slew
wye
traverse table
run around
balloon loop
turnout
sashay
siding
railroad siding
sidetrack
sidle
backshunt
lay down
points
railway
car
railroad car
railway car
swing motion
point
reverse
running track
railcar
broadside
laterigrade
sidelong
double-track
shelving
swing
turntable
terminus
track
pan
crossrange
wobble
shift
lay-by
careen
tilt
switch
signal box
rails
runway
chassis
run ahead
straight
axle guard
shunt
rail
singling
trap points
lateral
tipple
downgrade
buffer stop
trackside
somersault signal
veer
pitch
tunnel
incline
sidewise
easement
railline
switchback
throughline
sideway
wigwag
shunter
deviation
car replacer
multitrack
push-pull
sideways
diamond crossover
lineside
top and tail
back up
test track
Jim Crow
pleuro-
wheelbase
curve
circumnutate
turn around
slab-track
retral
reserved track
reversal
close
retrograde
running line
overpass
reverse
laterigrade
double-track
crossrange
multitrack
push-pull
sideways
lineside
retral
retrograde
broadside
sidelong
sidewise
sideway
traverse table
balloon loop
turnout
siding
railroad siding
sidetrack
backshunt
points
railway
car
railroad car
railway car
swing motion
point
running track
railcar
shelving
turntable
terminus
track
lay-by
signal box
rails
runway
chassis
straight
axle guard
rail
singling
trap points
tipple
downgrade
buffer stop
trackside
switch
shunt
somersault signal
tunnel
easement
railline
switchback
throughline
wigwag
shunter
deviation
car replacer
diamond crossover
test track
Jim Crow
wheelbase
turn around
reserved track
reversal
running line
overpass
slew
wye
run around
sashay
sidle
lay down
swing
pan
wobble
shift
careen
tilt
switch
run ahead
shunt
lateral
veer
pitch
incline
top and tail
back up
curve
circumnutate
slab-track
close
verb
- To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
- To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
- To rotate or turn something about its axis.
- To pivot.
- simple past tense of slay
- To veer a vehicle.
- To skid.
- To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
noun
noun
- A platform with one or more tracks, and arranged to move laterally on wheels, for shifting cars, etc., from one line of track to another.
- A table by means of which the difference of latitude and departure corresponding to any given course and distance may be found by inspection. It contains the lengths of the two sides of a right-angled triangle, usually for every quarter of a degree of angle, and for lengths of the hypotenuse, from 1 to 100.
verb
- To move from one end of the consist to the other, so as to pull the train in the opposite direction.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, around.
- To change one's position on the court to hit a forehand rather than a backhand, or vice versa.
- To cheat; to be unfaithful to a romantic partner.
- To be very busy doing many different things.
- To go from place to place.
noun
noun
- A place where moveable rails allow a train to switch tracks; a set of points.
- That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage.
- Net quantity of produce yielded.
- The number or proportion of people who attend or participate in an event (especially an election) or are present at a venue.
- A place to pull off a road.
- The act of putting out to pasture.
- The act of coming forth.
verb
- To place on the ground, e.g. a railway on a trackbed.
- To sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life."
- To stock, store (e.g. wine) for the future. See also lay by.
- To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate (rules or policies).
- To euthanize an animal.
- To lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting.
- To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground.
- simple past tense of lie down
- To intentionally take a fall while riding a motorcycle, in order to prevent a more serious collision.
noun
- a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad
- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
- where passengers ride up and down
- a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway
noun
- A railroad switch.
- The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
- A tine or snag of an antler.
- Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition.
- A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
- A peninsula or promontory.
- The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- Any projecting extremity of an object.
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
- An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
- The difference between two points of the compass.
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- An electric power socket.
- A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
- A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
- A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- The sharp tip of an object.
- A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
- The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- A note; a tune.
- A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- The position of the pitcher and catcher.
- The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
- One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
- Lace worked by the needle.
- A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
verb
- To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- To repair mortar.
- To direct toward an object; to aim.
- To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
- To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- To face in a particular direction.
- To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
- To mark with diacritics.
- To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
- To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
- To indicate a probability of something.
- To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- To sail close to the wind.
- To approximate to the surface; to head.
adj
- Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
- Reversed.
- Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
verb
- To transpose the positions of two things.
- To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
- To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.
- To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
- To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
- To overthrow; to subvert.
- To turn something inside out or upside down.
noun
- The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- The opposite of something.
- The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
- The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
- A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
verb
- To move sideways in its trajectory.
- To move one's arm in a punching motion.
- To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
- To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
- To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
- To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
- To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
- To turn in a different direction.
- To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
- To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
- To ride on a swing.
- To dance.
- To fluctuate or change.
- (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
- To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
- To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
- To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
- In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
noun
- In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
- Influence or power of anything put in motion.
- The amount of change towards or away from something.
- The genre of music associated with this dance style.
- The manner in which something is swung.
- The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
- A dance style.
- In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
- A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
- A type of hook with the arm more extended.
- A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
- A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
- Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
- Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
- The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
noun
- either end of a railroad or bus route
- a place where something ends or is complete
- the ultimate goal for which something is done
- (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome
- station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
noun
- The way or rails along which a train moves.
- A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
- The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.
- Physical course; way.
- The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
- The pitch.
- A road or other similar beaten path.
- The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
- Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
- A tract or area, such as of land.
- A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.
- The street, as a prostitute's place of work.
- A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
- A themed set of talks within a conference.
- A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
- Sound stored on a record.
- The physical track on a record.
- A mark left by something that has passed along.
- The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
verb
- To create music using tracker software.
- To make sense; to be consistent with known information
- To monitor the movement of a person or object.
- To traverse; to move across.
- To create a musical recording (a track).
- To exhibit good cognitive function.
- To discover the location of a person or object by following traces.
- To make tracks on or to leave in the form of tracks.
- To tow.
- To match the movement or change of a person or object.
- To travel so that a moving object remains in shot.
- To follow the tracks of.
- To move.
- To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time.
verb
- To turn horizontally.
- To turn out well; to be successful.
- To join or fit together; to unite.
- To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.
- To beat one's opposition convincingly.
- To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360 degrees from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
- To shift an image relative to the display window without changing the viewing scale.
- To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
- To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)
noun
- A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.
- A human face, a mug.
- A part; a portion.
- The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.
- Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.
- A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
- Strong adverse criticism.
- A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
- The contents of such a receptacle.
- A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
- A leaf of gold or silver.
- A loaf of bread.
- A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
- The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
- The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
- A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.
- A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
- The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
- The brain, seen as one's intellect.
- A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
adj
verb
- move sideways or in an unsteady way
- make a shift in or exchange of
- change place or direction
- move around
- move very slightly
- move from one setting or context to another
- change in quality
- move and exchange for another
- move abruptly
- use a shift key on a keyboard
- change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
- change gears
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
noun
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- a qualitative change
- the time period during which you are at work
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- the act of moving from one place to another
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
- the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
noun
- A railroad siding; a second, short railroad track just to the side of a railroad track, connected with the main track by a switch and used for unloading, bypassing, etc.
- A paved area at the side of a highway designated for drivers to stop in, for emergency parking, or where vehicles can wait, with larger lay-bys possibly having facilities like food vendors or public telephones.
- A method of retail purchase in which the selected goods are set aside and the customer pays for them in instalments, receiving them when fully paid; layaway.
- A widened section of a narrow river or canal, formed to one side so as to leave the channel free, for mooring of vessels, where vessels can lay over or allow others to pass.
verb
- To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
- To trim.
- To change places, tasks, etc.
- To take on the opposite role (leader vs. follower) in a partner dance.
- To exchange.
- To swing or whisk.
- To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
- To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
- To be swung or whisked.
- To whip or hit with a switch.
- To shift to another circuit.
adj
- Pertaining to skiing backwards.
- Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.
noun
- A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.
- A variant of crazy eights where one card, such as an ace, reverses the direction of play.
- A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women.
- A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
- Synonym of rute.
- A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
- A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
- A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene.
- A change or exchange.
- One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.
- A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.
- A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.
- A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
noun
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- a chute down which logs can slide
- a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.
- a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land
noun
- Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
- A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
- Five cards in sequence.
- A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.
- A heterosexual.
- A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
adv
- Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
- Continuously; without interruption or pause.
- Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.
- Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
verb
adj
- Direct, undeviating.
- Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
- Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
- Strait; narrow.
- Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable.
- Thorough; utter; unqualified.
- Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
- Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
- Not plus size; thin.
- In proper order; as it should be.
- Heterosexual.
- Serious rather than comedic.
- Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
- Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
- Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
- Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
- Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
- Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
verb
- To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another.
- To have a minor collision, especially in a motor car.
- To move data in memory to a physical disk.
- To divert the flow of a body fluid.
- To carry on arbitrage between the London stock exchange and provincial stock exchanges.
- To provide with a shunt.
- To divert to a less important place, position, or state.
- To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.
- To divert electric current by providing an alternative path.
noun
- A switch on a railway used to move a train from one track to another.
- An act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove.
- An abnormal passage between body channels.
- The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.
- A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass; a tube inserted into the body to create such a passage.
- A minor collision between vehicles.
- A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electrical circuit.
noun
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- short for railway
- a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
verb
verb
adj
- Non-linear or unconventional, as in, lateral thinking.
- To the side; of or pertaining to the side.
- Affecting the side or sides of the body, or confined to one side of the body.
- Situated on one side or other of the body or of an organ, especially in the region furthest from the median plane.
- Acting or placed at right angles to a line of motion or strain.
- (of a consonant, especially the English clear l) Pertaining to sounds generated by partially blocking the egress of the airstream with the tip of the tongue touching the alveolar ridge, leaving space on one or both sides of the occlusion for air passage.
noun
noun
verb
verb
- To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternatively up and down.
- To fix or set the tone of.
- To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- To throw away; discard.
- To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- 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 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.
adv
noun
- An element such as a baseboard, handrail, etc., that is curved instead of abruptly changing direction.
- Gratification.
- An interest in land which grants the legal right to use another person's real property (real estate), generally in order to cross a part of the property or to gain access to something on the property (right of way).
- Transition spiral curve track between a straight or tangent track and a circular curved track of a certain radius or selected radius.
noun
noun
- A railway track on a steep slope in a zigzag formation, in which a train travels in a reverse direction at each switch.
- A railway track on which there are steep ascents and descents, a train moving partially or fully by the force of gravity using the momentum generated when descending to travel up an ascending part of the track; especially (Britain, dated), such a track built for fun rides at an amusement park; a type of rollercoaster.
- A sharp bend in a path or road which causes a traveller to almost reverse their direction of travel, especially one of a series of such bends on an incline; a hairpin bend; also a path or road having such a series of bends.
- A flight path consisting of a series of steep ascents and descents, generally flown as a stunt.
- A path or road having a series of steep ascents and descents.
verb
noun
- A grade crossing signal with a swinging motion used to indicate an approaching train.
- A device with multiple (often two), alternately flashing lights which is installed at a railway level crossing (or grade crossing), a movable bridge, etc., to warn vehicular traffic to stop.
- An instrument that creates a wigwagging motion for polishing.
- A device that causes one or more lights to flash in a preset pattern.
- A red light near the door of a sound stage that flashes to indicate that cameras are rolling inside the stage and that all people and vehicles outside should remain quiet; a red-eye.
- A device used to cause lamps installed on a motor vehicle, especially an emergency vehicle such as an ambulance or police car, to flash as a warning.
- Any of a number of mechanical or electrical devices which cause a component to oscillate between two states.
- A signal sent by waving a flag to and fro.
- A warning device inside the cabin of a truck that causes a mechanical arm to drop into view when the pressure in the airbrake system of the truck becomes too low for the brakes to be reliably deployed.
verb
- To send a signal by waving a flag to and fro.
- An act of wigwagging.
- To oscillate between two states.
- To move gently in one direction and then another; to wig or wiggle, to wag or waggle.
adv
noun
- A detour in a road or railway.
- A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
- The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
- The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
- The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
- A departure from the correct way of acting.
- For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
- The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
- The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
verb
- To provide (a train) with a locomotive at each end, for ease of reversal.
- To remove the top and bottom of (an item), for example when preparing carrots for cooking.
- To set the limits of (an audio tape recording, a digital video file, etc.) by adding physical markers or by trimming unwanted portions.
- To bathe (a small child) in a minimal way by wiping its face and bottom.
- To add to the beginning and end of (something), such as the salutation and valediction added to a letter.
noun
verb
- To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.
- For the non-striker to take a few steps down the pitch, in preparation to taking a run, just as the bowler bowls the ball.
- To copy (data) so that it can be restored if the main copy is lost.
- To undo one's actions.
- For a fielder to position himself behind the wicket (relative to a team-mate who is throwing the ball at the wicket) so as to stop the ball, and prevent overthrows.
- To fill up because of a backlog.
- To halt the flow or movement of something.
- To provide support or the promise of support to.
- To reconsider one's thoughts.
- To move a vehicle backwards.
- Coordinate terms: back away, back off, stand back
noun
- A tool for bending railway rails, by holding the rail with two arms and pushing a screw into the other side.
- A double-action planing tool invented by Joseph Whitworth, in which the blade ‘jumps’ to face the other way on the back-stroke.
- A World War II code name for patrols along the British coastline to intercept enemy aircraft, originally intended to warn of invasion in 1940.
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name
verb
verb
- To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
- To bend; to crook.
- To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
- (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.
- To cause to swerve from a straight course.
noun
- A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
- An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
- A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
- A one-dimensional continuum.
- A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
- A gentle bend, such as in a road.
- The attractive shape of a woman's body.
- A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
noun
- turning in an opposite direction or position
- a change from one state to the opposite state
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- a decision to reverse an earlier decision
- a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside
- turning in the opposite direction
- the act of reversing the order or place of
- a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
verb
- To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.
- To make a sale.
- To move so that an opening is closed.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
- To come to an end.
- To put an end to; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to consummate.
- To obstruct (an opening).
- To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- To turn off; to switch off.
adj
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
- Marked, evident.
- Intimate; well-loved.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer or goal); near
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- At a little distance; near.
- Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Narrow; confined.
- Short.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
noun
- The common staircase in a tenement.
- A cathedral close.
- The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- An end or conclusion.
- A grapple in wrestling.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- A double bar marking the end.
- A street that ends in a dead end.
adj
- moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
- going from better to worse
adj
- moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
- of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
verb
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