barnacle
appress
close
conclude
plesio-
close one's doors
upclose
stopped
on the heels of
reclude
at the elbow
end
closely
snug
terminate
sport
toenadering
raise
lift
expire
closeish
bring down the curtain
instop
surcease
shut
terminating
shuttering
enclose
propinquent
close up
nearby
confine
at close range
hold in
recrossed
keep away
determine
near-hand
sad-iron
play dead
conclusive
dress
osculation
closish
cross-question
seal
clench
hamate
stop
closer
slam
bang
uncinate
expiate
push
cess
nutil
have done
poufy
hot on someone's heels
swish
sissy
jog
soft
closure
dead-end
latter
hand-to-hand
tie off
snip-snap
end off
halt
close the book on
mero
period
mash
full stop
clinch
haltingly
finished
touch
mano a mano
zipper
clasp
near
nudge
impen
ring down the curtain
steek
30
hectacre
shut down
call time
affrettando
stopped
snug
closeish
terminating
propinquent
nearby
recrossed
near-hand
conclusive
closish
hamate
uncinate
nutil
poufy
hot on someone's heels
swish
sissy
soft
latter
hand-to-hand
finished
mano a mano
near
closely
close up
at close range
haltingly
affrettando
toenadering
shuttering
osculation
closer
shut
closure
mero
period
full stop
hectacre
barnacle
appress
close
conclude
close one's doors
upclose
reclude
end
terminate
sport
raise
lift
expire
bring down the curtain
instop
surcease
shut
enclose
confine
hold in
keep away
determine
sad-iron
play dead
dress
cross-question
seal
clench
stop
slam
bang
expiate
push
cess
have done
jog
dead-end
tie off
snip-snap
end off
halt
close the book on
mash
clinch
touch
zipper
clasp
nudge
impen
ring down the curtain
steek
shut down
call time
verb
noun
- In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
- A deprecated or obsolete file, image or other artifact that remains with a project even though it is no longer needed.
- A worldly sailor.
- On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard.
- The barnacle goose.
- A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
verb
verb
- come to a close
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- become closed
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- engage at close quarters
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- come together, as if in an embrace
- draw near
- bring together all the elements or parts of
- bar access to
- fill or stop up
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
noun
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the last section of a communication
- the concluding part of any performance
adj
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- marked by fidelity to an original
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- crowded
- lacking fresh air
- of textiles
- strictly confined or guarded
- confined to specific persons
- fitting closely but comfortably
- used of hair or haircuts
- giving or spending with reluctance
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
adj
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- close in relevance or relationship
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
adv
prefix
verb
verb
adj
- Having a stop; being closed at one end.
- In a well-pruned state.
- Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b, d, p, and t.
- Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed; said also of the occupants of such a vehicle.
- In the state resulting from having stopped.
prep_phrase
verb
- bring to an end or halt
- put an end to
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
noun
- either extremity of something that has length
- the point in time at which something ends
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
- the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
- a final part or section
- a final state
- the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
- (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
- a boundary marking the extremities of something
- one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
- the part you are expected to play
- the last section of a communication
- a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line
verb
- To close (a door).
- To display; to have as a notable feature.
- To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
- To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.
- To amuse oneself, to play.
- To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
- To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
- To represent by any kind of play.
noun
- Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
- A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
- Term of endearment used by an adult for a child, usually a boy.
- A sportsman; a gambler.
- One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
- A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
- A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
- Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.
- Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.
- A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.
noun
verb
- put an end to
- raise the level or amount of something
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- cause to be heard or known; express or utter
- collect funds for a specific purpose
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- look after a child until it is an adult
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- move upwards
- construct, build, or erect
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
- raise in rank or condition
- increase the level of
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
- bet more than the previous player
- cause to assemble or enlist in the military
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
- activate or stir up
- establish radio communications with
- multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
- bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
- invigorate or heighten
- cause to become alive again
noun
verb
- put an end to
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- take hold of something and move it to a different location
- move upwards
- move upward
- make audible
- cancel officially
- make off with belongings of others
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- invigorate or heighten
- raise in rank or condition
- take off or away by decreasing
- rise up
- pay off (a mortgage)
- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
- take illegally
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
- take (root crops) out of the ground
- call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
- remove (hair) by scalping
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
- remove from a surface
- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
noun
- the act of giving temporary assistance
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
- the event of something being raised upward
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
- a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
- one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
- lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
- plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
- transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
- a ride in a car
- the act of raising something
adj
verb
- To close, to stop from being open.
- To close, to stop being open.
- To confine in an enclosed area.
- To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.
- To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
- To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.
noun
- The act or time of shutting; close.
- The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.
- A door or cover; a shutter.
- A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.
adj
adv
verb
- To bring to an end; to finish.
- To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
- To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
- To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
- To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.
- To set the boundaries or limits of.
- To define or limit by adding a differentia.
- To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
verb
- put a finish on
- put on clothes
- provide with clothes or put clothes on
- dress in a certain manner
- dress or groom with elaborate care
- kill and prepare for market or consumption
- arrange in ranks
- decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- provide with decoration
- put a dressing on
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
- convert into leather
- apply a bandage or medication to
- give a neat appearance to
- arrange attractively
adj
noun
verb
- To close by means of a seal.
- To place a seal on (a document).
- To confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.
- To guarantee.
- To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
- To close securely to prevent leakage.
- To place in a sealed container.
- To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
- To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
- To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
- To form a sacred commitment.
- To hunt seals.
- To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
- To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
- To fry (meat) at a high temperature to retain the juices.
noun
- An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
- A bearing representing a creature something like a walrus.
- Anything that secures or authenticates.
- A tight closure, secure against leakage.
- Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
- A chakra.
- A design or insignia usually associated with an organization or an official role.
- Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.
- A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
- Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
- A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
verb
- To close or block an opening.
- To cause (something) to come to an end.
- To pronounce (a phoneme) as a stop.
- To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).
- To cease moving.
- To end someone else's activity.
- To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
- To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
- To make fast; to stopper.
- To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
- To delay the purchase or sale of (a stock) while agreeing the price for later.
- To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
- Not to continue.
punct
noun
- An f-stop.
- A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
- A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.
- A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.
- A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
- A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
- One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.
- An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
- A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.
- A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
- A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
- A save; preventing the opposition from scoring a goal
- That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
- The squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.
- The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
- A device intended to block the path of a moving object
- The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
- A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.
- A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
- A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
noun
- Someone or something that closes.
- Someone or something that concludes.
- Synonym of close (“the point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy”)
- The last stone in a horizontal course, if smaller than the others; a piece of brick finishing a course.
- A relief pitcher who specializes in getting the last three outs of the game. See Wikipedia:closer (baseball)
verb
noun
verb
- To approach; to come close to.
- To move (a pawn) directly forward.
- To press or urge forward; to drive.
- To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to give birth or defecate.
- To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
- To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.
- To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
- To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time (a foul shot).
- To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
- To make an all-in bet.
- To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal.
- To make a higher bid at an auction.
- To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
- To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
- To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.
noun
- A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
- A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
- A foul shot in which the cue ball is in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time
- An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
- A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in the music.
- An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
- The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
- A great effort (to do something).
- The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request.
adj
verb
adj
noun
- An improvised alcoholic drink made by fermenting whatever ingredients are available.
- A sound of liquid flowing inside a container.
- A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction.
- An effeminate male homosexual.
- Effeminacy, effeminate or homosexual demeanor.
- A successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.
- A hissing, sweeping movement through the air, as of an animal's tail.
- A twig or bundle of twigs, used for administering beatings; a switch
intj
verb
adj
- Effeminate.
- Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non-magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed, a material with a low magnetic coercivity. (compare hard)
- Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
- Requiring little or no effort; easy.
- Voiced; sonant; lenis.
- Voiceless.
- Gentle.
- Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.
- Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
- Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
- Easily giving way under pressure.
- Emulated with software; not physically real.
- Not likely to cause addiction.
- Not containing alcohol.
- Weak in character; impressible.
- Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
- Gentle in action or motion; easy.
- Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
- Of a market: having more supply than demand; being a buyer's market.
- softcore.
- Palatalized.
- Not bright or intense.
- Physically or emotionally weak.
- Foolish.
- Agreeable to the senses.
- Having a slight angle from straight.
- Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.
- Quiet.
noun
noun
- The act of shutting; a closing.
- An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
- A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.
- An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope.
- That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.
- The smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property.
- A method of ending a parliamentary debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body.
- The process whereby the reader of a comic book infers the sequence of events by looking at the picture panels.
- The phenomenon by which a group maintains its resources by the exclusion of others from their group based on varied criteria. ᵂᵖ
- The act of shutting or closing something permanently or temporarily.
- The smallest closed set which contains the given set.
- A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.
verb
- To bring to a stop.
- To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
- To limp; move with a limping gait.
- To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
- To falter.
- To stop marching.
- To stop either temporarily or permanently.
- To cause to discontinue.
- To waver.
noun
noun
- A decisive end to something; a stop.
- A length of time.
- The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
- One or more additional intervals to decide a tied game, an overtime period.
- A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole.
- A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
- The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet.
- An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc.
- A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
- A geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs.
- Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.
- Each of the intervals, typically three, of which a game is divided.
- A Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.
- The length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length.
- Female menstruation; an episode of this.
- A row in the periodic table of the elements.
- Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).
adj
- Designating anything from a given historical era.
- Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.
intj
verb
- To press.
- To press (a button) rapidly and repeatedly.
- To press down hard (on).
- To flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances.
- To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
- To prepare a cup of tea in a teapot; to brew (tea).
- In brewing, to convert (for example malt, or malt and meal) into the mash which makes wort.
noun
- A gun.
- Mashed potatoes.
- A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
- Ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.
- A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
verb
- To set closely together; to close tightly.
- To clasp; to interlock.
- To embrace passionately.
- To make certain; to finalize.
- To hold firmly; to clench.
- To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
- To fasten securely or permanently.
noun
- Any of several fastenings.
- A passionate embrace.
- The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast.
- The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.
- A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
verb
- To come close to; to approach.
- To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- To cause to be briefly in contact with something.
- To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- To concern, to have to do with.
- To make physical contact with a thing.
- To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- To consume, or otherwise use.
- To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
noun
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- The children's game of tag.
- A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of borrowing or stealing something.
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- Form; standard of performance.
verb
noun
- A string of clothes pegs or clips attached to the body and then quickly pulled off.
- A pressure-sensitive plastic closure.
- A leucine zipper.
- A zip fastener.
- A technique for arbitrarily traversing an aggregate data structure and updating its contents. See zipper (data structure).
- A scar on a person's body.
adj
- Physically close.
- So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
- Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
- Within the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
- Close in time.
- Closely connected or related.
- Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
- Approximate, almost.
- On the side nearest to the kerb (the left-hand side if one drives on the left).
verb
prep
adv
noun
verb
- To near or come close to something.
- To move slightly.
- To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal.
noun
- A gentle push.
- The use of positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions as ways to influence.
- A feature of instant messaging software used to get the attention of another user, as by shaking the conversation window or playing a sound.
- The rotation by one step of a fruit machine reel of the player's choice.
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