English words for 'be around, often idly or without specific purpose'
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verb
- be around, often idly or without specific purpose
- be located or situated somewhere
- show to a seat; assign a seat for
- work or act as a baby-sitter
- be in session
- take a seat
- serve in a specific professional capacity
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes
- sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
- be in a position in which one's upper body is largely upright and supported by one's backside
- (intransitive, of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
- To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
- (government, law) Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
- (government) To be a member of a deliberative body.
- (transitive) To accommodate in seats; to seat.
- (intransitive, copulative) To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
- (intransitive, copulative, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
- To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
- To be adjusted; to fit.
- To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
- (US, ambitransitive) To babysit.
- (intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position.
- (transitive, causative) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
- (intransitive, of a person) To move oneself into such a position.
- To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
noun
verb
- To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.
- (transitive) To adorn with moons or crescents.
- (cryptocurrencies, of a coin or token) To rise in price rapidly or suddenly. (from to the moon)
- (transitive, colloquial) To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.
- (intransitive, colloquial) (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.
- (transitive) To expose to the rays of the Moon.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To gaze at lovingly or in adoration.
- (card games) To shoot the moon.
- have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake
- expose one's buttocks to
- be idle in a listless or dreamy way
name
noun
- (informal, by extension of Moon) Any natural satellite of a planet.
- (card games) In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.
- A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.
- (literary) A month, particularly a lunar month.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-second Lenormand card.
- A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object.
- The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the tarot.
- any object resembling a moon
- the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)
- any natural satellite of a planet
verb
- To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.
- be about a place without any apparent purpose
- (Internet slang) To read an Internet forum without posting comments or making one's presence apparent.
- (UK, naval slang, transitive) To saddle (a person) with an undesirable task or duty.
- To remain unobserved.
- To remain concealed in order to ambush.
- wait in hiding to attack
- to monitor a web forum or similar without making your presence public
- lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
noun
verb
- To move or roam around aimlessly.
- (by extension) Often followed by with: to spend time companionably; to hang around.
- (by extension, usually in present participial form) To be mislaid in a place.
- (by extension) To engage in a relaxing activity in a place; to hang around in.
- (transitive) To hit (someone or something) all over repeatedly; hence, to behave violently towards or mistreat (someone or something).
- To be present at or inhabit a certain place.
- (by extension) To live an unconventional life.
- (transitive) To knock back a drink; to finish a drink.
- be around; be alive or active
- strike against forcefully
adj
- Prone to roaming around.
- Having or permitting range or scope; roomy; commodious.
- (music) Requiring a large vocal range; having a great difference from the highest to the lowest notes.
- Slender and long of limb; lanky.
- tall and thin and having long slender limbs
- allowing ample room for ranging
- adapted to wandering or roaming
verb
- (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
- (intransitive) To veer in one direction.
- (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
- (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
- (transitive, baseball, slang, of a pitcher) To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
- (intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
- (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
- (transitive, figurative) To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
- (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
- (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
- (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
- (transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
- (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
- (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
- (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
- (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.
- (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
- be exhibited
- hold on tightly or tenaciously
- decorate or furnish with something suspended
- be suspended or poised
- be suspended or hanging
- be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
- give heed (to)
- be placed in position as by a hinge
- let drop or droop
- suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
- fall or flow in a certain way
- prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
- kill by hanging
- cause to be hanging or suspended
- place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
noun
- (colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
- (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
- (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
- A slackening of motion.
- The way in which something hangs.
- A hangout.
- A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
- A person that someone hangs out with.
- Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”).
- A mass of hanging material.
- (informal, figuratively) A grip, understanding.
- a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
- a special way of doing something
- the way a garment hangs
adj
- Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
- Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
- Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
- Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
- not having a job
- not in active use
- lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
- silly or trivial
- not in action or at work
- without a basis in reason or fact
- not yielding a return
noun
verb
- (intransitive) Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.
- (transitive) To cause (an engine) to idle(3)
- (intransitive) To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
- (transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
- be idle; exist in a changeless situation
- run disconnected or idle
verb
- Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner.
- to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time
- Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; (by extension) of a thing: to cover or surround (something).
- (computing) Chiefly followed by over: to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over something on a screen such as a hyperlink or icon without clicking, so as to produce a result (such as the appearance of a tooltip).
- To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.
- To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.
- To remain stationary or float in the air.
- (nautical) To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.
- hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
- be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity
- be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
- hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
noun
- An act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place.
- (figuratively) An act, or the state, of being suspended; a suspension.
- A flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place.
- (chiefly Southern England) A cover; a protection; a shelter; specifically, an overhanging bank or stone under which fish can shelter; also, a shelter for hens brooding their eggs.
verb
noun
- any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
- one who is playfully mischievous
- (derogatory) Synonym of uggo: an unattractive person, especially one whose face supposedly resembles a monkey's.
- A fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering.
- (loosely, sometimes proscribed) Any simian primate other than hominids; any monkey or ape.
- (historical) A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
- (slang, vulgar, uncommon) A penis.
- (cladistically) Any simian, including humans.
- (slang, derogatory) Synonym of puppet: a person dancing to another's tune, a person controlled or directed by another.
- (slang) A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.
- (strictly) A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.
- (dance) A dance popularized by Major Lance in 1963, now usually only its upper-body dance move involving exaggerated drumming motions.
- (slang) The person in the motorcycle sidecar in sidecar racing.
- (blackjack) Synonym of face card.
- The weight of a pile driver or drop hammer.
- (slang) Synonym of five hundred, especially (British) 500 pounds sterling or (US, dated) 500 dollars.
- (derogatory) Synonym of idiot: a person of minimal intelligence.
- (slang, nautical) The vessel in which a mess receives its full allowance of grog.
- (informal, sometimes offensive) A naughty or mischievous person, especially a child.
- (slang, highly derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A black person.
- (slang, usually derogatory) A menial employee who does a repetitive job supposedly requiring minimal intelligence.
- (slang) A person's temper, said to be "up" when they are angry.
verb
- do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
- (informal, intransitive) To do random unplanned work or spend time idly
- (informal, intransitive) To attempt to do something with a piece of equipment without understanding how it works.
- (transitive) To play with; to toy with; to waste the time of (a person).
- (informal, intransitive, British, Australia) To be playful; full of fun and high spirits; to treat a situation unseriously.
verb
noun
- a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln
- One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
- The chicken turtle, Deirochelys reticularia.
- One who pots meats or other eatables.
- The red-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys rubriventris (species of turtle).
- One who hawks crockery or earthenware.
- One who places flowers or other plants inside their pots.
verb
noun
- the iron normally used on the putting green
- a golfer who is putting
- One who puts or places.
- (golf) A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
- A shot-putter.
- (mining) One who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, to transport the coal mined by the getter.
- (golf) A person who is taking a putt or putting.
verb
noun
- formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living
- small mackerel found nearly worldwide
- a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
- Any of various fish: chub mackerel, silverside, skate, or young mackerel about two years old.
- (informal) An act of repair or invention.
- An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
- (usually with "little") A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
- A razor-billed auk, a bird of species (Alca torda).
- Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.
noun
- One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.
- A railroad man who worked at a roundhouse, operating the turntable.
- A Methodist preacher traveling a circuit, also referred to as a circuit rider.
- A tool for making an edge or surface round.
- A person who earns a living by playing cards
- (Canada, US, informal, in combination) A sports league draft selection in a specified round or the player drafted with that selection.
- (in combination) A fight lasting a specified number of rounds.
- A person who makes the rounds of bars, saloons, and similar establishments; figuratively, a debaucher or roué
- a tool for rounding corners or edges
- a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
- (intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
- (transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
- (transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.
- (transitive) To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.
- (transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.
- (intransitive, medicine) To examine diagnostically.
- inquire into
- inquire into a subject in detail
- travel to or penetrate into
- examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes
noun
adj
verb
verb
- to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time
- be about a place without any apparent purpose
- leave slowly and hesitantly
- take one's time; proceed slowly
- remain present although waning or gradually dying
- (intransitive, idiomatic, often followed by on) To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.
- (intransitive) To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
- (intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
adj
noun
verb
verb
- have an inclination for something or some activity
- To perceive oneself to resemble (something); to have the sense of being (something).
- To feel that something is likely to happen; to predict.
- To feel as though.
- (impersonal) To give a perception of something; to appear or to seem.
- To have a desire for something, or to do something.
- (meteorology, impersonal) Denotes the apparent temperature.
verb
- look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
- shop around; not necessarily buying
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- eat lightly, try different dishes
- (transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.
- (intransitive, of an animal) To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees.
- To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
- To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
noun
- reading superficially or at random
- the act of feeding by continual nibbling
- vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat
- (Cornwall, fishing, uncountable) Bruised fish used as bait.
- (countable) That which one browses through; something to read.
- (uncountable) Young shoots and twigs.
- (uncountable) Fodder for cattle and other animals.
- (countable) The act of browsing through something.
verb
- look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
- switch channels, on television
- ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard
- (ambitransitive) To browse the Internet, television, etc.
- To ride a wave on a surfboard; to pursue or take part in the sport of surfing.
- To surf at a specified place.
- To bodysurf; to swim in the surf at a beach.
noun
noun
- a person who passes by casually or by chance
- a student who passes an examination
- (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass
- a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group
- (chess, informal) A passed pawn.
- (sports) Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.
- (sociology) One who is able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard them as belonging.
- (American football) A football player who makes a forward pass, who may be (but not limited to) the quarterback.
- One who succeeds in passing a test, etc.
- One who passes something along; a distributor.
verb
- (intransitive) To spend time socially; keep company.
- (transitive, with with) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
- (transitive) To connect or join together; combine.
- (transitive) To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
- (intransitive) To join in or form a league, union, or association.
- (mathematics) To be associative.
- (reflexive, in deliberative bodies) To endorse.
- make a logical or causal connection
- bring or come into association or action
- keep company with; hang out with
adj
noun
- One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
- (algebra) One of a pair of elements of an integral domain (or a ring) such that the two elements are divisible by each other (or, equivalently, such that each one can be expressed as the product of the other with a unit).
- A companion; a comrade.
- Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
- A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.
- A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
- a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise
- any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another
- a friend who is frequently in the company of another
- a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
- a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies
noun
- One who casually drops in (visits unannounced or without appointment).
- (surfing) The act of dropping in; that is, taking a wave that another surfer is already riding.
- (cricket) A pitch that is prepared away from the ground or venue, and dropped into place only when a match is to be played.
- A place that can be visited casually, without an appointment.
- (advertising, broadcasting) A message or advertisement inserted into other material.
- An informal event that does not require booking in advance.
adj
- Provided for short-term use.
- (of a place or facility) Allowing people to drop in; that is, to visit casually, without an appointment.
- (manufacturing) Fit to substitute for some element in a complex system without changes to the existing infrastructure.
- (cricket) Of the pitch: prepared away from the ground or venue, and dropped into place only when a match is to be played.
verb
- To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
- (ambitransitive) To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet
- To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
- To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel of a western style saddle) after the roping of an animal
- consider not very seriously
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- waste time
noun
verb
noun
- a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape
- a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating
- A solid block of soap, from which standard bar soap is cut.
- Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar.
- (cellular automata) A particular still life configuration with seven living cells.
- (informal, slang) A catloaf.
- (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Ellipsis of loaf of bread: the brain or the head.
verb
noun
- an upholstered seat for more than one person
- a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait
- (especially British) A room of a house for casual relaxing and entertaining.
- The act of someone who lounges; idle reclining.
- A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
- A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
- An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.
verb
- (usually in the present continuous) To wander loose; to float around; to hang around; to exist; to remain unexploited or unused.
- To abuse or mistreat; to bully; to be rough with.
- (of an idea or proposal) To discuss informally; to consider or distribute.
- discuss lightly
- be around; be alive or active
- treat badly; abuse
noun
noun
- someone indifferent to the busy world
- a physicist who studies astronomy
- heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head
- (zoology) Any of family Uranoscopidae of bottom-dwelling fish.
- (now colloquial) Someone who gazes at the stars; an astronomer or astrologer (now especially an amateur one).
verb
- (intransitive) To interact with others, especially personally, informally and off the clock rather than formally and officially.
- (transitive) To instruct (somebody), usually subconsciously and mostly by example, in the etiquette of a society.
- (transitive) To take something into collective or governmental ownership.
- prepare for social life
- make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies
- take part in social activities; interact with others
- train for a social environment
adj
- Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner; lacking a good reason for being, or for doing what one does; due to or moved by a whim or caprice.
- (law, said of a lawsuit) Having no reasonable prospect of success because its claim is without merit, lacking a supporting legal or factual basis, while the filing party is, or should be, aware of this.
- Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; trivial.
- not serious in content or attitude or behavior
verb
- (intransitive) To spend free time out of the house.
- (intransitive) To be released, especially from hospital or prison.
- (intransitive) To end.
- (transitive) To remove or eliminate (dirt or stains).
- (intransitive) To become known.
- (transitive) To help (someone) leave.
- (intransitive) To come out of a situation; to escape a fate.
- (transitive) To publish or make available; to disseminate.
- (intransitive) To leave the inside of a vehicle such as a car. (Note: for public transport, get off is more common.)
- (transitive) To take (something) from its container or storage place, so as to use or display it.
- (intransitive) To remove one's money from an investment; to end an investment.
- (transitive) To say with difficulty.
- (intransitive) To leave or escape.
- move out of or depart from
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- express with difficulty
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- take out of a container or enclosed space
- move out or away
- be released or become known; of news
intj
noun
- (humorous) A person who indulges in a sport or pastime on an infrequent basis, usually on weekends when work commitments are not present.
- A part-time soldier, or reservist.
- a homeowner who acts as a contractor and tries to do major improvement projects on weekends (often without understanding the scope of the work to be done)
- a reservist who fulfills the military obligation on weekends
noun
- One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.
- A railroad man who worked at a roundhouse, operating the turntable.
- A Methodist preacher traveling a circuit, also referred to as a circuit rider.
- A tool for making an edge or surface round.
- A person who earns a living by playing cards
- (Canada, US, informal, in combination) A sports league draft selection in a specified round or the player drafted with that selection.
- (in combination) A fight lasting a specified number of rounds.
- A person who makes the rounds of bars, saloons, and similar establishments; figuratively, a debaucher or roué
- a tool for rounding corners or edges
- a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
adj
noun
- a person who passes by casually or by chance
- a student who passes an examination
- (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass
- a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group
- (chess, informal) A passed pawn.
- (sports) Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.
- (sociology) One who is able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard them as belonging.
- (American football) A football player who makes a forward pass, who may be (but not limited to) the quarterback.
- One who succeeds in passing a test, etc.
- One who passes something along; a distributor.
noun
- One who casually drops in (visits unannounced or without appointment).
- (surfing) The act of dropping in; that is, taking a wave that another surfer is already riding.
- (cricket) A pitch that is prepared away from the ground or venue, and dropped into place only when a match is to be played.
- A place that can be visited casually, without an appointment.
- (advertising, broadcasting) A message or advertisement inserted into other material.
- An informal event that does not require booking in advance.
adj
- Provided for short-term use.
- (of a place or facility) Allowing people to drop in; that is, to visit casually, without an appointment.
- (manufacturing) Fit to substitute for some element in a complex system without changes to the existing infrastructure.
- (cricket) Of the pitch: prepared away from the ground or venue, and dropped into place only when a match is to be played.
noun
- someone indifferent to the busy world
- a physicist who studies astronomy
- heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head
- (zoology) Any of family Uranoscopidae of bottom-dwelling fish.
- (now colloquial) Someone who gazes at the stars; an astronomer or astrologer (now especially an amateur one).
noun
- (humorous) A person who indulges in a sport or pastime on an infrequent basis, usually on weekends when work commitments are not present.
- A part-time soldier, or reservist.
- a homeowner who acts as a contractor and tries to do major improvement projects on weekends (often without understanding the scope of the work to be done)
- a reservist who fulfills the military obligation on weekends
verb
- be around, often idly or without specific purpose
- be located or situated somewhere
- show to a seat; assign a seat for
- work or act as a baby-sitter
- be in session
- take a seat
- serve in a specific professional capacity
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes
- sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
- be in a position in which one's upper body is largely upright and supported by one's backside
- (intransitive, of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
- To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
- (government, law) Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
- (government) To be a member of a deliberative body.
- (transitive) To accommodate in seats; to seat.
- (intransitive, copulative) To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
- (intransitive, copulative, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
- To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
- To be adjusted; to fit.
- To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
- (US, ambitransitive) To babysit.
- (intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position.
- (transitive, causative) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
- (intransitive, of a person) To move oneself into such a position.
- To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
noun
verb
- To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.
- (transitive) To adorn with moons or crescents.
- (cryptocurrencies, of a coin or token) To rise in price rapidly or suddenly. (from to the moon)
- (transitive, colloquial) To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.
- (intransitive, colloquial) (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.
- (transitive) To expose to the rays of the Moon.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To gaze at lovingly or in adoration.
- (card games) To shoot the moon.
- have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake
- expose one's buttocks to
- be idle in a listless or dreamy way
name
noun
- (informal, by extension of Moon) Any natural satellite of a planet.
- (card games) In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.
- A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.
- (literary) A month, particularly a lunar month.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-second Lenormand card.
- A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object.
- The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the tarot.
- any object resembling a moon
- the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)
- any natural satellite of a planet
verb
- To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.
- be about a place without any apparent purpose
- (Internet slang) To read an Internet forum without posting comments or making one's presence apparent.
- (UK, naval slang, transitive) To saddle (a person) with an undesirable task or duty.
- To remain unobserved.
- To remain concealed in order to ambush.
- wait in hiding to attack
- to monitor a web forum or similar without making your presence public
- lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
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verb
- To move or roam around aimlessly.
- (by extension) Often followed by with: to spend time companionably; to hang around.
- (by extension, usually in present participial form) To be mislaid in a place.
- (by extension) To engage in a relaxing activity in a place; to hang around in.
- (transitive) To hit (someone or something) all over repeatedly; hence, to behave violently towards or mistreat (someone or something).
- To be present at or inhabit a certain place.
- (by extension) To live an unconventional life.
- (transitive) To knock back a drink; to finish a drink.
- be around; be alive or active
- strike against forcefully
verb
- (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
- (intransitive) To veer in one direction.
- (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
- (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
- (transitive, baseball, slang, of a pitcher) To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
- (intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
- (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
- (transitive, figurative) To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
- (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
- (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
- (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
- (transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
- (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
- (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
- (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
- (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.
- (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
- be exhibited
- hold on tightly or tenaciously
- decorate or furnish with something suspended
- be suspended or poised
- be suspended or hanging
- be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
- give heed (to)
- be placed in position as by a hinge
- let drop or droop
- suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
- fall or flow in a certain way
- prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
- kill by hanging
- cause to be hanging or suspended
- place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
noun
- (colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
- (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
- (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
- A slackening of motion.
- The way in which something hangs.
- A hangout.
- A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
- A person that someone hangs out with.
- Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”).
- A mass of hanging material.
- (informal, figuratively) A grip, understanding.
- a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
- a special way of doing something
- the way a garment hangs
verb
- Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner.
- to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time
- Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; (by extension) of a thing: to cover or surround (something).
- (computing) Chiefly followed by over: to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over something on a screen such as a hyperlink or icon without clicking, so as to produce a result (such as the appearance of a tooltip).
- To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.
- To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.
- To remain stationary or float in the air.
- (nautical) To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.
- hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
- be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity
- be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
- hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
noun
- An act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place.
- (figuratively) An act, or the state, of being suspended; a suspension.
- A flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place.
- (chiefly Southern England) A cover; a protection; a shelter; specifically, an overhanging bank or stone under which fish can shelter; also, a shelter for hens brooding their eggs.
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- any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
- one who is playfully mischievous
- (derogatory) Synonym of uggo: an unattractive person, especially one whose face supposedly resembles a monkey's.
- A fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering.
- (loosely, sometimes proscribed) Any simian primate other than hominids; any monkey or ape.
- (historical) A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
- (slang, vulgar, uncommon) A penis.
- (cladistically) Any simian, including humans.
- (slang, derogatory) Synonym of puppet: a person dancing to another's tune, a person controlled or directed by another.
- (slang) A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.
- (strictly) A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.
- (dance) A dance popularized by Major Lance in 1963, now usually only its upper-body dance move involving exaggerated drumming motions.
- (slang) The person in the motorcycle sidecar in sidecar racing.
- (blackjack) Synonym of face card.
- The weight of a pile driver or drop hammer.
- (slang) Synonym of five hundred, especially (British) 500 pounds sterling or (US, dated) 500 dollars.
- (derogatory) Synonym of idiot: a person of minimal intelligence.
- (slang, nautical) The vessel in which a mess receives its full allowance of grog.
- (informal, sometimes offensive) A naughty or mischievous person, especially a child.
- (slang, highly derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A black person.
- (slang, usually derogatory) A menial employee who does a repetitive job supposedly requiring minimal intelligence.
- (slang) A person's temper, said to be "up" when they are angry.
verb
- do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
- (informal, intransitive) To do random unplanned work or spend time idly
- (informal, intransitive) To attempt to do something with a piece of equipment without understanding how it works.
- (transitive) To play with; to toy with; to waste the time of (a person).
- (informal, intransitive, British, Australia) To be playful; full of fun and high spirits; to treat a situation unseriously.
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noun
- a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln
- One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
- The chicken turtle, Deirochelys reticularia.
- One who pots meats or other eatables.
- The red-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys rubriventris (species of turtle).
- One who hawks crockery or earthenware.
- One who places flowers or other plants inside their pots.
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noun
- the iron normally used on the putting green
- a golfer who is putting
- One who puts or places.
- (golf) A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
- A shot-putter.
- (mining) One who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, to transport the coal mined by the getter.
- (golf) A person who is taking a putt or putting.
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noun
- formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living
- small mackerel found nearly worldwide
- a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
- Any of various fish: chub mackerel, silverside, skate, or young mackerel about two years old.
- (informal) An act of repair or invention.
- An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
- (usually with "little") A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
- A razor-billed auk, a bird of species (Alca torda).
- Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.
verb
- (intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
- (intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
- (transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
- (transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.
- (transitive) To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.
- (transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.
- (intransitive, medicine) To examine diagnostically.
- inquire into
- inquire into a subject in detail
- travel to or penetrate into
- examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes
noun
verb
- to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time
- be about a place without any apparent purpose
- leave slowly and hesitantly
- take one's time; proceed slowly
- remain present although waning or gradually dying
- (intransitive, idiomatic, often followed by on) To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.
- (intransitive) To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
- (intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
verb
- have an inclination for something or some activity
- To perceive oneself to resemble (something); to have the sense of being (something).
- To feel that something is likely to happen; to predict.
- To feel as though.
- (impersonal) To give a perception of something; to appear or to seem.
- To have a desire for something, or to do something.
- (meteorology, impersonal) Denotes the apparent temperature.
verb
- look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
- shop around; not necessarily buying
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- eat lightly, try different dishes
- (transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.
- (intransitive, of an animal) To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees.
- To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
- To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
noun
- reading superficially or at random
- the act of feeding by continual nibbling
- vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat
- (Cornwall, fishing, uncountable) Bruised fish used as bait.
- (countable) That which one browses through; something to read.
- (uncountable) Young shoots and twigs.
- (uncountable) Fodder for cattle and other animals.
- (countable) The act of browsing through something.
verb
- look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
- switch channels, on television
- ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard
- (ambitransitive) To browse the Internet, television, etc.
- To ride a wave on a surfboard; to pursue or take part in the sport of surfing.
- To surf at a specified place.
- To bodysurf; to swim in the surf at a beach.
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verb
- (intransitive) To spend time socially; keep company.
- (transitive, with with) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
- (transitive) To connect or join together; combine.
- (transitive) To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
- (intransitive) To join in or form a league, union, or association.
- (mathematics) To be associative.
- (reflexive, in deliberative bodies) To endorse.
- make a logical or causal connection
- bring or come into association or action
- keep company with; hang out with
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noun
- One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
- (algebra) One of a pair of elements of an integral domain (or a ring) such that the two elements are divisible by each other (or, equivalently, such that each one can be expressed as the product of the other with a unit).
- A companion; a comrade.
- Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
- A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.
- A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
- a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise
- any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another
- a friend who is frequently in the company of another
- a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
- a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies
verb
- To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
- (ambitransitive) To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet
- To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
- To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel of a western style saddle) after the roping of an animal
- consider not very seriously
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- waste time
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verb
noun
- a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape
- a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating
- A solid block of soap, from which standard bar soap is cut.
- Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar.
- (cellular automata) A particular still life configuration with seven living cells.
- (informal, slang) A catloaf.
- (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Ellipsis of loaf of bread: the brain or the head.
verb
noun
- an upholstered seat for more than one person
- a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait
- (especially British) A room of a house for casual relaxing and entertaining.
- The act of someone who lounges; idle reclining.
- A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
- A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
- An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.
verb
- (usually in the present continuous) To wander loose; to float around; to hang around; to exist; to remain unexploited or unused.
- To abuse or mistreat; to bully; to be rough with.
- (of an idea or proposal) To discuss informally; to consider or distribute.
- discuss lightly
- be around; be alive or active
- treat badly; abuse
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To interact with others, especially personally, informally and off the clock rather than formally and officially.
- (transitive) To instruct (somebody), usually subconsciously and mostly by example, in the etiquette of a society.
- (transitive) To take something into collective or governmental ownership.
- prepare for social life
- make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies
- take part in social activities; interact with others
- train for a social environment
verb
- (intransitive) To spend free time out of the house.
- (intransitive) To be released, especially from hospital or prison.
- (intransitive) To end.
- (transitive) To remove or eliminate (dirt or stains).
- (intransitive) To become known.
- (transitive) To help (someone) leave.
- (intransitive) To come out of a situation; to escape a fate.
- (transitive) To publish or make available; to disseminate.
- (intransitive) To leave the inside of a vehicle such as a car. (Note: for public transport, get off is more common.)
- (transitive) To take (something) from its container or storage place, so as to use or display it.
- (intransitive) To remove one's money from an investment; to end an investment.
- (transitive) To say with difficulty.
- (intransitive) To leave or escape.
- move out of or depart from
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- express with difficulty
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- take out of a container or enclosed space
- move out or away
- be released or become known; of news
intj
adj
- Prone to roaming around.
- Having or permitting range or scope; roomy; commodious.
- (music) Requiring a large vocal range; having a great difference from the highest to the lowest notes.
- Slender and long of limb; lanky.
- tall and thin and having long slender limbs
- allowing ample room for ranging
- adapted to wandering or roaming
adj
- Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
- Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
- Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
- Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
- not having a job
- not in active use
- lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
- silly or trivial
- not in action or at work
- without a basis in reason or fact
- not yielding a return
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verb
- (intransitive) Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.
- (transitive) To cause (an engine) to idle(3)
- (intransitive) To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
- (transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
- be idle; exist in a changeless situation
- run disconnected or idle
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adj
- Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner; lacking a good reason for being, or for doing what one does; due to or moved by a whim or caprice.
- (law, said of a lawsuit) Having no reasonable prospect of success because its claim is without merit, lacking a supporting legal or factual basis, while the filing party is, or should be, aware of this.
- Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; trivial.
- not serious in content or attitude or behavior