adulterate
downcycle
cut down
scale back
abate
degrow
emaciate
soften the blow
ruin
spaff
adulterant
adulterating
repellent
bastardize
moderate
hollow out
starve
muddy
extenuate
purify
cut back
debase
rebate
unwaste
load
dilute
stretch
lessen
unspoil
cheapen
degrade
reductive
deduct
constrain
depletive
scavenger
alloy
lessenable
nonnutrient
pull down
derogate
upcycle
dejunk
lower
shorten
mince
garbage
depotentize
shit out
subtoxic
ungorge
antioxidant
green
insulate
drain
save
eliminate
rejectamenta
adulterator
downshift
enchant
Clorox
micropreparative
vitiate
edulcoration
sour
ecoefficient
kipper
low-impact
essentialize
mop up
cool
degradable
decapacitate
detoxicate
canker
discorrupt
pick up the slack
take up the slack
lightweight
minimize
elementalize
devour
crappify
enervate
rectify
drop
vampire
pack
pollute
mothball
thin
extreme energy
ratfuck
unrecyclable
refine
adulterant
adulterating
reductive
lessenable
subtoxic
micropreparative
ecoefficient
low-impact
repellent
depletive
scavenger
nonnutrient
garbage
antioxidant
adulterant
rejectamenta
adulterator
edulcoration
degradable
extreme energy
unrecyclable
adulterate
downcycle
cut down
scale back
abate
degrow
emaciate
soften the blow
ruin
spaff
bastardize
moderate
hollow out
starve
muddy
extenuate
purify
cut back
debase
rebate
unwaste
load
dilute
stretch
lessen
unspoil
cheapen
degrade
deduct
constrain
alloy
pull down
derogate
upcycle
dejunk
lower
shorten
mince
depotentize
shit out
ungorge
green
insulate
drain
save
eliminate
downshift
enchant
Clorox
vitiate
sour
kipper
essentialize
mop up
cool
decapacitate
detoxicate
canker
discorrupt
pick up the slack
take up the slack
lightweight
minimize
elementalize
devour
crappify
enervate
rectify
drop
vampire
pack
pollute
mothball
thin
ratfuck
refine
verb
- To reduce (something) in amount or size.
- To lower (something) in price or value.
- Of a writ or other legal document: to become null and void; to cease to have effect.
- To make (a writ or other legal document) void; to nullify.
- To put an end to (a nuisance).
- To cut away or hammer down (material from metalwork, a sculpture, etc.) in such a way as to leave a figure in relief.
- To decrease in amount or size.
- To lower in price or value; (law) specifically, of a bequest in a will: to lower in value because the testator's estate is insufficient to satisfy all the bequests in full.
- Of legal proceedings: to be dismissed or otherwise brought to an end before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
- To decrease in force or intensity; to subside.
- To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
- To enter upon and unlawfully seize (land) after the owner has died, thus preventing an heir from taking possession of it.
- To dismiss or otherwise bring to an end (legal proceedings) before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
noun
verb
- To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
- To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.
- To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
- To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
- To destroy or make something no longer usable.
- To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
noun
- The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
- A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
- The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
- The act of ruining something.
- Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.
- Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
verb
- To reduce the excessiveness of (something)
- To become less excessive
- To preside over (something) as a moderator
- To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise
- To supply with a moderator (substance that decreases the speed of neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increases likelihood of fission).
adj
- Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
- Average priced; standard-deal
- more than mild, less than severe
- Mediocre
- Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
- Not excessive; acting in moderation
noun
- One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
- One of a party in Scottish Church history dominant in the 18th century, lax in doctrine and discipline, but intolerant of evangelicalism and popular rights. It caused the secessions of 1733 and 1761, and its final resultant was the Disruption of 1843.
verb
- To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.
- To kill with cold; to (cause to) die from cold.
- To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
- To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food.
- To deteriorate for want of any essential thing.
- To be very hungry.
verb
- To make (something) impure; to contaminate.
- To become contaminated or impure.
- To make (a colour) dirty, dull, or muted.
- To make (a matter, etc.) more complicated or unclear; to make a mess of (something).
- To cover or splash (someone or something) with mud.
- Sometimes followed by up: to become covered or splashed with mud; to become dirty or soiled.
- To make (water or some other liquid) cloudy or turbid by stirring up mud or other sediment.
- To confuse (a person or their thinking); to muddle.
- To damage (a person or their reputation); to sully, to tarnish.
- Of water or some other liquid: to become cloudy or turbid.
adj
- Of the air: not fresh; impure, polluted.
- Originally, morally or religiously wrong; corrupt, sinful; now, morally or legally dubious; shady, sketchy.
- Of a colour: not bright: dirty, dull.
- Dirty, filthy.
- Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid.
- Of or relating to mud; also, having the characteristics of mud, especially in colour or taste.
- Of an image: blurry or dim.
- Of sound (especially during performance, recording, or playback): indistinct, muffled.
- Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).
- Soiled with feces.
- Of light: cloudy, opaque.
- Of speech, thinking, or writing: ambiguous or vague; or confused, incoherent, or mixed-up; also, poorly expressed.
- Not clear.
noun
verb
- To diminish or lessen something
- To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
- To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
- To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
- To abate; to withdraw.
- Of a falcon: to return to the hand after bating; see bate².
noun
- An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
- A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
- The return of part of an amount already paid.
- The edge of a roll of film, from which no image can be developed.
- A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
- A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
- A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces (of wood etc) together; a rabbet.
verb
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- fill or place a load on
- provide (a device) with something necessary
- transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
- put (something) on a structure or conveyance
noun
- weight to be borne or conveyed
- a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
- goods carried by a large vehicle
- an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
- the power output of a generator or power plant
- an onerous or difficult concern
- a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
- the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
- electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
verb
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- occupy a large, elongated area
- extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
- extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
- become longer by being stretched and pulled
- make long or longer by pulling and stretching
- lie down comfortably
- pull in opposite directions
- extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly
- increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
- extend one's body or limbs
noun
- a large and unbroken expanse or distance
- the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
- a straightaway section of a racetrack
- exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
- extension to or beyond the ordinary limit
- an unbroken period of time during which you do something
- the capacity for being stretched
adj
noun
verb
- To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
- To decrease in value, amount, etc.
- To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.
- To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
- To bring down; to humble
- (lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
- To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
- To reduce the height of
- To depress as to direction
- to pull down
- To make less elevated
- To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
adj
verb
- To make less; to make small.
- To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.
- To effect mincingly.
- To cut into very small pieces; to chop finely.
- To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
- To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.
- To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent.
- To say or utter vaguely (not directly or frankly).
noun
verb
adj
verb
- To make (something) environmentally friendly.
- To become or grow green in colour.
- To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).
- To make (something) green, to turn (something) green.
- To become environmentally aware.
noun
- Money.
- Islamist.
- A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
- The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll; the colour between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum; one of the primary additive colour for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and blue from white light using cyan and yellow filters.
- One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
- A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
- Any substance or pigment of a green colour.
- Marijuana.
- A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
- a public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
- A green light used as a signal.
- The surface upon which bowls is played.
- Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.
- One of the three color charges for quarks.
adj
- Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.
- Naive or unaware of obvious facts.
- Of film: freshly processed by the laboratory and not yet fully physically hardened.
- Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent.
- Inexperienced.
- Environmentally friendly.
- Having a sexual connotation.
- Overcome with envy.
- Having green as its color.
- Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
- Having a color charge of green.
- Sickly, unwell.
- Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
- High or too high in acidity.
- Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
verb
- To deplete of energy or resources.
- To flow gradually.
- To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
- To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
- To fall off the bottom of the playfield.
- To cause liquid to flow out of.
- To lose liquid.
noun
- Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
- One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.
- An outhole.
- A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
- An act of urination.
verb
- To economize or avoid waste.
- 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 catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
- To store for future use.
- 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.
conj
prep
verb
- To reduce (something) in quality or quantity (as effect, scope, speed, etc.)
- To shift a transmission into a lower gear.
- To shift (a car or bicycle) into a lower gear.
- To function at a lower rate; to slacken.
- To change (one's career or lifestyle) to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
- To change one's career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
noun
verb
- To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
- To make sour.
- To become sour.
- To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
- To become disenchanted.
- To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.
- To process (fabric) after bleaching, using hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid to wash out the lime.
adj
- Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste.
- Unfortunate or unfavorable.
- Peevish or bad-tempered.
- Off-pitch, out of tune.
- Made rancid by fermentation, etc.
- Excessively acidic and thus infertile.
- Tasting or smelling rancid.
- Containing excess sulfur.
noun
verb
- To dry out with heat or harsh chemicals; to desiccate.
- To drink or give a drink of alcohol, especially to intoxication.
- To punish by spanking or caning.
- To lead astray or frame; to cause to get into trouble.
- To damage or treat with smoke.
- To prepare (a herring or similar fish) by splitting, salting, and smoking.
- To utterly defeat or humiliate.
noun
- A patrol to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air.
- A child or young person.
- A torpedo.
- A member or supporter of UKIP (UK Independence Party).
- A male salmon after spawning.
- A split, salted and smoked herring or salmon.
- An Englishman who has moved to Australia.
- A fool.
- A young Aboriginal man who has been initiated into to the rights of manhood.
adj
verb
- To consume or get rid of an excess of something.
- After they argued, it fell to me to talk to her and try to mop up.
- To win a competition decisively.
- To get rid of (enemies) within a certain area.
- To clean up an area destroyed by a natural disaster or by violent activity.
- To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.
- To finish something off; to apply a finishing touch
- To fix problems; to correct or repair.
- To clean up (liquid) with a mop, rag, sponge, or other cleaning device.
- To absorb the leftovers of a dish with bread etc., in order to eat them.
verb
- To make cooler, less warm.
- To lose heat, to get colder.
- To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
- To kill.
- To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
adj
- Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
- Calmly audacious.
- Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
- Very interesting or exciting.
- (followed by with) Able to tolerate; to be fine with.
- Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
- (of an act or situation) annoying, irritating.
- (of a pair of people) holding no grudge against one another; having no beef.
- Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
- Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
- Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
- In fashion and fancy, part of or befitting the most leading trends and habits of the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
- Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
- Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
noun
verb
- To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
- To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
- To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
- To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
noun
- An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae.
- A region of dead plant tissue caused by such a disease.
- Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys.
- A kind of wild rose; the dog rose.
- An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths. Usually resulting from neglected thrush.
- A plant disease marked by gradual decay.
- A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth.
- A worm or grub that destroys plant buds or leaves; cankerworm.
verb
adj
- Lacking in earnestness, ability, or profundity
- Having less than average weight
- Lacking in strength
- Having a small footprint or performance impact
noun
- A political candidate with little chance of winning
- A particular weight category as prescribed by the rules, separate from an open or heavyweight class.
- A particular weight class, or member of such, as prescribed by the rules, between that of the heavier welterweight and the lighter featherweight. See Wikipedia for the specifics of each sport.
- A competitive weight division as prescribed by the rules, between the heavier middleweight and the lighter featherweight.
- One of little consequence or ability.
- A person who cannot handle their drink; one who gets drunk on very little alcohol.
- A person with low endurance.
verb
- To reduce; to make smaller.
- To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- To impart (something).
- To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- To perform (rap music).
- Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- To drop out of the betting.
- To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- To fall into a particular condition or state.
- To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- To present the user with a more basic interface.
- To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- To enter a more basic interface.
- To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
noun
- A dropped pass.
- The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on An advantage.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trace, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- A single measure of whisky.
- A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
verb
noun
- A medical technician who works with patients' blood.
- A person who drains one's time, energy, money, etc.
- A person with the medical condition systemic lupus erythematosus, colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity and brownish-red stained teeth.
- Synonym of anti-ship missile (ASM), particularly an incoming hostile one.
- A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)
- A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living.
verb
- To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.
- To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
- to load; to encumber.
- To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.
- To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
- To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
- To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
- To load with a pack
- To block a shot, especially in basketball.
- To wear an object, such as a prosthetic penis, inside one’s trousers to appear more male or masculine.
- To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
- To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into.
- To play together cohesively, specially with reference to their technique in the scrum.
- To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.
- To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
- To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
- To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
- To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
- To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
- To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.
- To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
noun
- A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
- The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
- A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
- A multitude.
- A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
- A full set of playing cards
- A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
- An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
- The largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.
- A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
- A shook of cask staves.
- A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
- The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
- A flock of knots.
- A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
- A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
- A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
- A group of Cub Scouts.
- A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
verb
- To make thin or thinner.
- To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
- To dilute.
- To become thin or thinner.
adj
- Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
- Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
- Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
- Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
- Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
- Of a route: relatively little used.
- Poor; scanty; without money or success.
- Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
- Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
adv
noun
verb
- reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- make more complex, intricate, or richer
- treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
- attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying
- make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
English words for 'To make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances.'
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