pick on
draft
call on
handpick
specify
set apart
assign
eclecticist
eclectic
pick out
command performance
selectly
prefer
choose
opt
call
pick
panel
impanel
empanel
selectably
detail
count in
pinch hitter
do
self-selection
get the job done
plump for
go for
ferret around
get over the line
take one's pick
choice
selector
selection
selectionally
fill someone's shoes
resign
write one's own ticket
drop a dime on someone
delegate
procedure
post
autopick
chooser
preference
picker
multiselect
choose up
pile
designation
take
set
scheduler
wale
move in on
hyperheuristic
put one's finger on
prioritize
relieve
selective
taskmasterly
carry the mail
station
redirection
extract
Bertillon system
assume the mantle
pick up
election
admonish
supervise
hardwired
autoselection
lay hands on
reprove
reproof
hacker
preselective
autoselector
get one's arms around
allocatee
brains
request
fill
cull
tailor-make
actionee
do one's best
appointor
link
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taskmasterly
hardwired
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selectly
selectably
selectionally
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eclectic
command performance
pinch hitter
self-selection
pick
choice
selector
selection
procedure
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preference
picker
pile
designation
scheduler
hyperheuristic
redirection
Bertillon system
election
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hacker
autoselector
allocatee
brains
actionee
appointor
link
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draft
call on
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set apart
assign
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prefer
choose
opt
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pick
panel
impanel
empanel
detail
count in
do
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plump for
go for
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resign
write one's own ticket
drop a dime on someone
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post
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set
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prioritize
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station
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get one's arms around
request
fill
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tailor-make
do one's best
verb
- To select someone (or something) for a particular role or purpose.
- To draw out; to call forth.
- To write a law.
- To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
- To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.
- To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.
- To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
- To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
- To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
- To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
noun
- Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
- The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.
- The draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
- The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.
- An act of drinking.
- A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
- A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.
- A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
- The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
- An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing.
- The depth of water needed to float a particular ship; the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull; the depth of water drawn by a vessel.
- Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
- A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.).
- A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
- A cheque, an order for money to be paid.
adj
verb
- order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role
- assign a specified (usually proper) name to
- ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality
- get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
- utter a sudden loud cry
- order, request, or command to come
- pay a brief visit
- call a meeting; invite or command to meet
- read aloud to check for omissions or absentees
- send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message
- utter a characteristic note or cry
- stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather
- greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
- make a stop in a harbour
- demand payment of (a loan)
- make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
- give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
- indicate a decision in regard to
- make a prediction about; tell in advance
- present for redemption before maturation
- challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense
- declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee
- lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal
- order or request or give a command for
- utter in a loud voice or announce
- challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of
- consider or regard as being
- rouse somebody from sleep with a call
noun
- a method of contacting a person by phone
- a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- a demand
- the characteristic sound produced by a bird
- a brief social visit
- a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
- a demand for a show of hands in a card game
- a request
- an instruction that interrupts the program being executed
- a visit in an official or professional capacity
- (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee
- the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
verb
- To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- To steal; to pilfer.
- To screen.
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
- To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
- To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
noun
- Pasture; feed, for animals.
- A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- A screen.
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- A pickoff.
- A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A choice; ability to choose.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- A good defensive play by an infielder.
- An interception.
- An anchor.
- That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
verb
noun
- sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something
- a committee appointed to judge a competition
- (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)
- a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc
- a soft pad placed under a saddle
- a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails
- (computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with `okay' or `cancel'
- electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
verb
- To assign to a particular task.
- To clean carefully (particularly of road vehicles) (always pronounced. /ˈdiːteɪl/)
- To explain in detail.
noun
- An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.
- A part considered trivial enough to ignore.
- A person's name, address and other personal information.
- A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
- A selected portion of a painting.
- A part small enough to escape casual notice.
- The small parts that can escape casual notice.
- A temporary unit or assignment.
- A profusion of details.
verb
- To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
- To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
- To suffice.
- To finish.
- To fare, perform (well or poorly).
- To have (as an effect).
- A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.
- A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
- To take drugs.
- To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
- To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
- To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
- To be reasonable or acceptable.
- To have sex with. (See also do it)
- To have as one's job.
- To cook.
- To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
- To punish for a misdemeanor.
- To make or provide.
- A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
- To treat in a certain way.
- To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
- A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
- Let’s do New York also.
- To kill.
- To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
- To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
- To impersonate or depict.
- To injure (one's own body part).
- To perform; to execute.
- To cheat or swindle.
num
noun
verb
- To undertake (an action); to choose an option.
- To try for, to attempt to reach.
- To favor, accept; to have a preference for.
- To attack.
- To develop a strong interest in, especially in a sudden manner; to be infatuated with.
- To apply equally to.
- To suffice to be used for; to serve as.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, for.
noun
- Someone or something which selects or chooses.
- An administrator responsible for selecting which players will play for a side.
- A matching expression in a stylesheet determining which elements in the markup are affected by a style.
- A text string transmitted to a Gopher server, identifying the resource to be retrieved.
- A person who is entitled to choose a tract of Crown land to purchase.
- A pointer to a structure describing a segment of memory.
- A disc jockey.
noun
- A particular method for performing a task.
- The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
- A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
- A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task, but does not return a value.
- A surgical operation.
- The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.
verb
- To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
- To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
- To assign to a station; to set; to place.
- To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
- To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
- To pay down (the stake).
- To pay (a blind).
- To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
- To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
- To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
- To travel quickly; to hurry.
- To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
- To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
noun
- A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
- A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
- A pole in a battery.
- The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
- A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
- A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
- A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
- A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.
- A post mortem (investigation of body's cause of death).
- A goalpost.
- An appointed position in an organization, job.
- A stud; a two-by-four.
- An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
- A location on a basketball court near the basket.
- A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
- Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
- Post-production.
- A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.
- An assigned station; a guard post.
adv
- Sent via the postal service.
- With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.
prep
noun
- The option to so select, and the one selected.
- The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for" in relation to the thing or person, but possibly also "of")
- The state of being preferred over others.
- Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.
- A strong liking or personal valuation.
- A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.
verb
noun
- A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process.
- A large building, or mass of buildings.
- One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.
- The head of an arrow or spear.
- A list or league
- A mass formed in layers.
- A large amount of money.
- A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a fagot.
- A beam, pole, or pillar, driven completely into the ground.
- A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.
- A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
- Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)
- An atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor.
- A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.
- The raised hairs, loops or strands of a fabric; the nap of a cloth.
- A hemorrhoid.
- A funeral pile; a pyre.
verb
- To add something to a great number.
- (of vehicles) To create a hold-up.
- To place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright, supporting each other.
- To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.
- To give a pile to; to make shaggy.
- To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate
- To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.
verb
- To select or choose; to pick.
- To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc).
- To accept (zero or more arguments).
- To seize or capture.
- To remove.
- To go.
- To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
- To proceed to fill.
- To participate in.
- To let in (water).
- To move into.
- To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
- To assume (a form).
- To go into, through, or along.
- To apply oneself to the study of.
- To deal with.
- To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- To have sex with.
- To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
- To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- To experience or feel.
- To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- To carry or lead (something or someone).
- To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- An intensifier.
- To require.
- To fill, to use up (time or space).
- To avail oneself of.
- To escort or conduct (a person).
- To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
- To receive into some relationship.
- To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- To catch; to engage.
- To grasp or grip.
- To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- To exact.
- To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- To remove or end by death; to kill.
- To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- To believe, to accept the statements of.
- To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- To subtract.
- To bind oneself by.
- To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- To partake of (food or drink); to consume.
- To perform (a role).
- To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- To accept and follow (advice, etc).
- To use as a means of transportation.
- To admit (a penis or the penis of) into one’s bodily cavity.
- To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- To have the intended effect.
- To regard in a specified way.
- To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).
- To adopt (select) as one's own.
- To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
- To understand (especially in a specified way).
- To have and use one's recourse to.
noun
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- The or an act of taking.
- A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
verb
- To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To prepare (a stage or film set).
- To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- To defeat a contract.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- To put (something) down, to rest.
- To produce after pollination.
- To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- To sit (be in a seated position).
- To arrange (type).
- To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- To introduce or describe.
- To solidify.
- To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- To adjust.
- To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- To suit; to become.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- To determine or settle.
- To fit music to words.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- To start (a fire).
- To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
noun
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- Set theory.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- An object made up of several parts.
- General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- A drum kit, a drum set.
- A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
adj
verb
- To choose, select.
- To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt.
- To beat a person, especially as punishment or out of anger.
- To give a surface a texture of wales or welts.
noun
- A ridge or streak produced on skin by a cane or whip.
- A ridge or low barrier.
- A horizontal timber used for supporting or retaining earth.
- A ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
- A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
- Something selected as being the best, preference; choice.
- The texture of a piece of fabric.
- A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale, chainwale)
- A raised rib in knit goods or fabric, especially corduroy.
verb
- To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place.
- To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.
- To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
- To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.
- To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.
- To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).
- To urinate or defecate.
- To ease one's own desire to orgasm, often through masturbation to orgasm.
- To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on.
- To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).
verb
noun
- A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
- The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.
- Standing; rank; position.
- A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
- The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres.
- A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
- An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.
- A place used for broadcasting radio or television.
- Any of the Stations of the Cross.
- A gas station, service station.
- The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
- A place where some object is provided.
- A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task.
- A military base.
- An official building from which police or firefighters operate.
- A ground transportation depot.
- A very large sheep or cattle farm.
- The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
- A broadcasting entity.
- Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.
- Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
- A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay.
- In British India, the place where the English officials of a district, or the officers of a garrison (not in a fortress) reside.
verb
- To select parts of a whole
- To determine (a root of a number).
- To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
- To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
- To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
noun
- A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
- Something that is extracted or drawn out.
- Ancestry; descent.
- A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.
- Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained
- A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).
- A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.
verb
- To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on
- To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch (a disease).
- To collect and detain (a suspect).
- To lift; to grasp and raise.
- To clean up; to return to an organized state.
- To point out the behaviour, habits, or actions of (a person) in a critical manner; used with on.
- To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
- To receive calls; to function correctly.
- To record; to notch up.
- To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.
- To promote somebody who was previously passed over.
- To collect an object, especially in passing.
- To answer a telephone.
- To take control (physically) of something.
- To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.
- To behave in a manner that results in a foul.
- To restart or resume.
- To receive (a radio signal or the like).
- To improve, increase, or speed up.
- To reduce the despondency of.
- To pay for.
- To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc.
- To collect a passenger.
verb
noun
- One who is consistent and focuses on accomplishing a task or several tasks.
- Something that hacks; a tool or device for hacking.
- One who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer.
- One who operates a taxicab.
- One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data, or to carry out malicious attacks.
- A fork-shaped tool used to harvest root vegetables.
- One who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity, especially a sport such as golf or tennis.
- A computer security professional, a white-hat hacker.
- One who cuts with rough or heavy blows.
- One who kicks wildly or roughly.
verb
- To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
- To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
- To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
- To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
- To become full.
- To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
- To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
- To enter (something), making it full.
- To occupy fully, to take up all of.
- To become pervaded with something.
- To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
noun
- An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
- Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
- An amount that fills a container.
- A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.
- The filling of a container or area.
- A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
- Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
- bass fill
- One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
noun
- an individual person or element in a system
- One element of a chain or other connected series.
- Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
- The windings of a river; the land along a winding stream.
- The connection between buses or systems.
- a thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.
- A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.
- A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
- An introductory cue.
- Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
- The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.
- Anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain.
- A sausage that is not a patty.
- A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
verb
- To meet with someone.
- To contain a hyperlink to another page.
- To supply (somebody) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.
- To demonstrate a correlation between two things.
- To combine objects generated by a compiler into a single executable.
- To skip or trip along smartly; to go quickly.
- To connect two or more things.
- To post a hyperlink to.
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