- be a student of a certain subject
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- head into a specified direction
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- engage for service under a term of contract
- receive or obtain regularly
- buy, select
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- have sex with; archaic use
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- be capable of holding or containing
- develop a habit
- proceed along in a vehicle
- obtain by winning
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
noun
verb
- To arrest (someone) for a crime.
- For a headline to exceed the amount of space reserved for it.
- To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
- To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
- To break in (a woman or girl), To deflower
- To break.
- To exceed a score of 21.
- To break in (an animal).
- An emphatic synonym of do or get.
- To ejaculate; to eject semen.
- To refute an established opening.
- To lose all of one's chips.
- To reduce in rank.
adj
noun
- A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
- The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
- A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
- A player who fails to meet expectations.
- A failed enterprise; a bomb.
- A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
- The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
- A disappointment.
- The breasts and upper thorax of a woman.
verb
- be designed to hold or take
- consider or hold as true
- receive willingly something given or offered
- give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
- react favorably to; consider right and proper
- admit into a group or community
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- tolerate or accommodate oneself to
- receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
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