English words for 'a computer program designed to have undesirable or harmful effects'
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- a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
- (computing) A program which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks and USB drives, often causing damage to systems and data.
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- a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
- (computing, proscribed) Any type of malware.
- (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
- a harmful or corrupting agency
- A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).
- (uncountable) A quantity of such infectious agents, considered en masse.
- A species thereof.
- (figurative) Any malicious or dangerous entity that spreads from one place or person to another.
- (occasionally proscribed) An individual particle thereof: synonym of virion.
- (computing) A type of malware which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks, often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virus.
- (informal, metonymic) A disease caused by such an infectious agent; a viral illness.
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- (programming) Having side effects.
- Unchaste; obscene (not according to or not abiding by some system of sexual morality)
- Unhallowed; defiled by something unholy, either physically by an objectionable substance, or morally by guilt or sin
- Containing undesired intermixtures
- (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene
- having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws
- combined with extraneous elements
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- (computing) A malicious program designed to perform a destructive action at a certain date or time.
- (figuratively) A situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time.
- A bomb that has a mechanism such that detonation can be preset to a particular time.
- a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time
- a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed
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- (computing) A piece of code intentionally inserted into a software system that will set off a malicious function when specified conditions are met.
- a set of instructions inserted into a program that are designed to execute (or ‘explode’) if a particular condition is satisfied; when exploded it may delete or corrupt data, or print a spurious message, or have other harmful effects
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- write a computer program
- arrange a program of or for
- (transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
- (broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
- (transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- (transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
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- (computing) A computer program.
- an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
- a radio or television show
- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
- an integrated course of academic studies
- a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
- (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
- a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
- (politics) A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
- (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- (music, computing) A custom tracklist.
- A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
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- an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
- a radio or television show
- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
- an integrated course of academic studies
- a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
- (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
- (British, rare) Alternative spelling of program (“computer program”).
- British, New Zealand, and India standard spelling of program.
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- (computing) A program or routine that attaches malware to an existing harmless file on the target system.
- (chemistry) A chemical or other substance that causes two other substances to form into one.
- (UK, slang) One who whines or complains.
- (molecular biology) A protein binder.
- A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages, etc.
- Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book.
- (law) A down payment on a piece of real property that secures the payor the right to purchase the property from the payee upon an agreement of terms.
- (chiefly Minnesota) A rubber band.
- (agriculture) A machine used in harvesting which cuts the stalks of a crop and then ties them into a bundle or sheaf.
- (LGBTQ) Material or clothing used in binding or flattening the breasts.
- Someone who binds.
- A dossier.
- Someone who binds books; a bookbinder.
- (programming) A software mechanism that performs binding.
- something used to tie or bind
- a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves
- holds loose papers or magazines
- something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface
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- (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- (vulgar, slang) The vagina.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- (Cumbria, Northern UK) A chat.
- (figurative, humorous) Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A narrow opening.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.
- (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- (slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- (informal) The space between the buttocks.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- a long narrow cleft
- the act of cracking something
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
- a usually brief attempt
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
- a narrow opening
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a sudden sharp noise
- witty remark
- a chance to do something
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- (transitive) To overcome a security system or component.
- (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
- (intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- (intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- (transitive, figurative) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- (colloquial) To barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent).
- (transitive) To tell (a joke).
- (transitive) To open slightly.
- (intransitive, transgender slang) To realize that one is transgender.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- (intransitive) To form cracks.
- (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- (transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- (mid 2020s slang) To have sex with, especially penetrative sex.
- (transitive, figurative) To solve a difficult problem.
- cause to become cracked
- break partially but keep its integrity
- tell spontaneously
- make a very sharp explosive sound
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- pass through (a barrier)
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- (computing, programming, slang) Undesirable; harmful; bad practice.
- Morally corrupt.
- Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
- Unpleasant, foul (of odor, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
- Intending to harm; malevolent.
- morally bad or wrong
- having the nature of vice
- having or exerting a malignant influence
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- Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.
- Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
- morally objectionable behavior
- the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
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- To release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless.
- (figuratively) To damage seriously; to destroy.
- (figuratively) To cause severe and disabling damage; to make unable to function normally.
- (slang, video games) To nerf something to the point of being underpowered.
- To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired.
- deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
- deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
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- (uncountable, dialect, Southern US except Louisiana) Scrapple.
- (offensive) A person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
- (among lumbermen) A rocky shallow in a stream.
- (by extension, figurative) A person who is severely impaired or deficient in some non-physical way.
- A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.
- someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
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- (computer security) The insertion of program code into an application, URL, hardware, etc.; especially when malicious or when the target is not designed for such insertion.
- (internal combustion engines) Fuel injection: the pressurized introduction of fuel into a cylinder.
- (set theory) A function that maps distinct x in the domain to distinct y in the codomain; formally, a f: X → Y such that f(a) = f(b) implies a = b for any a, b in the domain.
- (space science) The act of putting a spacecraft into a particular orbit, especially for changing a stable orbit into a transfer orbit, e.g. trans-lunar injection.
- The act of injecting, or something that is injected.
- (construction) The act of inserting materials like concrete grout or gravel by using high pressure pumps.
- (mathematics) A relation on sets (X,Y) that associates each element of Y with at most one element of X.
- (category theory) A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct.
- (figuratively) The supply of additional funding to a person or a business.
- (steam engines) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
- A specimen prepared by injection.
- (medicine) Congestion (of a body part, with blood or other fluid), such as hyperemia.
- (steam engines) The cold water thrown into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
- (medicine) Something injected subcutaneously, intravenously, or intramuscularly by use of a syringe and a needle.
- the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure
- any solution that is injected (as into the skin)
- the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
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- (computing) A software program other than a game; one that is useful or creative rather than merely entertaining.
- (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
- The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
- (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
- Something that is useful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A coupé utility, or ute; an automobile with an open tray or bed behind the passenger cabin.
- (computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system, or application software.
- (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
- (business, finance, by extension) A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider.
- (business) A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage.
- a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
- (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
- the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
- the quality of being of practical use
- a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal
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- Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
- Functional rather than attractive.
- (Of a building or its components) containing or intended for any of a building’s often-utility-related commodity transport, such as pipes or wires, or converting equipment, such as furnaces, water tanks or heaters, circuit breakers, central air conditioning units, laundry facilities, etc.
- capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
- used of beef; usable but inferior
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- (computing) An application or feature that stops or impedes something.
- A close-fitting rectangular glove worn by a goalie in multiple forms of hockey.
- (biology, medicine) Any of various medications that block (inhibit) the activity of a chemical messenger or its receptors, such as cardiac conduction modifiers (e.g., alpha-blockers, beta-blockers), gastric acid inhibitors (H₂ histamine blockers), puberty blockers, and others.
- (marketing) A gatekeeper who refuses the marketer access to the person they wish to contact.
- (computing) One who prevents another user from contacting them electronically.
- (poker) A blocker bet.
- (sports) One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent.
- (card games) A playing card, needed by one player, that is held by another.
- A person who roughly shapes a diamond.
- (computing) A bug or issue that prevents software from being released.
- A person who blocks (stretches or moulds) or more generally makes knitted items, hats, books (or book covers), shoes, etc.
- (in combination) A resident or member of a particular block.
- (cricket) A defensive or low-scoring batter.
- a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process
- a football player whose responsibility is to block players attempting to stop an offensive play
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- (computing) A program or technique that takes advantage of a vulnerability in other software.
- An achievement.
- (by extension, Internet, video games) An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.
- A heroic or extraordinary deed.
- a notable achievement
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- (computing) Initialism of malicious (software) removal tool.
- (biology, countable) Initialism of mitochondrial replacement technique
- (India, Thailand, South Korea, transport, uncountable) Initialism of metropolitan rapid transport.
- (biology, uncountable) Initialism of mitochondrial replacement techniques
- (Thailand, India, South Korea, transport, uncountable) Initialism of metropolitan rapid transit.
- (UK, Singapore, India, transport, uncountable) Initialism of metro rapid transit.
- (UK, India, transport, uncountable) Initialism of metro rapid transport.
- (medicine, uncountable) Initialism of mitochondrial replacement therapies
- (Philippines, India, transport, uncountable) Initialism of metropolitan rail transit.
- (UK, Singapore, Philippines, India, transport, uncountable) Initialism of mass rail transport.
- (India, Philippines, Singapore, transport, uncountable) Initialism of metro rail transport.
- (UK, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, India, transport, uncountable) Initialism of mass rapid transit.
- (sciences) Initialism of magnetic resonance tomography.
- (medicine, countable) Initialism of mitochondrial replacement therapy
- (Singapore, Malaysia, India, Thailand, transport, uncountable) Initialism of mass rapid transport.
- (India, transport, uncountable) Initialism of metropolitan rail transport.
- (UK, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, India, transport, uncountable) Initialism of mass rail transit.
- (Philippines, India, transport, uncountable) Initialism of metro rail transit.
- (UK, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, India, transport, uncountable) A form of heavy-rail rapid-transit system that utilizes modern Electric Multiple Units to transport commuters between stations.
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- (computing) A software component designed to install malware on a target system.
- A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game.
- A utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time.
- (slang) A person who uses fraudulent cheques.
- (Australia) A batten fixed to a post-and-wire fence to keep the wires apart.
- (cricket, historical) A delivery by lob bowling (no longer legal).
- A seat post whose height can be adjusted while riding.
- (mining) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
- (botany) The young bulb of a tulip, not of flowering size.
- One who drops something, especially one who drops a specific item to cause mischief.
- (cricket, historical) A bowler who makes such deliveries.
- (fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
- (tennis, informal) A drop shot.
- pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time
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- (computing, slang) A program that has messy source code.
- (military) A portable, collapsible container for liquid fuel.
- (geology) A hammer used by geologists to chop rock samples from boulders for examination.
- (electronics) An electronic signal that is normally high or on, but goes low for a very short period and then returns to high. A low going spike.
- (welding) A hammer used by electric welders to knock slag off of the welded joint, sometimes having a spring handle to lessen shock to the hands.
- Synonym of impossible trident.
- An item of unknown purpose, often unnecessary or useless or annoying.
- Anything overfull.
- (air conditioning) A container/tank for refrigerant gas.
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- (computing) To write software programs.
- To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
- (transitive) To add codes to (a data set).
- (cryptography) To encode.
- (informal, healthcare) To call a hospital emergency code.
- (genetics, intransitive) To encode a protein.
- (informal, healthcare) Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.
- attach a code to
- convert ordinary language into code
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- By synecdoche: a codeword, code point, an encoded representation of a character, symbol, or other entity.
- A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.
- Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
- Alternative form of cod.
- (cryptography) A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
- A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning.
- (scientific programming) A program.
- (linguistics) A particular lect or language variety.
- A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
- (programming, uncountable) Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
- A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
- (medicine) An emergency requiring situation-trained members of the staff.
- (informal) A set of unwritten rules that bind a social group.
- (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
- a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
- a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy
- a series of letters, numbers or symbols assigned to something for the purpose of classification or identification
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- a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task
- a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school
- liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin
- the action of putting something into operation
- the work of applying something
- a diligent effort
- the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose
- (bureaucracy, law) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
- A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
- The substance applied.
- The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
- (computing theory) The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
- The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
- The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
- A kind of needlework; appliqué.
- Diligence; close thought or attention.
- (computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
- The act of physically applying or laying on.
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- (computing) A software program which protects computers against, or detects and neutralizes, computer viruses and other types of malware; an antivirus.
- (historical) The material taken from cowpox pustules used for vaccination against smallpox.
- Something defensive or protective in nature, like a vaccine (sense 1.1).
- The process of vaccination; immunization, inoculation.
- A substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a derivative of it; or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute; also, a dose of such a substance.
- immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies
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- (specifically, in programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
- (transitive, tennis) To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
- (intransitive, of a storm) To begin or end.
- (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack.
- (intransitive, of a spell of settled weather) To end.
- (intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
- (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
- (intransitive, of a male voice) To become deeper at puberty.
- (transitive, backgammon) To remove one of the two men on (a point).
- (transitive) To end (a connection); to disconnect.
- (intransitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
- (intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
- (specifically) To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
- (transitive, theater) To end the run of (a play).
- (transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
- (intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
- (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
- (transitive) To violate; to fail to adhere to.
- (specifically) To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
- (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
- (transitive) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
- (transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
- (intransitive, of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.
- (transitive) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
- (transitive, with for) To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
- (rare, mainly historical or a misspelling) To brake.
- (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
- (transitive) To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
- (transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
- To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
- (music, slang) To B-boy; to breakdance.
- (programming) To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
- (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
- (intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
- (ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
- (computing) To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
- (transitive) To ruin financially.
- (transitive, gaming slang) To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
- (finance, intransitive) Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
- (transitive, military, most often in the passive tense) To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
- (computing) To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
- (intransitive, of a fever) To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.
- (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
- (intransitive, of a sauce or emulsion) To de-emulsify.
- (transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
- (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
- (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
- (intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
- (transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- find the solution or key to
- become punctured or penetrated
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- do a break dance
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- fall sharply
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- cause to give up a habit
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
- change directions suddenly
- exchange for smaller units of money
- undergo breaking
- give up
- interrupt a continued activity
- interrupt the flow of current in
- break a piece from a whole
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- move away or escape suddenly
- invalidate by judicial action
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- cease an action temporarily
- happen or take place
- render inoperable or ineffective
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- come to an end (of an event)
- cause the failure or ruin of
- put an end to a state or an activity
- fracture a bone of
- stop operating or functioning
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- terminate or end
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- come into being
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- find a flaw in
- ruin completely
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- happen
- go to pieces
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- pierce or penetrate
- surpass in excellence
- lessen in force or effect
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- scatter or part
- be broken in
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- be released or become known; of news
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
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- (programming) Ellipsis of breakpoint.
- (music) The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.
- A rest or pause, usually from work.
- A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
- An interruption of continuity; departure from or rupture with.
- Alternative form of brake (“cart or carriage without a body, for breaking in horses”)
- (computing) The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
- (soccer) The counter-attack.
- A short holiday.
- (snooker) The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.
- (finance) A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
- A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.
- (computing) A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
- (UK, education) A time for students to talk or play between lessons.
- (geography, chiefly in the plural) An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).
- A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
- (music) A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.
- (British, weather) A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
- An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
- (surfing) A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
- An act of escaping.
- The beginning (of the morning).
- (music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
- A temporary split with a romantic partner.
- (tennis) A game won by the receiving player(s).
- (horse racing) The start of a horse race.
- The opening of packages of cards for a collectible card game, often for further distribution to paying customers.
- (golf) The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.
- An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
- (equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) The first shot in a game of billiards.
- (music) The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- an escape from jail
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- the occurrence of breaking
- a sudden dash
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
noun
- (informal, computing) A badly written or makeshift piece of software; a hack.
- (informal) Any construction or practice, typically crude yet effective, designed to solve a problem temporarily or expediently.
- (informal, electronics, engineering) An improvised device, typically crudely constructed to test the validity of a principle before implementing a finished design.
- (informal, computing) An amalgamated mass of unrelated parts.
- a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose
verb
noun
- (computing) Malware that deceitfully presents itself as antispyware.
- A mischievous scamp.
- An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.
- (Australia) A horse, mule, or donkey that is difficult to control; a refractory horse, especially a racehorse.
- A vagrant.
- A plant that shows some undesirable variation.
- A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
- (roleplaying games) A character class focusing on stealthy conduct.
- a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
adj
verb
noun
- An application or use for something that is not known to actually work.
- An application for something (such as a permit) that one does not yet know that one definitely needs or that one does not necessarily qualify to receive.
- An application for a job with an employer who is not currently advertising any vacancies.
noun
- a program that controls the execution of other programs
- one who supervises or has charge and direction of
- A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
- (management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
- (US) In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.
- (computing) A process responsible for managing other processes.
noun
- (programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
- A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
- A worry; a sense that something may be wrong; an identification of a possible problem.
- That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.
- The placement of interest or worry on a subject.
- The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
- something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
- a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
- an anxious feeling
- a feeling of sympathy for someone or something
- something that interests you because it is important or affects you
verb
noun
- (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
- A waitress or waiter.
- A tray for dishes.
- (tennis, volleyball) The player who serves the ball.
- (Christianity) A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.
- A spoon for serving food.
- (computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
- (social media) A community space where only those who joined it can communicate in channels.
- (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
- (court games) the player who serves to start a point
- utensil used in serving food or drink
- a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
noun
- (figuratively) Any device or mechanism intended to prevent harmful consequences.
- (US, specifically) A prophylactic condom.
- A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.
- contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
- remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
adj
noun
- (computing) A program for viewing and editing.
- (engineering) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring several tools successively into position.
- Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
- A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
- A monitor nozzle.
- A monitor lizard (Varanus spp. and extinct relatives in family Varanidae).
- (computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
- A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
- (nautical) A relatively small armored warship with only one or two turrets (but often carrying unusually large guns for a warship of its size), usually designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than open-ocean combat.
- someone who supervises (an examination)
- electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions
- display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor
- a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
- someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
- any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
verb
adj
- (computing) More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.
- Open to disclosing one's inner thoughts and feelings, acting in spite of one's instinct to self-preservation.
- More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
- (of a language or species) at moderate risk of extinction though not quite endangered.
- susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation
- capable of being wounded or hurt
- susceptible to attack
noun
adj
verb
noun
- a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
- (computing) A program which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks and USB drives, often causing damage to systems and data.
noun
- a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
- (computing, proscribed) Any type of malware.
- (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
- a harmful or corrupting agency
- A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).
- (uncountable) A quantity of such infectious agents, considered en masse.
- A species thereof.
- (figurative) Any malicious or dangerous entity that spreads from one place or person to another.
- (occasionally proscribed) An individual particle thereof: synonym of virion.
- (computing) A type of malware which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks, often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virus.
- (informal, metonymic) A disease caused by such an infectious agent; a viral illness.
verb
noun
name
noun
- (computing) A malicious program designed to perform a destructive action at a certain date or time.
- (figuratively) A situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time.
- A bomb that has a mechanism such that detonation can be preset to a particular time.
- a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time
- a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed
noun
- (computing) A piece of code intentionally inserted into a software system that will set off a malicious function when specified conditions are met.
- a set of instructions inserted into a program that are designed to execute (or ‘explode’) if a particular condition is satisfied; when exploded it may delete or corrupt data, or print a spurious message, or have other harmful effects
noun
- (computing) A program or routine that attaches malware to an existing harmless file on the target system.
- (chemistry) A chemical or other substance that causes two other substances to form into one.
- (UK, slang) One who whines or complains.
- (molecular biology) A protein binder.
- A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages, etc.
- Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book.
- (law) A down payment on a piece of real property that secures the payor the right to purchase the property from the payee upon an agreement of terms.
- (chiefly Minnesota) A rubber band.
- (agriculture) A machine used in harvesting which cuts the stalks of a crop and then ties them into a bundle or sheaf.
- (LGBTQ) Material or clothing used in binding or flattening the breasts.
- Someone who binds.
- A dossier.
- Someone who binds books; a bookbinder.
- (programming) A software mechanism that performs binding.
- something used to tie or bind
- a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves
- holds loose papers or magazines
- something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface
verb
- write a computer program
- arrange a program of or for
- (transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
- (broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
- (transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- (transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
noun
- (computing) A computer program.
- an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
- a radio or television show
- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
- an integrated course of academic studies
- a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
- (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
- a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
- (politics) A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
- (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- (music, computing) A custom tracklist.
- A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
noun
- (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- (vulgar, slang) The vagina.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- (Cumbria, Northern UK) A chat.
- (figurative, humorous) Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A narrow opening.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.
- (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- (slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- (informal) The space between the buttocks.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- a long narrow cleft
- the act of cracking something
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
- a usually brief attempt
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
- a narrow opening
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a sudden sharp noise
- witty remark
- a chance to do something
adj
verb
- (transitive) To overcome a security system or component.
- (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
- (intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- (intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- (transitive, figurative) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- (colloquial) To barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent).
- (transitive) To tell (a joke).
- (transitive) To open slightly.
- (intransitive, transgender slang) To realize that one is transgender.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- (intransitive) To form cracks.
- (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- (transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- (mid 2020s slang) To have sex with, especially penetrative sex.
- (transitive, figurative) To solve a difficult problem.
- cause to become cracked
- break partially but keep its integrity
- tell spontaneously
- make a very sharp explosive sound
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- pass through (a barrier)
noun
- (computer security) The insertion of program code into an application, URL, hardware, etc.; especially when malicious or when the target is not designed for such insertion.
- (internal combustion engines) Fuel injection: the pressurized introduction of fuel into a cylinder.
- (set theory) A function that maps distinct x in the domain to distinct y in the codomain; formally, a f: X → Y such that f(a) = f(b) implies a = b for any a, b in the domain.
- (space science) The act of putting a spacecraft into a particular orbit, especially for changing a stable orbit into a transfer orbit, e.g. trans-lunar injection.
- The act of injecting, or something that is injected.
- (construction) The act of inserting materials like concrete grout or gravel by using high pressure pumps.
- (mathematics) A relation on sets (X,Y) that associates each element of Y with at most one element of X.
- (category theory) A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct.
- (figuratively) The supply of additional funding to a person or a business.
- (steam engines) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
- A specimen prepared by injection.
- (medicine) Congestion (of a body part, with blood or other fluid), such as hyperemia.
- (steam engines) The cold water thrown into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
- (medicine) Something injected subcutaneously, intravenously, or intramuscularly by use of a syringe and a needle.
- the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure
- any solution that is injected (as into the skin)
- the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
noun
- (computing) A software program other than a game; one that is useful or creative rather than merely entertaining.
- (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
- The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
- (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
- Something that is useful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A coupé utility, or ute; an automobile with an open tray or bed behind the passenger cabin.
- (computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system, or application software.
- (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
- (business, finance, by extension) A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider.
- (business) A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage.
- a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
- (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
- the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
- the quality of being of practical use
- a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal
adj
- Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
- Functional rather than attractive.
- (Of a building or its components) containing or intended for any of a building’s often-utility-related commodity transport, such as pipes or wires, or converting equipment, such as furnaces, water tanks or heaters, circuit breakers, central air conditioning units, laundry facilities, etc.
- capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
- used of beef; usable but inferior
noun
- (computing) An application or feature that stops or impedes something.
- A close-fitting rectangular glove worn by a goalie in multiple forms of hockey.
- (biology, medicine) Any of various medications that block (inhibit) the activity of a chemical messenger or its receptors, such as cardiac conduction modifiers (e.g., alpha-blockers, beta-blockers), gastric acid inhibitors (H₂ histamine blockers), puberty blockers, and others.
- (marketing) A gatekeeper who refuses the marketer access to the person they wish to contact.
- (computing) One who prevents another user from contacting them electronically.
- (poker) A blocker bet.
- (sports) One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent.
- (card games) A playing card, needed by one player, that is held by another.
- A person who roughly shapes a diamond.
- (computing) A bug or issue that prevents software from being released.
- A person who blocks (stretches or moulds) or more generally makes knitted items, hats, books (or book covers), shoes, etc.
- (in combination) A resident or member of a particular block.
- (cricket) A defensive or low-scoring batter.
- a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process
- a football player whose responsibility is to block players attempting to stop an offensive play
noun
- (computing) A program or technique that takes advantage of a vulnerability in other software.
- An achievement.
- (by extension, Internet, video games) An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.
- A heroic or extraordinary deed.
- a notable achievement
verb
noun
- (computing) Initialism of malicious (software) removal tool.
- (biology, countable) Initialism of mitochondrial replacement technique
- (India, Thailand, South Korea, transport, uncountable) Initialism of metropolitan rapid transport.
- (biology, uncountable) Initialism of mitochondrial replacement techniques
- (Thailand, India, South Korea, transport, uncountable) Initialism of metropolitan rapid transit.
- (UK, Singapore, India, transport, uncountable) Initialism of metro rapid transit.
- (UK, India, transport, uncountable) Initialism of metro rapid transport.
- (medicine, uncountable) Initialism of mitochondrial replacement therapies
- (Philippines, India, transport, uncountable) Initialism of metropolitan rail transit.
- (UK, Singapore, Philippines, India, transport, uncountable) Initialism of mass rail transport.
- (India, Philippines, Singapore, transport, uncountable) Initialism of metro rail transport.
- (UK, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, India, transport, uncountable) Initialism of mass rapid transit.
- (sciences) Initialism of magnetic resonance tomography.
- (medicine, countable) Initialism of mitochondrial replacement therapy
- (Singapore, Malaysia, India, Thailand, transport, uncountable) Initialism of mass rapid transport.
- (India, transport, uncountable) Initialism of metropolitan rail transport.
- (UK, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, India, transport, uncountable) Initialism of mass rail transit.
- (Philippines, India, transport, uncountable) Initialism of metro rail transit.
- (UK, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, India, transport, uncountable) A form of heavy-rail rapid-transit system that utilizes modern Electric Multiple Units to transport commuters between stations.
noun
- (computing) A software component designed to install malware on a target system.
- A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game.
- A utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time.
- (slang) A person who uses fraudulent cheques.
- (Australia) A batten fixed to a post-and-wire fence to keep the wires apart.
- (cricket, historical) A delivery by lob bowling (no longer legal).
- A seat post whose height can be adjusted while riding.
- (mining) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
- (botany) The young bulb of a tulip, not of flowering size.
- One who drops something, especially one who drops a specific item to cause mischief.
- (cricket, historical) A bowler who makes such deliveries.
- (fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
- (tennis, informal) A drop shot.
- pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time
noun
- (computing, slang) A program that has messy source code.
- (military) A portable, collapsible container for liquid fuel.
- (geology) A hammer used by geologists to chop rock samples from boulders for examination.
- (electronics) An electronic signal that is normally high or on, but goes low for a very short period and then returns to high. A low going spike.
- (welding) A hammer used by electric welders to knock slag off of the welded joint, sometimes having a spring handle to lessen shock to the hands.
- Synonym of impossible trident.
- An item of unknown purpose, often unnecessary or useless or annoying.
- Anything overfull.
- (air conditioning) A container/tank for refrigerant gas.
noun
- a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task
- a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school
- liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin
- the action of putting something into operation
- the work of applying something
- a diligent effort
- the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose
- (bureaucracy, law) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
- A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
- The substance applied.
- The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
- (computing theory) The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
- The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
- The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
- A kind of needlework; appliqué.
- Diligence; close thought or attention.
- (computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
- The act of physically applying or laying on.
noun
- (computing) A software program which protects computers against, or detects and neutralizes, computer viruses and other types of malware; an antivirus.
- (historical) The material taken from cowpox pustules used for vaccination against smallpox.
- Something defensive or protective in nature, like a vaccine (sense 1.1).
- The process of vaccination; immunization, inoculation.
- A substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a derivative of it; or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute; also, a dose of such a substance.
- immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies
adj
noun
- (informal, computing) A badly written or makeshift piece of software; a hack.
- (informal) Any construction or practice, typically crude yet effective, designed to solve a problem temporarily or expediently.
- (informal, electronics, engineering) An improvised device, typically crudely constructed to test the validity of a principle before implementing a finished design.
- (informal, computing) An amalgamated mass of unrelated parts.
- a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose
verb
noun
- (computing) Malware that deceitfully presents itself as antispyware.
- A mischievous scamp.
- An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.
- (Australia) A horse, mule, or donkey that is difficult to control; a refractory horse, especially a racehorse.
- A vagrant.
- A plant that shows some undesirable variation.
- A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
- (roleplaying games) A character class focusing on stealthy conduct.
- a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
adj
verb
noun
- An application or use for something that is not known to actually work.
- An application for something (such as a permit) that one does not yet know that one definitely needs or that one does not necessarily qualify to receive.
- An application for a job with an employer who is not currently advertising any vacancies.
noun
- a program that controls the execution of other programs
- one who supervises or has charge and direction of
- A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
- (management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
- (US) In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.
- (computing) A process responsible for managing other processes.
noun
- (programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
- A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
- A worry; a sense that something may be wrong; an identification of a possible problem.
- That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.
- The placement of interest or worry on a subject.
- The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
- something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
- a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
- an anxious feeling
- a feeling of sympathy for someone or something
- something that interests you because it is important or affects you
verb
noun
- (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
- A waitress or waiter.
- A tray for dishes.
- (tennis, volleyball) The player who serves the ball.
- (Christianity) A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.
- A spoon for serving food.
- (computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
- (social media) A community space where only those who joined it can communicate in channels.
- (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
- (court games) the player who serves to start a point
- utensil used in serving food or drink
- a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
noun
- (figuratively) Any device or mechanism intended to prevent harmful consequences.
- (US, specifically) A prophylactic condom.
- A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.
- contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
- remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
adj
noun
- (computing) A program for viewing and editing.
- (engineering) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring several tools successively into position.
- Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
- A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
- A monitor nozzle.
- A monitor lizard (Varanus spp. and extinct relatives in family Varanidae).
- (computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
- A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
- (nautical) A relatively small armored warship with only one or two turrets (but often carrying unusually large guns for a warship of its size), usually designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than open-ocean combat.
- someone who supervises (an examination)
- electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions
- display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor
- a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
- someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
- any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
verb
verb
- write a computer program
- arrange a program of or for
- (transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
- (broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
- (transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- (transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
noun
- (computing) A computer program.
- an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
- a radio or television show
- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
- an integrated course of academic studies
- a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
- (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
- a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
- (politics) A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
- (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- (music, computing) A custom tracklist.
- A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
verb
noun
- an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
- a radio or television show
- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
- an integrated course of academic studies
- a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
- (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
- (British, rare) Alternative spelling of program (“computer program”).
- British, New Zealand, and India standard spelling of program.
verb
noun
verb
- To release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless.
- (figuratively) To damage seriously; to destroy.
- (figuratively) To cause severe and disabling damage; to make unable to function normally.
- (slang, video games) To nerf something to the point of being underpowered.
- To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired.
- deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
- deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
noun
- (uncountable, dialect, Southern US except Louisiana) Scrapple.
- (offensive) A person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
- (among lumbermen) A rocky shallow in a stream.
- (by extension, figurative) A person who is severely impaired or deficient in some non-physical way.
- A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.
- someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
verb
- (computing) To write software programs.
- To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
- (transitive) To add codes to (a data set).
- (cryptography) To encode.
- (informal, healthcare) To call a hospital emergency code.
- (genetics, intransitive) To encode a protein.
- (informal, healthcare) Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.
- attach a code to
- convert ordinary language into code
noun
- By synecdoche: a codeword, code point, an encoded representation of a character, symbol, or other entity.
- A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.
- Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
- Alternative form of cod.
- (cryptography) A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
- A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning.
- (scientific programming) A program.
- (linguistics) A particular lect or language variety.
- A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
- (programming, uncountable) Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
- A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
- (medicine) An emergency requiring situation-trained members of the staff.
- (informal) A set of unwritten rules that bind a social group.
- (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
- a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
- a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy
- a series of letters, numbers or symbols assigned to something for the purpose of classification or identification
verb
- (specifically, in programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
- (transitive, tennis) To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
- (intransitive, of a storm) To begin or end.
- (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack.
- (intransitive, of a spell of settled weather) To end.
- (intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
- (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
- (intransitive, of a male voice) To become deeper at puberty.
- (transitive, backgammon) To remove one of the two men on (a point).
- (transitive) To end (a connection); to disconnect.
- (intransitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
- (intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
- (specifically) To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
- (transitive, theater) To end the run of (a play).
- (transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
- (intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
- (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
- (transitive) To violate; to fail to adhere to.
- (specifically) To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
- (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
- (transitive) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
- (transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
- (intransitive, of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.
- (transitive) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
- (transitive, with for) To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
- (rare, mainly historical or a misspelling) To brake.
- (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
- (transitive) To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
- (transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
- To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
- (music, slang) To B-boy; to breakdance.
- (programming) To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
- (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
- (intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
- (ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
- (computing) To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
- (transitive) To ruin financially.
- (transitive, gaming slang) To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
- (finance, intransitive) Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
- (transitive, military, most often in the passive tense) To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
- (computing) To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
- (intransitive, of a fever) To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.
- (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
- (intransitive, of a sauce or emulsion) To de-emulsify.
- (transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
- (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
- (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
- (intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
- (transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- find the solution or key to
- become punctured or penetrated
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- do a break dance
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- fall sharply
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- cause to give up a habit
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
- change directions suddenly
- exchange for smaller units of money
- undergo breaking
- give up
- interrupt a continued activity
- interrupt the flow of current in
- break a piece from a whole
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- move away or escape suddenly
- invalidate by judicial action
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- cease an action temporarily
- happen or take place
- render inoperable or ineffective
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- come to an end (of an event)
- cause the failure or ruin of
- put an end to a state or an activity
- fracture a bone of
- stop operating or functioning
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- terminate or end
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- come into being
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- find a flaw in
- ruin completely
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- happen
- go to pieces
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- pierce or penetrate
- surpass in excellence
- lessen in force or effect
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- scatter or part
- be broken in
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- be released or become known; of news
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
noun
- (programming) Ellipsis of breakpoint.
- (music) The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.
- A rest or pause, usually from work.
- A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
- An interruption of continuity; departure from or rupture with.
- Alternative form of brake (“cart or carriage without a body, for breaking in horses”)
- (computing) The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
- (soccer) The counter-attack.
- A short holiday.
- (snooker) The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.
- (finance) A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
- A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.
- (computing) A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
- (UK, education) A time for students to talk or play between lessons.
- (geography, chiefly in the plural) An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).
- A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
- (music) A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.
- (British, weather) A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
- An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
- (surfing) A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
- An act of escaping.
- The beginning (of the morning).
- (music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
- A temporary split with a romantic partner.
- (tennis) A game won by the receiving player(s).
- (horse racing) The start of a horse race.
- The opening of packages of cards for a collectible card game, often for further distribution to paying customers.
- (golf) The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.
- An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
- (equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) The first shot in a game of billiards.
- (music) The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- an escape from jail
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- the occurrence of breaking
- a sudden dash
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
adj
- (programming) Having side effects.
- Unchaste; obscene (not according to or not abiding by some system of sexual morality)
- Unhallowed; defiled by something unholy, either physically by an objectionable substance, or morally by guilt or sin
- Containing undesired intermixtures
- (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene
- having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws
- combined with extraneous elements
adj
- (computing, programming, slang) Undesirable; harmful; bad practice.
- Morally corrupt.
- Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
- Unpleasant, foul (of odor, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
- Intending to harm; malevolent.
- morally bad or wrong
- having the nature of vice
- having or exerting a malignant influence
noun
- Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.
- Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
- morally objectionable behavior
- the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
adj
noun
adj
- (computing) More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.
- Open to disclosing one's inner thoughts and feelings, acting in spite of one's instinct to self-preservation.
- More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
- (of a language or species) at moderate risk of extinction though not quite endangered.
- susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation
- capable of being wounded or hurt
- susceptible to attack