underbound
determine
trim
tailored
restrict
mere
microtasimeter
mark out
overbound
mete
underlengthen
produce
subdivide
two-by-four
knife-edge
red line
listel
pind
understep
scrimp
delimited
bounded
underetch
edge
bound
boundary
terminate
boundaried
delimitation
boundaryless
narrowed
confines
bounder
telescope
tongue
cockle
pucker
crumple
rumple
delomorphous
knit
contract
narrow
confine
narrowable
sparsify
specialize
close
barrier
thin out
slit
microspatial
microconvex
ground
microengrave
tighten
steno-
restricted
reduce
inbounds
squat
welt
baize
fold up
border
inappreciable
redd
cramped
shortwards
but
illimitedness
define
narrowish
contour
microfolding
tie down
quilled
draw a line
narrow-gutted
transgress
limit
wike
overbroaden
behedge
unnarrow
fimbriated
terminus
minimize
mark off
unbend
overwiden
bottomless
relax
trim
tailored
two-by-four
delimited
bounded
boundaried
boundaryless
narrowed
delomorphous
narrowable
close
slit
microspatial
microconvex
restricted
inbounds
squat
terminate
inappreciable
cramped
narrowish
quilled
narrow-gutted
fimbriated
bottomless
shortwards
mere
microtasimeter
mete
knife-edge
red line
listel
edge
bound
boundary
delimitation
confines
bounder
confine
barrier
ground
welt
but
illimitedness
microfolding
underetch
wike
terminus
underbound
determine
restrict
mark out
overbound
underlengthen
produce
subdivide
pind
understep
scrimp
underetch
terminate
telescope
tongue
cockle
pucker
crumple
rumple
knit
contract
narrow
sparsify
specialize
close
thin out
slit
microengrave
tighten
reduce
edge
baize
fold up
border
redd
define
contour
tie down
draw a line
transgress
limit
overbroaden
behedge
unnarrow
minimize
mark off
unbend
overwiden
relax
verb
- To set the boundaries or limits of.
- To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
- To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
- To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
- To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.
- To define or limit by adding a differentia.
- To bring to an end; to finish.
- To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
adj
- severely simple in line or design
- thin and fit
- characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder
- neat and smart in appearance
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
verb
- 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
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- cut closely
- adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used
verb
- To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
- To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
- To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
- To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
- To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.
noun
noun
noun
- a line determining the limits of an area
- the boundary of a surface
- a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object
- the attribute of urgency in tone of voice
- a slight competitive advantage
- the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something
verb
noun
- a line determining the limits of an area
- the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
- the greatest possible degree of something
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
adj
- confined by bonds
- held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
- secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
verb
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- form the boundary of; be contiguous to
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- spring back; spring away from an impact
adj
verb
- To set or be a limit or boundary to.
- Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or, of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
- To conclude.
- To end, conclude, or cease; to come to an end.
- To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
- To kill someone or something.
- To issue or result.
- To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
adj
verb
- To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections.
- On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).
- To join by means of a tongue and groove.
- To manipulate with the tongue, as in kissing or oral sex.
noun
- This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows).
- Manner of speaking, often habitually.
- A language.
- Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.
- A reed.
- A small sole (type of fish).
- Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect.
- Glossolalia.
- In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).
- An individual point of flame from a fire.
- A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.
- A division of formation; A layer or member of a formation that pinches out in one direction.
- The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.
- The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
- The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
- A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also, the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
- A projection, or slender appendage or fixture.
- A person speaking in a specified manner (most often plural).
- The clapper of a bell.
verb
noun
verb
- make or become more narrow or restricted
- enter into a contractual arrangement
- engage by written agreement
- squeeze or press together
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- become smaller or draw together
- make smaller
- compress or concentrate
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
noun
verb
- To narrow in scope.
- To become distinct or separate from what is common
- To focus one's study upon a particular skill, field, topic, or genre.
- To make distinct or separate due to form or function.
- To be known or notorious for some specialty.
- To specify: to mention specifically.
- To focus one's business upon a particular item or service.
verb
- To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.
- To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- To make a sale.
- To move so that an opening is closed.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
- To come to an end.
- To put an end to; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to consummate.
- To obstruct (an opening).
- To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- To turn off; to switch off.
adj
- Narrow; confined.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
- Marked, evident.
- Intimate; well-loved.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer or goal); near
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- At a little distance; near.
- Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Short.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
noun
- The common staircase in a tenement.
- A cathedral close.
- The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- An end or conclusion.
- A grapple in wrestling.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- A double bar marking the end.
- A street that ends in a dead end.
noun
- A boundary or limit.
- A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others.
- A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries.
- The lists in a tournament.
- A structure that bars passage.
- An obstacle or impediment.
- A node (in government and binding theory) said to intervene between other nodes A and B if it is a potential governor for B, c-commands B, and does not c-command A.
verb
noun
- The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
- Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
- Terrain.
- The pit of a theatre.
- A soccer stadium.
- Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
- The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
- A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
- An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
- The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
- The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
- One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
- The bottom of a body of water.
- Background, context, framework, surroundings.
- A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
- Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
- The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).
- The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
- Soil, earth.
- A gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
adj
verb
- To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
- To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
- To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
- To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
- To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
- To place something on the ground.
- To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).
- To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
- To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
- To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
prefix
verb
- narrow or limit
- 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
- reduce in size; reduce physically
- 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
- 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
adj
- Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.
- Sitting on one's heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering or crouching.
noun
- A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising (back squat), especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders (barbell back squat).
- A small vein of ore.
- A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.
- A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a squat toilet.
- Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
- A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
- A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.
- The angel shark (genus Squatina).
- A place of concealment in which a hare spends time when inactive, especially during the day; a form.
verb
- To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation.
- To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
- To cybersquat.
- To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
- To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back.
- To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner.
noun
- A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
- A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
- A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow.
- In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
- In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
- In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
- A feature resembling a welt.
- A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
verb
noun
- A limit; a boundary.
- An instance or example of using the word "but".
- The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
- The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.
adv
prep
conj
- Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "except such that".
- However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence).
- Used to link an interjection to the following remark as an intensifier.
- On the contrary, rather (as a regular adversative conjunction, introducing a word or clause in contrast or contradiction with the preceding negative clause or sentence).
- Used at the beginning of a sentence to express opposition to a remark.
verb
- To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.
- To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.
- To establish the referent of a term or notation.
- To express the essential nature of something.
- To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
- To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
noun
adj
verb
- To form a more or less curved boundary or border upon.
- To mark with contour lines.
- To practise the makeup technique of contouring.
noun
- a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.
- A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth.
- An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.
- A general description giving the most important points.
verb
- To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
- To have a limit in a particular set.
noun
- A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
- The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
- A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
- Fixed limit.
- The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
- The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.
- A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc.
- A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).
- Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
adj
verb
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