restem
outpress
overtread
retroact
progress
back
advance
go along
proceed
bedraw
stem
inturn
peel
pitch
overstride
floating
onward
propendent
obversion
antagonistic
upfront
tide
surge
drop astern
inrushing
triumph
versus
tread
ert
offlead
backward
on
replicate
retroflex
rip
stank
urge
outbrave
draw near
seduce
vaward
countermove
aversely
go forth
fleet
forthpushing
upseek
transverse
change state
outwar
bump
from side to side
regard
sag
answer
knee-jerkery
overhale
forrit
whack
turn
touch off
spark off
pushingly
trip
rival
conservatize
sideways
contra-
actuate
spark
regredient
excel
contralateralize
scooch
conservatise
inbound
trigger
trigger off
activate
set off
ascending
inward
oppose
step
proof
hook
react
pedally
draw close
traverse
start
go up
come on
come near
lay low
approach
back
floating
onward
propendent
antagonistic
upfront
inrushing
backward
vaward
forthpushing
sideways
regredient
inbound
ascending
inward
proof
aversely
forrit
pushingly
pedally
obversion
progress
advance
countermove
knee-jerkery
restem
outpress
overtread
retroact
progress
back
advance
go along
proceed
bedraw
stem
inturn
peel
pitch
overstride
tide
surge
drop astern
triumph
tread
ert
offlead
replicate
retroflex
rip
stank
urge
outbrave
draw near
seduce
go forth
fleet
upseek
transverse
change state
outwar
bump
regard
sag
answer
overhale
whack
turn
touch off
spark off
trip
rival
conservatize
actuate
spark
excel
contralateralize
scooch
conservatise
trigger
trigger off
activate
set off
oppose
step
hook
react
draw close
traverse
start
go up
come on
come near
lay low
approach
verb
- To move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.
- To develop.
- To expedite.
- To improve; to become better or more complete.
noun
- Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
- Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
- An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
- Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
- Science has made extraordinary progress in the last fifty years.
adj
- Moving or operating backward.
- Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- Not current.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- At or near the rear.
- Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- In arrears; overdue.
verb
- To push or force backwards.
- To go in the reverse direction.
- To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- To support.
- To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
- To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- To draw from behind the back [+accusative = a knife etc.] (as also back out).
- To row backward with (oars).
- To carry an infant on one's back.
adv
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- So as to reverse direction and return.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
- In a manner that impedes.
- In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- So as shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- To or in a previous condition or place.
- Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
postp
noun
- Effort, usually physical.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The keel and keelson of a ship.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- A ferryboat.
- The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- Large and attractive buttocks.
- The inside margin of a page.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
- The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
verb
- To move forwards; to approach.
- To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
- To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten.
- To make progress; to do well, to succeed.
- To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully.
- To help the progress of (something); to further.
- To move forward in time; to progress towards completion.
- To raise or increase (a price, rate).
- To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend.
- To increase (a number or amount).
- To make a higher bid at an auction.
- To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose.
noun
- A forward move; improvement or progression.
- An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
- An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
- An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
adj
verb
- To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on
- To come from; to have as its source or origin.
- To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act methodically
- To take an academic degree.
- To be applicable or effective; to be valid.
- To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
- To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.
- To begin and carry on a legal process.
verb
- To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.
- To ram (clay, etc.) into a blasting hole.
- To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.
- To be caused or derived; to originate.
- To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).
- To descend in a family line.
- To remove the stem from.
noun
- A lesbian, chiefly African-American, exhibiting both stud and femme traits.
- A branch of a family.
- A component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork.
- The penis.
- A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.
- A premixed portion of a track for use in audio mastering and remixing.
- A person's leg.
- The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.
- A vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music.
- A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
- A part of an anatomic structure considered without its possible branches or ramifications.
- A winder on a clock, watch, or similar mechanism.
- The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
- The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms.
- A vertical stroke of a letter.
- A crack pipe; or the long, hollow portion of a similar pipe (i.e. meth pipe) resembling a crack pipe.
- The main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word. A stem often has a more fundamental root. Systematic conjugations and declensions derive from their stems.
- An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
verb
- To move, separate (off or away).
- To remove something from the outer or top layer of.
- To remove one's clothing.
- To play a peel shot.
- To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).
- To remove the skin or outer covering of.
- To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
noun
- A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
- A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
- A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
- The action of peeling away from a formation.
- A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.
- An equal or match; a draw.
- The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
verb
- fall or plunge forward
- throw or toss with a light motion
- move abruptly
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- be at an angle
- heel over
- erect and fasten
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- set the level or character of
noun
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- a high approach shot in golf
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- the action or manner of throwing something
adj
adv
noun
verb
verb
- To succeed, win, or attain ascendancy.
- To play a trump in a card game.
- To be prosperous; to flourish.
- To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.
- To prevail over rivals, challenges, or difficulties.
noun
- A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a victor.
- A state of joy or exultation at success.
- a ceremony held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the military achievement of an army commander.
- A work of art, cuisine, etc. of very high quality.
- A card trick in which the cards are shuffled with half face-up and half face-down, then laid out so that only the observer's chosen card is facing upward.
- A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest.
- A card game, also called trump.
verb
- To step or walk upon.
- To proceed, to behave (in a certain manner).
- To beat or press with the feet.
- To work a lever, treadle, etc., with the foot or the feet.
- To crush grapes with one's feet to make wine
- To copulate; said of (especially male) birds.
- To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.
- To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.
- To copulate with.
- To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
noun
- A step taken with the foot.
- The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.
- The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
- The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
- A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together.
- The horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs.
- The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
- The act of avian copulation in which the male bird mounts the female by standing on her back.
- A manner of stepping.
- The sound made when someone or something is walking.
verb
adj
- Acting or moving oppositely to the desired direction of progress.
- Acting or moving in the direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
- Of a pawn, further behind than pawns of the same colour on adjacent files and unable to be moved forward safely.
- Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.
- Late or behindhand.
- Situated toward or at the rear of something.
- Lacking progressive or enlightened thought; outdated.
- On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.
- Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
- Reluctant or unable to advance or act.
- Acting or moving in the direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing.
- Reversed in order or sequence.
- Of a culture, country, practice etc., undeveloped or unsophisticated.
noun
adv
- In a direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- At, near or towards the rear of something.
- Oppositely to the desired direction of progress, or from a better to a worse state.
- In a reversed orientation; back to front.
- Toward or into the past;
- By way of reflection; reflexively.
- In a reversed order or sequence.
prep
- Against; in opposition to.
- To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
- So as to impact; against.
- Some time during the day of.
- Indicating a means of subsistence.
- Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
- Dealing with the subject of; about; concerning.
- In the possession of.
- Inside (a vehicle) for the purpose of travelling.
- Indicating the person experiencing an emotion, cold, thirst, hunger, etc.
- Expressing figurative placement or attachment.
- Supported by (the specified part of itself).
- Having identical domain and codomain.
- At or in (a certain region or location).
- Upon; at the time of (and often because of).
- Under the influence of (a drug).
- Generated by.
- Regularly taking (a drug).
- Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
- Indicating dependence or reliance.
- Covering.
- Engaged in or occupied with (an action or activity).
- Paid for by.
- Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
- At the date of.
- Indicating the target of, or thing affected by, an event or action.
- In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
- Indicating a means or medium.
- By virtue of; with the pledge of.
- Because of, or due to.
- Near; adjacent to; alongside.
- Having Vⁿ as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
- Without.
- Positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to.
- So as to impart force to.
- Serving as a member of.
- At a given time after the start of something; at.
verb
adv
- Of betting odds, denoting a better-than-even chance. See also odds-on.
- Along, forwards (continuing an action).
- To an operating state.
- In continuation, at length.
- So as to cover or be fitted.
adj
- Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
- Acting in character.
- Fitted; covering; being worn.
- Acceptable, appropriate.
- Within the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
- In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
- Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
- Of a stated part of something, oriented towards the viewer or other specified direction.
- Menstruating.
- Performing according to schedule; taking place.
noun
verb
- To move or act fast; to rush headlong.
- To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on and into)
- To steal; to rip off.
- To fart.
- To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
- To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.
- To surf extremely well.
- To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
- To take a "hit" of marijuana.
- To copy data from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc., to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
- To move quickly and destructively.
- To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.
noun
- A kind of glissando leading up to the main note to be played.
- A type of strong, rough tide or current.
- Data or audio copied from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
- A handful of unthreshed grain.
- A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.
- A tear (in paper, etc.).
- A black mark given for substandard schoolwork.
- A hit (dose) of marijuana.
- Something ripped off or stolen; a work resulting from plagiarism.
- A wicker basket for fish.
- A rip current: a strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
- Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off.
- A joyride.
verb
- To stumble or lurch.
- To surround or guard.
- To seal off an area of the mine in which a fire has started.
- To trample.
- To pack in tightly.
- To stink; to smell bad.
- To dam up; to block the flow of water or other liquid.
- To cause to smell bad.
- simple past tense of stink
- To cause (the udders) to become blocked and inflamed from lack of milking.
noun
- A stink; a foul smell.
- Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water.
- A dam or mound to stop water.
adj
verb
- To press onward or forward.
- To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
- To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
- To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
- To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
- To provoke; to exasperate.
- To press hard upon; to follow closely.
noun
verb
- To move or change in position.
- To flee, to escape, to speed away.
- To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
- To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
- To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
- To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
- To take the cream from; to skim.
- To evanesce, disappear, die out.
adj
- Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place.
- Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
noun
- A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
- Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.
- An arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek.
- A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.
- A large, coordinated group of people.
- Any group of associated items.
- A group of vessels or vehicles.
verb
adj
- (of an intersection) Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting.
- Made at right angles to the long axis of the body.
- Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.
noun
verb
- To move up or down by a step; displace.
- To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
- To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.
- To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
- To move the time of (a scheduled event).
- To knock against or run into with a jolt.
- To assassinate; to bump off.
- Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.
- To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
noun
- A protuberance on a level surface.
- The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
- A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
- The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
- The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
- In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.
- A coarse cotton fabric.
- The sound of such a collision.
- A light blow or jolting collision.
- A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.
- The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.
- A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
- A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump each other's hips together.
- A reassignment of jobs within an organization (for example, when an existing employee leaves) on the basis of seniority.
intj
prep_phrase
verb
- To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.
- To cause to bend or give way; to load.
- To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.
- To pull down someone else's pants.
- To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
- To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
- To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
noun
verb
- To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
- To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
- To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
- To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
- To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
- To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
- To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
- To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- To make a reply or response to.
- To file a document in response to a complaint.
- To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
noun
verb
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- to change orientation or direction
- undergo a change or development
- cause to move around or rotate
- change to the contrary
- pass to the other side of
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- move around an axis or a center
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- to send or let go
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- change color
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- accomplish by rotating
- get by buying and selling
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- alter the functioning or setting of
- direct at someone
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- go sour or spoil
- become officially one year older
noun
- a circular segment of a curve
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- an unforeseen development
- a movement in a new direction
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- turning or twisting around (in place)
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
adv
prefix
verb
noun
- a momentary flash of light
- merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
- electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger
- a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction
verb
- shift or move by taking a step
- put down or press the foot, place the foot
- cause (a computer) to execute a single command
- treat badly
- furnish with steps
- move with one's feet in a specific manner
- walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner
- place (a ship's mast) in its step
- measure (distances) by pacing
- move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation
noun
- any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
- the distance covered by a step
- the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
- support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
- relative position in a graded series
- a short distance
- the sound of a step of someone walking
- a musical interval of two semitones
- a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
- a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
- a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance
adj
- Firm or successful in resisting.
- Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.
- Used in proving or testing.
noun
- A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.
- A sequence of statements consisting of axioms, assumptions, statements already demonstrated in another proof, and statements that logically follow from previous statements in the sequence, and which concludes with a statement that is the object of the proof.
- The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.
- The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.
- A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1% by volume (no longer used). In the US, 100 proof means that the alcohol content is 50% of the total volume of the liquid; thus, absolute alcohol would be 200 proof.
- A limited-run high-quality strike of a particular coin, originally as a test run, although nowadays mostly for collectors' sets.
- A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
- An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
verb
- To make resistant, especially to water.
- To test-fire with a load considerably more powerful than the firearm in question's rated maximum chamber pressure, in order to establish the firearm's ability to withstand pressures well in excess of those expected in service without bursting.
- To proofread.
- To test the activeness of yeast.
- To allow yeast-containing dough to rise.
verb
- To move or go with a sudden turn.
- To attach a hook to.
- To finesse.
- To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
- To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
- To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)
- To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
- To connect (hook into, hook together).
- To engage in prostitution.
- To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.
- To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
- To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
- To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
- To play a hook shot.
- To make addicted; to captivate.
- To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
noun
- Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
- a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.
- The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
- A ship's anchor.
- Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
- A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
- A field sown two years in succession.
- A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.)
- A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
- A ball that is rolled in a curved line.
- A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.
- A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.
- A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
- A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
- A jack (the playing card).
- Any of the chevrons denoting rank.
- An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
- The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
- Synonym of shoulder (“the part of a wave that has not yet broken”)
- A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
- a háček.
- a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
- A finesse.
- A curveball.
- A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
- The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
- Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
- A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
- a diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
- A prostitute.
- A snare; a trap.
- A knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming the frontmost part of the bow) or the sternpost in cog-like vessels or similar vessels.
verb
- To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
- To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
- To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
- To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
- To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.
- To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
- To deny formally.
- To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
- To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
- To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
- To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
noun
- In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
- A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc ("without this", i.e. without what follows).
- Something that thwarts or obstructs.
- The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
- A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
- A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
- A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
- A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
- A traverse board.
adv
adj
verb
- To flinch or draw back.
- To begin.
- To awaken suddenly.
- To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
- To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly.
- To break away, to come loose.
- To put into play.
- To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
- To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
- To set in motion.
- To have its origin (at), begin.
- To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
- To jerk suddenly in surprise.
- To start one's periods (menstruation).
- To begin an activity.
- To ready the operation of a vehicle or machine.
noun
- The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
- An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
- The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
- The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
- An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
- A handle, especially that of a plough.
- A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
- A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out.
- The beginning of an activity.
- An instance of starting.
- A sudden involuntary movement.
verb
- move towards
- come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
- begin to deal with
- come near in time
- make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
noun
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- the act of drawing spatially closer to something
- a way of entering or leaving
- the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
- the event of one object coming closer to another
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
- the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
- a close approximation
- a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
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