buy time
stall
put off
strike while the iron is hot
respite
put someone on ice
intervene
hold back
restrain
fire
keep
keep back
see which way the cat jumps
delayer
fish or cut bait
hold off
permit
let
allow
holdup
delay
proact
withdraw
slowball
wait
outwait
anticipate
take time by the forelock
cheese
putoff
urgency
exploit
convert
delayability
waiting game
dissuasive
detain
move
prompt
put by
make hay while the sun shines
hold fire
actuate
propel
motivate
incite
have the best of it
delaying tactic
dilatory
procrastinate
opportunistic
play for time
neutralize
promotion system
postpone
hang tight
get the drop on
counteract
repress
kick into the long grass
countervail
counterbalance
preventionism
hinder
forestall
defer
retardant
catch up
retroaction
seal someone's fate
make-up
decider
outflank
accelerate
call
makeup
come-off
bell the cat
bog
give someone the runaround
toy
tactic
uncause
time is of the essence
suspend
deterrently
play
rush in
actuator
dog in the hunt
event-based programming
chomp at the bit
champ at the bit
vamp
hold over
dissuasive
dilatory
opportunistic
retardant
deterrently
stall
delayer
holdup
delay
putoff
urgency
exploit
delayability
waiting game
delaying tactic
promotion system
preventionism
retroaction
make-up
decider
makeup
come-off
tactic
actuator
dog in the hunt
event-based programming
buy time
stall
put off
strike while the iron is hot
respite
put someone on ice
intervene
hold back
restrain
fire
keep
keep back
see which way the cat jumps
fish or cut bait
hold off
permit
let
allow
proact
withdraw
slowball
wait
outwait
anticipate
take time by the forelock
cheese
convert
detain
move
prompt
put by
make hay while the sun shines
hold fire
actuate
propel
motivate
incite
have the best of it
procrastinate
play for time
neutralize
postpone
hang tight
get the drop on
counteract
repress
kick into the long grass
countervail
counterbalance
hinder
forestall
defer
catch up
seal someone's fate
outflank
accelerate
call
bell the cat
bog
give someone the runaround
toy
uncause
suspend
play
rush in
chomp at the bit
champ at the bit
vamp
hold over
verb
- deliberately delay an event or action
- postpone doing what one should be doing
- come to a stop
- put into, or keep in, a stall
- experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
- cause an airplane to go into a stall
- cause an engine to stop
noun
- a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
- small area set off by walls for special use
- a booth where articles are displayed for sale
- a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge
- seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
- small individual study area in a library
- a tactic used to mislead or delay
verb
noun
verb
- To occur or act as an obstacle or delay.
- To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action.
- To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events.
- To say (something) in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people.
- To come between, or to be between, persons or things.
- In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter.
verb
- To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
- To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
- To forcibly direct (something).
- To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).
- To drive away by setting a fire.
- To animate; to give life or spirit to.
- To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
- To set (something, often a building) on fire.
- To set off an explosive in a mine.
- To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
- To feed or serve the fire of.
- To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.
- To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).
- To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.
- To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
- To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
- To cause an action potential in a cell.
- To cauterize.
noun
- A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
- The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
- Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
- The elements necessary to start a fire.
- Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
- Red coloration in a piece of opal.
- The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
- A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
- Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
- An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
- A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.
- A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.
- An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.
- The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
adj
verb
- prevent the action or expression of
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity
- retain possession of
- stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
- conform one's action or practice to
- stick to correctly or closely
- look after; be the keeper of; have charge of
- maintain by writing regular records
- supply with room and board
- allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
- supply with necessities and support
- fail to spoil or rot
- behave as expected during of holidays or rites
- maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger
- to rear
- retain rights to
- store or keep customarily
- have as a supply
- maintain for use and service
- hold and prevent from leaving
- prevent (food) from rotting
noun
verb
- make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
- consent to, give permission; permit
- let have
- give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
- make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
- allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something
- afford possibility
- allow the other (baseball) team to score
- grant as a discount or in exchange
- allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
verb
- To distract or divert (someone) from a course of action, a goal, etc.
- To take away or take back (something previously given or permitted); to remove, to retract.
- To take back (a comment, something written, etc.); to recant, to retract.
- To remove (someone or (reflexive, archaic) oneself) from a position or situation; specifically (military), to remove (soldiers) from a battle or position where they are stationed.
- To cause or help (someone) to stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to dry out.
- To take (one's eyes) off something; to look away.
- To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
- To stop talking to or interacting with other people and start thinking thoughts not related to what is happening.
- To remove (a topic) from discussion or inquiry.
- Of soldiers: to leave a battle or position where they are stationed; to retreat.
- To extract (money) from a bank account or other financial deposit.
- Of a man: to remove the penis from a partner's body orifice before ejaculation; to engage in coitus interruptus.
- To disregard (something) as belonging to a certain group.
- To stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to undergo withdrawal.
- To stop (a course of action, proceedings, etc.)
- Chiefly followed by from: to leave a place, someone's presence, etc., to go to another room or place.
- Chiefly followed by from: to stop taking part in some activity; also, to remove oneself from the company of others, from publicity, etc.
verb
- To use a controversial or unsporting tactic to gain an advantage (especially in a game.)
- To smile excessively, as for a camera.
- To use an unconventional, all-in strategy to take one's opponent by surprise early in the game (especially for real-time strategy games).
- To prepare curds for making cheese.
- To make holes in a pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density.
- To anger or irritate someone, usually in combination with "off".
- To stop; to refrain from.
intj
noun
- Money.
- A low curtsey; so called on account of the cheese shape assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration.
- That which is melodramatic, overly emotional, or cliché, i.e. cheesy.
- Any particular variety of cheese.
- In skittles, the roughly ovoid object that is thrown to knock down the skittles.
- Smegma.
- A piece of cheese, especially one moulded into a large round shape during manufacture.
- A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.
- A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the shape of a cheese.
- Wealth, fame, excellence, importance.
- Holed pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density.
- A dangerous mixture of black tar heroin and crushed Tylenol PM tablets. The resulting powder resembles grated cheese and is snorted.
- A thick variety of jam (fruit preserve), as distinguished from a thinner variety (sometimes called jelly)
- A substance resembling cream cheese, such as lemon cheese
- The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia) or marshmallow (Althaea officinalis).
- A fastball.
verb
- To transform a material or positional advantage into a win.
- To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
- To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
- To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
- To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
- To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 11).
- To score a spare.
- To perform the action that an online advertisement is intended to induce; to reach the point of conversion.
- To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3).
- To become converted.
- To score (especially a penalty kick).
- To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
- To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.
- To increase one's individual score, especially from 50 runs (a fifty) to 100 runs (a century), or from a century to a double or triple century.
- To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
- To exchange for something of equal value.
noun
noun
verb
- give an incentive for action
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
- move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
- change residence, affiliation, or place of employment
- follow a procedure or take a course
- be in a state of action
- go or proceed from one point to another
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- arouse sympathy or compassion in
- dispose of by selling
- progress by being changed
- live one's life in a specified environment
- have a turn; make one's move in a game
- propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
noun
verb
- give an incentive for action
- serve as the inciting cause of
- assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
adj
- according to schedule or without delay; on time
- ready and willing or quick to act
- performed with little or no delay
noun
verb
- To perform an action without attracting the attention of.
- Of a ship: to be run aground intentionally to avoid a collision
- To store, or place in reserve; to save (money, etc.) for later use.
- To remove (something) from the present context and into its proper place; (figurative) to reject or disregard.
verb
- To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
- To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.
- To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
- To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
- To deprive (with of).
noun
verb
- To delay or postpone
- To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.
- To render, to offer.
- to postpone induction into military service.
- After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
- To delay, to wait.
verb
- To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
- To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
- To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
- Grow; increase.
- To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
- To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
- To cause a change of velocity.
adj
verb
- To lay claim to an object or role which is up for grabs.
- To require, demand.
- To scold.
- To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
- To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
- Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name.
- (of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions).
- To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
- To request, summon, or beckon.
- To cause to be verbally subjected to.
- To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
- To come to pass; to afflict.
- To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to announce one's play this way.)
- To predict.
- To contact by telephone.
- To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).
- To name or refer to.
- To cry or shout.
- To equal the same amount that other players are currently betting.
- (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run.
- To stop at a station or port.
- To claim the existence of some malfeasance; to denounce as.
- To declare (an effort or project) to be a failure.
- To utter in a loud or distinct voice.
- To formally recognise a death: especially to announce and record the time, place and fact of a person’s death.
- To declare in advance.
- To request that one's band play (a particular tune).
- To tell in advance which shot one is attempting.
- To demand repayment of a loan.
- To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
- To make a decision as a referee or umpire.
noun
- A short visit, usually for social purposes.
- A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
- A cry or shout.
- A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
- A lawyer who was called to the bar (became licensed as a lawyer) in a specified year.
- The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
- The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
- An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
- An instance of calling someone on the telephone.
- Need; necessity.
- The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
- A decision or judgement.
- A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
- A telephone conversation; a phone call.
- The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
- A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
- A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
- A beckoning or summoning.
- A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
- A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
- A work shift which requires one to be available when requested, i.e. on call.
- The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
- The act of calling to the other batsman.
verb
- To prevent or slow someone or something from making progress.
- To make a mess of something.
- To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck.
- To sink or submerge someone or something into bogland.
- To defecate, to void one's bowels.
- To cover or spray with excrement.
- To sink and stick in bogland.
- To go away.
noun
- The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland.
- Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas.
- A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.
- An act or instance of defecation.
- A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
- An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp.
verb
- To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
- To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
- To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.
- To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
- To hang freely; underhang.
- To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
- To halt something temporarily.
- To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.
verb
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- participate in games or sport
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- play on an instrument
- play a role or part
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- replay (as a melody)
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- bet or wager (money)
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- emit recorded sound
- perform on a certain location
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- behave in a certain way
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- use to one's advantage
- consider not very seriously
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- perform on a stage or theater
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- make bets
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- use or move
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
noun
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a state in which action is feasible
- utilization or exercise
- an attempt to get something
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- the removal of constraints
- a weak and tremulous light
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- movement or space for movement
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
verb
- To delay or stall for time, as for an audience.
- To patch, repair, or refurbish.
- To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise.
- To travel by foot; to walk.
- To attach a vamp (to footwear).
- Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing.
- To seduce or exploit someone.
- To turn into a vampire.
- To perform a vamp (“a repeated, often improvised accompaniment, for example, under dialogue or while waiting for a soloist to be ready”).
noun
- An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time.
- The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking.
- A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her.
- Something added to give an old thing a new appearance.
- A repeated and often improvised accompaniment, usually consisting of one or two measures, often a single chord or simple chord progression, repeated as necessary, for example, to accommodate dialogue or to anticipate the entrance of a soloist.
- A vampire.
- A volunteer firefighter.
- Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished.
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