swifter
adhamant
take up the slack
tighten
pick up the slack
figure-hugging
tighteningly
take in
spheno-
lash down
skinny
stretch
constringe
slacken
nippit
underbrace
wind up
tag
force
wedge
screw up
squeeze
strap
tie-on
bight
cuneiform
tightenable
retighten
cuneate
harness
sardine
clinch
dovetail
wind
pinched
wapp
corrugated
expulsion
catharping
extrusion
underwrapped
knurl
draw
rolling hitch
introversion
tighten up
ram-pack
invagination
gapingly
check
compressed
truss
wedgelike
prize
ruched
stank
latigo
underbind
brace
set
prise
belt-tighten
outfold
retrench
strapping
kevel
fox
fasten
shim
pucker
tense
tensile
introflexed
squashable
wedgelet
unfastening
unstrap
interlock
sling
aslither
tightlippedness
undoing
knep
shifter
taut
squeeze in
tight
anchorage
untying
latchable
funambulatory
bungee cord
bungee
adhamant
figure-hugging
skinny
nippit
tie-on
cuneiform
tightenable
cuneate
pinched
corrugated
underwrapped
compressed
wedgelike
ruched
set
tense
tensile
introflexed
squashable
aslither
taut
tight
latchable
funambulatory
tighteningly
gapingly
wapp
expulsion
catharping
extrusion
knurl
rolling hitch
introversion
invagination
latigo
brace
strapping
kevel
fox
shim
harness
wedgelet
unfastening
tightlippedness
undoing
shifter
anchorage
untying
bungee cord
bungee
swifter
take up the slack
tighten
pick up the slack
take in
lash down
stretch
constringe
slacken
underbrace
wind up
tag
force
wedge
screw up
squeeze
strap
bight
retighten
harness
sardine
clinch
dovetail
wind
draw
tighten up
ram-pack
check
truss
prize
stank
underbind
brace
prise
belt-tighten
outfold
retrench
fasten
pucker
knurl
unstrap
interlock
sling
knep
squeeze in
adj
verb
- To tighten (a belaying rope). (Also take up.)
- To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home.
- To receive (goods) into one's home for the purpose of processing for a fee.
- To enjoy or appreciate.
- To deceive; to hoodwink.
- To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.
- To absorb or comprehend.
- To attend a showing of.
- To reef.
adj
- tight-fitting
- thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
- Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
- Synonym of thin (“type of shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head”)
- Having reduced fat or calories.
noun
- The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
- A low-fat serving of coffee.
- A state of nakedness; nudity.
- A skinny being.
verb
verb
- To pull tight.
- To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
- To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.
- To lengthen when pulled.
- To lengthen by pulling.
- To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
- To extend to a limit point
- To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
- To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
- To increase.
- To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
noun
- The ability to lengthen when pulled.
- An act of stretching.
- A jail or prison term.
- Term of address for a tall person.
- A segment of a journey or route.
- A length of time.
- Extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared to the shorter winter days.
- The period of the season between the trade deadline and the beginning of the playoffs.
- A stretch limousine.
- The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
- A jail or prison term of one year's duration.
- A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
- A segment or length of material.
- A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.
- A single uninterrupted sitting; a turn.
- A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
adj
verb
- To tighten (someone or something) by winding or twisting.
- To dissolve (a partnership or corporation) and liquidate its assets.
- To wind (rope, string, mainsprings, etc.) completely.
- To put (a clock, watch, etc.) in a state of renewed or continued motion by winding the spring or other energy-storage mechanism.
- To end up; to arrive or result.
- To upset; to anger or distress.
- To increase (in some aspect).
- To roll up (a car window or well bucket, etc., by cranking).
- To play a prank (on); to take the mickey (out of) or mock.
- To excite.
- To make the preparatory movements for a certain kind of pitch.
- To conclude, complete, or finish (something).
verb
- To fasten; to attach.
- To mark (something) with one’s tag.
- To label (something).
- To remove dung tags from a sheep.
- To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.
- To follow closely, accompany, tag along.
- To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag).
- To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags.
- to have sex with someone (especially a man of a woman)
- To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).
- To hit the ball hard.
noun
- Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist.
- Something mean and paltry; the rabble.
- A sheep in its first year.
- The last line (or last two lines) of a song's chorus that is repeated to indicate the end of the song.
- Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify, solubilize or visualize these proteins.
- A children's chasing game in which one player (known as "it") attempts to touch another, who then becomes "it".
- An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand to rule him "out."
- The last scene of a TV program, often focusing on the program's subplot.
- A person's name.
- Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely.
- A type of cardboard.
- A keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information enabling keyword-based classification; often used to categorize content.
- The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
- A small label.
- A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.
- An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said") or attributed words (e.g. "he thought").
- A vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).
- A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.
- A decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls.
- A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
- A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.
verb
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
- move with force
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- do forcibly; exert force
- take by force
noun
- a powerful effect or influence
- (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
- physical energy or intensity
- group of people willing to obey orders
- a unit that is part of some military service
- an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
- a group of people having the power of effective action
- (of a law) having legal validity
- a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
verb
noun
- any shape that is triangular in cross section
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
- a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
- (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
- something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
- a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
verb
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
- press firmly
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- press or force
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
- squeeze or press together
noun
- the act of gripping and pressing firmly
- a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
- a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer
- (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend
- a twisting squeeze
- an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
- a tight or amorous embrace
- the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space
verb
- To fasten or bind with a strap.
- To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
- To sharpen by rubbing on a strap; to strop.
noun
- Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
- A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
- A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
- A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
- A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
- An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bullish than a straddle.
- The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
- Synonym of strapline
- A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
- A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
- The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
- A strap worn on the shoulder.
- A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
adj
- Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
- Written in the cuneiform writing system.
noun
- An ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BC, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clayen tablets.
- A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.
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
noun
- Someone packed or crammed into a small space.
- Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine Sardina pilchardus (syn. Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine Sardinops sagax (syn. Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden.
verb
- To set closely together; to close tightly.
- To clasp; to interlock.
- To embrace passionately.
- To make certain; to finalize.
- To hold firmly; to clench.
- To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
- To fasten securely or permanently.
noun
- Any of several fastenings.
- A passionate embrace.
- The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast.
- The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.
- A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
verb
- To cover or surround with something coiled about.
- To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
- To perceive or follow by scent.
- To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
- To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
- To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
- To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist, as by a winch.
- To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
- To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
- To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
- To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
- To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
- To travel in a way that is not straight.
- To turn (a ship) around, end for end.
- To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
- To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
- To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
noun
- Flatus.
- Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
- News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.)
- The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
- The ability to breathe easily.
- Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
- The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
- A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the "four winds".
- The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
- One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.
- Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
- Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
- Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
- A bird, the dotterel.
- A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
verb
- To pull (a belt or other item) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
- To take (air, smoke etc.) into the lungs; to inhale.
- To provoke or attract (a particular response or reaction).
- To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
- To take (water) from a well or other source.
- To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.
- To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
- To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
- To pull out, unsheathe (a sword, firearm etc.).
- To make (wire) by pulling it through an aperture; to stretch (metal) into a wire.
- To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
- To extract (a tooth).
- To take or be dealt a playing card from the deck. See also draw out.
- To pull (something) in a particular manner or direction.
- To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
- To take or be dealt (a card) from the deck; to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
- To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.
- To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially magnetism or gravity; (figurative) to act as an inducement or enticement.
- To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
- To produce (a shape, figure, picture etc.) with pencil, crayon, chalk, or other implement.
- To cause (someone) to come to a particular place, condition, or course of action; to attract (a person).
- To conduct (a lottery); to select (the numbers) for a lottery; to win (a prize) in a lottery.
- To depict (something) linguistically; to portray in words.
- To produce a visual representation of (a person or thing) by lines and marks with pencil, pen, paints etc.
- To drag (a person, thing, or part of the body), especially along the ground.
- To move (a part of one's body) in a particular direction.
- To stretch or elongate.
- To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
- To draw up, compose (a document).
- To have a draught; to allow air to be passed through in order to allow for combustion.
- To induce (the mind, eyes, attention etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
- To cause (something); to bring (something) about as a consequence.
- To become contracted; to shrink.
- To pull (a curtain, blinds etc.) open or closed.
- To assume a specific position or attitude.
- To require (a depth of water) for floating.
- To pull back (the string of a bow) in preparation for shooting.
- To pull (one's face, features) out of shape, from emotion etc.
- Of a sail, to fill with wind.
- To select (an item) at random to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something; to select (a person) by this process.
- To disembowel (someone); to remove the viscera from (an animal), especially before cooking.
- To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
- To steep; to leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase.
- To run (a bath).
- To produce an image of something by artistic means; to make drawings.
- To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
- To pull (a plough, vehicle etc.); to cause (something) to move forwards by pulling it.
- To extract (juice, fluids etc.) from something by pressure, osmosis or similar.
- To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.
- To consume (power).
noun
- A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- The act of drawing.
- The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
- Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
- Cannabis.
- The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
- A bag of cannabis.
- Draft in the sense of the flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
- The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
- A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
- The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.
verb
- To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
- To inspect; to examine.
- To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
- To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
- To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
- To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
- To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
- To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
- To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
- To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
- To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
- To verify or compare with a source of information.
- To leave in safekeeping.
- To control, limit, or halt.
- To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
- To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
- To act as a curb or restraint.
- To make a stop; to pause; with at.
- To mark with a check pattern.
noun
- The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
- A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
- Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
- A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
- A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
- A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
- A control; a limit or stop.
- An inspection or examination.
- A small chink or crack.
- A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
- An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
- A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
- A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
- A token used instead of cash in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
adj
verb
- To secure or bind with ropes.
- To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
- To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
- To tie up a bird before cooking it.
- To support.
noun
- The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.
- A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
- A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.
- A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.
- A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge.
- A triangular bracket.
- Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
- An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled 56 pounds, a truss of new hay equalled 60 pounds, and 36 trusses equalled one load.
verb
noun
- That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
- Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
- A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
- An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
- Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
- That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
adj
verb
- To pack in tightly.
- To surround or guard.
- To stumble or lurch.
- To seal off an area of the mine in which a fire has started.
- To trample.
- 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
verb
- To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
- To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
- To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
- To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
- To confront with questions, demands or requests.
- To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
- To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
- To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind.
noun
- The state of being braced or tight; tension.
- Harness; warlike preparation.
- That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
- A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
- A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.
- A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.
- Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
- Two goals scored by one player in a game.
- A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (The plural in this sense is unchanged.) In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.
- A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves.
- A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
- A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
- A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
- The mouth of a shaft.
adj
- Rigid, solidified.
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in a certain style.
- Ready, prepared.
- Prearranged.
- Fixed in position.
- Intent, determined (to do something).
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.
verb
noun
- A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.
- A physically attractive man or woman.
- A fox terrier.
- Air-to-air weapon launched.
- A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.
- A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.
- A cunning person.
- A person with reddish brown hair, usually a woman.
- A hidden radio transmitter, finding which is the goal of radiosport.
- The fourteenth Lenormand card.
- The fur of a fox.
- The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color.
- Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox).
verb
- To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
- To act slyly or craftily.
- To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
- To confuse or baffle (someone).
- To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
- To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
- To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity. (See foxing.)
- To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
noun
- A wedge.
- A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
- A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
- A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.
- A small metal device used to pick open a lock.
- A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits; a hermaphrodite.
- A transsexual person, especially a trans woman; (loosely) a drag queen or transvestite.
verb
adj
- taut or rigid; stretched tight
- in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
- pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
verb
- become stretched or tense or taut
- increase the tension on
- become tense, nervous, or uneasy
- cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
noun
verb
- To pass a rope around (a cask, gun, etc.) preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.
- To throw with a sling.
- To throw with a circular or arcing motion.
- To sell, peddle, or distribute (often illicitly, e.g. drugs, sex, etc.).
noun
- A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder.
- A loop of rope or fabric tape used for various purposes: e.g. as part of a runner, or providing extra protection when abseiling or belaying.
- A drink composed of a spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened.
- A loop of cloth, worn around the neck, for supporting a baby or other such load.
- A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast.
- The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke.
- A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering.
- An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other.
- A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.
- A young or infant spider, such as one raised in captivity.
noun
- An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
- A word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis.
- A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
- One who, or that which, shifts or changes.
- An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
- A component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.
- A genre of erotica focusing on lycanthropes or other shapeshifters, such as werewolves.
- A spanner with an adjustable jaw size.
- A person who changes the reality their consciousness resides in, through meditation or other means.
- A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
- A person employed to repair the horseways and other passages, and keep them unobstructed.
- A shape-shifter, or a person or other being capable of changing their physical form.
adj
- pulled or drawn tight
- pressed tightly together
- set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration
- (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
- affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow
- of textiles
- securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- very drunk
- exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
- demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
- packed closely together
adv
adj
noun
- That into which something is anchored or fastened.
- The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
- Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
- The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
- A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
- The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
- The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
- A fee charged for anchoring.
noun
noun
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