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noun
noun
- A reversible reduction in size.
- The acquisition of something, generally negative.
- A period of economic decline or negative growth.
- Syncope, the loss of sounds from within a word.
- A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are lost or reduced, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.
- A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
- A shorthand symbol indicating an omission for the purpose of brevity.
- A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process.
- The process of contracting a disease.
- A distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together.
- A shortening of a muscle during its use.
verb
- To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
- To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.
- To become (much) smaller.
- To make appear insignificant.
- To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
adj
noun
- A star of relatively small size.
- Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
- A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
- An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
verb
- reduce in size; reduce physically
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make less complex
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- be the essential element
- lessen and make more modest
- make smaller
- to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
- narrow or limit
- put down by force or intimidation
- undergo meiosis
- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- cook until very little liquid is left
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- take off weight
verb
- To reduce; to make smaller.
- To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- To impart (something).
- To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- To perform (rap music).
- Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- To drop out of the betting.
- To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- To fall into a particular condition or state.
- To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- To present the user with a more basic interface.
- To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- To enter a more basic interface.
- To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
noun
- A dropped pass.
- The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on An advantage.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trace, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- A single measure of whisky.
- A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
verb
- To decrease in amount or size.
- Of a writ or other legal document: to become null and void; to cease to have effect.
- To make (a writ or other legal document) void; to nullify.
- To lower (something) in price or value.
- To put an end to (a nuisance).
- To cut away or hammer down (material from metalwork, a sculpture, etc.) in such a way as to leave a figure in relief.
- To lower in price or value; (law) specifically, of a bequest in a will: to lower in value because the testator's estate is insufficient to satisfy all the bequests in full.
- Of legal proceedings: to be dismissed or otherwise brought to an end before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
- To decrease in force or intensity; to subside.
- To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
- To enter upon and unlawfully seize (land) after the owner has died, thus preventing an heir from taking possession of it.
- To dismiss or otherwise bring to an end (legal proceedings) before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
- To reduce (something) in amount or size.
noun
verb
- To become thin or fine; to grow less.
- To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal.
- To weaken.
- To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
- To rarefy.
- (of a beer) To become less dense as a result of the conversion of sugar to alcohol.
- To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.
- To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
adj
verb
noun
- A check in growth.
- That which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
- A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line.
- A two-year-old whale, which, having been weaned, is lean and yields little blubber.
- A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.
verb
- To rapidly grow out of proportion or control.
- To receive ejaculated semen in one's mouth, and to then pass it back and forth between one’s mouth and another person’s mouth.
- To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.
- To play at throwing snowballs.
adj
noun
- A cocktail made from lemonade and advocaat.
- A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter.
- A sex act involving passing ejaculated semen from one person's mouth to another's.
- A type of ice dessert.
- A type of cake.
- Something that snowballs (grows rapidly out of control).
verb
- To reduce.
- To write down as a note, especially to record something spoken.
- To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding.
- To remove something from a website.
- To arrest someone or to place them in detention.
- I took down the medicine and soon felt better.
- To remove something from a hanging position.
- To collapse or become incapacitated from illness or fatigue.
- To lower an item of clothing without removing it.
- If you have a pen, you can take down my phone number.
- To swallow.
- To defeat; to destroy or kill (a person).
- To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc.
- To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.
verb
- To reduce.
- To cause to fall down, e.g. in an accident.
- To make something, especially something flying, fall to the ground, usually by firing a weapon of some kind.
- To make someone feel bad emotionally.
- To make a ruler lose their position of power.
- To cause an opponent to fall after a tackle.
- To humble.
verb
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- run at a moderately swift pace
- attach with a clip
- terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
noun
- a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
- an instance or single occasion for some event
- any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
- an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
- the act of clipping or snipping
- a sharp slanting blow
verb
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- cut short
- prepare for crops
- yield crops
- let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
noun
- the yield from plants in a single growing season
- a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
- a collection of people or things appearing together
- the output of something in a season
- the stock or handle of a whip
- a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
noun
- Renewed growth after a slump.
- The recovery of debt.
- The act of regaining the position of guard after making an attack, in fencing, sparring, etc.
- A verdict giving somebody the right to recover debts or costs.
- The extraction of an ore from a mine, or of a metal from an ore
- The ability to recover or regain health.
- The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
- A return to normal health.
- The act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.
verb
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
- decorate, as with ornaments
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces
- be in equilibrium during a flight
- decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- cut closely
- adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used
noun
- a state of arrangement or appearance
- a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment
- attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation
- cutting down to the desired size or shape
adj
noun
verb
- To decrease in saturation.
- To undergo a decrease in the oxygen saturation level in the hemoglobin.
- To convert (a saturated compound) to an unsaturated one.
- To lessen the saturation of (a colour).
- To cause to become less saturated or unsaturated.
- Of the oxygen saturation level in one's hemoglobin: to decrease, to drop.
verb
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- put on clothes
- provide with clothes or put clothes on
- put a finish 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
- 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
noun
- a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
- clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
- clothing in general
adj
verb
- To change or grow from smaller to larger in form, number, or size.
- To become, by rewriting, a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.
- To feel generous or optimistic.
- To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same natural number yielding a fraction of equal value
- To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.
- To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.
- To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
- To express (something) at length and/or in detail.
- To increase in extent, number, volume or scope.
- To speak or write at length or in detail.
verb
noun
- The process of growing.
- Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
- Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
- Beeswax.
- Earwax.
- A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.
- A type of drugs with as main ingredients weed oil and butane; hash oil.
- The phonograph record format for music.
adj
verb
- To defeat utterly.
- To move from low tide to high tide.
- To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.
- To kill, especially to murder a person.
- To grow.
- To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
- To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
- To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
verb
- To decrease; to change from a greater value to a lesser one.
- To crash.
- To be soundly defeated.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, down.
- To be received or accepted.
- To be pleasant, etc., when eaten or drunk.
- To perform oral sex.
- To fall (down); to fall to the floor.
- To take place, happen.
- To sink.
- To be blamed for something; to be the scapegoat; to go to prison.
- To stop functioning, to go offline.
- To be recorded or remembered (as).
- Synonym of set, to disappear below the horizon.
verb
- To decrease in diameter.
- To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate.
- To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.
- To drink rapidly.
noun
- The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
- The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
- A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
- A volcanic plug, solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano.
- The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
- The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
- A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
- A shapeshifting water spirit in Germanic mythology and folklore; a nix.
- A falsehood; a lie.
- The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
- The gorgerin of a capital.
- The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
- The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
- A person's life.
- The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
verb
- To reduce, especially intentionally.
- To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
- To exhibit (a quality).
- To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
- To wound with a knife.
- To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
- To divide a pack of playing cards into two.
- To enter a queue in the wrong place.
- To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
- To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
- To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
- To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
- To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
- To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
- To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
- To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
- To stop, disengage, or cease.
- To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
- To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
- To form or shape by cutting.
- To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
- To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
- To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
- To make or negotiate.
- To castrate or geld.
- To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
- To change direction suddenly.
- To perform (a dancing movement etc.).
- To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
- To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
adj
- Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
- Reduced.
- Having been cut.
- Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
- Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
- Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
- Carved into a shape; not raw.
- Emotionally hurt.
noun
- A particular version or edit of a film.
- A share or portion of profits.
- An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
- A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
- A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
- A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
- A skein of yarn.
- A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
- A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
- An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
- The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
- The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
- The result of cutting.
- In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
- The card obtained by dividing the pack.
- The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.
- The act of cutting.
- An artificial navigation channel as distinguished from a navigable river.
- Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
- A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
- A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
- An opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
- In a strokeplay competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
- A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
- A slab, especially of meat.
- A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
- The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
- That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
- An unkind act; a cruelty.
- A time period when one tries to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
- A haircut.
- A decrease.
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