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verb
- To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
- To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
- To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
- To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
adj
- Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
- Insensible; unfeeling.
- Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
- Sluggish, listless.
- Boring; not exciting or interesting.
- Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
- Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
- Cloudy, overcast.
- Heavy; lifeless; inert.
- Not clear, muffled.
verb
- To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
- To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of
adj
- Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
- Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
- Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
- Hard to impress or penetrate.
- Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
noun
verb
- To make a dull sound.
- To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.
- To insert a line in a chock.
adv
noun
- Any fitting or fixture used to restrict movement, especially movement of a line; traditionally was a fixture near a bulwark with two horns pointing towards each other, with a gap between where the line can be inserted.
- Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
noun
- An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.
- Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)
- A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
- Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.
- The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.
- Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.
verb
- To use aversive stimuli on (a wild animal, such as a bear) to encourage it to keep its distance from humans.
- To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
- To be or become hazy, or thick with haze.
- To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit.
- In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.
adj
verb
- To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
- To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
- To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
- To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
- To cover or wrap with foil.
noun
- Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
- A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
- A very thin sheet of metal.
- A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
- A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
- Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
- In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.
- One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
- A stylized flower or leaf.
- Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
- The track of an animal.
verb
- To dull or stupefy.
- To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.
- To powder; to pulverize.
- To heat and spice something, such as wine.
- To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
- To join two or more individual windows at mullions.
noun
- An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
- A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
- dirt; rubbish
- A thin, soft muslin.
- A promontory.
- A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
- The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.
- Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.
adj
- Blunt; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form.
- Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
- Obtuse-angled, having an obtuse angle.
- Blunt, or rounded at the extremity.
- Of sound, etc.: deadened, muffled, muted.
- Indirect or circuitous.
- Larger than one, and smaller than two right angles, or more than 90° and less than 180°.
noun
- A gloss or superficial layer.
- The colour or incrustation which age and wear give to (mainly metallic) objects; especially, the green rust which covers works of art such as ancient bronzes, coins and medals.
- A green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina.
- A paten, flat type of dish.
adj
verb
- To stupify; to render dull or insensible.
- To use a dozzle in order to prevent shrinkage when casting in a mold.
noun
- the tobacco left at the bottom of a pipe and put on the top of the next fill: dottle; in a general sense, a plug or a cap to top something off.
- A device, originally a heated sleave of fire clay, variously used to introduce molten metal to counter the formation of hollows in metal castings as they shrink while the mould cools. Now commonly called hot top or feeder head
- the straw ornament on top of a haystack.
- a paste flower on top of a pie cover.
verb
- To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
- Of the cervix during pregnancy, to thin and stretch in preparation for labor.
- To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence.
- To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out.
verb
- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- to get such scratches
- To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
- To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- To dig or excavate with the claws.
- To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that they were previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
- Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
adj
- Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
- For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
- Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
- (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
noun
- An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
- Money.
- A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
- A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
- Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- A scratch wig.
- A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
- A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
- A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
- Scrawled or illegible handwriting; chicken scratch.
- The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
- A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- An injury.
verb
- To reduce or remove the harshness or roughness from (something); to soften, to subdue, to tone down.
- To cause (food or drink, for example, cheese or wine, or its flavour) to become matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.
- To mature and lose its harshness or sharpness.
- Followed by out: to relax (a person); in particular, to cause (a person) to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs.
- To cause (fruit) to become soft or tender, specifically by ripening.
- To relax; in particular, to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs.
- To be rendered soft and suitable for planting in.
- To cause (a person) to become calmer, gentler, and more understanding, particularly from age or experience.
- To lose harshness; to become gentler, subdued, or toned down.
- To soften (land or soil) and make it suitable for planting in.
- To cause (a person) to become slightly or pleasantly drunk or intoxicated.
noun
- The property of being mellow; mellowness.
- Also main mellow: a close friend or lover.
- A comfortable or relaxed mood.
adj
- Soft and easily penetrated or worked; not hard or rigid; loamy.
- Pleasantly high or stoned, and relaxed after taking drugs; also, of drugs: slightly intoxicating and tending to produce such effects.
- Fruitful and warm.
- Matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.
- Pleasing in some way; excellent, fantastic, great.
- Cheerful, genial, jovial, merry; also, easygoing, laid-back, relaxed.
- Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp.
- Mature; of crops: ready to be harvested; ripe.
- Not coarse, brash, harsh, or rough; delicate, rich, soft, subdued.
- Well-matured from age or experience; not impetuous or impulsive; calm, dignified, gentle.
- Drunk, intoxicated; especially slightly or pleasantly so, or to an extent that makes one cheerful and friendly.
verb
verb
- To make dim or obscure.
- To become dim or obscure.
- To become obscured in condensation or water.
- To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.
- To cover with or as if with fog.
- To obscure in condensation or water.
- To spoil (film) via exposure to light other than in the normal process of taking a photograph.
- To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.
- To make confusing or obscure.
- To pasture cattle on the fog (of), or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from (a field).
- To become covered with or as if with fog.
- To become covered with the kind of grass called fog.
noun
- A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
- A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
- Distance fog.
- A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
- A mist or film clouding a surface.
- Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season.
- A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud. (Compare mist, haze.)
- Moss.
verb
- To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
- To clear (a body of water or part thereof) of mines.
- To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
- To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
- To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.
- To strike with a long stroke.
- To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
- To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
- To travel quickly.
- To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
- To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
- To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
- To search (a place) methodically.
- To draw or drag something over.
- To play a sweep shot.
- To vacuum a carpet or rug.
noun
- Any of several sea chubs in the family Kyphosidae (subfamily Scorpidinae).
- The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
- Violent and general destruction.
- The degree to which an aircraft's wings are angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from their attachments to the fuselage.
- A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
- A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
- A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
- A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
- A single action of sweeping.
- The person who steers a dragon boat.
- A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
- Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
- A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.
- An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.
- A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
- In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
- A movable template for making moulds, in loam moulding.
- Any of the blades of a windmill.
- A chimney sweep.
- The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
- A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
- A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
noun
- Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something.
- An infection in cattle caused by a species of Dictyocaulus or lungworm
- The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.
- The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
verb
verb
- To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
- To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.
- To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
- To eat small amounts of food periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed mealtimes, often not in response to hunger.
- To yield grass for grazing.
- To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)
- To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
- To shoplift by consuming food or drink items before reaching the checkout.
noun
verb
- To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
- To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
- To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- To read quickly, skipping some detail.
- To throw an object so it bounces on water.
- To ricochet.
- To hasten along with superficial attention.
- To become coated over.
- To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
- To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
- To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
- To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
adj
noun
verb
- To make dull explosive sounds.
- To drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action/without breathing; to chugalug. Usually chanted at the person who is drinking.
- To solicit charitable donations on the street, particularly in a persistent manner.
- To move or travel at a steady, although not especially fast, pace.
- To move or travel whilst making such sounds.
noun
verb
- To make (a colour) dirty, dull, or muted.
- To become contaminated or impure.
- To make (something) impure; to contaminate.
- To make (a matter, etc.) more complicated or unclear; to make a mess of (something).
- To cover or splash (someone or something) with mud.
- Sometimes followed by up: to become covered or splashed with mud; to become dirty or soiled.
- To make (water or some other liquid) cloudy or turbid by stirring up mud or other sediment.
- To confuse (a person or their thinking); to muddle.
- To damage (a person or their reputation); to sully, to tarnish.
- Of water or some other liquid: to become cloudy or turbid.
adj
- Of the air: not fresh; impure, polluted.
- Originally, morally or religiously wrong; corrupt, sinful; now, morally or legally dubious; shady, sketchy.
- Of a colour: not bright: dirty, dull.
- Dirty, filthy.
- Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid.
- Of or relating to mud; also, having the characteristics of mud, especially in colour or taste.
- Of an image: blurry or dim.
- Of sound (especially during performance, recording, or playback): indistinct, muffled.
- Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).
- Soiled with feces.
- Of light: cloudy, opaque.
- Of speech, thinking, or writing: ambiguous or vague; or confused, incoherent, or mixed-up; also, poorly expressed.
- Not clear.
noun
verb
- To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
- To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.
- To apply shoe polish to shoes.
- To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
- To refine; remove imperfections from.
noun
noun
- Something dull or uninteresting.
- A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
- The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
- One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
- Calibre; importance.
- A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
- The place where such a well exists.
- A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
verb
- simple past tense of bear
- To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
- To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
- To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
- To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
- To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- To make a hole through something.
- To inspire boredom in somebody.
- simple past tense of bare
adj
intj
- An expression of mild frustration.
- Representing the sound of vomiting.
- Imitative of idle, meaningless talk; used sometimes in a slightly derogatory manner to mock or downplay another's words, or to show disinterest in a diatribe, rant, instructions, unsolicited advice, parenting, etc. Also used when recalling and retelling another's words, as a substitute for the portions of the speech deemed irrelevant.
verb
noun
verb
- To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
- To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness.
- To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
- To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance.
noun
- A fair woman; a sweetheart.
- A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).
- An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
- A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
- An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
- Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
adv
adj
- Favorable to a ship's course.
- Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
- Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond hair.
- Just, equitable.
- Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
- Not a no ball.
- Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.
- Between the baselines.
- Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.
- Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.
- Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.
- Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
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