meat hook
lariat
riata
reata
lasso
pen up
pen in
scale
mourne
bola
lie
gig
goad
hutch
girth
gangline
cagemate
yoke
crush
hobblerope
conibear
clawbed
zoosphere
fenestrule
saddlehorn
unciferous
haunt
deadfall
semi-upright
cage
team
live-trap
booth
squirrel cage
stylet
pad-tree
chine
chute
manger
treviss
cabresto
odontode
unciform
outgrowth
yard
nose ring
nosepiece
collar
halter
noseband
sockdolager
yoke-pin
sty
hamshackle
grappling hook
coelozoic
flossing
grappling iron
grappler
heave-shoulder
forehock
fishing line
grapnel
cat
hayrack
grapple
romal
hog tight
grapplehook
corral
spancel
catfall
larderhoarder
scatterhoarder
tallowing
fleak
sideline
crown
leg
bolas
roping
log
plate
shell
vivarium
springle
wolfsangel
catch-rope
tripe
butcher's
offside
pearl
lambar
hook-shaped
rabbit
unciferous
semi-upright
unciform
coelozoic
hook-shaped
meat hook
lariat
riata
reata
lasso
scale
mourne
bola
lie
gig
goad
hutch
girth
gangline
cagemate
yoke
crush
hobblerope
conibear
clawbed
zoosphere
fenestrule
saddlehorn
haunt
deadfall
cage
team
live-trap
booth
squirrel cage
stylet
pad-tree
chine
chute
manger
treviss
cabresto
odontode
outgrowth
yard
nose ring
nosepiece
collar
halter
noseband
sockdolager
yoke-pin
sty
grappling hook
flossing
grappling iron
grappler
heave-shoulder
forehock
fishing line
grapnel
hayrack
grapple
romal
hog tight
grapplehook
corral
spancel
catfall
larderhoarder
scatterhoarder
tallowing
fleak
sideline
crown
leg
bolas
roping
log
plate
shell
vivarium
springle
wolfsangel
catch-rope
tripe
butcher's
offside
pearl
lambar
rabbit
pen up
pen in
hamshackle
cat
noun
- a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
- an ordered reference standard
- relative magnitude
- the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
- a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
- a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
- (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
- a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
- an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
verb
- measure by or as if by a scale
- pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
- take by attacking with scaling ladders
- reach the highest point of
- climb up by means of a ladder
- remove the scales from
- measure with or as if with scales
- size or measure according to a scale
noun
- An animal's lair.
- An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
- The position of a fetus in the womb.
- Anything that misleads or disappoints.
- The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
- The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
- A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true.
- A manner of lying; relative position.
verb
- Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
- To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
- Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
- To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.
- To convey a false image or impression.
- Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
- To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- To be placed or situated.
- To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
- To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
- To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
noun
- a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting
- long and light rowing boat; especially for racing
- an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain
- small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood
- a booking for musicians
noun
- The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
- One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
- A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
- The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.
- A small horizontal brace or girder.
- The distance measured around an object.
verb
noun
- A frame placed on the neck of an animal such as a cow, pig, or goose to prevent passage through a fence or other barrier.
- A bar or frame by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at their necks enabling them to pull a cart, plough, etc.; (by extension) a device attached to a single draught animal for the same purpose.
- Well-developed muscles of the neck and shoulders.
- A Y-shaped stand used to support a blowpipe or punty while reheating in the glory hole.
- From sense 1.3.1: something which oppresses or restrains a person; a burden.
- A miscellaneous object; a gadget.
- A pill of a psychoactive drug.
- A collar placed on the neck of a conquered person or prisoner to restrain movement.
- A pole carried on the neck and shoulders of a person, used for carrying a pair of buckets, etc., one at each end of the pole; a carrying pole.
- A chap, a fellow.
- A similar device used as a game controller.
- Any of various devices with crosspieces used to control an aircraft; specifically, the control column.
- Originally, a metal piece connecting the poles of a magnet or electromagnet; later, a part of magnetic circuit (such as in a generator or motor) not surrounded by windings (“wires wound around the cores of electrical transformers”).
- The electromagnetic coil that deflects the electron beam in a cathode ray tube.
- A pair of draught animals, especially oxen, yoked together to pull something.
- An amount of work done with draught animals, lasting about half a day; (by extension) an amount or shift of any work.
- A fitting placed across the head of the rudder with a line attached at each end by which a boat may be steered; in modern use it is primarily found in sailing canoes and kayaks.
- The part of an item of clothing which fits around the shoulders or the hips from which the rest of the garment hangs, and which is often distinguished by having a double thickness of material, or decorative flourishes.
- A frame or convex crosspiece from which a bell is hung.
- Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc.
- Chiefly in pass under the yoke: a raised yoke (sense 1.1), or a symbolic yoke formed from two spears installed upright in the ground with another spear connecting their tops, under which a defeated army was made to march as a sign of subjugation.
- A carriage, a horse and cart; (by extension, generally) a car or other vehicle.
- From sense 1.1: a bond of love, especially marriage; also, a bond of friendship or partnership; an obligation or task borne by two or more people.
verb
- To join (several draught animals) together with a yoke; also, to fasten a yoke (on one or more draught animals) to pull a cart, plough, etc.; or to attach (a cart, plough, etc.) to a draught animal.
- To put (one's arm or arms) around someone's neck, waist, etc.; also, to surround (someone's neck, waist, etc.) with one's arms.
- To put (something) around someone's neck like a yoke; also, to surround (someone's neck) with something.
- To place a collar on the neck of (a conquered person or prisoner) to restrain movement.
- To place a frame on the neck of (an animal such as a cow, pig, or goose) to prevent passage through a fence or other barrier.
- To bring (two or more people or things) into a close relationship (often one that is undesired); to connect, to link, to unite.
- To be or become connected, linked, or united in a relationship; to have dealings with.
noun
- A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
- The human object of such infatuation or affection.
- A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
- The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.
- A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
- A group or gang.
- A crowd control barrier.
- The situation where certain colors are so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
- A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.
- A violent crowding.
- A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
- Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
- An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
verb
- To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
- To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.
- To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
- To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
- To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.
- To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
- To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
- To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).
- To oppress or grievously burden.
- To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
noun
- An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
- The catcher's wire mask.
- A regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.
- In killer sudoku puzzles, an irregularly-shaped group of cells that must contain a set of unique digits adding up to a certain total, in addition to the usual constraints of sudoku.
- An automobile.
- The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
- The passenger compartment of a lift.
- The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
- An outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.
- Something that hinders freedom.
- The goal.
- A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.
- A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
verb
- To immobilize an artificial horizon.
- To restrict someone's movement or creativity.
- To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.
- To track individual responses to direct mail, either (advertising) to maintain and develop mailing lists or (politics) to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.
noun
- A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
- The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
- A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.
- The top of a ridge.
- The spine of an animal.
- A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
- The back of the blade on a scythe.
- A longitudinal line of sharp change in the cross-section profile of the fuselage or similar body.
- A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
verb
noun
- an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
- a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
- the enclosed land around a house or other building
- a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
- the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
- a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
- a tract of land where logs are accumulated
- an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
- a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
noun
- a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
- a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
- (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
- anything worn or placed about the neck
- a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
- the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- a figurative restraint
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
verb
verb
- To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
- To go wandering at night.
- To vomit.
- To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
- To apply the cat command to (one or more files).
- To gossip in a catty manner.
- To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target), usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.
noun
- A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages as a siege weapon to allow assailants to approach enemy defences.
- Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, leopards, cougars, cheetahs, caracals, lynxes, and other such non-domesticated species.
- A prostitute.
- A domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.
- A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.
- A ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks, especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.
- A spiteful or angry woman.
- A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.
- A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia.
- An enthusiast or player of jazz.
- A street name of the drug methcathinone.
- An animal of the family Felidae
- Short form of cat-o'-nine-tails.
- A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
- A person (usually male).
- Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
adj
noun
noun
noun
- A line for hobbling an animal by connecting the fore and the hind feet of the same side.
- Something that is additional or extra or that exists around the edges or margins of a main item.
- Usually in the plural: the area outside the playing field beyond each sideline.
- The outside or perimeter of any activity.
- A line at the side of something.
- A line defining the side boundary of a playing field. Used in Canadian football, field lacrosse and basketball.
- A secondary road, especially a byroad at right angles to a main road.
verb
noun
- The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet
- A kind of spire or lantern formed by converging flying buttresses.
- Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the koruna, kruna, krone, korona.
- A former pre-decimalization British coin worth five shillings.
- A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening
- The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.
- The highest part of a hill.
- Any reward of victory or mark of honor.
- A whole bird with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat.
- The top section of a hat, above the brim.
- The state, the government (headed by a monarch).
- The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.
- In American, a standard size of writing paper measuring 19 × 15 inches.
- The highest part of an arch.
- The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
- The top of a tree.
- The part of a tooth above the gums.
- A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
- In England, a standard size of printing paper measuring 20 × 15 inches.
- The dome of a furnace.
- The raised centre of a road.
- A prosthetic covering for a tooth.
- A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
- A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling
- Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
- The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.
- The upper part of certain fruits, as the pineapple or strawberry, that is removed before eating.
- The topmost part of the head.
- The knurled knob or dial, on the outside of a watch case, used to wind it or adjust the hands.
- The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.
- During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina
- A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location
- A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; a church crown.
- A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
- Splendor; culmination; acme.
adj
verb
- In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.
- To place a crown on the head of.
- To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.
- To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.
- To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
- To hit on the head.
- To widen the opening of the barrel.
- To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.
- To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
- To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
- To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
- Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.
- being about to take a poop (usually trying to hold it in, derived from obstetric use: metaphor of "giving birth" to solid poo)
- To declare (someone) a winner.
noun
- a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion
- a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
- one of the supports for a piece of furniture
- a part of a forked or branching shape
- the limb of an animal used for food
- a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
- a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg
- (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
- a section or portion of a journey or course
noun
- A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
- A difference of one in the logarithm, usually in base 10; an order of magnitude.
- Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
- Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
- The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
- A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress.
- A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
- Specifically, an append-only sequence of records written to file.
- A blockhead; a very stupid person.
- Synonym of logarithm.
- A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ¹⁄₃ liter).
- A rolled cake with filling.
- A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.
- A piece of feces.
- A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
- A heavy longboard.
- A penis.
verb
noun
- One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.
- A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
- A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
- A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
- Plate armor.
- An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
- A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.
- Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
- A vehicle license plate.
- The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.
- A record, usually vinyl.
- A course at a meal.
- A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
- A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
- Home plate.
- The contents of such a dish.
- Precious metal, especially silver.
- A foot, from "plates of meat".
- A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.
- A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating
- A tectonic plate.
- An image or copy.
- Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
- A flat object of uniform thickness.
- A prize given to the winner in a contest.
- An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
- The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.
- trauma plate.
- An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
- A material covered with such a layer.
- The anode of a vacuum tube.
- A roundel of silver or argent.
- Such dishes collectively.
- A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.
- Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
verb
- To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
- To arm or defend with metal plates.
- To beat into thin plates.
- To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
- to categorise stamps based on their position on the original sheet, in order to reconstruct an entire sheet.
- (particularly with early British stamps) to identify the printing plate used.
- To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
- To score a run.
noun
- the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
- ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
- the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
- the exterior covering of a bird's egg
- a rigid covering that envelops an object
- a very light narrow racing boat
- the housing or outer covering of something
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
verb
noun
- One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
- Something precious.
- A light-colored tern.
- A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
- A whitish speck or film on the eye.
- A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for e.g. medicinal application.
- Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
- A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.
- A fringe or border.
- A valuable little nugget of information; especially, an aphorism or tip that is operationally useful for decision-making.
- The clitoris.
verb
- To cause to resemble pearls in shape; to make into small round grains.
- To cause to resemble pearls in lustre or iridescence.
- To resemble pearl or pearls.
- To sink the nose of one's surfboard into the water, often on takeoff.
- To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl.
- Of the nose of the surfboard: to sink in this manner.
- To hunt for pearls
noun
- The meat from this animal.
- A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter.
- A mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
- A pneumatically-controlled tool used to insert small samples of material inside the core of a nuclear reactor.
- A large element at the beginning of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to be quickly swapped into its correct position. Compare turtle.
- A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
- The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
- Rarebit; Welsh rabbit or a similar dish: melted cheese served atop toast.
verb
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