shirk
shrink from
goldbrick
fiddle
bludge
skulk
flinch
omission
neglect
neglectfulness
negligence
esquivalience
dereliction
cop-out
omit
elude
skulking
skirt
parry
dodge
sidestep
put off
evade
duck
malingering
stricture
fudge
slack
hedge
circumvent
weasel out
heedlessness
unmindfulness
inadvertency
inadvertence
shy away from
task
on duty
prevention
permit
allow
delegate
tolerate
AWOL
freelancing
soldiering
fainaigue
goldbricking
leisured
antiassignment
shirking
goofing off
slacking
muscle in
wriggle out of
exclusory
preside
abrogate
play
mission
static separation of duty
shunning
kick off
repress
rebellious
turf
seduce
breach of trust
unhorse
freewheeling
able
command performance
call of duty
man
nap
take off
set
skipping
manual
double
dump job
dutilessness
bigfoot
skate over
saddle
burden
step into the breach
suspend
save
discharge
free
subaltern
rake over the coals
para-
avoidant
charge
leisured
antiassignment
exclusory
rebellious
freewheeling
able
avoidant
omission
neglect
neglectfulness
negligence
esquivalience
dereliction
cop-out
skulking
malingering
stricture
heedlessness
unmindfulness
inadvertency
inadvertence
skulk
prevention
AWOL
freelancing
soldiering
goldbricking
shirking
goofing off
slacking
mission
static separation of duty
shunning
breach of trust
command performance
call of duty
skipping
manual
dump job
dutilessness
subaltern
shirk
shirk
shrink from
goldbrick
fiddle
bludge
skulk
flinch
omit
elude
skirt
parry
dodge
sidestep
put off
evade
duck
fudge
slack
hedge
circumvent
weasel out
shy away from
task
permit
allow
delegate
tolerate
fainaigue
muscle in
wriggle out of
preside
abrogate
play
kick off
repress
turf
seduce
unhorse
man
nap
take off
set
double
bigfoot
skate over
saddle
burden
step into the breach
suspend
save
discharge
free
rake over the coals
charge
verb
- To avoid one's responsibilities; to leave it to others to perform duties that one is expected to perform.
- To not earn one's keep, to live off someone else or off welfare when one could be working.
- To do nothing, to be idle, especially when there is work to be done.
- To take some benefit and give nothing in return.
noun
noun
- The act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do.
- Something not done or neglected.
- The shortening of a word or phrase, using an apostrophe ( ' ) to replace the missing letters, often used to approximate the sound of speech or a specific dialect.
- An instance of those acts, or the thing left out thereby; something deleted or left out.
- The act of omitting.
verb
- avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
- be inattentive to, or neglect
- release tension on
- make less active or fast
- become slow or slower
- make less active or intense
- become less in amount or intensity
- cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
adj
- not tense or taut
- flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide
- lacking in rigor or strictness
noun
- dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
- a stretch of water without current or movement
- a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- the quality of being loose (not taut)
- a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
verb
- allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
- 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
verb
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- 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
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- 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
- 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
noun
- A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
- Religious evangelism.
- An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
- A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
- A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
- Third World charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
verb
verb
- To dismiss; to expel; to remove from a position.
- To make the first kick in a game or part of a game.
- To suddenly become more active.
- To start; to launch.
- To shut down or turn off suddenly.
- To force the weaning of a bovine cow's calf by restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders. Used figuratively or literally.
- To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight.
- To have a fight or argument start.
- To die or quit permanently.
verb
- To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.
- To expel, eject, or throw out; to turf out.
- To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release.
- To cancel a project or product.
- To transfer or attempt to transfer (a patient or case); to eschew or avoid responsibility for.
- To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs.
noun
- A racetrack, hippodrome; or the sport of racing horses.
- A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc.
- A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.
- A block of peat used as fuel.
- A territory claimed by a person, gang, etc., as their own.
adj
- Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.
- Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence.
- Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
- Legally qualified or competent.
- Capable of performing all the requisite duties; as an able seaman.
noun
verb
noun
- an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
- someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
- the generic use of the word to refer to any human being
- any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
- a male subordinate
- an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
- a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
- a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
verb
- To be off one's guard.
- To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.
- To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).
- To cover (something) with a sauce. (usually in the passive)
noun
- A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon.
- A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.
- A cup, bowl.
- A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon.
- The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile.
- A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.
- A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.
verb
- To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To prepare (a stage or film set).
- To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- To defeat a contract.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- To put (something) down, to rest.
- To produce after pollination.
- To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- To sit (be in a seated position).
- To arrange (type).
- To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- To introduce or describe.
- To solidify.
- To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- To adjust.
- To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- To suit; to become.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- To determine or settle.
- To fit music to words.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- To start (a fire).
- To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
adj
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in a certain style.
- Ready, prepared.
- Rigid, solidified.
- Prearranged.
- Fixed in position.
- Intent, determined (to do something).
noun
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- Set theory.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- An object made up of several parts.
- General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- A drum kit, a drum set.
- A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
noun
- Manual control or operation.
- A vehicle with a manual transmission.
- A similar maneuver on a skateboard, lifting the front or back wheels while keeping the tail or nose of the board from touching the ground.
- A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
- A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
- A handbook.
- An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
- A manual typewriter (as contrasted with an electronic one).
- Manual measurement of the blood pressure, done with a manual sphygmomanometer.
- A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal force.
- A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
- A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.
adj
verb
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
- increase twofold
- hit a two-base hit
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
- make a demand for (a card or suit)
- make or do or perform again
adj
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- twice as great or many
- large enough for two
- having two meanings with intent to deceive
noun
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- a quantity that is twice as great as another
- raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
adj
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
adv
noun
- The abandonment of an unfinished task for which the abandoner might be expected to take responsibility, especially in a fashion that makes it likely that one or more colleagues will take on its completion.
- A dump truck.
- The act of moving a corpse from the place of death and abandoning it in a deserted area, typically to conceal a murder.
noun
verb
noun
- a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal
- a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
- cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins
- a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe
- a seat for the rider of a bicycle
- posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl
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
- To obviate or make unnecessary.
- To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
- To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
- To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
- To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
- To store for future use.
- To economize or avoid waste.
- To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
- To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
- To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
- To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
- To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
- To accumulate money or valuables.
conj
noun
- The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
- A saving throw.
- A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
- In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
- An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
- A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
- An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
prep
verb
- free from obligations or duties
- complete or carry out
- pour forth or release
- remove the charge from
- go off or discharge
- pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- eliminate (a substance)
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- cause to go off
- release from military service
- become empty or void of its content
noun
- the sudden giving off of energy
- the act of venting
- a substance that is emitted or released
- any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
- electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- a formal written statement of relinquishment
- the act of discharging a gun
verb
- free from obligations or duties
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- relieve from
- remove or force out from a position
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
- make (information) available for publication
- free or remove obstruction from
- let off the hook
- part with a possession or right
- release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
- make (assets) available
adj
- costing nothing
- not occupied or in use
- not fixed in position
- not taken up by scheduled activities
- completely wanting or lacking
- not literal
noun
adj
- not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
- unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
- not held in servitude
adv
noun
- A subordinate.
- A subaltern proposition; a proposition implied by a universal proposition.
- A member of a group that is socially, politically and geographically outside of the hegemonic power structure of the colony and of the colonial homeland.
- A commissioned officer having a rank below that of captain; a lieutenant or second lieutenant.
adj
prefix
- avoiding or avoidant
- beside, alongside
- near
- abnormal
- resembling
- false
- In isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in opposite (1,4) positions (compare ortho- and meta-)
- disability sport
- around, surrounding
- adjacent, next to
- unrecognized, unauthorized, or unsanctioned
- across, through, throughout
- parachute.
- incorrect
- above, over
- between
- beyond
- opposite of, on the far side of
- related or pertaining to
- affecting or concerning lower body
verb
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
- demand payment
- move quickly and violently
- assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
- file a formal charge against
- make an accusatory claim
- fill or load to capacity
- enter a certain amount as a charge
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- give over to another for care or safekeeping
- pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
- lie down on command, of hunting dogs
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- place a heraldic bearing on
- provide (a device) with something necessary
- direct into a position for use
- instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
- instruct or command with authority
- attribute responsibility to
- set or ask for a certain price
- cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
- energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
- saturate
noun
- an impetuous rush toward someone or something
- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
- the price charged for some article or service
- the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
- attention and management implying responsibility for safety
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- a person committed to your care
- financial liabilities (such as a tax)
- (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- request for payment of a debt
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
- heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
- a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
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