fence-sit
perch
draadsitter
sideline
on the fence
bed
cushion
over the fence
hovel
enclose
hermitage
rack
sit up
fencelike
park
white picket fence
duck down
fence off
set
take one's ease
seatable
take cover
fence in
seat
shield
sat
have a seat
refence
leeward
lop
lee
lounge
ridered
impale
lew
fence-mending
apposite
phragmosis
squatter
fencing
border
unfence
safety harness
fall down on
exocentric
externally
safety belt
straddle
life belt
outwardly
superincumbent
straighten up
house
take a chair
tuck away
in peace
dropper
roost
rest
tuck
pull up a chair
take a seat
fence
fencelet
dragonize
bring one's arse to an anchor
bysitter
harness
cover
brood
hunker down
screen
sitootery
keep watch
pin down
seclusive
lie back
expose oneself
hiddle
seatment
trap
nookery
hatch
sit on
sway
incubate
abiding-place
embosom
settle
shoulder
sit back
sejant
take it easy
fencelike
seatable
sat
leeward
ridered
apposite
exocentric
superincumbent
seclusive
sejant
externally
outwardly
draadsitter
hermitage
white picket fence
lee
fence-mending
phragmosis
squatter
fencing
safety harness
safety belt
life belt
dropper
fencelet
bysitter
sitootery
hiddle
seatment
nookery
abiding-place
seat
fence-sit
perch
sideline
bed
cushion
hovel
enclose
rack
sit up
park
duck down
fence off
set
take one's ease
take cover
fence in
seat
shield
have a seat
refence
lop
lounge
impale
lew
border
unfence
fall down on
straddle
straighten up
house
take a chair
tuck away
roost
rest
tuck
pull up a chair
take a seat
fence
dragonize
bring one's arse to an anchor
harness
cover
brood
hunker down
screen
keep watch
pin down
lie back
expose oneself
trap
hatch
sit on
sway
incubate
embosom
settle
shoulder
sit back
take it easy
verb
- To sit upon the edge of something.
- To stay in an elevated position.
- To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.
- To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
- To inspect cloth using a perch.
noun
- Acanthopagrus berda
- Kyphosus azureus
- Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
- A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
- Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
- A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.
- Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus
- A position that is overly elevated or haughty.
- A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.
- A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.
- Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus
- Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
- A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.
- A frame used to examine cloth.
- A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.
noun
verb
- To place on the sidelines; to bench or to keep someone out of play.
- To remove or keep out of circulation or out of the focus.
noun
- A line for hobbling an animal by connecting the fore and the hind feet of the same side.
- Something that is additional or extra or that exists around the edges or margins of a main item.
- Usually in the plural: the area outside the playing field beyond each sideline.
- The outside or perimeter of any activity.
- A line at the side of something.
- A line defining the side boundary of a playing field. Used in Canadian football, field lacrosse and basketball.
- A secondary road, especially a byroad at right angles to a main road.
verb
- To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or enclosed; to embed.
- To settle, as machinery.
- To go to bed.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.
- To furnish with a bed or bedding.
- To set out (plants) in a garden bed.
- To place in a bed.
- To dress or prepare the surface of (stone) so it can serve as a bed.
- To put oneself to sleep.
- To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement.
noun
- Marriage.
- The taut surface of a trampoline.
- Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire.
- The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime.
- The smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below.
- Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.
- Sexual activity.
- A garden plot.
- A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
- A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a radio DJ talks.
- The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.
- An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found.
- A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.
- The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
- A course of stone or brick in a wall.
- Time spent in a bed.
- A deposit of ore, coal, etc.
- A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
- A prepared spot in which to spend the night.
- The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river.
- The flat surface of a scanner on which a document is placed to be scanned.
- The horizontal surface of a building stone.
- The platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.
- One's place of sleep or rest.
- A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet.
verb
- To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.
- To furnish with cushions.
- To absorb or deaden the impact of.
- To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.
noun
- a sufficient quantity of an intangible object (like points or minutes) to allow for some of those points, for example, to be lost without hurting one's chances for successfully completing an objective.
- A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support; for sitting on, kneeling on, resting one's head on etc.
- A pad on which gilders cut gold leaf.
- The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back.
- A mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston.
- An engraver's pad.
- Money kept in reserve.
- The pillow used in making bone lace.
- A pad supporting a woman's hair.
- The rubber of an electrical machine.
- The dancer in the cushion dance who currently holds the cushion, or the dance itself.
verb
- To place in or hang on a rack.
- To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
- To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
- To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
- To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
- To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round.
- To fly, as vapour or broken clouds.
- To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.
- To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir.
- To torture (someone) on the rack.
- To tend to shear a structure (that is, force it to bend, lean, or move in different directions at different points).
- To strike in the testicles.
- To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
- To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.
noun
- A cranequin, a mechanism including a rack, pinion and pawl, providing both mechanical advantage and a ratchet, used to bend and cock a crossbow.
- Any of various kinds of frame for holding luggage or other objects on a vehicle or vessel.
- A distaff.
- A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other
- A cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs.
- A woman's breasts.
- A climber's set of equipment for setting up protection and belays, consisting of runners, slings, carabiners, nuts, Friends, etc.
- A friction device for abseiling, consisting of a frame with five or more metal bars, around which the rope is threaded.
- A thousand pounds (£1,000), especially if proceeds of crime
- Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapour in the sky.
- A bunk.
- A grate on which bacon is laid.
- A set of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk).
- Sleep.
- A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.
- A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes.
- A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.
- A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with a pawl as a ratchet allowing movement in one direction only, used for example in a handbrake or crossbow.
- A set with a distributive binary operation whose result is unique.
- A fast amble.
- A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with those of a gearwheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive or be driven by it.
verb
- To assume a sitting position from a position lying down.
- To sit erect.
- To not go to bed (notionally remaining in a sitting position).
- To show sudden interest or surprise.
- For a young lady to open her house for several successive nights for any visitors who wish to pay their respects.
- To bounce, especially to a comfortable height.
verb
- To sit, recline, or put, especially in a manner suggesting an intent to remain for some time.
- To hit a home run; to hit the ball out of the park.
- To enclose in a park, or as in a park.
- To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.
- To defer (a matter) until a later date.
- To register a domain name, but make no use of it (See domain parking)
- To enclose in a park, or partially enclosed basin.
- To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle that was driven to a suitable spot for that purpose.
- To invest money temporarily in an investment instrument considered to relatively free of risk, especially while awaiting other opportunities.
- To bring together in a park, or compact body.
noun
- An open space occupied by or reserved for vehicles, matériel or stores.
- A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, such as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.
- A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
- An inventory of matériel.
- An area on which a sporting match is played; (soccer) a pitch.
- An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.
- A wide, flat-bottomed valley in a mountainous region.
- A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.
- A piece of ground in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation.
- An area zoned for a particular (industrial or commercial) purpose.
verb
- To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To sit (be in a seated position).
- 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 arrange (type).
- To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- To introduce or describe.
- To solidify.
- 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.
adj
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in a certain style.
- Ready, prepared.
- Rigid, solidified.
- Prearranged.
- Fixed in position.
- Intent, determined (to do something).
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.
verb
verb
- To provide with a place to sit.
- To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
- To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
- To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.
- To put a seat or bottom in.
- To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
- To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
- To assign the seats of.
noun
- A place in which to sit.
- An ejection seat.
- The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.
- A piece of furniture made for sitting; e.g. a chair, stool or bench; any improvised place for sitting.
- The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.
- The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.
- The starting point of a fire.
- An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.
- Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
- One of a series of departmental placements given to a trainee solicitor as part of their training contract.
- A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.
- A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.
- The location of a governing body.
- A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge.
- The place occupied by anything, or where any person, thing or quality is situated or resides; a site.
verb
noun
- A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
- A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
- Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision
- A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
- One who protects or defends.
- A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
- A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
- A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
- The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
- A field of energy that protects or defends.
- In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
- A police badge.
verb
- To put a border on something.
- To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).
- To form a border around; to bound.
- To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).
- To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
noun
- A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.
- The outer edge of something.
- A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
- border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup.
- The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
- A decorative strip around the edge of something.
verb
- To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; to sit astride.
- To form a disorderly sprawl; to spread out irregularly.
- To be on both sides of something; to have parts that are in different places, regions, etc.
- To fire successive artillery shots in front of and behind of a target, especially in order to determine its range (the term "bracket" is often used instead).
- To consider or favor two apparently opposite sides; to be noncommittal.
- To execute a commodities market spread.
- To place a voluntary raise prior to receiving cards (only by the first player after the blinds).
- To stand with the ends staggered; said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
noun
- A voluntary raise made prior to receiving cards by the first player after the blinds.
- A posture in which one straddles something.
- A pair or salvo of successive artillery shots falling both in front of and behind a target.
- An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with put and call options on the same security at the same strike price, giving a non-directional position sensitive to volatility.
- A vertical mine-timber supporting a set.
adv
verb
- To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.
- To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
- To admit to residence; to harbor.
- To contain or cover mechanical parts.
- To contain one part of an object for the purpose of locating the whole.
- To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.
- To eat.
- To keep within a structure or container.
noun
- House music.
- A workhouse.
- An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.
- A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.
- A theatre.
- An apartment building within a public housing estate.
- One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
- A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one.
- Size and quality of residential accommodations.
- The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.
- A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier.
- A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof.
- The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
- Lotto; bingo.
- A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
- A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
- A small stand of trees in a swamp.
- A set of cells in a Sudoku puzzle which must contain each digit exactly once, such as a row, column, or 3×3 box in classic Sudoku.
- The people who live in a house; a household.
- A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these.
- A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature.
- The fourth Lenormand card.
- A place of rest or repose.
- A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
noun
- A batten fixed to a post-and-wire fence to keep the wires apart.
- A person who uses fraudulent cheques.
- One who drops something, especially one who drops a specific item to cause mischief.
- A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game.
- A utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time.
- A software component designed to install malware on a target system.
- A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
- A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
- A drop shot.
verb
- sit, as on a branch
- not move; be in a resting position
- take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
- give a rest to
- have a place in relation to something else
- be at rest
- stay the same; remain in a certain state
- be inherent or innate in
- put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying
- rest on or as if on a pillow
- be inactive, refrain from acting
noun
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
- a pause for relaxation
- a state of inaction
- euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
- a support on which things can be put
- a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
verb
- To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe or somewhat hidden.
- To sew folds; to make a tuck or tucks in.
- To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).
- To keep the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
- To eat; to consume.
- To conceal one’s penis and testicles, as with a gaff or by fastening them down with adhesive tape.
- To curl into a ball; to fold up and hold one's legs.
- To full, as cloth.
- To fit neatly.
noun
- The act of keeping the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
- The beat of a drum.
- A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece.
- A plastic surgery technique to remove excess skin.
- An act of tucking; a pleat or fold.
- A curled position.
- A curled position, with the shins held towards the body.
- The afterpart of a ship, immediately under the stern or counter, where the ends of the bottom planks are collected and terminate by the tuck-rail.
verb
verb
- To place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain.
- To equip with armour.
- To capture, control or put to use.
noun
- A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps.
- The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.
- A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function.
- Equipment for any kind of labour.
verb
- To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
- To defend (mark) a particular player or area.
- To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
- To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- To provide insurance coverage for.
- To traverse or put behind a certain distance.
- To act as a replacement.
- To deal with or include someone or something.
- To be enough money for.
- To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
- To have as an assignment or responsibility.
- To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.
- To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
- To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
- To protect or control (a piece or square).
noun
- The top sheet of a bed.
- A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
- The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
- A cloth or similar material, often fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa or food to protect it from dust, rain, insects, etc. when not being used.
- A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set.
- Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
- An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
- A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
- The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
- An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
- A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
- A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
- The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
- A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
- A cover charge.
- In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
- A lid.
- In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for.
adj
verb
- To shelter or conceal.
- To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.
- To present publicly (on the screen).
- To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.
- To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.
- To fit with a screen.
- To filter by passing through a screen.
- To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
noun
- A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
- Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening
- A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, etc.
- A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
- A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
- A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
- The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
- An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
- The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
- The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
- The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
- An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.
- One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
- A disguise; concealment.
verb
- place in a confining or embarrassing position
- catch in or as if in a trap
- hold or catch as if in a trap
- to hold fast or prevent from moving
- to sell marijuana on a street corner
noun
- a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
- drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
- something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
- a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
- the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- informal terms for the mouth
- a light two-wheeled carriage
- a hazard on a golf course
verb
- To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
- To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
- To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
- To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
- To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
- To have weight or influence.
- To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp.
- To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
noun
- The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
- Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
- Rule; dominion; control; power.
- A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
- The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
- A rocking or swinging motion.
- Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
verb
- To put into (proper) place; to make sit or lie properly.
- To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
- To silence, especially by force.
- To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
- To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
- To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
- To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
- To become stationary or fixed; to come to rest.
- To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
- To become married, or a householder.
- To cause to no longer be in a disturbed, confused or stormy; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).
- To kill.
- To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.
- Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.
- To cause to sink down or to be deposited (dregs, sediment, etc).
- To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
- To become compact due to sinking.
- To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish or fix.
- To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
- To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
- To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or due.
- In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
- To be established in a profession or in employment.
- To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
- To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
- In particular, to terminate (a lawsuit), usually out of court, by agreement of all parties.
- To pay (a bill).
- To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
- To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
- To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. also used figuratively.)
- To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
- To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).
verb
- To place (something) against one's shoulders.
- To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
- To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
- To put (something) on one's shoulders.
- To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail.
- To accept responsibility for.
- To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
- To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.
- To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
noun
- The part of a wave that has not yet broken.
- An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.
- The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
- A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.
- A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
- The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.
- A season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic.
- The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
- The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
- The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
- The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
- The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
- The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
- That which supports or sustains; support.
- A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
- Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
- The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
- The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
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