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noun
- The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- 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
- 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.
- 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 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 aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- 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
verb
- To play (a role).
- To perform a theatrical role.
- Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- To convey an appearance of being.
- To map via a homomorphism to a group of automorphisms (of).
- To feign.
- To do something.
- To have an effect (on).
- To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
noun
- A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A display of behaviour.
- A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- A division of a theatrical performance.
- Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- Any organized activity.
- A performer or performers in a show.
- A formal or official record of something done.
- The process of doing something.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
- Something done, a deed.
adj
verb
noun
verb
- play a role or part
- take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
- express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
- be representative or typical for
- be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute
- serve as a means of expressing something
- be typical of
- form or compose
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
- create an image or likeness of
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
- describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality
- point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance
- bring forward and present to the mind
- to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)
verb
- play a role or part
- 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
- 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
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- 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
verb
- To lead or guide.
- To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
- To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- To have on one's person.
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
- to physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)
- To be pregnant (with).
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
- To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success.
- To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, for example a leader or principle
- To be transmitted; to travel.
- To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
- To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
- To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
- To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- To insult, to diss.
- to succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
- To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- To bear a firearm, such as a gun.
- In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
noun
- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
- The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
- The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
- Carried interest.
- The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
- A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- The sky; cloud-drift.
prep
conj
- used before a preposition to clarify that the prepositional phrase restricts the meaning of the sentence; specifically.
- At the same instant or moment that: when.
- Being that, considering that, because, since.
- Varying through time in the same proportion that.
- In the (same) way or manner that; to the (same) degree that.
- Functioning as a relative conjunction, and sometimes like a relative pronoun: that, which, who. (See usage notes.)
- At the same time that, during the same time when: while.
- Expressing concession: though.
- Used after so or as to introduce a comparison.
- Used to introduce a result: with the result that it is.
noun
adv
verb
- to act as a guide.
- to serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
- to exert control or influence over someone or something.
- to supervise the education or training of someone.
- to steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
noun
- Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
- A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
- A sign that guides people; guidepost.
- A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.
- A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
- A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
- A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
- Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
verb
- To lead (onto or into).
- To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).
- To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
- To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
- To grant power, permission, destiny, etc. (especially to a person); to allot; to allow.
- To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
- To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in.
- To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.
- To devote or apply (oneself).
- To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
- To pledge.
- To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
- To exceed expectations.
- To pass (something) into (someone's hand, etc.).
- To be going on, to be occurring; Only used in what gives?
- To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
- To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.
- To make a present or gift of.
- To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
- To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
- To yield or collapse under pressure or force.
- To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
noun
verb
- To perform (a role).
- To accept (zero or more arguments).
- To seize or capture.
- To remove.
- To go.
- To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
- To proceed to fill.
- To participate in.
- To let in (water).
- To move into.
- To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
- To assume (a form).
- To go into, through, or along.
- To apply oneself to the study of.
- To deal with.
- To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- To have sex with.
- To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
- To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- To experience or feel.
- To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- To carry or lead (something or someone).
- To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- An intensifier.
- To require.
- To fill, to use up (time or space).
- To avail oneself of.
- To escort or conduct (a person).
- To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
- To receive into some relationship.
- To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- To catch; to engage.
- To grasp or grip.
- To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- To exact.
- To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- To remove or end by death; to kill.
- To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- To believe, to accept the statements of.
- To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- To subtract.
- To bind oneself by.
- To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- To partake of (food or drink); to consume.
- To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc).
- To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- To accept and follow (advice, etc).
- To use as a means of transportation.
- To admit (a penis or the penis of) into one’s bodily cavity.
- To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- To select or choose; to pick.
- To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- To have the intended effect.
- To regard in a specified way.
- To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).
- To adopt (select) as one's own.
- To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
- To understand (especially in a specified way).
- To have and use one's recourse to.
noun
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- The or an act of taking.
- A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
adj
- Acting in character.
- Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
- Fitted; covering; being worn.
- Acceptable, appropriate.
- Within the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
- In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
- Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
- Of a stated part of something, oriented towards the viewer or other specified direction.
- Menstruating.
- Performing according to schedule; taking place.
noun
verb
prep
- To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
- So as to impact; against.
- Some time during the day of.
- Indicating a means of subsistence.
- Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
- Dealing with the subject of; about; concerning.
- In the possession of.
- Inside (a vehicle) for the purpose of travelling.
- Indicating the person experiencing an emotion, cold, thirst, hunger, etc.
- Expressing figurative placement or attachment.
- Supported by (the specified part of itself).
- Having identical domain and codomain.
- At or in (a certain region or location).
- Upon; at the time of (and often because of).
- Under the influence of (a drug).
- Generated by.
- Regularly taking (a drug).
- Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
- Against; in opposition to.
- Indicating dependence or reliance.
- Covering.
- Engaged in or occupied with (an action or activity).
- Paid for by.
- Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
- At the date of.
- Indicating the target of, or thing affected by, an event or action.
- In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
- Indicating a means or medium.
- By virtue of; with the pledge of.
- Because of, or due to.
- Near; adjacent to; alongside.
- Having Vⁿ as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
- Without.
- Positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to.
- So as to impart force to.
- Serving as a member of.
- At a given time after the start of something; at.
adv
noun
- The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
- A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.
- An area for practicing shooting at targets.
- The extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
- An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
- The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
- The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
- The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
- The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
- A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.
- The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.).
- The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
- An area for military training or equipment testing.
- A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
- A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
- In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
- The distance a vehicle (e.g., a car, bicycle, lorry, or aircraft) can travel without refueling.
- Selection, array.
- The defensive area that a player can cover.
- An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
verb
- To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.
- To classify.
- Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
- To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
- To form a line or a row.
- To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
- To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
- Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.
- To rove over or through.
- To determine the range to a target.
- To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
- To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order.
- To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
verb
- To take over the position or role from.
- To place again.
- To put in a new or different place.
- To take the place of; to be used instead of
- To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back
- To refund; to repay; to pay back
- To supply or substitute an equivalent for
- To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
adj
adv
noun
noun
- A role model.
- The eye-catching top portion of a web page, sometimes including a hero image; the portion above the fold.
- Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds.
- The product chosen from several candidates to be photographed, as in food advertising, or with props used in a movie.
- The protagonist in a work of fiction.
- A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses; a hero sandwich.
- The current player, especially an hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: villain (“any opponent player”). Not to be confused with hero call (“a weak call against a supposed bluff”).
verb
- To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)
- To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
- To carry out (something organized)
- To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)
- To behave.
- To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
noun
noun
- A role model.
- A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.
- A well known usage of a scientific theory.
- Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a model.
- A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
- A copy of a book or piece of writing.
- Something typical or representative of a class; an example that typifies.
noun
- The most important person, the one who is in charge.
- The main goalkeeper of a team, so-called because they wear the number 1 on the back of their kit.
- Urine; urination.
- A large town where theatrical performances may expect to achieve success.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see number, one.
- Oneself, being considered foremost, as by an egoist.
- Someone who is top of a ranking, who is ranked first.
- The batsman who opens the batting.
- The single that has sold the most in a given period.
- A first lieutenant.
adj
noun
- Position or role (especially in a play).
- A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
- The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
- Share, especially of a profit.
- A section of a document.
- Duty; responsibility.
- Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
- A group inside a larger group.
- In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
- The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
- A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
- A fraction of a whole.
- A distinct element of something larger.
- 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
- A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
- A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
adv
adj
verb
noun
- Any person who leads or directs.
- The path taken by electrons from a cloud to ground level, determining the shape of a bolt of lightning.
- One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.
- One having authority to direct.
- A performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra.
- The dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions.
- an animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs
- Either of the two front horses of a team of four in front of a carriage.
- A person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.
- A loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price.
- The first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.
- A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
- A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
- A fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant.
- The drive wheel in any kind of machinery.
- Someone or something that leads or conducts.
- One who goes first.
- A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground.
- A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.
- The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.
- A section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line.
- A piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to be threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press.
- A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
- A row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.
prep
- Directed at; intended to belong to.
- Due or facing (a certain outcome or fate).
- By the standards of, usually with the implication that those standards are lower than one might otherwise expect; considering.
- Used in various more-or-less idiomatic ways to construe individual verbs, indicating various semantic relationships such as target, purpose, result, etc.; see also the entries for individual phrasal verbs, e.g. ask for, look for, stand for, etc.
- In order to obtain or acquire.
- Towards; in the direction of.
- Intended to cure, remove or counteract; in order to cure, remove or counteract.
- So (that), in order to
- On behalf of.
- Used to introduce a subject within a to-infinitive clause.
- In the role or capacity of; instead of; in place of.
- To be used or treated in a stated way, or with a stated purpose.
- Because of.
- Over (a period of time).
- To be, or as being.
- Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
- Supporting, in favour of.
- In order to help, benefit, gratify, honor etc. (someone or something).
- Introducing the first item(s) in a potential sequence.
- In exchange for; in correspondence or equivalence with.
- In honor of; after.
- Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
- Indicating something desired or anticipated.
- Despite, in spite of.
- Throughout or across (a distance in space).
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conj
noun
- An actor in a leading role.
- A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
- A concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, usually with four, five, or six points.
- Any small luminous dot appearing in the cloudless portion of the night sky, especially with a fixed location relative to other such dots.
- A luminous celestial body, made up of plasma (particularly hydrogen and helium) and having a spherical shape. Depending on context the sun may or may not be included.
- An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.
- A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.
- A planet supposed to influence one's destiny.
- A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour.
- An asterisk (*) or symbol (★).
- A simple dance, or part of a dance, where a group of four dancers each put their right or left hand in the middle and turn around in a circle. You call them right-hand stars or left-hand stars, depending on the hand which is in the middle.
verb
- To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.
- To shine like a star.
- To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.
- To mark with a star or asterisk.
- To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
adj
verb
- To put into play.
- To begin.
- To flinch or draw back.
- To awaken suddenly.
- To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
- To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly.
- To break away, to come loose.
- To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
- To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
- To set in motion.
- To have its origin (at), begin.
- To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
- To jerk suddenly in surprise.
- To start one's periods (menstruation).
- To begin an activity.
- To ready the operation of a vehicle or machine.
noun
- The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
- An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
- The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
- The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
- An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
- A handle, especially that of a plough.
- A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
- A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out.
- The beginning of an activity.
- An instance of starting.
- A sudden involuntary movement.
verb
- To assign (a role in a play or performance).
- To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
- To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
- To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.
- Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
- To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
- To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
- To throw.
- To throw down or aside.
- To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
- To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
- To remove, take off (clothes).
- To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
- To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
noun
- Visual appearance.
- An object made in a mould.
- A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- A squint.
- Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- The casting procedure.
- The mould used to make cast objects.
- A group of crabs.
- An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
- An act of throwing.
adj
verb
- To designate for a role.
- To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
- To identify as relevant or important
- To mention, specify.
- To publicly implicate by name.
- To give a name to.
- To disclose the name of.
noun
- Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
- Authority.
- An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.
- An abusive or insulting epithet.
- A person (or legal person).
- Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
- Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
- Reputation.
noun
noun
- an actor who plays a principal role
- the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
- (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement
- the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account
adj
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