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noun
- A cause, a motive, etc.
- The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
- An erection of the penis.
- A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
- The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
- A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
- A grove of trees; a forest.
- The season of the year in temperate regions in which plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
- A shoot, a young tree.
- The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
- A race, a lineage.
- a period of political liberalization and democratization
- Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
- A youth.
- Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.
- A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.
- An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
- The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Elastic energy, power, or force.
- A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
adj
verb
- To cause to well up or flow out of the ground.
- to descend or originate from.
- To cause to move energetically; (equestrianism) to cause to gallop, to spur.
- To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
- To have something crack.
- To grow taller or longer.
- to catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
- To announce unexpectedly, to reveal.
- To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
- To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
- To extend, to curve.
- To rise suddenly, (of tears) to well up.
- To cause to rise from cover.
- To pay or spend a certain sum, to cough up.
- To cause to crack.
- to arise, to come into existence.
- To build, to form the initial curve of.
- To gush, to flow out of the ground.
- To rise from cover.
- To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
- To bring forth.
- To sprout, to grow,
- To crack.
- To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
- To come upon and flush out
- To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
- To swell with milk or pregnancy.
- To come dramatically into view.
- To spend the springtime somewhere
- To gush, to flow suddenly and violently.
- to move with great speed and energy; to leap, to jump; to dart, to sprint; of people: to rise rapidly from a seat, bed, etc.
- to find or get enough food during springtime.
- To cause to explode, to set off, to detonate.
- To be born, descend, or originate from
- To appear, to dawn.
- To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
noun
- A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
- A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
- Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
- A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
- An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
- A bank account.
- Profit; advantage.
- A record of events; a relation or narrative.
- Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
verb
- To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain.
- To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc.
- To consider that.
- To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for.
- To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
- To establish the location for someone.
- To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for).
noun
- A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
- Need; requirement, necessity.
- The time when something happens.
- Something which causes something else; a cause.
- A special event or function.
- A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
- An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
- A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
verb
prep
- Underlying, being the reason for or explanation of.
- As a result or consequence of.
- Responsible for, being the creator or controller of.
- After in developmental progress, score, grade, etc.; inferior to.
- After in time.
- In the past, from the viewpoint of.
- Concealed by (something serving as a facade or disguise).
- After in physical progress or distance.
- In support of.
- At or to the back or far side of.
noun
- In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over the bully) and a "long" (who defends the goal).
- The rear, back-end.
- The buttocks, bottom, butt.
- A one-point score.
- The catcher.
adv
- Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
- At or in the rear or back part of something.
- So as to come after someone or something in position, distance, advancement, ranking, time, etc.
- So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist.
- In a rearward direction.
- Backward in time or order of succession; past.
adj
adv
noun
- Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
- Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
- Terrain.
- The pit of a theatre.
- A soccer stadium.
- The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
- A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
- An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
- The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
- The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
- One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
- The bottom of a body of water.
- Background, context, framework, surroundings.
- The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
- A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
- Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
- The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).
- The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
- Soil, earth.
- A gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
verb
- To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
- To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
- To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
- To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
- To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
- To place something on the ground.
- To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).
- To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
- To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
- To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
adj
noun
prep
- From a given cause or motivation.
- So as no longer to be in a given condition or state.
- Taken from among; expressing a fraction of (a larger number).
- Born from a given mother (cf. by).
- Not within a given space, area etc.
- From a thing or or place as a source, place of origin etc.
- From the inside to the outside of.
- Stating the port in which a boat has been registered.
- Not in (a given state, condition).
- Without; no longer in possession of.
- From a given material as means of construction.
- In.
verb
- cause to happen or be responsible for
- be the cause or source of
- end resistance, as under pressure or force
- give or supply
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- give in, as to influence or pressure
- move in order to make room for someone for something
- be willing to concede
- be fatally overwhelmed
- bring in
- be flexible under stress of physical force
- cease opposition; stop fighting
- consent reluctantly
noun
adv
- With overtones of why, for what reason.
- Used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings in an exclamation.
- To what degree or extent.
- By what means.
- In what manner
- With what meaning or effect.
- By what title or what name.
- At what price, for what amount (of money).
- In what state or condition.
- In what form, shape, measure, quantity, etc.
conj
- That, the fact that.
- In any way in which; in whatever way; however.
- The manner or way in which.
- She told me how her father was a doctor.
noun
- A small hill in northern England. (Usage preserved mainly in place names.)
- The means by which something is accomplished.
- An artificial barrow or tumulus.
intj
verb
- cause to happen or be responsible for
- cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
- be the cause or source of
- transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
- convey or reveal information
- convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
- organize or be responsible for
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- give as a present; make a gift of
- dedicate
- give or supply
- transmit (knowledge or skills)
- bring about
- leave with; give temporarily
- emit or utter
- endure the loss of
- place into the hands or custody of
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- give (as medicine)
- give or convey physically
- bestow
- bestow, especially officially
- move in order to make room for someone for something
- give food to
- contribute to some cause
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- estimate the duration or outcome of something
- execute and deliver
- deliver in exchange or recompense
- afford access to
- present to view
- perform for an audience
- be flexible under stress of physical force
- propose
- accord by verdict
- manifest or show
- offer in good faith
- submit for consideration, judgment, or use
- guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion
- allow to have or take
- inflict as a punishment
- occur
- consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man
- proffer (a body part)
noun
noun
noun
- An intention or prospect.
- A wake.
- The act of seeing or looking at something.
- A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.
- A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory.
- An individual viewing of a web page or a video etc. by a user.
- Something to look at, such as scenery.
- The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with
- The range of vision.
- A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.
- A point of view.
- A mental image.
verb
verb
- have in mind as a purpose
- mean or intend to express or convey
- have as a logical consequence
- denote or connote
- have a specified degree of importance
- intend to refer to
- destine or designate for a certain purpose
adj
- approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
- characterized by malice
- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
- marked by poverty befitting a beggar
- (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
- (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
- of no value or worth
- very good; of the highest quality
noun
verb
- have in mind as a purpose
- judge or regard; look upon; judge
- expect, believe, or suppose
- use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- imagine or visualize
- focus one's attention on a certain state
- decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting
- ponder; reflect on, or reason about
- dispose the mind in a certain way
- have or formulate in the mind
- be capable of conscious thought
- bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
noun
adj
- Of a clause or conjunction: expressing purpose.
- Serving a particular purpose; adapted to a given purpose, especially through natural evolution.
- Done or performed with a conscious purpose or intent.
- Pertaining to or demonstrating purpose.
- Possessed of a firm purpose.
- Pertaining to purpose, as reflected in behaviour or mental activity.
noun
- A support; a reason; a pretext.
- A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
- One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
- A stump.
- A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
- The penetration of one's (male) partner in the anus using a dildo.
- A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
- A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
- A protrusion used to hang things on.
- A step; a degree.
- A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
- A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
- A place formally allotted for fishing
verb
- To affix or pin.
- To fasten using a peg.
- To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
- To throw.
- To indicate or ascribe an attribute to. (Assumed to originate from the use of pegs or pins as markers on a bulletin board or a list.)
- To engage in anal sex by penetrating (one's male partner) with a dildo.
- To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
- To keep working hard at something; to peg away.
- To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).
- To fix a value or price.
noun
- a motive for living
- a characteristic state or mode of living
- the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
- the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
- the condition of living or the state of being alive
- the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
- the period between birth and the present time
- the period from the present until death
- a living person
- animation and energy in action or expression
- living things collectively
- the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
- an account of the series of events making up a person's life
- a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
noun
- A motive for an action or a determination.
- That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
- An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
- A premise placed after its conclusion.
- Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
verb
- To support with reasons, as a request.
- To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
- To persuade by reasoning or argument.
- To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
- To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational
- To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
- To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
adj
- without a basis in reason or fact
- in a state of extreme emotion
- deviating widely from an intended course
- (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
- talking or behaving irrationally
- involving risk or danger
- fanciful and unrealistic; foolish
- located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
- intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
- without civilizing influences
- (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
noun
- a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
- a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
adj
- marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
- in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated
adv
prep_phrase
conj
- By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
- As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.
adv
- On account (of), for sake (of).
- Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".
prep
noun
noun
- A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.
- A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.
- The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.
- A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia and Tuva, made during the Qing dynasty; at that time, Outer Mongolia and part of Xinjiang were also divided into banners.
- A military or administrative subdivision.
- A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content.
- The military unit under such a flag or standard.
- The principal standard of a knight.
- One who bans something.
- A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
- Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.
adj
verb
noun
- A partial alienation of reason.
- The tendency of light rays to preferentially strike the leading face of a moving object (the effect underlying the above phenomenon).
- A typical development or structure; deviation from the normal type; an aberrant organ.
- A defect in an image produced by an optical or electrostatic lens system.
- The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; a defect in a focusing mechanism that prevents the intended focal point.
- A mental disorder, especially one of a minor or temporary character.
- A small periodical change of the apparent positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer.
- A deviation of a tissue, organ or mental functions from what is considered to be within the normal range.
- The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state.
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