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verb
- To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
- To exert a binding or restraining influence.
- To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.
- To put together in a cover, as of books.
- To process one or more object modules into an executable program.
- To place under legal obligation to serve.
- To cover, as with a bandage.
- To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.
- To make two or more elements stick together.
- To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
- To tie; to confine by any ligature.
- To couple.
- To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
- To cohere or stick together in a mass.
- To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
- To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
- To complain; to whine about something.
- To wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest to give the appearance of a flat chest, usually done by trans men.
noun
- That which binds or ties.
- A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
- The indurated clay of coal mines.
- A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
- Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
- A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break.
verb
- To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- To detain.
- To take place, to occur.
- In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To have and keep possession of something.
- Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- To contain or store.
- To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- To win one's own service game.
- To cause to wait or delay.
- To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To grasp or grip.
- To reserve.
- To bear, carry, or manage.
- To keep oneself in a particular state.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
noun
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- Power over someone or something.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- An act or instance of holding.
- Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
- A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- The wager amount, the total hold.
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- The ability to persist.
- An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- Something reserved or kept.
- A grasp or grip.
- The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
- The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
verb
- To restrain someone; to arrest.
- To consume something quickly.
- To take the opportunity of.
- To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
- To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.
- To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
- To quickly collect or retrieve.
noun
- An acquisition by violent or unjust means.
- A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
- A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.
- A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
- A sound bite.
- A simple card game.
- A sudden snatch at something.
verb
- To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
- To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.
- To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
- To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
- To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
- To have or exercise a determining influence.
- To exercise political authority; to run a government.
noun
noun
- the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
- a written order directing a bank to pay money
- an appraisal of the state of affairs
- the bill in a restaurant
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- the act of inspecting or verifying
- a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
- a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)
- obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
- (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
verb
- examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
- make an examination or investigation
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- slow the growth or development of
- be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- consign for shipment on a vehicle
- hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping
- abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey
- stop in a chase especially when scent is lost
- mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
- decline to initiate betting
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- place into check
- write out a check on a bank account
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- verify by consulting a source or authority
- arrest the motion (of something) abruptly
- make cracks or chinks in
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
verb
- To have power, coercion or control.
- To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
- To defeat or surpass someone or something.
- To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
- To achieve victory.
- To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
- To obtain (something desired).
- To cause a victory for someone.
- To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
- To dry by exposure to the wind.
- To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
noun
noun
- Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
- The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
- Inhibition of the activity (function) of chemical messengers or their receptors, such as (often) receptor antagonism.
- The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
- Preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it.
verb
noun
- Control by means of superior ability, influence, position, or resources; prevailing force.
- The exercise of power in ruling; sovereignty; authority; government.
- Synonym of cover
- A fetish characterized by control/power over and discipline of one's sexual partner.
- A dominion; an angel from a high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy.
verb
- To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
- To have a seizure.
- To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
- Of chocolate: to change suddenly from a fluid to an undesirably hard and gritty texture.
- To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
- To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
- (with of) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court).
- To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
- To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
- To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).
- To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.
verb
- to exert control or influence over someone or something.
- to serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
- to act as a guide.
- 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 drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
- To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
- To compel (someone or something) to do something.
- To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
- To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
- To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
- To violate (a woman); to rape.
- To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
- To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
- To stuff; to lard; to farce.
noun
- Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
- A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.
- A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
- A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)
- The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
- A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
- Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
- Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
- Legal validity.
- Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
- Synonym of police force
- Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
- Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
- A waterfall or cascade.
verb
- To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
- To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
- To cause intrinsic motivation through the application or demonstration of force: to impel or urge onward thusly, to compel to move on, to coerce, intimidate or threaten.
- To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
- To hit the ball with a drive.
- To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
- To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
- To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
- To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
- To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
- To move forcefully.
- To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
- To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
- To move (something) by hitting it with great force.
- To operate (an aircraft).
- To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
- To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind.
- To cause animals to flee out of.
- To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
- (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
- To cause to become.
- To compel (to do something).
- To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
- To be the dominant party in a sex act.
noun
- Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
- A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
- An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
- Desire or interest.
- A stroke made with a driver.
- An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
- An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
- An act of driving (prompting) livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.
- A driveway.
- A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product, e.g. by offering a discount.
- A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
- Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
- A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
- A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
- A straight level shot or pass.
- An act of driving (prompting) game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.
- A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
- A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
- A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
- A type of public roadway.
- A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
adj
- having or wielding force or authority
- not faint or feeble
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
- of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- freshly made or left
- strong and sure
adj
verb
noun
verb
- To restrain.
- To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).
- To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).
- To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
- To remain edible or otherwise usable.
- To remain in a state.
- To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
- To raise; to care for.
- To have habitually in stock for sale.
- To act as wicket-keeper.
- To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
- To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.
- To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
- To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
- To maintain possession of.
- To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
- To remain faithful to a given promise or word.
- To continue.
noun
verb
noun
verb
- To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
- To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
- To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
- To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
- To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.
- To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
- To deny formally.
- To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
- To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
- To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
- To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
adv
noun
- In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
- A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc ("without this", i.e. without what follows).
- Something that thwarts or obstructs.
- The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
- A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
- A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
- A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
- A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
- A traverse board.
adj
noun
- possession of controlling influence
- (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)
- possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
- (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
- a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
- physical strength
- a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
- energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
- a very wealthy or powerful businessman
verb
verb
- to hold in check, to curb, to restrain
- (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
- To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
noun
- A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box (abbreviated Ctrl).
- Influence or authority over something.
- A control group or control experiment.
- A checkpoint along an audax route.
- A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
- A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
- A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
- Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
verb
- To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of
- To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
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
noun
- The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
- power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
- A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.
- An order to do something.
- Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
- A command performance.
- A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
- A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.
- The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
- The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
verb
- To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
- To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
- to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
- To hold, to control the use of.
- To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
- To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.
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